Best Free Co-Parenting Apps

"Free" gets used loosely across co-parenting apps. It can mean a permanent free plan, a guest mode with limits, or a time-limited trial before billing starts. The useful question is not whether an app uses the word; it is whether the two parents can complete their everyday coordination after the trial ends.

OnePage: free core, permanently

The custody calendar and messaging are free for both parents, permanently, not a trial. Plus ($11.99/mo or $99.99/yr, one subscription for the whole family) adds AI tone check, PDF export, expense splitting, and multi-child support, all optional on top of a fully usable free app. See what "free" actually means for the specific things worth checking on any app's free tier, including this one.

BestInterest: free coordination and exports

BestInterest's permanent Free plan includes secure messaging, a shared calendar, expenses, a journal, exports, and limited coaching. Incoming Message Shield and outgoing Tone Guardian begin on the $14.99/mo Protect plan, and recorded calls require Protect Plus (source). See the full comparison.

Fayr: free Lite plan

Fayr describes Fayr Lite as free forever, with access to its main co-parenting features. Premium starts at $9.99 and adds GPS logs, PDF exports, a file vault, and a private journal (source). See the full comparison.

SupportPay: free, but deliberately limited

SupportPay's Starter plan is permanent but capped at three expenses and two receipt uploads per month, with six months of history. It is useful for light expense tracking, not a full free custody-calendar replacement (source). See the full comparison.

Cozi: free family calendar, not a custody record

Cozi's free plan includes a shared family calendar, notifications, and lists. It can work for cooperative scheduling, but it is not designed for custody rotations, co-parenting message records, expense disputes, or court-oriented exports (source). See the full comparison.

AppClose: 60-day trial, then paid

AppClose advertises 60 days to try every feature free, with no credit card or upfront payment. Its current public pricing lists $7.99/month on the web and $8.99/month in the app, and also describes fee waivers for qualifying families (source).

2Houses: 14-day trial, then paid

2houses offers a 14-day trial. Its public pricing page currently lists one family account at €99 per year (shown as €8.25/month), with one parent subscribing to give family members access (source). Check the checkout page for your currency, taxes, and renewal terms.

coParenter: 30-day trial

coParenter advertises a 30-day no-cost trial and combines a shared calendar with communication tools and on-demand mediation options (source). Its subscription terms allow plan prices to change, so confirm the current plan and whether the cost is per parent or per family before relying on an older comparison.

OurFamilyWizard and Custody X Change: check the access model closely

OurFamilyWizard is a paid co-parenting service; compare its current plans directly on its official site. Custody X Change lets parents try it as a guest with limits, while its paid Bronze plan starts at $6/month when billed annually (source). Those models are different from a permanent free, shared plan.

TalkingParents: free tier removed in March 2026

TalkingParents required a paid subscription starting March 30, 2026, there's no free tier at all now, starting at $7/mo per parent (source). Worth knowing if you're comparing based on older information.

Compare the first ordinary week, not the feature list

Try the workflow your family will actually repeat: add the next two exchanges, share a child-related update, and check how the other parent sees both. Then ask:

• Can both parents access the calendar and messages after the trial ends?
• Is the listed price per person or for the household?
• Can you keep the record and export what you need if you later stop paying?
• Are the features you need every day included, or are they an upgrade?

Use the provider's own plan page as the deciding source. A comparison can show you what to ask, but it should not substitute for current terms at checkout.

What "free" is actually worth checking

A time-limited trial and a permanent free tier solve very different problems, a trial buys you evaluation time before a bill starts, a permanent free tier means the core coordination never requires payment. If free, ongoing use of the calendar and messaging matters more to your family than a specific paid feature, that distinction is worth checking directly rather than assuming from an app's general reputation. See free co-parenting apps: what "free" actually means for the fuller checklist.