AppClose: Co-Parent Essentials

AppClose, Inc

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About this app

AppClose is the world's most widely used and court-ordered co-parenting platform, trusted by parents and professionals and, based on user supplied data, court-ordered in every U.S. County, as well as Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. AppClose helps co-parents stay organized, connected, and compliant with court-ordered communication without complexity. AppClose, Inc. is also honored to be named to Inc.’s 2024 Best in Business list for Operational Excellence, which recognizes our innovative approach to simplifying co-parenting and our dedication to supporting families while prioritizing their children’s well-being.

Simplify your parenting schedule, make and record unlimited audio and video calls, share expenses, make payments, and maintain secure unalterable text communication by using the #1 Co Parenting App recommended by courts and family law professionals in all 50 states.

Stay Organized & Connected

• Secure, unalterable one-on-one and group messages
• Make and record unlimited audio and video calls
• Multi-functional shared calendars for events, appointments, and parenting schedules
• Parenting-time tracker (planned vs. actual time)
• Add stepparents, grandparents, childcare providers, guardians ad litem, attorneys, and other family law professionals
• Save and share important child details (allergies, medications, school-related info, emergency contacts)
• Unlimited secure file storage for photos, receipts, and documents
• Private, non-trackable Check-In for accurate arrival and departure logs
• Quick pick-up, drop-off, and switch-day requests
• Track expenses and organize receipts by category
• Send and receive reimbursements via ipayou®
• Calendar notes
• Pet management

Court-Trusted Records

Every message, call, request, and payment is securely stored, time-stamped, and unalterable for court-ready documentation.
With AppClose, exporting records is simple. Whether you need them for personal use, to share with a professional, or for litigation and court proceedings, you can easily export the following:

Export:

• Unlimited Certified Records
• One-on-one or group messages
• Call logs, call recordings, and transcripts
• Expense and reimbursement records
• Pick-up and drop-off requests
• Check-ins
• Notes
• In-app session logs

AppClose Solo

Use AppClose Solo when your co-parent or other third parties don’t use the app. Send requests, events, and information via text, email, or social media, and keep all records organized inside AppClose.

Military Friendly

Military parents can stay connected during deployments, special trainings, or limited-access situations. AppClose ensures they can still receive requests and updates via email when app access is restricted.

Built for Real-World Co-Parenting

AppClose supports all parenting situations, co-parenting, parallel parenting, joint custody, supervised visitation, blended families, and shared scheduling across complex households.
AppClose brings together communication, scheduling, expense tracking, and court-trusted documentation into a single, secure platform helping families stay organized, accountable, and connected every day. Supported by a responsive, U.S.-based support team comprising family law-experienced professionals, AppClose empowers families with technology that promotes accountability, privacy, and positive outcomes for children.

Ratings and reviews

Changed to paid only, pretty disappointing. Update: Saying you are giving people free trials doesn't change that you were pretty much the last co-parenting app that was free, & that is no longer the case. Especially since I only recently started needing a co-parenting app for a difficult situation, and now I will have to pay money because of a situation out of my control. It's great you've been an app for 9 years, but that doesn't change that you are now going to paid only options.

Love the app. Lots of glitches. This past week I keep getting no internet errors when I try to do anything on it despite me having internet. I just tried uninstalling and reinstalling it but it won't even let me log in because I'm getting a no internet error. Sometimes it won't let me add events to the calendar and just gives me a loading symbol.

It's Free - I'll stick with it. But it's not the most user friendly and doesn't have much in the way of instructions.. I would love to see a 'Search' features in the chat section. Also, there is nothing that shows whether or not you have shared something with a co-parent and confirms whether or not they've seen it/accepted it. I think this would be an invaluable feature. Additionally, the child profile sections could be a little more user-friendly. Once you have more than one 'note' in a section, you can't always scroll to the next or last note. UPDATE: so it appears that you can search but you have to act like you want to export the chats first. It was not user-friendly and there are no directions. The developer stated you can see confirmations if sent requests but tha is not what I was referring to. I believe that we should see confirmation of everything that is sent to and received by the co-parent so that we have a record of what notes, medical items, etc were shared and received so there is not question of what items were shared/received and when.

What’s new

Thank you for using AppClose. We update the app regularly so we can make it better for you.
Today’s update includes: Bug fixes and performance improvements to help us serve you better.
Please update your App to make sure you have the current version of AppClose.
If you discover a bug or error, please be kind and let us know at [e-mail]. Our innovative and hardworking IT team is standing by to fix any issues right away.