Custody app guides: the right tool for your situation
Different custody situations need different tools. These guides say which kind of tool fits yours, including when the answer is not Custody Proof.
Each guide compares kinds of tools (a shared co-parenting app, a paper journal, a spreadsheet, your phone, a private documentation app). The head-to-head comparisons below name specific products, with every detail taken from that company’s own website. We make Custody Proof, so we are biased, and we say so at the top of every page.
Guides by situation
- Best custody app for dads: for fathers who need a record of the time they actually have, and the time they miss.
- Best custody app for moms: for mothers who need a calm record of missed visits, last-minute changes and the money nobody else is tracking.
- Best custody app for high-conflict co-parenting: for parents for whom every exchange turns into a fight, and who need fewer touchpoints and a factual record.
- Best custody app when the other parent won’t use one: for parents whose co-parent refuses, ignores or misuses the shared app, and who still need a record.
- Best custody app for court: for parents heading into a hearing, mediation or modification who need a record, not a story.
- Best custody app for long-distance parents: for parents whose time comes in summer blocks, holidays and the occasional weekend, with travel in between.
- Best custody app for military parents: for servicemember parents whose schedules bend around deployments, training and PCS moves.
- Best custody app for child expenses: for parents paying copays, school fees, activities and childcare who need to show what they paid and what is still owed.
- Best custody app for a Texas Standard Possession Order: for parents with a Texas Standard Possession Order, where “1st, 3rd and 5th weekends” breaks an ordinary calendar.
- Best custody app for working with your lawyer: for parents who have, or are about to hire, a family law attorney and want to hand over an organized record instead of a camera roll.
Comparisons
- Custody Proof vs OurFamilyWizard · OurFamilyWizard alternatives
- Custody Proof vs TalkingParents · TalkingParents alternatives
- Custody Proof vs AppClose · AppClose alternatives
- Custody Proof vs Custody X Change · Custody X Change alternatives
- Custody Proof vs 2houses · 2houses alternatives
- CustodyProof vs co-parenting apps: a private record for one parent versus a shared channel both parents join.
- Why co-parenting apps fail: what happens when the other parent will not participate.
Guides to documenting your case
Written and reviewed by EJ Archuleta, a licensed attorney.
- How to Prepare Evidence for Custody Court
- How to Track Child Expenses With an Uncooperative Co-Parent
- How to Choose a Co-Parenting App: Shared or Private?
- Co-Parent Not Following Custody Schedule? What to Do
- Private Custody Calendar App
- Parallel Parenting in High-Conflict Cases
- How to Prove Parental Alienation in Court: Document Facts
- Custody Lawyer Consultation: What to Bring and Ask
- How to Document a Narcissistic Co-Parent
- How to Document Coercive Control for Court
- How to Deal With an Uncooperative Co-Parent
- How to Organize a Custody Binder
- Holiday Custody Schedule Examples and How to Track Them
- How Overnights Affect Child Support
- How to Modify a Custody Agreement: Documenting the Change
- What to Include in a Parenting Plan: Checklist
- How to Prepare for Custody Mediation: Records to Bring
- Gaslighting in Co-Parenting: Signs and How to Document It
- Can a Judge Order a Co-Parenting App?
- Are Co-Parenting Records Admissible in Court? Plain Terms
- Domestic Violence Custody Case Evidence: Document Safely
- High-Conflict Custody Exchanges: Handle and Document Them
- How to Prepare for Child Custody Court: A Checklist
- Co-Parent Lying About You in Court? Answer With Records
- Contempt of Court for Custody Violations: What to Document
- Legal Abuse in Family Court: Document the Pattern
- What to Do Before Separation With Kids
- What Is a Guardian ad Litem? Role, Interview, Records
- Digital Safety During Divorce: Protect Accounts and Records
- Co-Parent Harassing You? How to Document It
- How to Co-Parent With an Abuser: Keep a Private Record
- How to Track Custody Schedule Swaps
- How to Respond to Hostile Texts From Your Ex
- Court-Ready Custody Report: What to Include
- 60/40 Custody Schedule Examples and the Overnight Math
- Co-Parent Keeps Changing Custody Schedule?
- How to Document Restraining Order Violations
- Google Calendar for a Custody Schedule: Setup and Limits
- Representing Yourself in Custody Court
- What Is a Child Custody Evaluation? How to Prepare
- Parallel Parenting Plan Template for High-Conflict Cases
- Custody Log Template: The Fields Every Entry Needs
- How to Prove Custodial Interference
- How to Win Custody as a Father: The Records That Matter
- How to Create a Divorce Log Your Attorney Can Use
- How to Document Custody Exchanges: Times, Places, Proof
- Best Interest of the Child Factors Explained
- Status Quo in Custody Cases: What It Is, How to Show It
- 80/20 Custody Schedule Examples and Overnight Math
- Who Claims the Child on Taxes After Divorce?
- Ex Won't Use a Co-Parenting App? What to Do
- What to Do If Your Child Refuses Visitation
- Emergency Custody Evidence: What Qualifies, What to Gather
- High-Conflict Parenting Plan Clauses You Can Prove
- How to Prove Text Messages in a Custody Case
Custody Proof is a documentation tool, not a law firm. Nothing on this page is legal advice. Whether and how a record is used in a case is a question for your attorney.