Custody Proof vs 2houses (2026): a family hub, or a private record

2houses is built for families who want one shared place to run two homes. Custody Proof is built for one parent who needs a private, accurate record. Both are reasonable things to want. They are not the same thing.

We make Custody Proof, so read this with that in mind. We have tried to describe 2houses only from its own website, and to say plainly where it is the better choice. Every 2houses detail below links back to the page it came from at the bottom of this page.

The short version: if you and the other parent can share a calendar and an expense balance without it turning into a fight, 2houses gives the whole family one place to look, and one subscription pays for everybody. If you need a record of what actually happened that nobody else can see or comment on, that is what Custody Proof is for. Some parents need both.

	Custody Proof	2houses
Price	$14.75/month or $144/year	Viewed from the US, its pricing page lists $169.99 billed every 12 months ($14.17 a month equivalent); it shows different prices in other countries. Its FAQ also mentions monthly and lifetime plans; see their pricing page for those
Free tier or trial	No free tier and no trial. Money-back guarantee on your first charge (see pricing below)	14-day trial; its FAQ says you enter a card to start it, and that the trial gets 7 extra days if the other parent accepts an invitation (not for Apple subscriptions)
Who has an account	Only you. The other parent is never invited or notified	The whole family on one subscription: both parents with equal rights, children, family members and a mediator
Messaging with the other parent	None	Yes. Messages can be archived or printed but not deleted, per its features page
Shared calendar	None. Your calendar is private	Yes, with change requests the other parent can accept or counter, and sync to iCal, Google Calendar and Outlook
Expenses	Private ledger with receipts, reimbursable or not, running reimbursement balance, CSV import	Shared finance section with a balance of who owes whom, payment invitations, support (alimony) entries, a wish list, categories, and CSV or PDF reports
Evidence and journal	Encrypted evidence vault for photos, screenshots and documents; violation flags on calendar entries	A family journal for sharing news, photos and videos; an information bank for medical details, contacts and documents. The journal is a space for sharing with the family, not a private incident log
Professional access	No professional login. You export your records and send them	Its professionals page says a mediator gets full read-only access to the whole account; professionals can create client accounts through a partner account
Phone and computer	Works in the browser on your phone or computer today. A mobile app is coming soon	Web, plus iOS and Android apps
Schedule set-up from an order	Type your schedule or upload your custody order; it asks you to confirm anything unclear before saving	A schedule wizard you fill in, plus recurring visits and imported school term dates. Its site does not describe reading a custody order
Overnight and visit counting	Counts overnights as nights, visits separately, and compares your schedule to what you logged	Not described on its website
Export	PDF and CSV reports, including a planned-vs-actual section	Expense reports as CSV or PDF; messages can be printed; calendar sync to other apps

The real difference is not the feature list

The real difference is who the record is for. 2houses is designed to be seen. Its homepage calls its journal a place to share news, pictures and videos so the children are never far from either parent, and its pricing page says one subscription gives access to two parents, children, third parties and mediators. Its pricing page also says there is no account administrator: each parent has the same rights on the account. That is a sensible design for a family that is trying to cooperate.

Custody Proof is designed not to be seen. Only the parent who subscribes has an account. The other parent is never invited, never notified and never sees a single entry. That makes it a poor tool for coordinating with someone and a good tool for writing down, the same day, what actually happened, including the things you would not put in a shared space.

So the useful question is not which app has more features. It is whether your problem is coordination or documentation. If the two of you mostly need to agree on dates and split costs, a shared hub solves that. If you need to show, later, how many nights you actually had against what the order gave you, you need a private record that does the counting. Our page on how parenting time is commonly counted explains why the night-by-night version matters.

What Custody Proof is better at

Privacy from the other parent. Nothing you write in Custody Proof is visible to anyone else. You can log a late pickup, a missed weekend or a worrying comment without starting a new argument in a shared feed, and you never have to invite the other parent for the tool to work.

Counting what happened, not just planning it. Custody Proof counts overnights as nights (Friday to Sunday is two), keeps timed daytime visits in a separate column so they never inflate the night count, and counts several children without double-counting a night. Its Plan vs. Actual view compares your schedule with what you logged and shows every day that differed. We could not find anything on the 2houses site about counting nights or comparing planned time with actual time.

Setting up the schedule from your order. You can type your schedule in plain words or upload your custody order. Custody Proof reads the repeating pattern, holidays, summer periods, exchange times and notice deadlines, then asks you to confirm anything unclear, such as which parent you are and which week is week 1. Nothing saves until you confirm. Holiday dates "to be designated" can be saved undated, and you are reminded to add them.

An evidence vault built for a record. Photos, screenshots and documents go into an encrypted, timestamped vault, tagged with the children they are about. A violation flagged on the calendar shows up there as one record for all the children involved. Reports come out as PDF and CSV, with nights per child and a planned-vs-actual section your attorney can read.

Where 2houses is stronger

One subscription for the whole family. Its pricing page says one parent pays and the account covers both parents, the children, relatives and a mediator.
Messaging and change requests. Messages that can be archived but never deleted, and calendar change requests the other parent can answer.
Mobile apps and languages. iPhone and Android apps, and a site in six languages.
Mediator access and family information. Read-only mediator access and an information bank for allergies, sizes and contacts.

If one of those is the reason you need an app, 2houses is the better choice.

A note on the word "journal"

Both products use the word, and they mean opposite things. On its homepage, 2houses describes its custody journal as a way to share information, news, pictures and videos with the family, and its features page calls the journal a "quick family social network". That is a warm, useful feature. It is not a private incident log, because the people you share it with can read it.

If what you want is a place to write down incidents that only you can see, do not rely on a shared family journal for that, in 2houses or anywhere else. Keep that record somewhere private: Custody Proof, a spreadsheet only you open, or a bound paper notebook.

Can you use both?

Yes, and plenty of parents would. Use 2houses (or whatever app you and the other parent agreed on) for the shared calendar, the expense balance and messages. Use Custody Proof privately for your own record of what actually happened: the nights you had, the exchanges that went wrong, the screenshots, and the receipts you want to keep yourself.

If a court order names a specific co-parenting app, keep using that app for communication. Custody Proof is not a replacement for anything a court told you to use. It sits beside it.

Questions

Is Custody Proof a 2houses alternative?

Only partly. 2houses is a shared co-parenting hub with a shared calendar, shared expenses, messaging and a family journal. Custody Proof is a private documentation tool for one parent with no messaging and no shared calendar. If you need to coordinate with the other parent, Custody Proof does not replace 2houses. If you need a private record of parenting time and incidents, it does something 2houses is not designed to do.

Does the other parent have to join 2houses?

No. The 2houses FAQ says that if the other parent refuses to register you can invite them again later, and that the account is still useful with grandparents, step-parents and other family members on it. Custody Proof never invites the other parent at all.

How much does 2houses cost compared with Custody Proof?

Viewed from the US, the 2houses pricing page lists $169.99 billed every 12 months for the whole family, with a 14-day trial; it shows different prices in other countries, and its FAQ mentions monthly and lifetime plans as well. Check their pricing page for current figures. Custody Proof is one subscription for one parent, with prices and the money-back guarantee shown on this page.

Can my lawyer or mediator see my records?

In 2houses, parents can give a mediator read-only access to the family account, according to its FAQ. Custody Proof has no professional login. You export PDF and CSV reports and send them to your attorney or mediator yourself, so you decide exactly what leaves your account.

Can I see what I log in Custody Proof on my phone?

Yes, in your phone browser, and quick capture is built for adding a photo or note from your phone. A Custody Proof mobile app is coming soon. 2houses offers iPhone and Android apps as well as a web version.

Will the other parent know I use Custody Proof?

Not from us. Custody Proof never contacts, invites or notifies the other parent, and nothing you record is visible to anyone else.

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