Certified messaging, custody calendar, and expense tracking. Every message is sealed, timestamped, and exportable as a court-ready record that cannot be edited or deleted — by anyone.
ParentDocket keeps communication civil, documented, and verifiable — so weekend text wars become a clean, factual record.
Messages are sealed into a tamper-evident hash chain the instant they're sent. Each carries its own authentication code. No edits. No deletions. No "I never said that."
One tap produces a court-ready PDF: every message, timestamp, and authentication code, plus an integrity certification recomputed from the full record at export time.
Schedules, overrides, swap requests, and check-ins — with a full change log, so every agreed change is documented with who asked and who approved.
Log expenses with receipts, split automatically, accept or dispute with a paper trail, and settle up — every step recorded.
Optional AI review flags hostile wording before you hit send — because everything you write here may be read aloud in court someday.
Upload your custody order and ParentDocket reads it and builds your calendar — exchanges, holidays, and all.
Most apps say "court-friendly." ParentDocket shows its work.
Auth code: E8D4-5BE5-812B · Chain: verifiedAuth code: 21B3-A4AB-8A85 · Chain: verifiedThe leading court-ordered apps charge each parent separately. ParentDocket covers both parents on one subscription.
| App | Published price | Second parent |
|---|---|---|
| OurFamilyWizard | $99–$199 per parent / yr | Pays separately |
| TalkingParents Ultimate | up to ~$600 per family / yr | Pays separately |
| AppClose | Free tier discontinued (2026) | — |
| ParentDocket | Solo free · Plus $49.99 / yr (or $4.99/mo) | Always free |
Competitor pricing as published on their websites, June 2026. Plans and pricing may change.
Deep dives on court records, OFW cost, and what “court approved” actually means.
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Per-parent pricing math and family totals of ~$200–$400/yr.
No official “court approved” badge — the three properties that matter.
Start free as one parent. Upgrade to Plus when you bring your co-parent in — 14-day free trial, cancel anytime.
Prices above are for parentdocket.com. In the iOS and Android apps, Apple and Google set the price: ParentDocket Plus is $6.99/month or $69.99/year (US), shown on the store purchase sheet before you are charged. Terms of Use · Privacy Policy
No. One subscription covers both parents. Your co-parent joins free with a link code — full access, no second subscription, ever.
Admissibility is always the court's decision, but ParentDocket is built to make that decision easy: messages are sealed into a SHA-256 hash chain at send time, the record is append-only at the database level, and every Certified Export re-verifies the entire chain and prints per-message authentication codes both sides can independently reference.
No. The record is append-only — enforced in the database itself, not just hidden in the interface. Neither parent, nor ParentDocket support, can change a sent message.
Your messages are still sealed, timestamped, and exportable as a certified record. Many parents start solo and invite their co-parent later — joining is free, so cost is never their excuse.
Create your free account — journal, calendar and vault work right away with no card. When you're ready, start ParentDocket Plus (14-day free trial) and send your co-parent a link code. You'll both be on one documented record in under five minutes.
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