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CoPa, a custody calendar and parenting plan app. Finally, a co-parenting app
that isn't built for a fight.

CoPa keeps your custody schedule, messages, and expenses on one calm, documented record. If your co-parent uses the app, great. If they'd rather just text, our SMS Relay puts those messages on the same record.

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One subscription for both parents Available on iOS and Android Records your attorney can authenticate
CoPa home screen showing custody calendar, messages, and expense overview

One app. One record. Add SMS if you want it.

A mother and daughter reading together on the couch

CoPa for your family

Both parents log in, see the same calendar, message inside the app, and split expenses on a shared ledger. One subscription covers both. The inviting parent pays, the other gets full access at no charge.

A parent and baby relaxing on the couch

Add SMS Relay +$7/mo

Either parent can add SMS Relay at any time. Prefer texting over opening the app? Just text the CoPa number. Co-parent won't install? They text the same number. Either way, every message lands on the shared record automatically.

SMS Relay is optional. Add it, remove it, or never use it. The record is the same either way.

What sets
CoPa apart.
Built different, on purpose.

SMS Relay.
Works whether your ex installs the app or not.

Your co-parent keeps their phone number. You keep yours. CoPa sits in the middle. Their texts come through CoPa to you; your replies go out as SMS to them. Every message, both sides, lands on the same court-ready record, even if your co-parent never downloads anything.

No other co-parenting app captures both sides of the conversation when only one parent uses the platform. Solo mode in other apps is one-sided journaling. CoPa's SMS Relay is a real two-way bridge.

CoPa home screen showing messages arriving via SMS Relay from a co-parent who doesn't use the app

Item Tracker.
Know where everything is between houses.

Soccer cleats at Dad's. Dance bag at Mom's. Glasses, unknown, maybe in the school backpack. Track where the kids' belongings are between houses with a single tap. Both parents see the same list, organized by child.

No more texts asking "where are Emma's cleats?" No more arriving at practice without the right gear. When something goes missing, mark it unknown and add a note. One less recurring fight.

CoPa item tracker showing belongings location for each child, including soccer cleats, dance bag, art supplies, and glasses

Calm Reading.
Receiver-side. Opt-in. Original always preserved.

Calm Reading is an AI feature that rewrites incoming messages into neutral language, stripping emotional charge while preserving every date, amount, and request. It runs only on the receiving end, only if you turn it on. The sender's message is never altered. The legal record is always the original, exact text.

The original is one tap away. Your co-parent has no idea whether you have it on. The rewritten version is a reading aid only; it's never stored as part of the record and never shows up in exports.

Read more about how Calm Reading works
Original unfiltered messages from a co-parent showing hostile tone
Same messages shown through Calm Reading with neutral, factual language and dates and requests preserved

Bridge Notes.
Keep the kids out of the middle.

A short, structured note from the parent doing dropoff, sent before pickup. Sleep last night. Mood today. Anything new with food, school, or health. Quick taps, not paragraphs. The receiving parent sees it as they head out the door.

The full history exports as a per-child timeline you can hand to a pediatrician, a teacher, or your attorney. We built it because figuring out what happened in the last 48 hours from a string of texts at the curb is the worst part of the handoff.

CoPa Bridge Note with quick-tap fields for sleep, mood, food, hygiene, and medication at each custody handoff

Signed evidence packages.
Cryptographically verified, not just timestamped.

When you export from CoPa, everything comes digitally signed: messages, schedule changes, expenses, Bridge Notes. That signature is proof that nothing has been changed since the records left our servers. Your attorney can verify it independently, no screenshots or printouts required.

Most co-parenting apps hand you a PDF and call it done. CoPa gives you the PDF, the raw data, and a cryptographic seal that makes any tampering obvious. Two taps to generate. One file to hand your lawyer.

GPG-Signed Export

Tamper-evident. Attorney-verifiable.

Signature valid

Built into every plan.

Schedule

  • Custody calendar with templates and custom rotations
  • Holiday and exception overrides
  • Schedule change requests with audit trail
  • Right of First Refusal workflow
  • Google Calendar / iCal / Outlook sync (read-only)

Communication

  • Immutable message history with timestamps
  • Calm Reading (receiver-side AI)
  • Bridge Notes at custody exchanges
  • SMS Relay (add-on)
  • Parenting time deviation logs

Records & Money

  • Expense ledger with receipt uploads and custom splits
  • Item Tracker (belongings between houses)
  • Document vault (parenting plans, school records, medical)
  • Private journal (never visible to co-parent, PDF export)
  • GPG-signed evidence packages
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How CoPa Stacks Up

How CoPa stacks up

The comparison matters most to families paying for both sides of the household, and to attorneys recommending a tool their clients will actually use.

Where CoPa stands out

Family-unit pricing

One subscription covers both co-parents

CoPa
Not available $140/yr Per Family
OFW — up to $600/yr Per Family
AppClose — $216/yr Per Family
TalkingParents — $154/yr Per Family

Calm Reading

Receiver-side AI summary; never alters the sender's message or record

CoPa
✓
OFW ◐ ToneMeter rewrites on sender side
AppClose —
TalkingParents ◐ $ Sender-side only · highest tier

Bridge notes

Age-adaptive child-handoff notes at custody transitions, with fields that adjust as your child grows

CoPa
✓
OFW —
AppClose —
TalkingParents —

Google Calendar / iCal sync

Read-only .ics feed into the parent's personal calendar

CoPa
✓
OFW —
AppClose —
TalkingParents —

SMS Relay

Works without your co-parent installing the app

CoPa
✓ +$7/mo add-on
OFW —
AppClose ◐ Link-based solo mode, not SMS
TalkingParents —

Item Tracker

Track kids’ belongings between houses, updated by either parent

CoPa
✓
OFW —
AppClose —
TalkingParents —

Public-key cryptographic verification

Verifiable without trusting CoPa or contacting our servers

CoPa
✓
OFW —
AppClose ◐ Database-backed verification through AppClose’s verification site
TalkingParents —
Core features across all four apps

Custody calendar + holiday builder

Templates, custom rotations, holiday overrides, transfer times

CoPa
✓
OFW ✓
AppClose ✓
TalkingParents ✓

Court-ready messaging

Immutable, timestamped, exportable records

CoPa
✓ GPG-signed exports
OFW ✓
AppClose ✓
TalkingParents ✓

Shared expense ledger

Logging, categories, dispute flow

CoPa
✓
OFW ✓
AppClose ✓
TalkingParents ◐ $ 2–4% fee per payment

Document vault

Parenting plans, school records, medical, insurance, custody orders

CoPa
✓ 5 GB included
OFW ◐ $ 1 GB at base plan
AppClose ✓
TalkingParents ◐ $ per-user only · 1–50 GB by plan

Private journal

Threaded entries, tagging, PDF export

CoPa
✓
OFW ◐ no PDF export
AppClose ◐ can be shared with co-parent
TalkingParents ◐ $ Personal Journal · PDF records extra at base plan

Free access for legal professionals

Attorneys, mediators, parenting coordinators use it at no cost

CoPa
✓
OFW ✓
AppClose —
TalkingParents —

Reading the marks: ✓ supported · ◐ partial or different approach · ◐ $ requires a higher-priced plan or extra fee · — not available. AppClose Solo mode lets one parent journal alone, but does not capture the other parent's communication. CoPa SMS Relay captures both sides of the conversation regardless of which parent installs the app. Competitor pricing reflects publicly available rates as of May 2026 and is shown per family (both parents combined).

One subscription. Both parents.

The paying parent invites the other; CoPa covers them both at no extra charge. SMS Relay is available as an optional add-on if your co-parent prefers not to install the app.

CoPa Plan

$14 / month or $140/year (two months free)
  • Both parents, full access
  • Unlimited children
  • All features included
  • Cancel any time

SMS Relay (add-on)

$7 / month per relayed parent
  • Works whether your co-parent has the app or not
  • All texts captured to the family record
  • Calm Reading still available on incoming SMS
  • Add or remove any time

Even if your co-parent never agrees to use CoPa, the inviting parent gets the full app. Solo use is supported.

Communication that becomes evidence

Every message, schedule change, expense entry, and Bridge Note is timestamped, immutable, and exportable. We don't edit, delete, or reorder records, and we don't let users do it either. When you need to give your attorney a clean record of the last six months, you generate a PDF in two taps.

Messages cannot be edited or deleted after sending.

Every record is timestamped at the server, not the device.

Exports include cryptographic verification metadata for chain-of-custody review.

See how records and exports work

Built for parents. Not for courtrooms.

Most co-parenting apps were designed for attorneys and litigation. They feel like surveillance. They're priced like enterprise software. CoPa is different. It's built for parents who need less friction in their week, not for people preparing for a fight. But if things ever do escalate, the record is already there, because every interaction was documented from day one.

If your weeks still involve last-minute schedule changes by text, expenses tracked in a spreadsheet, and the occasional message you wish you hadn't sent, CoPa is for you.

I built CoPa because I needed it. Confusing custody handoffs, texts I had to walk away from before responding, splitting expenses in a spreadsheet. I'm building the app I wanted during my own divorce.

— Joel, founder

A parent and child looking at a phone together at home
CoPa home screen showing custody calendar and messages

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