2houses vs Custody X Change

2houses helps separated parents communicate and organize care and well-being for their children. Its shared calendar supports parenting schedules, change requests, recurring visits, events, and imported school terms and holidays, with synchronization to iCal, Google Calendar, Outlook, and other standard calendar apps. Finance tools track expenses, balances, payment invitations, alimony, and spending categories, with reports exportable as CSV or PDF. Parents can message each other, children, or a mediator; conversations may be archived or printed, but not deleted. A family information bank holds child-related contact, medical, and document details. The service also provides email and push notifications, shared photo albums, a family journal, and configurable access for children and other family members. It is available on Android, iOS, and the web. One subscription can cover both parents, children, third parties, and mediators, with read-only access available for mediators. The whole-family plan costs $8.25 a month, billed at 99.00 USD every 12 months. Its 14-day trial requires credit card details, and charges recur unless canceled before the trial or renewal period ends.

Custody X Change helps users create custody schedules and parenting plans, calculate parenting time, and keep co-parenting information organized. Its calendar accommodates regular, seasonal, holiday, and one-time changes, with calculations based on hours or overnights. The parenting-plan template has 144 provisions, and users can add their own. Other tools include a private journal, actual parenting-time tracker, expense tracking, child information, activities, and co-parent messaging. Messages can be printed with read receipts, and the messaging system detects hostile language. Calendars can sync with services such as Google Calendar or Outlook. The service also sends children's names, birth dates, and parenting-time totals to the cloud version of Family Law Software for child-support calculations. A limited free version restricts scheduling to five holidays and does not allow printing. The Parent plan starts at $6 a month, billed annually. The maker says data is encrypted in its database and in transit, but its terms do not guarantee court acceptance of a schedule or plan.