2houses vs dip

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.

dip is a co-parenting app for parents raising a child across two households. Its shared calendar keeps custody schedules and handovers visible to both parents, while expense tools let them record child-related costs, split them and track payments. Parents can communicate in a dedicated messaging space and use Tone Check to review a message before sending. The shared child vault can hold schedule changes, handover notes, receipts and medical entries; edits leave a visible trail, and records can be exported. Each parent can invite and manage their own grandparents and helpers, with permissions limiting what guests can see. Calendars, contacts and documents remain accessible offline and sync in the background. The app listing describes the vault as encrypted, and Google Play states that data is encrypted in transit. The maker says it does not sell user data. dip is available on Android, iOS and web, and its FAQ says it supports 10 languages. Its free plan is free, forever, for both parents, with no ads and no data sale.