Braidly vs Truece

Braidly is a web-based co-parenting app for separated parents in the United States and Canada. It brings together a custody calendar, messaging, shared expenses, a kids’ schedule view, and records. The calendar supports 2-2-3, week-on/week-off, and custom rotations, with seeded holidays and school-break imports. Parents can submit expenses with receipt photos, set split ratios, approve or query costs, and track a running balance; Braidly records settlements but does not move money. The AI Tone Coach suggests calmer message rewrites, leaving the parent to choose what to send. For documentation, timestamped exports include a SHA-256 content digest, and legal hold prevents either parent from editing or deleting records through the app. Parents can grant invited viewers scoped, read-only access to selected records and revoke it. Braidly says it is in private beta, onboarding families in small batches, and free while in beta. Its listed plans are Free at free, Standard at $12.99 a month or $129.99 a year, and Premium at $24.99 a month.

Truece is a mobile service for separated and divorced parents to organize communication and shared family responsibilities. Its tools cover messages, schedules, parenting expenses, notes, custody time, reports, and document storage. Messages are archived in chronological order in a record users cannot alter or erase; users can send pictures and message linked accounts. Parents choose what to share with each connection, and Truece says one parent can use it without the other joining. Scheduling supports single or recurring family events with viewing or editing access for linked users. Expense entries can record purchases, payments, reimbursements, categories, and photos of receipts or items. Notes can be dated, categorized, linked to a child, optionally location-stamped, and shared or edited by authorized users. Custody timers can use geofenced prompts around pickups and drop-offs. The Basic plan is free, billed Lifetime, with 1 GB file storage and two annual reports limited to the past 60 days. Enhanced costs $4.99 a month and includes unrestricted reporting and data history; reactivation within a year of cancellation has a 50 USD fee. Truece is available on Android and iOS.