Custody X Change vs Truece

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.

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.