Manon
A$198
A$99 each parent, per year
23 of the 24 things we compared
For the days that aren't amicable, and for the medication that still has to be given at 6pm whichever house it is.
COMPARE
Calendars, messages and expenses are table stakes now — every app on this page has them. What separates them is what happens when a message arrives at 11:47pm, and whether the medication gets given on the other side of the handover.
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| ManonAustralia · web, iPhone, Android | OurFamilyWizardUS, sold in Australia | TalkingParentsUS | 2housesBelgium | LinaNorway | ClearPathAustralia · iPhone, iPad, Mac | CoOperateAustralia · iPhone, Android | AppCloseUS · web, iPhone, Android | |
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| When a message arrives | ||||||||
| Messages held until you choose to read themOnly ManonNothing lands on your screen at 11:47pm unless you open it. | ||||||||
| Tells you what is actually being askedOnly ManonFour paragraphs become: he wants to swap next Tuesday. | ||||||||
| Quiet hoursNothing overnight except a genuine emergency. | ||||||||
| A calm reply drafted for youNot a rewrite of yours — a reply to theirs. | ||||||||
| Tone check before you send | ||||||||
| Messages can't be edited or deleted | ||||||||
| Health and medication | ||||||||
| Doses logged — who gave what, whenOnly Manon | ||||||||
| Treatment carries across the handoverOnly ManonDay 4 of 7 doesn't restart because the week changed house. | ||||||||
| Reminders reach only the parent who has the childOnly Manon | ||||||||
| Allergies, conditions, vaccinations, health ID | ||||||||
| The calendar | ||||||||
| Shared custody calendar | ||||||||
| Recurring patterns, holidays, one-offs | ||||||||
| Swap requestsAsk for a change, they accept, the calendar updates. | ||||||||
| A daily card: who has them, what's due | ||||||||
| Records | ||||||||
| Expenses by parent and by child | ||||||||
| School and medical documents | ||||||||
| A private logbook only you can see | ||||||||
| A child's journal, shared entry by entry | ||||||||
| Court-ready exportDated, numbered, with a chain-of-custody header. | ||||||||
| Your record stays readable if you stop paying | ||||||||
| Practical | ||||||||
| Works on Android | ||||||||
| Works in any browser, nothing to install | ||||||||
| In six languagesManon: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. | ||||||||
| An Australian site, Australian pricingRather than a US product you convert in your head. | ||||||||
WHAT A YEAR COSTS A FAMILY
Most of these apps charge each parent separately, so a separated family pays double the advertised price. These are the yearly totals for two parents, all in Australian dollars.
For the days that aren't amicable, and for the medication that still has to be given at 6pm whichever house it is.
The established one, and the one Australian courts have heard of. Twice our price, per parent and per family.
Broad and long-established, with the whole family and mediators on one payment.
Records-first, and no longer has a free tier as of March 2026.
The cheapest here and well made. It says plainly it isn't built for high-conflict situations.
Australian and court-focused. iPhone, iPad and Mac, but still no Android, which matters when both parents have to be on it.
The other Australian one, and the closest to us on price — until you notice that both parents pay, which its own site never mentions.
The biggest by number of users, and free until January 2026. Strong on schedules and exports, nothing on health or medication.
Prices checked 7 September 2026, on the plan closest to what a separating family needs. Figures marked ≈ are converted at A$1 = US$0.7203 (European Central Bank reference rate, 4 September 2026); the price each app actually charges is under every figure. Every mark above comes from the app's own website — where they don't say, we've left it blank rather than guess. And we chose these twenty-four rows, so of course we do well on them: read the rows, not the score.
Every app here can hold a calendar. What none of these rows capture is what it feels like to open one on a bad Tuesday — whether it makes the day quieter or gives you one more thing to argue about.
Two of these apps are better than us at things we haven't built yet. We've marked those honestly. If we get one wrong, tell us and we'll fix the row.
OurFamilyWizard charges Australians A$199.99 per parent. We charge A$99. Same shape of product, half the price, and we do more of the things in this table.
We charge each parent because each parent gets their own record — a private logbook the other can't see, and an export they own.
Still true. This page exists because people kept asking. Manon is open — your first month is free.
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