AppClose

AppClose

By AppClose, Inc

  • Category: Productivity
  • Release Date: 2016-05-17
  • Current Version: 3.4.76
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 159.36 MB
  • Developer: AppClose, Inc
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Score: 4.73968
4.73968
From 38,165 Ratings

Description

AppClose is the world's most widely used and court-ordered co-parenting platform, trusted by parents and professionals and, based on user supplied data, court-ordered in every U.S. County, as well as Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Selected by Apple for its “Parenting Essentials” collection, AppClose helps co-parents stay organized, connected, and compliant with court-ordered communication without complexity. AppClose, Inc. is also honored to be named to Inc.’s 2024 Best in Business list for Operational Excellence, which recognizes our innovative approach to simplifying co-parenting and our dedication to supporting families while prioritizing their children’s well-being. Simplify your parenting schedule, make and record unlimited audio and video calls, share expenses, make payments, and maintain secure unalterable text communication by using the #1 Co Parenting App recommended by courts and family law professionals in all 50 states. App & Web Access - Work seamlessly on phone, tablet, or computer. All records, schedules, and communications are synced across devices. Stay Organized & Connected • Secure, unalterable one-on-one and group messages • Make and record unlimited audio and video calls without disclosing phone number & location. With mutual consent, calls can be recorded, transcribed, and securely stored • Co-Parent Assist™ provides optional, real-time guidance designed to help you review tone and clarity before sending a message • Multi-functional shared calendars for events, appointments, and parenting schedules • Parenting-time tracker (planned vs. actual time) • Add stepparents, grandparents, childcare providers, guardians ad litem, attorneys, and other family law professionals • Save and share important child details (allergies, medications, school-related info, emergency contacts) • Unlimited secure file storage for photos, receipts, and documents • Private, non-trackable Check-In for accurate arrival and departure logs • Quick pick-up, drop-off, and switch-day requests • Track expenses and organize receipts by category • Send and receive reimbursements via ipayou® • Calendar notes • Pet management Court-Trusted Records Every message, call, request, and payment is securely stored, time-stamped, and unalterable for court-ready documentation. With AppClose, exporting records is simple. Whether you need them for personal use, to share with a professional, or for litigation and court proceedings, you can easily export the following: Export: • Unlimited Certified Records • One-on-one or group messages • Call logs, call recordings, and transcripts • Expense and reimbursement records • Pick-up and drop-off requests • Check-ins • Notes • In-app session logs AppClose Solo Use AppClose Solo when your co-parent or other third parties don’t use the app. Send requests, events, and information via text, email, or social media, and keep all records organized inside AppClose. Military Friendly Military parents can stay connected during deployments, special trainings, or limited-access situations. AppClose ensures they can still receive requests and updates via email when app access is restricted. Built for Real-World Co-Parenting AppClose supports all parenting situations, co-parenting, parallel parenting, joint custody, supervised visitation, blended families, and shared scheduling across complex households. AppClose brings together communication, scheduling, expense tracking, and court-trusted documentation into a single, secure platform helping families stay organized, accountable, and connected every day. Supported by a responsive, U.S. based support team comprising family law-experienced professionals, AppClose empowers families with technology that promotes accountability, privacy, and positive outcomes for children. Our TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT https://appclose.com/terms/

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Reviews

  • Difficult to use, ineffective message check

    2
    By Muchafan
    I’ve been using this for two years. You can only use it on your phone. There’s no web browser access. This means that using the calendar is difficult when trying to add multiple events. Sending money is very limited, so it’s also useless. They added a message check, but it’s ineffective. My ex sends hostile messages regularly, yet when I copy and paste them into the message check, it says there’s no recommended changes. I assume it’s only looking for curse words, because it’s definitely not looking for hostility, threats, and accusations. My attorney and I had a stipulation to use a coparenting app due to my ex’s incessant harassment, but, even with the app, nothing changed. In fact, one of the first messages in the app from him said that he didn’t care about the app and record, it’s not going to change the way he communicates with me. I really wanted them to come out with a message check feature and now that they have, I’m terribly disappointed at how useless it is. I’m just going to have to suffer this continued—but different—abuse for the next 7 years. I hear good things about Our Family Wizard. I’d try that one instead of AppClose since this one is no longer free.

  • App freezes

    1
    By Tracy Hess
    You take my money but I’m not able to use the app it’s completely useless

  • App is freezing

    1
    By RocB13
    App is no freezing and support ignores my emails.

  • Hard pass

    1
    By Haxors
    Only after you sign up and provide your personal information do they tell you that you’ve just started a 60-day free trial. The marketing creates the impression that the service is free, but it isn’t. At least some competitors are more transparent about their pricing and trial structure upfront. The onboarding process also raised concerns. The app repeatedly informed me that it had generated an invitation for my co-parent and asked whether I wanted to send it, despite the fact that I had never provided that person’s email address. What bothers me most is the business model. Family courts increasingly encourage or recommend these apps, creating a captive audience of parents who often have little choice but to use them. Yet many of these services put basic functionality behind subscriptions and recurring fees. The company states that fee waivers may be available for qualifying users, but it is unclear how those programs operate or who ultimately bears the cost. Greater transparency would be welcome. To me, this is a perfect example of capitalism at its worst: taking a difficult family situation, inserting a middleman, collecting personal information, and then charging people for services they may feel pressured to use. When an industry profits from conflict rather than solving it, consumers should be skeptical. Hard pass.

  • Way too complex and hard to navigate

    2
    By RikiTikiTavi13
    There’s a bunch of features here, and I’m sure they’re all very valuable, but there is absolutely no way to Taylor the experience to anyone’s individual situations. They also bury things you use a lot deep down scrolling lists, and there is no such thing as a easy one click operation for literally anything inside this app. I think it serves a purpose, but the actual experience of using the app itself is one of the worst I’ve ever had, and I may be jaded because I work in building saas applications, but it’s obvious whoever they hired to do the UX and UI of this app has never actually talked to any user. If there was any worthwhile competitive to this, I would switch instantly. If you read a lot of the five star reviews here, it’s everyone complaining about the same thing, but for some reason, people don’t understand that you can give less than five stars when you’re not happy or the app doesn’t deserve it.

  • Not human

    1
    By Brooke._.1
    This app is ran by AI and doesn’t go through waiver application for domestic violence.

  • Sucks

    1
    By Deeds1289
    This app never sends messages and you have to pay for it! Has to update all the time. Super slow

  • Very Good

    5
    By ReviewedLog
    The app is very functional and I love the ability to export official timestamped records so easily. I would really love a dedicated Parenting Log feature. I know you can add notes in the calendar feature but I would love it's own built in log feature where you can quickly add certain things you want to track and create records of (ie. school times, activities, meals, wake and sleep times, medications, potty training, behavioral concerns, etc.). So that each day pre-fills with what you want to track and you can quickly input the values. It would make high conflict co-parenting much easier to have the extra data all in the same place. Some feedback - When exporting chat reports, any documents sent in chat only display the first page of the document in the records. It would be nice to have the option to choose to include all pages in the export. Also when sending documents, it would be nice to be able to review or add one extra stop to make sure you are ready to send. I would like the option to send groups of files rather than one at a time. Also, small problem - I don't know if it's something I've done but I have a notification that will not go away no matter how many times I click on view event. The calendar is still a bit confusing for me and even though it says it can be private I still am unsure what is viewable by the other party. It is an excellent app however and I do prefer it over its competitors.

  • Freezes

    1
    By Car0530
    The app recently released an update that locks you out of messages. Technical support cannot figure out the problem, and response times are significantly longer. Explore other options.

  • Greed is ugly

    1
    By A. Nontmous
    This app has aided my ex in keeping my son isolated from me. Then after two years it starts charging the poor parents who are court mandated to use this app. Rug pull type of nonsense. User help is almost nonexistent.

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