AppClose features

America’s Co‑Parenting destination®

Hundreds of Thousands of Co‑Parents Use AppClose Every Month

AppClose provides a comprehensive set of tools to manage the complex needs of co‑parents: facilitating communication, real-time messaging, scheduling, expense tracking, sending and receiving payments, documenting check-ins and other interactions for evidentiary purposes, and more.

Secure Messaging

Co‑parents can send individual or group chats within their circle. Each co‑parent may also use the app to communicate privately with their connected attorney. Every message in AppClose is time-stamped, encrypted, and stored in a system of record that users cannot alter or delete, which creates a complete historical record of every discussion. Co‑parents can see the date and time any message was read, search conversations by date or keyword, export them, and scan, upload, and send documents. U.S. users can also export conversations as Certified Electronic Business Records.

Calls & Records

AppClose facilitates virtual visits. When both parties enable audio and video calling, co‑parents can hear, see, and talk to connected parties in real-time. With the consent of both participants, calls can be recorded and transcribed, with no limit on the number of recorded calls. The participants can download a recording and its transcript in the app; recordings are not part of records exports, are not certified, and are not available through AppClose Pro — ask your client to download and send them. Call logs include every attempted, missed, and completed call. Calls are never traced, a caller’s location is never shown to the other person, and co‑parents’ phone numbers are never revealed.

Custody Schedules & Shared Calendars

Co‑parents can select from 15 pre-built parenting schedule templates or create their own. They can create child-related events, set reminders, and share them with others. They can also send, discuss, approve, or decline swap days, drop-offs, pick-ups, and other requests. All communication is logged and accessible, as needed.

Circles

In AppClose, co‑parents can invite an unlimited number of third parties to join their circle. These invitees include attorneys, mediators, guardians ad litem, mental health and other professionals, as well as family members such as grandparents, stepparents, or caretakers. At their discretion, co‑parents can securely store important child-related or other information, and can share it with any member of their circle. Third-party invitees can only see what co‑parents intentionally share with them. Co‑parents can even coordinate pet-related tasks, such as scheduling vet appointments, sharing pet-related expenses, and organizing pet schedule arrangements.

Requests

Co‑parents can request a change in drop-off or pick-up times or locations, a swap in parenting days, or make other requests. Requests are submitted through AppClose, and co‑parents are notified immediately when requests are approved or declined. AppClose documents all requests, and stores any attached supporting documentation, and all in-App conversations.

Check-ins

This private feature lets a co‑parent record the time and place they arrive at or leave any location, such as kid pick-ups or drop-offs. Each check-in records the device’s location at that moment and is visible only to the co‑parent who made it; neither co‑parent can use it to track the other. The co‑parent who made a check-in can include it in their records exports, and check-ins are among the records AppClose produces in response to proper legal process.

Expense Log & Reimbursements

To track their finances, co‑parents can categorize all child-related expenses. They can attach related documents, and submit and discuss reimbursement requests. Through ipayou® — AppClose’s secure payment solution, powered by Dwolla and available in the United States with no transaction fees — co‑parents can send and receive money for court-ordered reimbursements, child support, shared medical expenses, and more.

AppClose Solo

With this unique feature, AppClose users may communicate from AppClose with non-App users via text message or email. For example, a co‑parent App user may send any kind of request or share events with a co‑parent and/or third party who does not use the App. This mode still allows an accurate log of all child-related activities, events, and communication attempts, even if the other party does not reply or participate. Anyone with a Solo link can open the item without an account. A link expires 10 days after it is sent, but can’t be withdrawn once it’s sent.

Exportable Records for Every User

Every chat, request, expense, and check-in on AppClose, and the details of every call, is automatically time-stamped, encrypted, and stored in a system of record. No user can change or delete these records.

Any AppClose user, in any country, can export these records as a PDF. AppClose, Inc. digitally signs every export, which identifies AppClose as the source of the file. Without contacting AppClose, the PDF can be opened in Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader to confirm that it hasn’t been changed since it was signed.

Court-Trusted Records Certified by AppClose

AppClose records are designed for reliability and for use in U.S. family law courts and courts of general jurisdiction that hear family law matters.

Certified Electronic Business Records. Any U.S. user can generate unlimited Certified Electronic Business Records on the AppClose website. Each one is a PDF export made directly from the original stored records, digitally signed by AppClose and signed electronically by the AppClose Custodian of Records. Without contacting AppClose, the PDF can be opened in Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader to confirm that it hasn’t been changed since it was signed.

Each export also carries a unique Export ID that ties a printed copy back to the electronic original. In AppClose Pro, entering an Export ID confirms that an export with that ID exists in the AppClose system. With your client’s consent, you can download that same stored export again. Entering an Export ID confirms the export exists but does not verify its contents.

Business records affidavits. AppClose also certifies records with a business records affidavit, at no charge, in response to a proper subpoena, as described in our Certified Records and Subpoena Policy.

Co-Parent Assist™

Clearer communication. Less conflict.

Our built-in AI communication tool, designed specifically for co-parenting conversations. It reviews your draft messages in real time and offers optional suggestions to improve clarity, soften wording that may be perceived as escalatory, and maintain a more neutral tone—all while keeping your message's original intent intact. You remain in full control of what is sent.

Advanced Security and Control

Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
Dual authentication, PIN or biometric lock-screen capabilities, and advanced data encryption ensure personal data and important information are secure and protected.

Privacy by design
Calls are never traced and are recorded only when both participants consent; phone numbers are never revealed; a user’s location is never shown to their co‑parent or circle and cannot be used to track anyone; a user’s registration e-mail is not shown to the other co‑parent unless they choose to share it; and conversations are encrypted and visible only to the people they are shared with.

Complete control
AppClose provides total control. Co‑parents determine who to include in their circle, whether to enable or disable audio and video calling for specific circle members, what information is shared, and with whom it is shared.

AppClose for Military Families

AppClose provides our brave military families a way to stay connected. Within a military circle, armed forces members can track kids’ schedules, exchange important child-related information, and send and receive payments for expenses. During deployments, special training, or other assignments, military parents or third parties with email access can still receive information regarding events or requests when app access is not an option due to location or special orders.