ParentDocket vs Documented
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ParentDocket
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ParentDocket keeps co-parenting communication civil, organized, and documented. Every message between you and your co-parent is sealed with an authentication code the moment it is sent. Messages can never be edited or deleted - by either parent - so what was said is never in dispute. ONE SUBSCRIPTION COVERS BOTH PARENTS You subscribe; your co-parent joins free with a link code. No forced double subscription. WHAT YOU GET - Sealed messaging: tamper-evident, with per-message authentication codes - Tone check: optional AI review flags hostile phrasing before you hit send - Custody schedule: swap requests, responses, and a documented change log - Shared expenses: log, track, and keep both parents on the same page - Certified record export: re-verified PDF of the full message history - Professional access: give your attorney, mediator, or GAL read access, gated behind BOTH parents' signed consent BUILT FOR DIFFICULT SITUATIONS ParentDocket assumes communication may end up in front of a mediator or judge. Write it like a judge will read it - and have the record to back it up. PRICING $9.99/month or $99.99/year after a 14-day free trial. One subscription covers both parents. Invited co-parents use ParentDocket free. Payment is charged to your Apple Account; subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in Account Settings. Privacy policy: https://parentdocket.com/privacy.html Terms: https://parentdocket.com/terms.html Support: support@parentdocket.com
Documented
This app securely logs parenting moments with automatic timestamps and optional location data. Entries are sealed to prevent tampering and can include notes, photos, and voice memos. An optional upgrade allows for secure PDF export for legal purposes.
- Sealed, timestamped entries
- Log notes, photos, videos, voice memos
- Automatic timestamp and GPS
- Tamper-evident record keeping
- Private by default, no account needed
- Secure PDF export for legal sharing
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Documented is a private record of how you show up for your kids. Log what happened (a handoff, a missed exchange, a first sentence, a doctor's visit) and it is sealed the second you save it. Time captured automatically. Place attached if you want it. Nothing you can quietly rewrite later, which is exactly what makes it worth something. WHY SEALED MATTERS A note you typed months after the fact is a memory. A record made at the time is a different thing. Every entry gets a SHA-256 fingerprint linked to the entry before it. Change one character and the chain no longer matches, and the app tells you. Edits can't be hidden. That's what tamper-evident means. Separately, each entry's fingerprint is sent to an independent Time-Stamping Authority, which signs a statement that it existed at that moment. The stamp is requested the moment the entry seals, and if your phone is offline it's obtained as soon as you reconnect. Only the fingerprint leaves your phone, never your words, your photos, your children's names, or where you were. A fingerprint can't be turned back into your content. BUILT FOR HOW THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENS Thirty seconds, one-handed, in a car park, before you forget. Write it, tag it, seal it. • Log notes, photos, videos, voice memos, receipts, and message screenshots • Tag which child, and which co-parent, each moment involved • Automatic timestamp and optional GPS, captured rather than typed • Corrections are amendments: the original stays, the correction sits beside it • Search and filter by child, category, or date PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No sign-up. No password. Documented opens straight into your record. Your entries stay on your iPhone, and in your own iCloud storage if you turn sync on. We can't read them. Your co-parent is never contacted, never notified, and never given access. Naming someone in your record is a label on your record, nothing more. WHAT IT COSTS Documented is a subscription, with a 7-day free trial. The subscription is the app, not an add-on to it. Included, with no limits of any kind: writing new entries, sealing them, the independent timestamp, photos, videos, voice memos and receipts, iCloud sync of your own record, search, filtering, amendments, the PDF export, and encrypted sharing with your attorney. No entry limit. No attachment limit. No storage tier. Free, whether you subscribe or not: reading, searching and verifying everything already in your record. Nothing you have sealed is ever locked away from you, and if a trial ends without a purchase the record becomes read-only rather than closed. People who installed Documented before this change keep their original free terms permanently. WHEN YOU NEED TO PRODUCE IT Your whole record becomes one PDF, ready to hand to your attorney: every entry in order, with its seal, an integrity statement, and your attachments. Any single entry can go on its own. You can send that record to your attorney encrypted on your device, to a key only they hold. A NOTE ON WHAT THIS IS Documented is a record-keeping tool. We're not a law firm and we don't give legal advice. Whether any record is accepted is decided by a judge under the rules of evidence where you live. What we can do is make sure that when you wrote something down, it's provable that you wrote it down then, and that nobody, including you, quietly changed it since. If something is on the line, talk to a licensed attorney in your state. Privacy Policy: https://documented.co/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://documented.co/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ParentDocket at none against Documented's shown. ParentDocket also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Documented's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and chart position (#186 vs unranked). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. ParentDocket sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Documented sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ParentDocket ships an update every 2 months, Documented every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ParentDocket | Documented |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #186 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Shoufler | Rise Advertising LLC |
In-app purchases
ParentDocket
- ParentDocket Monthly14 Days trial$6.991 Month
- ParentDocket Annual14 Days trial$69.991 Year
Documented
- Documented Plus - Monthly7 Days trial$17.991 Month
- Documented Plus - Yearly7 Days trial$179.991 Year
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