Comparison

CoParent Journal vs Documented

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

CoParent Journal

Features
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CoParent Journal helps one parent keep private, factual co-parenting records without requiring the other parent to join. Use it to plan custody schedules, log exchanges, track shared child expenses, save receipts and documents, write factual journal notes, and export organized PDF or CSV records when you need to review or share them. Free plan: - One active child - Limited records - Report preview CoParent Journal Pro unlocks: - Unlimited records - Receipt and document attachments - Full PDF report export - CSV export The app is an independent recordkeeping tool. It is not legal advice, not a law firm, not affiliated with any court or government agency, and does not submit documents for you. Review exported records before sharing. Privacy: your child names, notes, locations, receipts, and attachments are stored locally on your device unless you choose to export or share them. Terms of Use: https://coparentjournal-production.admin-ffc.workers.dev/terms

About

Documented

This app provides a secure and tamper-evident journal for logging important events related to child custody. It automatically timestamps entries, allows for attachments, and generates tamper-proof records for legal purposes. All data is private and stored locally or on your iCloud.

Highlights
  • Tamper-evident logging
  • Automatic timestamping
  • Attach photos, videos, voice memos, receipts
  • Tag children and co-parents
  • Search and filter entries
  • Generate PDF export
  • Encrypted sharing with attorney
Features
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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

Screenshots

CoParent Journal4 screens
Documented4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Documented at 4.8 against CoParent Journal's 1.0. Documented also leads on ratings volume (306 vs 1) and chart position (#137 vs unranked). CoParent Journal's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CoParent Journal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Documented sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Documented holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Documented has 306 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
CoParent Journal versus Documented: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoParent JournalDocumented
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (306 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1306 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#137 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPURE INSIGHT TECHNOLOGY LTDRise Advertising LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CoParent Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro$29.991 Year
6 purchases

Documented

Subscriptions6
  • Documented Plus7 Days trial$17.991 Month
  • Documented Plus14 Days trial$17.991 Month
  • Documented Plus1 Month trial$17.991 Month
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  • Documented Plus - Yearly7 Days trial$179.991 Year
  • Documented Plus - Yearly14 Days trial$179.991 Year
  • Documented Plus1 Month trial$179.991 Year

Questions

Is CoParent Journal free?
CoParent Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Documented free?
Documented is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CoParent Journal or Documented?
Documented is rated higher. CoParent Journal averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Documented averages 4.8 from 306 ratings.
Do CoParent Journal or Documented have ads?
Documented shows ads; CoParent Journal does not.

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