coparent for iPhone is live in the App Store today — for both iPhone and iPad, free to download. It's the same shared calendar, expense tracker, and messages you already rely on, built to feel at home on your phone: faster to open, smoother to use, and set up to actually reach you when something matters.
Co-parenting doesn't wait for you to open a browser tab. A swap request lands at 7am while you're making lunches. A receipt gets handed to you at Friday pickup. A dentist reschedules for Tuesday afternoon, and you've got two minutes between meetings to figure out who's free. The native app was built for those short, in-between moments — which, if you're like most co-parenting families, is where most of the logistics actually happen. Here's what's changed, why it matters, and how to get set up in the next five minutes.
Notifications that show up when they need to
On the web, browser notifications are a coin flip. iOS Safari silences them by default, lock-screen delivery is inconsistent, and a message can sit unseen for hours if you don't happen to have the tab open. That gap turns small logistics questions into late-night text chains — or worse, into missed handoffs. With the native app, notifications come through the same system your other apps use: reliable, on the lock screen, with a badge on the icon so nothing slips past you.
You'll get a native push when:
- The other parent sends a message. No more refreshing the web tab to see if anything came through.
- A new shared expense is logged. Know the moment something lands so the running balance never feels like a surprise.
- An expense is marked settled. A quiet confirmation that the last round is closed out.
- A day swap is proposed. Respond in one tap, before schedules get harder to move.
- A swap is accepted or declined. Both parents stay in the loop without anyone having to check back.
- A new activity is added to the calendar. Soccer practice, a school pickup, a doctor's appointment — you'll see it right away.
You control which of these send notifications in Settings, and the whole thing respects iOS Focus modes. Quiet hours stay quiet. Nothing wakes the kids up at bedtime, but the things that actually matter still land.
A smoother flow for the 30-second moments
Most co-parenting logging happens in short bursts. Kid hands you a receipt at pickup, and you've got 30 seconds to log it before they're asking about dinner. The other parent texts about a date change while you're in the grocery aisle. You open the app, log the thing, close it, and get back to what you were doing. The native app is built for that — no browser loading, no tab hunting, no getting lost when you switch apps. Everything's where you left it.
Instant launch
Tap the icon and you're already in. No tab wake-up, no sign-in friction if you've enabled Face ID. For the short visits that make up most co-parenting days, those seconds add up.
Native gestures and haptics
Swipe between months on the calendar, long-press a custody day to see details, feel a quiet haptic tick when you mark an expense settled. The small cues make the app feel like the rest of your phone, which means less friction when you're moving fast.
Smoother animations
Transitions between screens, the bottom sheet that slides up when you add an expense, the calendar swipe when you plan next month — they're all tied to the system refresh rate. That's the difference between an app that feels responsive and one that feels like it's catching up to you.
One tap, one face, one home screen
The app lives on your home screen, so checking tomorrow's schedule is one tap from your lock screen — no bookmarks, no browser, no hunting for the right tab. Face ID sign-in means you don't retype a password every time you check the calendar, which sounds small until you notice you're doing it multiple times a day. And if you'd rather not manage another password at all, Apple Sign-In is supported from the very first screen — one tap, no email verification, no new credential to remember.
Home screen icon, Face ID sign-in, Apple Sign-In, iCloud-synced passwords via the standard iOS prompt, and the same shared account you already use on the web. Nothing to migrate, nothing to set up twice, nothing to re-sync.
The same app, wherever you open it
iPhone, iPad, and web all share the same account and the same data. Add an expense on your phone at pickup, and it's there on the shared family iPad on the kitchen counter by the time you get home. Sit down at the iPad on Sunday night to plan the week with your kids, then pick up on your phone the next morning on the way to school. And if your co-parent still prefers the web, everything they do shows up on your phone in real time — no one gets left behind on a stale version.
The web app isn't going anywhere. Native is additive. Use whichever one fits the moment — the phone for quick logging on the go, the iPad or web for longer planning at the kitchen table.
What to do right now
- Tap the App Store link below. It's free and installs in under a minute.
- Sign in with your existing coparent account — or tap Sign in with Apple if you'd rather skip the password. Your family, schedule, and history are already waiting.
- Allow push notifications when prompted. This is what keeps the app useful. You can fine-tune exactly which alerts send in Settings afterward.
- Optional: enable Face ID. Makes every visit a one-tap check-in.
That's it. Your custody schedule, shared expenses, messages, and calendar are already in there — nothing to rebuild. If anything feels off, let us know. We're listening.
Install coparent on your iPhone or iPad and get native push notifications, Face ID sign-in, and a smoother flow for every quick check-in — so the logistics stay in the background, and you can stay present with your kids.
Download on the App Store