Co-Parenting Access and Records Exchange

A record neither parent can rewrite.

Expenses, payments and messages, kept in a log that only ever grows. No edits. No deletions. Corrections sit beside the original.

Built in Canada · iOS in TestFlight · Android next

9:41 ‹ Case Expenses Balance on this case You’re owed $240.00 Confirmed payments only 1 payment awaiting confirmation Tap to review ENTRIES Orthodontist You paid · split 50% receipt sealed · #118 $180.00 +$90.00 Payment received You confirmed 15 Mar confirms #120 · #121 $90.00 CONFIRMED Hockey registration They paid · split 50% #124 $420.00 −$210.00 HOME CASES ALERTS PROFILE
0Entries ever deleted, by anyone
0Bit hash sealing every entry
0Years you can reopen a closed account
0Of messages carry a read receipt

01 — The record

A correction sits beside the original. It never replaces it.

Every action becomes a numbered entry, sealed with a hash of the entry before it.

#118 expense.added $180.00 · Dentist prev 7c1e…8a0b hash a4f2…c091 #119 message.sent read 4:09 PM prev a4f2…c091 hash 3b90…41de #120 payment.confirmed $90.00 · confirms #119 prev 3b90…41de hash e57c…b214 #121 expense.corrected $165.00 · amends #118 prev e57c…b214 hash 9d10…7fa3 amends — it does not replace Change any entry and every hash after it stops matching. Entry #118 stays exactly where it was.
RULE 01

Only ever added to

Nothing is edited or removed — not by either parent, not by us.

RULE 02

Every entry sealed

Timestamped and hash-chained. Attachments are hashed at upload.

RULE 03

Belongs to the case

One parent closing their account never erases the shared history.

9:41 ‹ Case Messages UNREAD MESSAGES Can you take Emma to the dentist Thursday at 4? 4:02 PM Yes. I’ll confirm with the office tomorrow. 4:09 PM · Read Dentist invoice sealed a4f2…c091 · 4:11 PM THEM Can you take Emma to the dent… Booked. 4pm Thursday. 4:14 PM · Read Message Send

02 — Messaging

“I never saw it” stops being available.

  • Read receipts cannot be switched offThe time a message was read enters the record.
  • Undo before it sends, never afterAn optional five or ten second window. Then it stands.
  • Attachments are sealedHashed at upload, so a file is provably the one sent.
  • Pin privatelyMark what matters. The other parent never sees your pins.

03 — What’s inside

Live today, and what’s coming next.

Every item says plainly where it stands. Nothing is described as finished when it isn’t.

Expenses & ledger

Log it, split it, attach the receipt. The balance counts confirmed payments only.

Live

Messages

Attachments, replies, search, pins, and receipts that can’t be turned off.

Live

Child information

Allergies, medications, school. Both parents see it; one maintains it.

Live

Sealed receipts

Every attachment hashed at upload, so it can be proven unaltered.

Live

Notifications

Push, an in-app bell and an icon badge — a missed alert isn’t a missed obligation.

Live

Private profile

The other parent sees your name. Never your address, phone or settings.

Live

Schedule & notice chain

The arrangement, every change to it, and who answered when.

Coming

Court packet export

A dated, verifiable export built for filing, not for scrolling.

Coming

Professional access

Scoped access for your lawyer or a mediator, instead of emailed screenshots.

Coming

04 — Where we differ

Against the apps courts already know.

 C.A.R.E.Typical alternative
Record integrityHash-chained, tamper-evidentRests on the provider’s word
Editing & deletingNever, for either parentVaries by product
Read receiptsAlways on, written into the recordOften optional
AttachmentsHash-sealed at uploadStored and retrievable
Closing an accountShared record stays with the caseOften unclear what survives
Court familiarityNew. We have to earn itLong established

Based on publicly documented features at the time of writing.

05 — For lawyers & mediators

Evidence you can test, not a folder of screenshots.

When a client hands you exported messages, the first question is whether they are complete and unaltered. Usually nobody can tell.

C.A.R.E. answers that with sequence and hashing. It does not make anything automatically admissible — that is for the court — but the usual authenticity objections have a factual answer.

Representing a party Coming

Your client grants access. You see their view of the case without them emailing you anything.

Acting as a neutral Coming

Mediators and parenting coordinators can be granted access by both parties, seeing both sides.

Notice & response history Coming

Every schedule request, the notice given, and the answer or silence that followed.

06 — Pricing

The record is free. Always.

A parent should never lose their evidence because they couldn’t afford a subscription. Nothing is charged today while the app is in testing.

Free

$0

Everything needed to keep a complete, tamper-evident record.

  • Unlimited expenses and payments
  • Unlimited messages with attachments
  • Read receipts and the full record
  • Child information for the family
  • Sealed receipts and attachments
  • Share selected messages as text
Join the test

Court mode — coming

TBC per parent

For when the record has to leave the app and stand up somewhere.

  • Everything in Free
  • Court packet export
  • Accounting export (CSV)
  • Professional access
  • Schedule and notice chain
  • In-app documented calls
See when it lands

Professional

TBC per practitioner

For family lawyers, mediators and parenting coordinators.

  • Access to client cases granted to you
  • Neutral access where both consent
  • Verified credentials on your profile
  • Export tools across matters
  • Firm billing
For professionals

Never hold a record hostage

Stop paying and you keep full access to read and add to your record.

Never charge the other parent

Money never moves without the paying parent initiating it.

No advertising, ever

We won’t sell attention inside a product where people discuss their children.

07 — Roadmap

Published in full, including the parts we haven’t finished.

You’re being asked to trust us with a family record. That starts with being straight about where the product actually is.

ShippedWorking today
  • Append-only record Numbered, timestamped, hash-chained entries.
  • Expenses & two-sided payments Splits, sealed receipts, confirmed-only balance.
  • Messaging Read receipts, attachments, replies, pins, search, send delay.
  • Child information Shared with both parents, maintained by a steward.
  • Account lifecycle Verified email, closure, and reopening within six years.
NextIn build
  • Parenting schedule The base arrangement as repeating blocks.
  • The notice chain Requests, notice periods, responses and silences, all as entries.
  • Actual vs scheduled time Late, missed and swapped exchanges recorded as they happen.
  • Court packet export Dated, paginated, with integrity information attached.
  • Professional access Scoped access for a representing lawyer or a neutral.
LaterIn queue
  • Android Built cross-platform; follows iOS.
  • Private journal Your own dated notes, shared only when you choose.
  • Multi-currency Exchange rate captured at the time, for cross-border families.
  • Tone check before sending Flags a hostile message privately. Never rewrites it.
  • In-app calls Consent-based, no numbers exchanged, metadata documented.
  • Daily external anchor Integrity verifiable independently of us.

08 — Deliberately absent

Three things we won’t build.

NOT COMING

Child location tracking

Requested more than once. The answer is no. A record of what happened is not surveillance of a child.

NOT COMING

Charging the other parent

C.A.R.E. records what is owed and what was paid. Money never moves without the payer initiating it.

NOT COMING

Deleting a sent message

Not even if unread — the notification already reached their phone. That’s what the undo window is for.

09 — Get in touch

Tell us what we’ve got wrong.

C.A.R.E. is in testing on iOS. If you’re a parent who needs this, or a professional whose clients do, we’d like to hear from you — especially if something here wouldn’t survive contact with a real file.

contact@thecareapp.ca

If you are in immediate danger, do not use this app to raise it. Contact your local emergency number. C.A.R.E. is a record-keeping tool and is not monitored in real time.

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