About OurFamilyWizard
OurFamilyWizard is a comprehensive app designed to simplify shared parenting, co-parenting, and joint custody challenges. The app offers a range of features, including understanding your parenting schedule at a glance, managing shared parenting expenses and payments, sharing and storing vital family details, documenting and organizing communication within a secure app, and streamlining requests for parenting time exchanges and reimbursements. The app is particularly useful for high-conflict parenting situations, providing a centralized platform to defuse email exchanges and maintain a record of communication and expenses. While some users have expressed concerns about the renewal rate and feel the app may not offer enough value for long-term users, others have praised its functionality and the valuable purpose it serves for families navigating complex co-parenting dynamics. Overall, OurFamilyWizard appears to be a helpful tool for families seeking to manage shared parenting responsibilities and communication in a structured and organized manner.
I know there are a lot of negative reviews. I have found this to be very helpful. Again, its a tough topic and situation to manage this. But I have tried others and haven't found better.
All messages are contained in one place. No more searching through texts, emails, etc. to prove the abuse and lack of coparenting from my ex. It shows when messages are opened by the other party or if they are choosing to ignore coparenting messages. I love this app; it has the reduced stress and anxiety I used to experience when communicating with my ex--perhaps because he knows how easy it is to show his abusive messages?
The app itself is well managed and maintained. The challenge I have is that many are court-compelled to use this app to communicate with ex-spouse. As such, the app has full control to do whatever they want, including increase pricing. In the last year, the app added calling as a function (that I would expect less that 5% of the people to take advantage of) and increased costs for that feature. All people already written into a divorce decree to use the app are now compelled to pay more for a feature they will never use. I believe it is best to go back to the courts and have this specific, individual app removed as a compelling part of divorce decrees. Note: if...read full review