Family Focus
Family Focus is a co-parenting app for separated or divorced parents to communicate, coordinate care, and keep shared records.
What Family Focus is
Family Focus is a co-parenting app for separated or divorced parents to communicate, coordinate care, and keep shared records. Its chronological family thread is timestamped by the server, and posted messages cannot be edited or deleted. Parents can use a shared monthly custody calendar with parent colors, notes, event updates, and change notifications. The app also supports child-related expense logs, custom cost splits, receipt photos, settlement marking, and a running balance. PDFs, images, and Word files can be stored under Court, Medical, School, or Other categories. Message threads, calendar ranges, expense histories, and document sets can be exported as PDFs. Attorneys, mediators, and Attorneys for the Child can receive view-only access, and professionals can follow multiple client families from one account. Family Focus is available on Android and iOS. Its listed Premium plan is $7.99 a month, though its FAQ separately says the app is free with no subscriptions. The maker says data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and the app does not provide legal advice or guarantee that records will be admissible in court.
Good
- Messages receive server timestamps and cannot be edited or deleted.
- Shared calendar includes event updates and change notifications.
- Parents can split expenses and track balances.
- Professionals can receive view-only access.
- Users can export records as PDFs.
Watch out
- The FAQ and listed Premium plan give conflicting subscription information.
- The app does not process payments.
- It does not provide legal advice or guarantee court admissibility.
- Deleting an account does not remove historical messages from the co-parent's view.
Who it suits
Family Focus suits separated or divorced parents who need a shared place for communication, custody scheduling, expenses, and documents. It may also suit attorneys and mediators who need view-only access to records across client families.
Verdict
Family Focus brings co-parent communication and shared records together, with PDF exports and view-only access for professionals. Its subscription details conflict, and its records are not a guarantee of court admissibility.
Plans and prices
From Family Focus's own pricing page, checked 28 Sep 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Family Focus Premium | $7.99 a month | Website says available on Apple and Android · FAQ separately says the app is free with no subscriptions · $7.99 a month; cancel anytime |
| Family Focus Premium | $9.99 a month | One family plan covers both parents · Existing subscribers keep their current price · $9.99/month covers both parents; App Store listing says 7-day free trial |
The facts
Each one read from Family Focus's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Account deletion
- Deleting an account removes or pseudonymizes account-level identifiers where feasible, but historical messages remain accessible to the co-parent with attribution.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Data access
- The maker says it does not routinely read family content, while its policy describes limited access for legal compulsion, security investigations, explicit user requests, and operational needs.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Documents
- Parents can upload PDFs, images, and Word files into Court, Medical, School, and Other categories.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Expenses
- Parents can log child-related expenses, split costs by custom percentages, attach receipt photos, mark items settled, and view a running balance.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Exports
- Users can export message threads, calendar ranges, expense histories, and document sets as PDFs.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Legal limits
- Family Focus says it is a communication and record-keeping tool, does not provide legal advice, and does not guarantee that records are admissible in court.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Messaging
- Messages are organized in a chronological family thread, server timestamped, and cannot be edited or deleted after posting.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Observers
- Attorneys, mediators, and Attorneys for the Child can receive view-only access to a family’s records, and professionals can follow multiple client families from one account.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Privacy
- The privacy policy says the operator does not use family data for advertising, profiling, content analytics, or machine-learning training, and does not sell or rent it.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Purpose
- Family Focus is a co-parenting app for separated or divorced parents to communicate, coordinate, and keep shared records.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Schedule
- The shared monthly custody calendar supports parent color coding, notes, event updates, and notifications when events change.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Security
- The maker says data is stored on Google Cloud Firebase, encrypted in transit and at rest, and protected by database rules that restrict access to a user’s family.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Sign-in
- The app supports sign-up using email, Apple, or Google.checked 28 Sep 2001
- Support
- Support is available through the website form or [email protected], and the maker says a real person typically responds within one business day.checked 28 Sep 2001
The company
- Headquarters
- Hampton Bays, New York, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2001
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