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Beacon Co-Parenting App vs Kidtime

Beacon Co-Parenting App

7.9#3 in co-parenting apps€19 one-time

Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI

7.8#4 in co-parenting appsFrom $99.99 a year

Free planAndroidiOSWeb

Fact	Beacon Co-Parenting App	Kidtime
Expense tracking	Shared expenses support configurable percentage splits, payment records, receipts and a net who-owes-what balance.	Shared costs can include receipts, a defined split and coparent approval before an amount is owed.
Headquarters	Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, Ireland	Texas, United States
Licence	Terms grant only a limited personal non-transferable use licence and prohibit copying, reverse engineering, commercial exploitation and automated scraping.	AlternativeTo classifies Kidtime as proprietary software offered on a freemium subscription model.
Messaging	Co-parents can exchange secure messages, and messages cannot be edited or deleted by either parent or staff.	Coparent messages are timestamped, preserved and exportable, with photo attachments supported.
Platforms	The maker describes the service as a web app at app.beaconparenting.ie and says it can be added to a device home screen for notifications; its main site lists Android and iOS.	AlternativeTo lists Kidtime for online use, Android and iPhone.
Purpose	The app helps separated parents and guardians in Ireland coordinate childcare in one structured place and keep a shared record.	Kidtime is a coparenting app for coordinating child-related events, managing custody schedules, and viewing custody analytics.

Beacon suits parents or legal guardians aged 18 or older who share care of children in Ireland. It is not intended for children to hold accounts.

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