What’s the hardest part of co-parenting after separation?

I’ve been building CustodyTrac for the past year and I want to make sure I’m solving the right problems.

Here’s what I keep hearing from separated parents:

• “I have no proof of what actually happened”

• “My ex denies agreeing to things we clearly discussed”

• “I missed my kid’s soccer game because I didn’t know about it”

• “I’m owed $800 in expense reimbursements and have no way to track it”

• “My lawyer charges $400/hr and I’m paying him to read text message screenshots”

CustodyTrac is my answer to all of that. It’s a co-parenting coordination app built around one idea: everything that matters should be documented, timestamped, and accessible to both parents.

Here’s what’s live today:

🗓 Custody calendar — automatic schedule generation from common patterns (2-2-3, week-on/week-off, alternating weeks) with manual override requests and approval workflow

🔄 Swap requests — either parent can request a schedule change, the other approves or declines, everything is logged

💰 Expense tracking — log shared child expenses, split percentages, reimbursement status, receipt uploads

📋 Transfer log — document every custody exchange with timestamp, location, and notes

⚠️ Incident reports — log concerning events with severity levels and follow-up tracking

📄 Legal reports — generate court-ready PDF summaries of activity, expenses, and incidents

✅ Chore tracker — assign weekly chores, track per-day completion with notes and timestamps

💬 In-app messaging — communicate about specific swaps, expenses, or events without giving out your personal number

👶 Child calendar — kids get a read-only view of their own schedule via a PIN-protected app

⚖️ Attorney portal — give your lawyer read-only access to documentation without printing anything

It’s fully PWA so it works like a native app on iPhone and Android without going through the App Store.

I’d love to hear from you:

• If you’ve been through a custody situation, what tool or feature would have made the biggest difference?

• What does every other co-parenting app get wrong?

• What would make you actually use this vs. going back to text messages?

Trying to build something that genuinely reduces conflict and protects kids — not just another calendar app. Honest feedback welcome.