KidsFirst is a free co-parenting app with an AI Conflict Filter that rewrites hostile messages before they reach you, plus a shared calendar, expense tracking, and document storage, all in one place. Started by a parent, built by a community. Free for every parent.
Our founder started this journey when he witnessed his own daughter caught in the crossfire of conflict between her separated parents. In that moment, he knew he had to do something to protect her, and other children like her.
We have been there. Your pain is ours.
One shared space that makes everyday co-parenting simpler.
You shouldn't have to choose between your mental stress and coordinating care for your child. We remove the friction so you can focus on being a parent.
Our app acts as a shield, rewriting hostile, aggressive language instantly. You receive the logistics – pickup times, locations – not the insults. Other apps warn the sender, who can send the original anyway; ours rewrites before delivery and can't be switched off.
School, health, handovers and money each get their own thread, instead of one endless scroll where the important detail is twelve messages back. Pick up any subject where it left off.
Messages can't be edited or deleted once sent, and you can export a full thread as a timestamped PDF. If a lawyer or mediator ever needs the history, it's already there.
Eliminate the "you never told me" arguments. Keep a single, undeniable record of every pickup, drop-off, and school event.
Stop searching through old texts and emails for school reports or vaccine records. Keep all shared files in one secure, organised library.
Stop fighting about who paid for what. Upload receipts, track expenses visibly, and settle debts without a face-to-face confrontation.
Co-parenting means sharing sensitive things – messages, schedules, documents. We don't sell or trade your data, and we don't run ads. Beyond that promise, here's how your privacy is protected by the way the app is built, not just what a policy says.
We remove personal details such as names and contact information before your message reaches the AI, so it works on the message itself, not on who your family is.
Your messages are processed only to run the Conflict Filter, inside AWS infrastructure hosted in Australia.
Nothing you share – messages, documents or files – is ever used to train AI models. Full stop.
No one on our team can access your private records. It's enforced by how the app is built, not just promised in a policy.
Location data is stripped from photos when you upload them. A photo of the kids shouldn't tell the other parent where you live.
Encrypted in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256), on AWS infrastructure in Australia. Compliant with the Privacy Act 1988 (AU), the Privacy Act 2020 (NZ), and Singapore's PDPA 2012.
There's no paid tier and nothing held back, and no second bill for the other parent. Most paid apps charge per parent, so a separated family pays twice, and a subscription only one parent agrees to buy half-works. KidsFirst is free because it's not run to make a profit: our running costs are largely covered by AWS's startup program, and it's built by a community of contributors who keep overheads low. So there's no business reason to lock the essentials behind a price, and the families who need this most are often already paying for lawyers, court fees, and a second home.
The core co-parenting tools, messaging with the Conflict Filter, calendar, expenses and documents, will stay free, always.
| App | Advertised price | What a separated family pays |
|---|---|---|
| KidsFirst | $0 | $0 |
| OurFamilyWizard | AUD $199.99–$399.99 per parent, per year |
AUD $399.98–$799.98 |
| TalkingParents | USD $7–$32/mo per parent |
USD $168–$768 |
| AppClose | USD $7.99–$8.99/mo per parent |
~USD $192–$216 |
| 2houses | USD $169.99 per family, per year |
USD $169.99 |
Largely covered by AWS's startup program today, and we're pursuing grants and donations to grow.
Founder-led and built by a growing group of contributors, which keeps our overheads low.
Free today, every feature, both parents. Any money we bring in goes back into the mission.
Honest, plain-language guides on parental alienation, communication, and protecting your kids, written by people who've lived it.
KidsFirst is built by a growing group of parents, professionals, and specialists who believe kids shouldn't pay the price for their parents' conflict. Everyone brings a little, together it becomes something none of us could build alone.
Tell us what's working. What's not. What would change everything for you. This isn't a contact form: it's a direct line to the parents building this.
Download, set up in five minutes, and feel the weight lift the next time you open your phone.
