OurFamilyWizard is the most established name in co-parenting software, with a strong reputation in the legal community. DuetNest is a modern alternative built for the broader 90% of co-parenting families — cooperative, mixed, and post-conflict — who want clarity without the courtroom feel. Here's an honest side-by-side comparison.
If you and your co-parent generally get along but want one calm shared space for logistics, DuetNest is lighter and friendlier than OurFamilyWizard's court-focused interface.
Families moving from high-conflict to cooperative often outgrow OurFamilyWizard's heavy structure. DuetNest scales down gracefully without losing the audit trail.
OurFamilyWizard charges every parent every year. DuetNest's free tier covers all the essentials many families ever need.
Yes. DuetNest produces timestamped, immutable records and exports clean structured PDF reports you can share with mediators or advisors.
You can export your OFW data and re-import the calendar. Message history can be archived separately.
For active high-conflict litigation with court-mandated software, OFW remains the safer choice. For everyone else, DuetNest is lighter, calmer, and free.