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Civly vs AppClose

AppClose now charges $8–9/month per parent and just launched Co-Parent Assist™ for tone suggestions. Civly's BIFF Rewrite Engine goes further — full AI rewrites, conflict scoring, private vent mode, and court-safe records for $59/year.

Civly

$59/year

AI rewriting, vent mode, conflict scoring, calendar, expenses — everything.

AppClose

$8–9/mo per parent

Basic messaging, calendar, and new Co-Parent Assist™ tone suggestions. Spanish support added 2026.

Feature
Civly
AppClose
Annual price
$59/year
$96–108/yr ($8–9/mo per parent)
AI message rewriting
Full BIFF rewrite pipeline
Co-Parent Assist™ — tone suggestions before sending
Co-Parent Assist™ / BIFF Engine
Full AI rewrite with conflict scoring, vent separation, court-safe output
Optional real-time tone & clarity guidance
Private vent mode
Yes — never sent, exportable to attorney
Voice-to-text
Yes — speak angry, auto BIFF rewrite
Conflict scoring
1–5 scale on every message
Court-admissible records
SHA-256 hashed, timestamped
Basic records
Attorney portal
Full dashboard + case management
Expense tracking
AI receipt OCR + bank integration
Basic expense tracking
Calendar
Google/iCal sync + conflict detection
Basic shared calendar
Court order parsing
Upload decree, AI reads it
Pattern detection
Yes — trends, cancellations, response times
Spanish language support
Coming soon
Yes (new in 2026)
Mobile app
PWA
Native iOS/Android
Years in market
2026 (new)
2017 (9 years)

Co-Parent Assist™ vs Civly BIFF Rewrite Engine

In May 2026 AppClose launched Co-Parent Assist™ — an optional real-time tone and clarity review that offers guidance before you send a message. It also added Spanish language support. Here's how it stacks up against Civly's BIFF Rewrite Engine.

AppClose Co-Parent Assist™

  • •Real-time tone & clarity suggestions
  • •Optional — can be toggled on/off
  • •Guidance only — you still write the message yourself
  • •No conflict scoring
  • •No vent separation
  • •No court-safe content hashing

Civly BIFF Rewrite Engine

  • Full AI rewrite based on Bill Eddy's BIFF method (Brief, Informative, Firm, Friendly)
  • Conflict scoring on a 1–5 scale for every message
  • Private vent separation — raw emotions never sent, exportable to your attorney
  • Court-safe output with SHA-256 content hashing
  • Voice-to-text compose — speak angry, send calm (automatic BIFF rewrite)

The bottom line: Co-Parent Assist™ nudges you in the right direction. Civly rewrites the message for you — and scores, hashes, and timestamps it for court.

The real difference

AppClose launched in 2017 as a free co-parenting app with basic messaging, a shared calendar, and expense tracking. For years, "free" was its biggest selling point — courts even ordered parents to use it because it cost nothing.

That's changed. AppClose now charges $8–9/month per parent ($96–108/year). In May 2026 they added Co-Parent Assist™ — real-time tone suggestions — and Spanish language support. If you were court-ordered to use AppClose when it was free, you're now paying for an app whose AI feature is limited to tone nudges, with no full rewriting, no conflict scoring, no private vent mode, and no court-admissible hashed records.

Civly was built for high-conflict co-parenting from day one. Every message can be rewritten using the BIFF method. Every conversation gets a conflict score. You can vent privately without your co-parent ever seeing it. Your records are SHA-256 hashed and timestamped for court.

AppClose now costs $96–108/year and gives you tone suggestions. Civly costs $59/year and rewrites your messages for you. Everything included.

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