AppClose Alternative: $6.99 Covers Both Parents
AppClose has no free plan: after a 60-day trial it costs $7.99/month on the web ($8.99 in-app, or $83.88/year prepaid), and each parent needs their own subscription — roughly $16–18/month for a co-parenting pair on monthly billing. AppClose offers free accounts to parents in financial hardship and survivors of domestic violence through fee waivers. If you mainly used AppClose to track shared expenses, CoParentSplit does that job for one $6.99/month subscription that covers both parents — and it still has a free tier.
CoParentSplit
$6.99/month or $59.99/year per pair (both parents included)
AppClose
$7.99–8.99/month per parent (~$16–18/month per pair; $83.88/year each if prepaid); no free plan
Feature Comparison
| Feature | CoParentSplit | AppClose |
|---|---|---|
| Price (monthly, per pair) | $6.99/month | ~$16–18/month |
| Free tier | Yes (10 expenses/month) | No (fee waivers only) |
| Free trial | 14 days | 60 days |
| Both parents included in one subscription | ||
| Expense tracking | ||
| Auto balance calculation | ||
| Monthly reports | ||
| CSV export | ||
| In-app messaging | ||
| Shared calendar | ||
| Setup time | 2 minutes | 10+ minutes |
What AppClose Costs in 2026
AppClose has no free plan. Its pricing page lists one all-inclusive plan: $7.99/month on the web, $8.99/month if you subscribe in-app, or $83.88 a year prepaid, after a 60-day trial. A subscription covers only your own account — AppClose's help center says a co-parent needs an active subscription of their own to answer calls and see messages — so a co-parenting pair spends roughly $16–18 every month on monthly billing, about $192–216 per year. AppClose offers free accounts to parents in financial hardship and survivors of domestic violence through fee waivers. For families who expected a free app, that's a big shift, and many are now looking for an alternative.
What Switching to CoParentSplit Looks Like
CoParentSplit is built around the one thing most co-parents actually opened AppClose for: tracking shared child expenses and knowing who owes whom. One subscription — $6.99/month or $59.99/year — covers the pair. You subscribe, your co-parent joins free, and both of you get full access. There's a 14-day free trial of premium, and unlike AppClose in 2026, a free tier still exists: 10 expenses per month and 1 child, with your full history, free forever. Setup takes about 2 minutes: add your kids, set your split ratios, invite your co-parent, start logging.
The Math: $16–18/Month vs $6.99/Month
Two AppClose accounts at $7.99–8.99/month each come to $192–216 per year for the pair. CoParentSplit's annual plan is $59.99 per year for the pair — both parents included. That's roughly a third of the cost. And because it's one subscription, there's no awkward conversation about whether your co-parent is willing to pay for their half of an app: they never pay anything.
What You'd Give Up — Honestly
AppClose is an all-in-one platform: it includes in-app messaging and information sharing that CoParentSplit doesn't have. CoParentSplit deliberately skips messaging — most low-conflict co-parents already text or email — and instead goes deeper on expenses: per-child tagging, category-based split ratios, receipt uploads, automatic monthly reports, CSV export, and a shared custody calendar. If monitored in-app messaging is essential to your situation, an all-in-one app may still be the better fit. If expenses are the job, a focused tool does it better for less.
No Payment Processing, No Payment Fees
CoParentSplit calculates the balance — "you spent $X, they spent $Y, they owe you $Z" — but never touches your money. You settle however you already do: Venmo, Zelle, e-transfer, cash. That means zero transaction fees and no bank accounts linked to yet another app.
Which Is Right for You?
Choose CoParentSplit if:
AppClose users who mainly tracked expenses and don't want to pay $16+/month per pair; parents who want a free tier or one subscription covering both parents
Choose AppClose if:
Parents who want one app for all co-parenting communication including messaging and info sharing, and don't mind two paid accounts
The Bottom Line
AppClose has no free plan, and each parent needs their own subscription: a pair pays around $16–18/month on monthly billing. If you use its messaging heavily, it may still earn that. But if expense tracking is why you're there, CoParentSplit does that job better — reports, CSV export, receipts, custody calendar — for $6.99/month or $59.99/year covering both parents, with a 14-day trial and a free tier to start.