Casewell vs OurFamilyWizard — for US parents

OurFamilyWizard details from ourfamilywizard.com, checked July 9, 2026. Confirm current plans with the provider.

How to read this in the United States

Custody questions rarely have one US-wide answer. State law differs, and county rules differ inside a single state. Start with the order or parenting plan that actually applies to you.

Record each event with the date it happened and the date you wrote it down. Keep the whole message thread, bill or calendar item rather than a crop of it. A screenshot should never be your only copy.

A reader should be able to see what happened, when you recorded it and what changed afterwards. Take the legal questions to a family-law attorney licensed in your state.

State-and-county checklist for a US review

Put the state, county, and court on the cover sheet. Quote the custody order or parenting plan. Keep court notices and portal files in their first form. Flag a move, school line, or issue between states for legal review. Do not guess which state rule controls.

What OurFamilyWizard is for

OurFamilyWizard exists to make messages between two parents accountable. Messages are documented, ToneMeter nudges heated wording down before it sends, the shared calendar handles schedule trades, and expenses route through a system both parents see. Courts across the US order parents onto it precisely because it removes the he-said-she-said around messages. If your conflict lives inside the messages themselves, this is the tool type you need.

What Casewell is for

Casewell documents your experience of co-parenting rather than the conversation between parents. A custody journal entry takes under a minute. Type, child, what happened, when, with the screenshot, photo, or receipt attached to that event.

Entries accumulate into a timeline you can filter by child, type, or date range and export as an expert PDF. A parenting-time record for your attorney, an expense summary with repayment status, or a full bundle for family court planning. The other parent never joins, never sees it, and can't derail it.

The overlap people ask about

Both apps produce records a legal expert can review, and both offer writing support that cools heated language. ToneMeter on messages in OFW, the optional neutral rewrite on journal entries in Casewell. The difference is scope.

OFW's record covers what happened on the platform. Casewell's record covers what you documented from life. The no-show at 5pm, the receipt for the school trip, the pattern across three months of Fridays.

Neither substitutes for the other, which is why the practical answer for many higher-conflict situations is both. The ordered channel for talking, the private journal for everything else.

Cost logic

OurFamilyWizard is priced per parent. So the real cost of the platform is usually two subscriptions, sustained for as long as the order or arrangement lasts. Casewell is one $2.99/week or $49.99/year subscription because there is only ever one user. If you're paying for OFW and mostly using your own notes anyway, you're paying platform prices for journal work. See the alternatives comparison for how that decision usually plays out.

A US review note

Casewell and OurFamilyWizard solve different problems — private custody records vs court-ordered shared messages. Here's how to know which you need, or whether you need both. Sharing any of it in the United States takes a few more steps.

Take one question at a time. Attach the current order, a short timeline and the source files that carry the point. Keep the rest of the record safe in case it is needed later.

Check local rules before you file or send anything. Ask a family-law attorney licensed in your state or use the court's own help pages. Rules for hidden details, proof, exhibits, and due dates vary.

Put the state and county on the review note. Use the terms from the local order. A rule or label from one state may not apply in another.