Clearhavn vs OurFamilyWizard: which is right for you?
OurFamilyWizard is a co-parent communication platform, often ordered by the court, that logs messages, a shared calendar, and shared expenses between two parents. Clearhavn is your private case-prep workspace, where you organize evidence, deadlines, witnesses, and a court-ready chronology. They do different jobs. Most pro-se and self-represented parents end up using both.
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- Need to organize your record of what's been happening — events, evidence, witnesses, court orders
- Want a one-click chronology PDF to hand to your attorney or bring to a hearing
- Want a workspace the other parent cannot see
- Are self-representing and want a $12/month tool that does the prep work
- Already use OurFamilyWizard for messaging and need somewhere for everything OFW doesn't cover
- Want attorney sharing included, not charged separately
- The court has ordered it as your communication channel
- You need a court-verified, tamper-evident messaging record between you and the other parent
- Your conflict is primarily about communication and you want every message on the record
- You want a shared parenting calendar and shared expense log both parents can see
- A GAL, parenting coordinator, or judge needs to review the conversation
Feature comparison
Based on publicly listed features as of 2026.
Pricing
Platforms
Co-parent communication
Your private case record
Evidence
Court-ready output
Privacy
Help with the hard parts
What OurFamilyWizard does better
OurFamilyWizard is built to be the channel two parents communicate through. Messages, a shared calendar, and shared expenses live in one place both parents can see, with a tamper-evident audit trail courts accept as the record of the conversation. The ToneMeter nudges you before you send something you'd regret. OFW has been around long enough that GALs, parenting coordinators, attorneys, and many judges already know how to request and read its records. If a court has ordered you to communicate through OFW, or if your dispute is primarily about the conversation itself, Clearhavn doesn't replace any of that.
What Clearhavn does better
Clearhavn is the workspace OFW doesn't try to be. It's private to you. The other parent cannot see it. It holds the full case record: events with categories and severity, issue tags, court orders, witnesses, deadlines, and any kind of evidence (photos, screenshots, audio, video, PDFs) linked to the events they prove. It surfaces patterns across dozens of events. And it produces a court-ready chronology PDF and a case packet ZIP with one click, the artifacts you actually walk into a hearing with. OFW logs what was said between two parents. Clearhavn organizes everything you need to argue.
Can you use both?
Yes, and most pro-se parents in OFW-ordered cases do. Here's the split that works: route co-parent messages and shared schedule through OFW because the court requires it; keep your private record, evidence, deadlines, and pre-hearing prep in Clearhavn. When something happens that matters for a hearing, you log the event in Clearhavn and attach the screenshot of the OFW message that proves it. At hearing time you export a chronology PDF from Clearhavn and request the OFW message record separately if you need it as an exhibit. The two tools don't conflict; they cover different parts of the same case.
A note on cost
OurFamilyWizard is billed annually per parent. With both parents on Standard accounts the household is paying around $200 a year, and attorney access is a separate paid add-on. Clearhavn is $12/month, billed monthly, one account per parent (the other parent doesn't need to sign up), with read-only attorney sharing included. If the court has already put you on OFW, Clearhavn covers what OFW doesn't. You're not paying twice for the same thing.
Looking for an OurFamilyWizard alternative?
Be careful what you mean by "alternative." If a court has ordered OFW, you don't have an alternative for the messaging itself. Court-verified communication is OFW's specific job, and nothing else replaces it. But if you found this page searching for a tool that does everything except the regulated messaging, that's Clearhavn: case organization, evidence, deadlines, witnesses, and a court-ready chronology. Read the comparison above, then start free.
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