Alex
Mia’s netball moves to Thursdays from week 3. Pickup would be 4:30 instead of 3:15. Can you take the Thursday run this term?
First opened by Sam · Mon 20 Jul, 7:48 pm
Co-parenting, handled.
Two homes. One plan.
Running a family across two homes takes a surprising amount of admin. Halven keeps the schedule, the shared costs and everything about the children in one place you both work from — so there is less to remember and less to chase.
One subscription covers both parents. From A$8.95 a month, with a 30-day free trial.
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How it behaves
Three things that shape every screen
Co-parenting apps tend to be a chat app with a calendar bolted on. Halven is built around the thing that actually causes friction: two people needing the same answer at the same time.
Neutral by design
The product never takes a side. Language, defaults and layout are businesslike and child-focused. There is no tone of voice that favours either household.
One shared source of truth
The schedule, the costs, the medical notes, the school dates — all in one place you both work from. No more comparing versions or forwarding old messages to find the answer.
Even by default
Both parents can do exactly the same things. There is no admin parent. Anything that changes a shared arrangement is proposed, then agreed.
Messages
Conversations that stay on topic
Threads are subject-based, like email, rather than one endless scroll. Thursday’s pickup is one thread and the dentist bill is another, so things get answered instead of buried.
- One subject per thread, so a question about netball does not get lost underneath a conversation about school fees.
- You can see when a message was opened, which saves the second message asking whether the first one arrived.
- No typing indicators, no reactions, no online presence. Less to read into, and nothing that makes either of you feel watched.
- Messages stay as sent — there is no edit or delete — so you can both rely on what is there without re-reading it.
Subject: Term 3 pickup times
Thread · 4 messages
Sam
Thursdays work. I’ll be there at 4:30 from week 3.
First opened by Alex · Mon 20 Jul, 8:04 pm
Messages stay as sent, so you can both rely on what is here.
July 2026
Alternating weeks
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29A | 30A | 1A | 2A | 3A | 4A | 5A |
6S | 7S | 8S Dentist | 9S | 10S | 11S | 12S |
13A | 14A | 15A | 16A Netball | 17A | 18A | 19A |
20S | 21S | 22S | 23S Netball | 24S | 25S | 26S |
27A | 28A | 29A | 30A Netball | 31A | 1A | 2A |
AlexSamExchange, 5:00 pm Sunday
Calendar
Where the children are, at a glance
Parenting time sits as a layer across the whole calendar, with every handover shown as its own item — so “who has them on the 19th” is a look, not a conversation.
- Alternating weeks, 2-2-3, 2-2-5-5, 3-4-4-3, every weekend, or a custom pattern you build day by day.
- New Zealand and Australian public holiday and school-term packs are built in, so the term dates are already there when you plan.
- Need to swap a weekend? Ask, and the calendar updates the moment your co-parent says yes. Nobody has to remember what was agreed in a text message.
Term 3 school fees
Education · 14 Jul 2026 · Mia
$450.00
Agreed split50 / 50
Alex paid
$450.00
Sam owes
$225.00
- Created by Alex
- Sam marked as paid
- Awaiting Alex’s confirmation
Bank transfer · ref SCHOOL-T3
Expenses
The money part, sorted
Shared costs are where most of the friction lives. Halven keeps one list, one agreed split, and a running answer to who owes what — so neither of you has to raise it.
- 01
Split 50/50 by default
Every family starts even. You can change it, and you can set it per category — medical at 70/30, everything else at 50/50 — if that suits your arrangement better.
- 02
Changing it takes both of you
A new split is something you propose and your co-parent agrees to. Nothing shifts unilaterally, so you both always know where you stand.
- 03
Followed through to settled
Whoever paid is owed. The other parent marks it paid, and the first confirms it arrived. The balance updates itself, so nobody has to ask twice.
Changing the split never reaches backwards. Each expense keeps whatever ratio was agreed when it was added, so you can adjust the arrangement for next term without reopening last term.
Summaries
Everything written down, whenever you need it
Sometimes you want it all in one tidy document — for your own filing, for tax time, or for someone you have asked to help.
- Pick what you need: a date range of messages, the expense list, the calendar history, or the check-in log. It comes out as a clean PDF.
- Both of you can pull the same summary for the same period, so neither of you is working from a partial picture.
- You are both told when one is generated and what it covered. Nothing happens quietly on either side.
Family summary
Messages
- Family
- Taylor — 2 parents, 1 child
- Included
- Messages, all threads
- Period
- 12 March 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Prepared for
- Alex Taylor
- Prepared on
- 31 July 2026
- Contents
- 284 messages across 11 threads
Reference
HAL-2026-0731-MSG
This summary covers everything in your family for the period above. Both parents can prepare the same one, and both are told whenever a summary is generated.
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Every summary opens with a page like this, so it is clear what is inside it.
What’s inside
Six parts, one place
Everything sits inside your family, and both parents see the same thing. No separate versions to reconcile, and nothing either of you has to keep a copy of elsewhere.
Messages
Subject-based threads, so Thursday’s pickup and the dentist bill stay separate and both get an answer. You can see when a message was opened, so nothing sits in limbo.
Calendar
Custody patterns, holidays and school terms in one view. Swaps and swaps back are requests your co-parent says yes or no to, so the calendar is always current.
Expenses
One shared list of what has been spent, an agreed split behind it, and a clear running answer to who owes what — tracked until it is settled.
Journal
Share the small moments with your co-parent, or keep your own notes. One-tap check-ins confirm a handover happened, without any background tracking.
Info Bank
Medical details, school contacts, shoe sizes, allergies, emergency numbers — filled in once and available to whoever has the children that week.
Summaries
Pull a tidy PDF of any part of your family’s history whenever you need one — for your own filing, tax time, or anyone you are working with.
Pricing
One subscription covers both of you
Not per parent. One family, one price — including any grandparents or step-parents you invite. Both plans start with a 30-day free trial.
Basic
A$8.95
per month, per family
Everything you need to run the week — the schedule, the messages and the money.
Premium
A$12.95
per month, per family
Basic, plus the extras that save time and the ones that keep a wider circle in the loop.
Start your free trial
Set up your family and get the schedule in. Your co-parent joins when they are ready, and everything you have already added is waiting for them.