Talking Parents has a rating of 1.89 stars from 70 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Talking Parents most frequently mention customer service, and court order problems. Talking Parents ranks 124th among Legal Services sites.
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This saved a lot of endless emails and text and monitored the behavior of the other parent by the court. This helped save a lot of name calling and other unhealthy behavior. It did not stop it, but it did help. Best 9.99 a month I have spent in a long time
Absolutely horrible. I think they fully take advantage of a family's difficult situation to make money off you. I was using this app for my very volatile situation with my ex-husband, I had over a years worth of correspondence between us and then they pulled my account from me until I upgraded! I obviously was forced to upgrade in order to get back all the evidence of the verbal abuse I put up with co-parenting with my ex. Absolutely disgusting tactic to make money off of people in abusive terrible situations. Don't sign up for it….there has to be better ways than this.
Absolutely horrible. I think they fully take advantage of a family's difficult situation to make money off you. I was using this app for my very volatile situation with my ex-husband, I had over a years worth of correspondence between us and then they pulled my account from me until I upgraded!
I obviously was forced to upgrade in order to get back all the evidence of the verbal abuse I put up with co-parenting with my ex.
Absolutely disgusting tactic to make money off of people in abusive terrible situations.
Don't sign up for it….there has to be better ways than this.
For several months I was double charged for a premium account. I was even charged 3 times once. I keep having to contact these jerks and every time they say to contact Apple. They won't fix the problem and they don't care. For a long time they also had the name of my co parent and I mixed up. Just awful.
I'll start off with the negative: Big problem for me is that I don't get notifications through my app when a new message is posted. This has huge consequences and should never happen!
Now on to the positive. I like this app, it has saved me from a daily load of horrible text messages by my X. He is now holding back in his ugliness, and when he does send me nasty messages, it is recorded and unalterable. The complete communication is one click printable and useable in court, as opposed to printing out separate emails and text messages. So it costs some money, I think the convenience offered and time saved is definitely worth a few bucks a month.
I would add wording in a court document that states communication should be about children's logistics only, this way there really is no room for anything else, making it (almost) impossible for narcissist to spew their gall. All in all this is a great tool to keep nasty X-es at bay yet still be able to communicate about your children.
This app was good until they updated their APP 2 days ago. Since then I can't get on. I've deleted it and tried to reinstall. I still can't get in it to communicate with my EX. STAY AWAY FROM THIS APP! I CANT EVEN SEND A SCREEN SHOT OF WHAT IT SAID BC I CANT GET INTO I!
I'm the dummy that requested an app to use for coparenting with a mentally, emotionally, verbally abusive ex and am now paying the price. It's given liberal access to my ex and his girlfriend to constantly message and bash in an attempt to paint a horrible picture of our situation. As soon as our agreed upon year is up, I am not using it any longer. If anything attempts at coparenting have been made worse. There should be some sort of monitoring for harassment. I feel anxious every time there is a new message.
First they stole 90mins I had left and I misses the only 5min call I'm allowed every wensday which is very important to my 4 year old emotional health! And them after finally able to afford the premium service again none of the video calling is working! Don't waste you money on this app it's a tool to hurt parents relationships with there children not help! ScAM!...
Everyone who is a non custodial parent need to beware that during any slightest conflict between attorney and client, Talking Parents staff indulges alienation towards their customers. They also release your private information to their parties without notifying you.
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Vince Mayfield, Stephen Nixon, Caroline McCoy YOU ARE ALL TRASH
This saved a lot of endless emails and text and monitored the behavior of the other parent by the court. This helped save a lot of name calling and other unhealthy behavior. It did not stop it, but it did help. Best 9.99 a month I have spent in a long time
Tip for consumers:
Funnel all communication in one place to minimize headaches
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As like many reviews that I have read this app is complete nonsense and truly does give narcissistic, sadistic, unwilling to actually co parent, parents feel as though if they send tons of irrelevant messages that the other parent will look bad. I do not open many messages from my sons dad because the title alone gives me anxiety. The courts don't care how badly you've been abused. All the courts want is for the situation to be out of their hands and to place a band aid on the case.
This app allows power hungry parents to continue to feed their sick brains. Sad. I would not recommend!
Court order been over and my ex won't stop using this damn app as if she has a sense of power any type of emergency she uses this app when she can just simply call me.
This app is the same thing as texting from your phone It just they put another name on text message as all it is. All you have to do the only difference between this app and you texting from your phone straight text message is that you have to remember not to erase your text messages wow. This this app is for people who cannot remember to not get rid of stuff. And it's court ordered because I guess we're all dumbasses.
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This app is like being treated like a child. If two parents can't talk then sure you get two stars. No normal adult needs to be monitored like this.
Someone else has my password & I am not computer literate. I have made many attempts to contact them in person and otherwise! NO customer service number & NO communication otherwise!
This is the worst and most toxic app I've ever heard of. I has nothing to do with coparenting, and for some it gives them a false sence of empowerment. Like it's some sort of shield. And the lies that fly, it's just all together horrible. Oh and they want you to pay for it... No sir.
The ex merely uses this app to send me requests for money. She makes ALL of the decisions without my informed consent then merely sends me requests for money. I've been as cordial as anyone could possibly be in my asking her to actually CO-PARENT together. But no, she just needs it on record that she's sent the "invoice", so to speak. These sorts of apps don't actually help. It's another indicator of the times. How does this app which gives parents the freedom to be irresponsible with the rights of the child's "non-custodial"'parent help the child? It seems to only work to keep their parents firmly in their childish lack of accountability which led to the poor behaviors of one or both of the parents to begin with. I don't hate the app, but I hate the reason for it. It isn't right.
This site, while having good intentions, is not meant for all types of people. This site has done nothing but give me more anxiety than ever. Sure it's good for the courts to see and have proof of communications. However, it does not take into account of how it lets my ex harass and be a total bully to me and word things to always make me look bad, no matter what the circumstance. According to the judge, we have to respond to each other within a 24 hour time frame. So he'll just start posting random things that are ridiculous at a time he knows that I am busy and I have the kids. All of a sudden I will have 6 or 7 different messages. He'll be so busy posting things on talkingparents, taking things out of context. Or he'll go back to a subject that's previously been talked to death about. He forgets his own kids' birthday.
When it comes to a kid getting sick or hurt, he would rather know who to blame, other than asking about how the kid is actually doing.
The site seems to track times for communication of someone checking their mailbox, no one can alter anything. However, in order to not get into trouble because of the way the ex likes to manipulate everyone and everything, I have to be so careful how I word things. Nothing is ever simple.
Sadly, I have to keep my lawyer on retainer just to help me with the communication between us. And there's nothing you can do about harassement from the other party.
Tip for consumers:
Watch what you say at all times, never let your guard down. It is not a free speech community and the use of sarcasm would not go over well. Always try to have someone else read whatever you have to say before sending to stay diplomatic.
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Attorneys and court systems tout this website/app as being great for coparenting but as a user for three years, I would strongly suggest you find an alternative means of communication.
The app is not free on your phone, but the website(with serve limitation/ software bugs is), this was poorly explained to me during the mediation process, and had I know the limitations of the app, I would not accept that for my coparenting agreement.
The software/ application is poorly supported, buggy, rarely updated and inconsistent with how messages are sent, received, etc. You can send messages that do not get received by your other partner for several hours. Same goes for dates.
As this app is relatively new, and most coparenting agreements will span the adolescence of children. I highly doubt this app will exist for 18+ years without being purchased or absorbed by another company, leaving you at the mercy of whatever the developer chooses to do after they have extracted as much cash as possible from unsuspecting abs confused parents.
If the app works for your specific situation, great but for most situations is a cash grab from insiders of the divorce legal world, that don't have anything substantial to offer.
This was court ordered for me as an end result of 3 years of dealing with a delusional and toxic person. They have exhausted every ounce of trust I have for them to do the right things so I'm just happy to finally have a platform in which I don't have to personally deal with them, and most important everything is documented leaving zero room or chance to lie so thumbs up so far
This is not an intuitive application. My X and I stopped using it because it didn't make sense and wasn't helpful. Please make sure you cancel before they charge your card again for the annual fee. I stopped using it and forgot that there is an annual charge. The day they charged my card I asked them to cancel. They refused to stop the charge and locked me into another year (that I wont use). And at a higher cost than I initially agreed to. Disappointing experience and they will never see another dime from me.
My wife and I are 3 days into using this app, and being the narcissistic gaslighter that she is, she has only included words that clearly reflect that she cares nothing about our young daughter. Her goal is, and always has been, to use my poor baby to hurt me. Let me add, she has a recent DUI (her second) with a suspended license. Where is the Justice for dads who truly care about their children? Coparent, in my case, is a word that is 100% useless when one parent thinks that everything should be done their way and only their way. While I thought that this site would have rules and be monitored if someone is NOT in any way interested in coparenting, to me this app is useless too. PARENTS***** if your "Coparent" treats you badly, they are going to do the same to your children as they get older! ITs A GIVEN!
The app itself is good, functionally but the concept of the app is terrible. The other parent just uses the app as if its being monitored 24/7 and says whatever they can to make themselves sound better. Basically giving a fake image of themselves to Talking Parents and make out like they are something they aren't. I cant stand using it but I have to through court order. We have been communicating on here for about 2 years and if anything I think it has made our relationship as co-parents WORST. His wife and mother log into the app while hes at work and send me messages and I know this because he cant have a phone at his job and I can just call and see when hes there so its all around just a bad idea unless you and your ex have a good relationship.
I am an attorney that has recommended to my clients', and had the Court order the parties, to use this app over 60 times. None of my clients are happy with the service, they complain they do not always receive their messages and complain about the price - mainly because it is advertised as free. There are alternatives, like divorce wizard.
I ordered the premium plan for the cost of $20 try to download various things that download it 7 to 8 times each. Spent well over $200 trying on transcription and copies of records and the transcriptions are so poorly crafted they have the wrong name half the time for who is saying what and every sentence has 2 to 3 errors making it almost Unintelligible. At that price I should be able to have a human transcription other than a or what appears to be a very poorly auto texted transcription. Unfortunately will be unusable in court as it appears to be just a bunch of garbled and missed typed words very disappointed would never recommend
Book of Control 1:1
Above all You must ensure by all means necessary that the child(ren)' PARENTS DO NOT actually communicate!
6 years and I have not been able to communicate with my coparent while using an app that dares call itself "talking" parents.
How can some sick individuals allow something like this to exist? And how can there be NO review, no process in place to ensure parents are ACTUALLY talking?
This is such an effective tool for parental estrangement. Highly recommended to all attorney who want to keep getting their clients money to keep a child away from the other parent.
The app has been imposed on me despite my written and verbal refusal to use it. All my constitutional rights have been violated by it and some feel I will not be able to do anything about it.
Talkingparents, please remove all photos of my daughter from this site. I am not comfortable with them being shared through or on this platform.
This site has done enough damages to my relationship with my daughter... Please remove my account on here.
To anyone using this app... I am sorry for you... I feel your pain. Wishing you good luck with it. If you can get away from using it, RUN!
Tip for consumers:
Do Not!
My ex decided that he wants to pay me through the accountable payments. My primary bank account couldn't be verified (despite being open for over 3 years) so I opened an account at a credit union. That account couldn't be verified either so I went and opened a third bank account which thankfully was verified. My ex sent me a payment on Sunday, 5/2. The email from Talking Parents said that it could take up to 2 business days to show up in my bank account. Today is Thursday, 5/6 and the payment has yet to be sent to my account. The status on Talking Parents is still "pending". I've reached out to customer service and they haven't responded. I have tried to get help from Dwolla and my bank and this issue lies with Talking Parents. I'm so beyond frustrated and will be looking for a different website for communication between us as well as a different way for my ex to pay me.
Talking Parents is a free service that keeps track of important conversations between parents that may become the subject of future litigation, create your free account today.