For separated parents

Calm between two homes.

Schedules, shared expenses, records and handovers — organised, reliable, without the WhatsApp chaos. Elterntakt keeps parents connected when households are apart.

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April 2026
This week
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Fri
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14:00 – 15:30
Pediatrician
Anna · with Lina
16:30
Piano lesson
Markus drops off
All day
Handover 6:00 pm
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Today
Good morning,
Anna
Your week
Lina with you
until Thursday
☀ School run 💊 1 medication
Next handover
A
Thu, 6:00 pm
from Anna → Markus
M
New message
"Packed Lina's new school bag — there's a note from the school counsellor inside…"
Markus · 07:42
Why Elterntakt

Co-parenting apart is hard enough as it is.

Two homes, one child, a thousand tiny details. Without a system, things fall through the cracks — or boil over.

WhatsApp chaos

Appointments get buried, photos vanish, resentment stays. The chat mixes love, logistics and conflict.

Whose turn was it?

The last dentist bill, school fees, the class trip — shadow accounting between parents.

The child in the middle

Information slips through at every changeover. Who knows about the stomach ache? Who has the gym bag?

01 — Shared calendar

One calendar, two colours, zero fights.

Week-on/week-off, 2:5, every two weeks — whatever your rhythm. Elterntakt shows at a glance whose week it is and who's taking which appointment.

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    Time-range eventsDate, start, end — moved with a single gesture.
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    Swap requests"Can you take Friday?" — with counter-proposal and confirmation.
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    Holidays & school breaksAll regions preloaded, automatically split between parents.
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Thursday
April 23
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09:30
School
14:00 → 15:30
Pediatrician
1 hr, 30 min
Flute lesson
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Lina's record
Medical · 6 documents
Upload document
+
PDF
Lina vaccination card
1.2 MB · 12.03.2026
A
Vaccination card, back
2.8 MB · 12.03.2026
A
PDF
Allergy card
180 KB · 03.05.2024
A
02 — Digital record

Every important document, in one calm place.

Vaccination card, insurance, report cards, medical notes. Encrypted, with fine-grained permissions — Markus reads, Anna edits, both have access in an emergency.

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    A photo or a PDF, that's itUploads with title, tags and a note — more than just a filename.
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    Offline emergency cardAllergies, blood type, doctors — available without internet.
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    Granular permissionsDecide per document who can read or edit.
03 — Shared ledger

Snap the receipt.
It does the rest.

Every expense lands in the shared ledger — using your split (e.g. 60/40). At month-end, Elterntakt shows clearly who owes whom how much.

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    Categories with rules"Doctor always 50/50", "Hobbies by the chosen parent" — set once.
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    Monthly statementOne tap — PDF summary, SEPA link or PayPal.
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    End-of-year receiptsTax-relevant items tallied automatically.
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April 2026
Ledger
Owed to Anna
184.50 €
12 expenses Split 60/40
This month
Pharmacy
Anna · Apr 22
42.80 €
Class trip
Markus · Apr 20
160.00 €
Gym bag
Anna · Apr 18
24.50 €
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Today · 2:02 pm
Handover
😊
Handover
Calm handover
M
A
✓ Medication ✓ Homework ✓ Gym bag
Immutable · 2:02 pm
A
Anna Observation
Stomach ache this morning
Lina didn't want breakfast today; at kindergarten she was fine again.
04 — Journal & handovers

The memory of your shared parenting.

A short entry at every handover — mood, what was passed along, anything notable. Not as an obligation, but as reassurance for both sides.

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    Immutable handoversSaved once, provable if it ever comes to that.
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    Free-form entries"Rode without training wheels for the first time today…" — for both parents, always.
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    Categories & searchFind stomach-ache patterns, mood trends, milestones.
What parents say

Less arguing, more parenting.

★★★★★
"After two months, we noticed we weren't arguing about logistics anymore — only about parenting. That's priceless."
JK
Julia K.
Mother, two kids
★★★★★
"The shared ledger made the biggest difference for us. Money used to hang over everything silently. Now it's just settled."
TP
Tobias P.
Father, one child
★★★★★
"My ex and I barely speak directly anymore. With Elterntakt the logistics still work — and our son feels less tension."
ML
Miriam L.
Mother, one child
Pricing

Honest, not pushy.

€6.99/month per parent. The second parent can join free with read-only access. Court export is a Premium add-on (+€5/month).

Read-only

For the second parent
€0 /month
  • ● View-only — no editing
  • ● Sees calendar, handovers & ledger
  • ● Activated by invitation from the paying parent
  • ● Upgrade to full access anytime
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Full access incl. editing
€6.99 /month · per parent
  • ● Full write access to all modules
  • ● Unlimited children & documents
  • ● Monthly statement as PDF
  • ● Journal with handovers
  • ● 20 GB encrypted storage
  • ● Priority support
  • ● Optional: Premium add-on (court export) +€5/month
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Frequently asked

What parents want to know before they start.

What if we aren't on speaking terms anymore?
That's exactly what Elterntakt is built for. The app cleanly separates logistics (calendar, ledger, records) from conversation — so organisation stays possible even when talking is hard. Many of our users treat the app as neutral ground.
Where is our data stored?
All data lives on servers of Hetzner Online GmbH in Germany (Falkenstein/Nuremberg), and every connection is encrypted. Elterntakt is built GDPR-compliant; calendar, expenses and records are visible only to the people you invited into your family.
Does Elterntakt work with three or more parents?
Yes. Blended families, bonus parents or other caregivers can be invited with tiered permissions. You decide, per document and calendar, who can read or edit.
Can I import my existing calendars?
Yes, via iCal subscription from Apple, Google or Outlook — once connected, events appear colour-coded in your shared weekly view.
What happens if I cancel?
Your data stays available for 30 days so you can export in peace (PDF for journal, CSV for ledger, original files for records). After that we delete everything irreversibly.

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