Memoria vs AppClose
AppClose ended its free tier on 1 January 2026 and now charges about $8.99/month per parent. Memoria keeps a free shared-custody calendar for amicable co-parents — one household plan, no per-parent fee.
AppClose spent years as the free co-parenting app: a shared calendar, expense tracking, in-app messaging and a custody schedule at no cost. That changed on 1 January 2026, when AppClose retired its free tier and moved everyone to a paid plan of about $8.99 per month — roughly $108 a year, billed per parent. Long-tenured co-parents who built their whole routine around the free app are deciding now whether to pay or move. Memoria is a natural home for the amicable ones: a shared custody calendar the whole household can see, role-based access for both parents and any guardians, and reminders that fill themselves from forwarded school circulars, fee notes and medical cards — on a genuinely free tier, with a single ₹299/month household plan if you outgrow it, never a separate charge for each parent. Memoria is deliberately not a litigation tool; if you need tamper-proof, court-admissible records, a co-parenting-specific app is the better fit.
Side-by-side
| Feature | AppClose | Memoria |
|---|---|---|
| Free co-parenting calendar | No — free tier ended 1 Jan 2026 | Yes |
| Price | ~$8.99/mo per parent (~$108/yr) | Free tier; ₹299/mo per household |
| Billing model | Per parent | One household plan |
| Cross-domain (school, vehicles, appliances, documents) | Co-parenting only | Five domains + vault |
| AI capture (WhatsApp / email / photo OCR) | No | Yes (Pro) |
| Multi-language UI | English | 12 (incl. 9 Indian) |
2 things Memoria covers that AppClosedoesn’t.
- Free co-parenting calendar. AppClose: No — free tier ended 1 Jan 2026. Memoria: Yes.
- AI capture (WhatsApp / email / photo OCR). AppClose: No. Memoria: Yes (Pro).
Switching from AppClose to Memoria.
There is no two-way sync — but there is no lock-in either. One-time, one-way, no data left behind.
- Forward your last month. Send your most recent AppCloseentries — school circulars, fee notes, warranty cards, insurance emails — to your Memoria number or email alias. Captures parse and back-fill in a day.
- Pin the Memoria reminder feed. Once your items are in, the calendar and reminder feed become the daily surface. Keep AppClose open in parallel for the first 30 days to verify nothing slipped.
- Cancel when you are sure. After a month of parallel use, most households unsubscribe from AppClose. Memoria keeps your full history, exports everything as an archive, and never holds your data hostage.
FAQ
Is there a free AppClose alternative now that AppClose charges?
Memoria is one. Since AppClose moved to about $8.99/month per parent on 1 January 2026, amicable co-parents who want to avoid a per-parent fee can use Memoria’s free tier for a shared custody calendar, then move to a single ₹299/month household plan — one charge, not one per parent — if they need unlimited items and the vault.
Does Memoria handle expense splitting like AppClose?
No — Memoria records and reminds; it is not a payments or expense-reconciliation ledger. It keeps the shared calendar, documents and renewal reminders both parents can see. If splitting expenses to the cent is central to your arrangement, keep a tool built for that; if it is the schedule and paperwork you keep losing, Memoria is the better fit.
Will my data import automatically?
Forward your last month of items to your Memoria number or email — captures parse and back-fill in a day. There is no two-way sync; the migration is one-time and the source apps stay where they are.
Is my data private?
AES-256 encryption at rest with strict household-scoped access controls. We do not read your data; access is gated to verified members of your household. DPDP-2023 compliant from day one.