Wardline Co-Parent
Built to NNEDV's co-parenting app safety checklist, every item covered
In 2024 the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) published a checklist for judges and advocates choosing a co-parenting app for a family where there has been abuse. You can read it on NNEDV's Safety Net site.
We built Wardline Co-Parent to cover every item on it. NNEDV doesn't review, certify or endorse apps, and this page isn't a statement by NNEDV. It's our own account of how we meet each item.
Each item, and how Co-Parent meets it
No always-on location
Co-Parent reads your location only once, when you choose to check in at a handover, and never in the background. The app doesn't ask for background location at all.
Location data removed from photos
When you add a photo, the location and other details hidden in the file are removed on our side before anyone else can see it. PDFs lose their hidden details too, and videos can't be added.
No location sharing between parents
A check-in records only whether you were at the agreed place, yes or no. Your position itself isn't stored or shown to anyone.
Stronger sign-in
You can add a code from an authenticator app as well as your password, and a sign-in from a new device needs a code we email you. On the web and on iPhone you can also use a passkey. Professionals and Wardline staff must use 2-step sign-in.
Quick exit
On a phone, one tap swaps Co-Parent for a plain notes screen and clears its notifications. On a computer, one click or pressing Esc twice takes the tab to a weather site, and pressing Back doesn't bring Co-Parent back. Getting back in asks you to confirm it's you: on a phone with Face ID, your fingerprint, your passcode or a code we email you; on a computer, unless you did so in the last 10 minutes. You'll see these the first time you join a household; they're off until you turn them on.
Nothing hidden from the record
Every message and change is added to a permanent, tamper-evident history. A sent message can't be edited or deleted, and any later change to the record is detectable.
Use it on the web too
Everything in the app also works in a web browser, so no one has to install anything on a phone someone else can check.
Deleting your account and your data
You can delete your account in the app at any time. When the last member leaves, or a household closes, its encryption key is scheduled for destruction, and its content becomes permanently unreadable, including to us.
Questions about safety? Write to privacy@getwardline.com. If anyone is in danger, call 911.