In shortOurFamilyWizard charges each parent their own subscription. At the time of writing that is roughly $12.50 to $25 per parent per month depending on tier, so two parents pay somewhere between $300 and $600 a year before the exchange rate. Higher tiers add more of the records and tone tools it is known for. The alternatives range from free to £97 a year for a whole family.
If you have been told to use OurFamilyWizard, or are weighing it up yourself, the first surprise for most UK families is that the price is per parent. The second is how quickly two subscriptions add up. This post works through what that means in practice, using only figures that were public at the time of writing. Prices change, so check OurFamilyWizard’s own site before you commit.
How is OurFamilyWizard priced?
Each parent buys their own subscription. There is no family plan where one parent pays and the other joins. If both of you are going to use it, both of you pay, and each of you chooses a tier.
The published range at the time of writing is roughly $12.50 to $25 per parent per month, with the lower figure for the basic tier on an annual plan and the higher figure for the top tier. The figures below use the published US dollar prices; check the current pound price before you sign up.
What does it cost for two parents?
The maths is simple once you know it is per parent.
- At the bottom of the range, $12.50 a month is $150 a year. Two parents: about $300 a year.
- At the top of the range, $25 a month is $300 a year. Two parents: about $600 a year.
- Most families land somewhere between, and mixed tiers are possible, so a realistic figure for two parents on an annual plan can pass $500 a year.
That is before anyone else is added. If a grandparent or a new partner needs to see the schedule, OurFamilyWizard treats them as extra accounts rather than a free invite.
Over the years a child arrangements order typically runs, that adds up. Five years at $300 to $600 a year is $1,500 to $3,000 for the two of you together.
What do the higher tiers add?
The basic tier gives you the core of the product: the shared calendar, messaging between parents and the records that OurFamilyWizard is known for. The higher tiers add more of the tools that sit on top: the tone checking, extra record-keeping features and the extras that families in a dispute tend to want.
We are deliberately not listing what each tier includes here, because the line-up changes and a stale list would mislead you. What stays true is the shape: pay more per parent, get more of the accountability tools. If you are not in a dispute, the basic tier is usually the one to price up.
Does the other parent have to pay?
To use OurFamilyWizard together, both parents need their own subscription. That is the model. In practice this means one parent cannot simply cover the family, and a parent who does not want to pay is a parent who is not fully in the app.
Some families are told to use it by a court, and in that case the cost is a cost. If you are choosing freely, it is worth asking whether you need the record OurFamilyWizard provides, or mainly the calendar.
Is OurFamilyWizard worth it?
For some families, yes. If you need a communication record that a court has seen many times before, OurFamilyWizard has more than a decade of that behind it, and there is a reason solicitors recommend it. The tone tools are useful when messages tend to go wrong.
The honest case against is that you are paying two subscriptions for an interface that has aged, with limited outbound calendar sync and export that can be gated. If what you actually want is to know whose week it is, when the handover is and what travels with the children, you are paying for a lot you will not use. Our side-by-side comparison goes through the differences feature by feature.
What do the alternatives cost?
Here is the same question asked of the other apps families tend to consider. All figures are at the time of writing.
TalkingParents also charges per parent for the useful tiers. It is built around an unalterable record, and if that is what you need it is the closest like-for-like. Two subscriptions again. See Homedays vs TalkingParents.
AppClose was the free option for years. In 2026 it introduced paid tiers. Check the current terms, because the free version people remember may not be what is on offer now. See Homedays vs AppClose.
Cozi has a free tier with adverts and a paid Cozi Gold. It is cheap, but it is a single-household organiser and has no idea about custody, so it only helps if your two homes are happy sharing one open space.
Google Calendar is free. A shared calendar between two parents costs nothing and for some families it is enough. It does not model whose week it is, has no handovers, and sharing is all or nothing.
Homedays is one bill per family, never per parent. Family is £4.99 a month or £49 a year. Family Plus, which adds school letters scanned into events, friendlier wording for tricky messages and the morning brief and weekly digest, is £8.99 a month or £97 a year. The other parent and everyone you invite join free. There is a 14-day free trial of Family Plus with no card. It is priced in pounds and includes VAT. Homedays has not launched yet, so this is a comparison of published prices, not a claim that it does everything OurFamilyWizard does. In particular, it does not have a court-recognised record behind it. The full price list is on the pricing page.
The comparison in one table
| Priced per | Two parents, a year | |
|---|---|---|
| OurFamilyWizard | Parent | Roughly $300 to $600 |
| TalkingParents | Parent, for the useful tiers | Two subscriptions |
| AppClose | Paid tiers since 2026 | Check their site |
| Cozi | Household | Free with adverts, or Cozi Gold |
| Google Calendar | Nobody | Free |
| Homedays | Family | £49 or £97, everyone included |
This is not legal or financial advice. Every provider’s terms change, and the figures above are as understood at the time of writing. Check the provider’s own site before deciding.
What to do with this
If a court or a solicitor has asked for OurFamilyWizard specifically, price the basic tier for both of you and go from there. If you are choosing for yourselves, work out which job you need done. A record, a calendar, or both. Then look at what each option costs the family rather than what it costs one parent, because that is the number that actually leaves your accounts.
The compare pages put each of these apps next to Homedays on the same questions, so you can see the gaps in both directions.