Divorced / co-parenting

A family archive that survives the split.

Two co-parents each with an independent copy of the family archive that survives the split

Your children's childhood was captured on whoever's phone happened to be nearest, filed in whoever's iCloud was active, and scattered across both households. Post-separation, the risk is simple: one parent's account becomes the whole archive, and the other side disappears. BrainCopy gives each parent an independent, portable archive — same childhood, two legitimate copies.

The problem

Post-split, the photos of your children's early years are on a shared iCloud you no longer control, or a Google account nobody wants to fight about, or a Dropbox that one of you forgot the password to. Half of your children's childhood is in custody of the other parent — and neither of you has a plan.

The child themselves, years later, wants to look at photos from their 5th birthday. The photos exist — probably — but in an account no one actively uses, that may or may not auto-delete when the subscription lapses. The digital archive of their childhood is one missed payment from gone.

And on the current side, each of you only has the photos from your own phone — a slice of childhood, not the whole. The holidays you weren't on. The milestones the other parent captured. The grandparent visits on the other side of the family. All missing.

How BrainCopy solves it

Each parent has their own archive — independent, under their own control

No shared account, no co-owned thing, no dependency on your ex renewing a subscription. Each parent has a BrainCopy, imports their own phone/cloud, and owns their own copy of the files on their own Nextcloud. What you have, you keep, regardless of what the other parent does.

Selectively share a tag, not an account

You can share "Summer holiday 2024 with the kids" as a tag with the other parent, giving them copies of those specific photos. They can share "2nd-grade school year" with you. Neither has to hand over their whole archive. The co-parenting relationship stays boundaried.

Recover the past from both sides

If the pre-separation archive is in the other parent's iCloud, request a data export (or have them do the same) and import. Same photos, dedup'd across both imports. Over a few rounds of exchange, you can both rebuild a complete archive of the pre-split years.

A book for your child, from each parent

Each parent can generate a photobook for each child, in their own framing, from their own archive. The child eventually gets two books — not a diplomatic compromise book, but two legitimate versions. Many separated families find this more honest and more meaningful than one merged volume.

The child inherits their own archive later

At 18 (or whenever appropriate), you can legacy-transfer the relevant parts of your archive to your child directly. They get a personal record of their childhood they can browse themselves, independent of both parents. The divorce doesn't determine what they know about their own life.

What you'll actually see

Beta price for Divorced / co-parenting

50% off the €10/month subscription, forever, for co-parenting households. Your discount never expires.

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FAQ

Do I need my ex's cooperation?
For the pre-split years, yes — someone has to export whatever's in a shared iCloud or Google account. Often a one-time friendly request: "I'd like a copy of the family photos for the kids' archive." For the post-split years, no — each parent captures independently.
What about sensitive / contested content?
Each parent's archive is their own. You don't have to share anything you don't want to. Per-tag access means you can open some parts to your ex or to the kids without opening everything.
Can we fight over this?
Probably, but BrainCopy reduces the surface area: there's no single "family archive" either side owns. Each of you has your own, independently. The question "who gets the photos" has a simpler answer: both of you do, a copy each.
What if one parent cuts off access?
If you have your own BrainCopy, your copy is intact regardless of what the other parent does. This is the whole point — portability and independence. Your children's childhood memory doesn't hinge on another adult's account.
What if the children have siblings from different households?
Handled fine — people in your graph include step-siblings, half-siblings, step-parents. Each child's archive can be scoped to the relationships that matter to them.
Cost?
€10/month per parent (€5/month forever with COPARENT50). Each parent has their own subscription — fair, and nobody is dependent on the other paying.
Can a new partner / step-parent contribute?
Yes — they can have their own BrainCopy and share selected tags with you. The archive of a blended family stops being one spreadsheet and becomes a graph of people and captures.

Ready to try it?

Takes about 30 seconds to sign up. You can start importing immediately.

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Who else uses BrainCopy

Different people, same problem: too many memories scattered across too many places.