Getting Started

Set up BestInterest, choose how to use it, and learn the core tools.

• How Do I Create A BestInterest Account?

  Install BestInterest, pick a sign-in method (phone, Apple, Google, or email), then walk through the setup steps: conflict check-in, Solo or Collaborative Mode, profile, coparent, children, and notifications.

• How To Invite My Coparent

  Invite your coparent to Collaborative Mode with a code, or use Solo Mode and set up Boundary Line for SMS communication.

• How Do I Use The App If My Coparent Doesn't Want To Use It?

  Use BestInterest privately in Solo Mode, with optional Boundary Line messaging when your coparent does not want to join the app.

• Can I Use BestInterest Even If My Coparent Doesn’t Want To?

  Discover how BestInterest enhances communication in co-parenting, offering AI-powered features that work independently, ensuring privacy and ease of use.

• How Do I Test The App Before I Give My Number To My Coparent?

  Learn how to test Boundary Line with a trusted helper before sharing the assigned number with your coparent.

• Is The BestInterest App Available On The Web?

  Use nearly all BestInterest features in a computer or tablet browser, with a few device features available only in the mobile apps.

• Is BestInterest A Co-parenting Course?

  Discover essential co-parenting resources, including courses and podcasts, to enhance your parenting journey and foster healthy relationships for your children.

• How To Use The BestInterest Home Dashboard

  Learn what the BestInterest Home dashboard shows, what Needs your attention means, and how to reach every other tool from More Tools.

• How To Customize Your Home Dashboard

  Choose which tools appear on your BestInterest Home dashboard and in what order with the Customize button, and restore the defaults at any time.

• All The Tools In BestInterest And Where To Find Them

  A directory of every BestInterest tool, resource, and support option on the More Tools screen, with links to the guide for each one.

• Where To Find Every Setting In BestInterest

  Open Settings from Home or More Tools and find every section: account, family, shared logistics, communication, subscriptions, and legal.

• How To Find Coparenting Guides, Podcasts, And Videos In The App

  The Resources section of More Tools opens the Coparenting Guide, the podcast, videos, the comic strip, the professionals directory, and the newsletter sign-up without leaving BestInterest.

• How To Use Coparent Coach

  Ask Coparent Coach for advice, get a read on a message from your coparent, or check a message before you send it. Covers the Ask Coach sheet, screenshot review, your Coach history, daily limits, and Coach memory.

• Does BestInterest Support Families With Multiple Children?

  Discover how the BestInterest app streamlines co-parenting for families with multiple children, making communication and scheduling easier for everyone involved.

• How BestInterest Handles Pronouns

  Set optional pronouns for yourself, your coparent, and your children, and understand which pronoun details are shared.

• App Won't Open, Appears Offline, Or Is Not Syncing

  Fix a stuck startup screen, connection error, or delayed BestInterest update without risking duplicate records or the wrong account.