Parenting and childcare costs
Every expense for your child is worth writing down.
Formula, nappies, checkups, classes, toys — parenting costs are more frequent and more scattered than most parents expect. Futari links every expense to your child so both parents always know what's been spent.
"What did the baby cost us this month? Give me a minute to add it up."
Medical bills, food, clothing, classes: parenting costs spread across categories and are hard to see as a whole. Record each expense under your child and their page shows this month's spend; to look further back, filter by that child and only their expenses are left.
"I handle most of the checkups — does my partner know the cost?"
When one parent handles most of the child-related spending, the other can lose sight of the full picture. Futari puts every expense in the shared ledger so both parents see everything in real time.
"We have two kids — we want their costs kept separate."
Create one record per child and log formula, tuition and checkups under each. The two totals are never added together, so you can see exactly what the older and the younger one cost.
How Futari helps
Asset expense records
Link expenses to your shared car, home, kids, pets, or plants. Costs automatically categorise themselves.
Flexible split modes
50/50, by income ratio, or one person covers it all — pick a mode and Futari handles the math automatically.
Real-time sync
One person records something and the other sees it instantly. The ledger is the conversation.
Chapter-based history
Moving in, getting married, new job, new home — each life chapter becomes a new ledger chapter. The past is always there to look back on.
Common questions
- How do we log childcare costs together?
- Add your child, then pick them when you log an expense, and both of you see it in real time. You choose the split each time: 50/50, by ratio, or the payer covers it. No month-end reconciliation needed.
- Parenting expenses span lots of categories — can Futari handle that?
- Yes. Futari has broad expense categories — medical, food, shopping — and each expense can also be linked to a child asset. Two dimensions of visibility for every cost.
- How does Futari keep my child's details?
- The ledger is open only to the two of your accounts and connections use HTTPS. Sensitive fields such as a child's legal name or ID number are encrypted separately before they are stored in the database.