Families caring for aging parents need two different things: someone to hold the actual medical record, and a way to coordinate who does what. CareSplit handles coordination — shared tasks, split costs, a fairness dashboard for siblings. Family Stork holds the health record itself — one timeline every clinic sends records to, automatically. They solve different problems. Here's how they compare.
When you're managing a parent's care across multiple siblings, two different problems show up fast.
Problem one: coordination. Who took Mom to the cardiologist? Who's paying for the home aide? Whose turn is it this weekend? That's a people-and-logistics problem. CareSplit addresses it — shared task lists, automatic cost splitting between siblings, a dashboard that shows who's pulled their weight and who hasn't.
Problem two: the actual medical record. What did the cardiologist say? What medications is Dad on, exactly, and at what doses? When was the last hospitalization, and what was the discharge instruction? That information lives in visit summaries, discharge papers, lab results, and specialist notes — scattered across every clinic they've ever seen. Family Stork is where it goes. Every person gets one private address on their record. Give it to any clinic, lab, or hospital. They email records to it and the timeline builds itself — no portal logins, no uploads, nothing for the clinic to change.
Shared task lists. Create caregiving tasks, assign them to any sibling, and track what's done. Everyone sees the same list.
Automatic cost splitting. Every dollar tracked in one place. CareSplit calculates each sibling's share automatically — no spreadsheets, no arguing.
Fairness dashboard. Tasks done, money spent, time given — the dashboard shows who is carrying their weight and who isn't.
Calendar and reminders. Shared care calendar so every sibling knows what's scheduled.
Document vault. Store documents relevant to caregiving decisions.
Decision log. Record what was decided and why, so nobody re-litigates the same conversation.
Note: CareSplit was in pre-launch as of September 2026. Features and availability may evolve at launch.
Records-inbox email. Every person gets one private address on their record. Give it to any clinic. Visit summaries, lab results, and discharge papers arrive and file themselves on the timeline.
One timeline for every doctor they've ever seen. Cardiologist, primary care, orthopedics, urgent care — all of it in chronological order, searchable, shareable.
Emergency card. One tap — the medications, allergies, and care contacts any ER needs. Shareable. Always current.
Discharge paper organization. The paperwork that piles up after every hospitalization. Filed to the timeline automatically when clinics email it.
Medication list, always current. Built from what the clinic sends. Ask the record what Dad is on right now and it answers from actual records.
Siblings can access what the family chooses to share. Everyone helping with care can see the health record — as much or as little as the family decides.
$99/year or about $10/month. One price, every record in your family.
Dad had a cardiac episode. He spent four days in the hospital. He's home now, and the paperwork is three inches thick.
CareSplit helps you divide the work. Which sibling handles the follow-up with cardiology? Who covers the next two home aide shifts? Who picked up the new prescriptions? CareSplit assigns the tasks, splits any shared costs, and keeps everyone from calling each other to find out whose turn it is.
Family Stork holds the discharge paperwork. The hospital emails it to Dad's private address on his Family Stork record. The three-inch stack becomes one entry on his timeline: medications at discharge, follow-up instructions, the cardiologist's name and number. The next ER visit — or the next sibling who needs to help — gets the same answer in seconds.
One problem is coordination. The other is the record. Both are real problems. Neither app solves both.
If the friction in your family is coordination — who's doing too much, who's not doing enough, who paid for what last month — CareSplit addresses that directly. Task assignment, fairness dashboards, and automatic cost splitting reduce the negotiation overhead.
If the friction is the medical record — nobody can find the discharge papers, everyone remembers the medication list differently, the new specialist wants records from the last hospitalization — Family Stork is the answer. One timeline. Every record. Clinics send to it directly. Siblings access what the family shares.
The families handling this well tend to use something for coordination (who does what) and something for the medical record (what the doctors said). These are different layers. Solving both separately, with the right tool for each, works better than asking one tool to do everything.
Based on CareSplit's pre-launch description, it includes a document vault for caregiving documents, but it is not positioned as a health records app that receives clinical records (visit summaries, lab results, discharge papers) directly from healthcare providers. Family Stork is built specifically for that: one private address per person, and every clinic that has email can use it.
Family Stork is designed around the health record itself — what clinics send, what the timeline shows, and how siblings access the record. It doesn't manage caregiving task assignments or cost splitting between siblings the way CareSplit does. For the coordination layer, tools like CareSplit are designed for that specific problem.
As of September 2026, CareSplit was in pre-launch (iOS app described as launching soon). Check caresplit.app for current availability. Family Stork is live at familystork.com.
Family Stork's record belongs to the person and their family — it doesn't live in a hospital's portal that closes when the relationship ends. The timeline stays. That includes discharge papers, medication history, every specialist visit. Family Stork is not a legal or end-of-life planning tool. For those decisions, consult a qualified professional. Speak with your care team about any medical questions.
Yes, in different ways. Family Stork consolidates the actual medical records from all eight providers into one timeline — give each provider the private address, and records file themselves. CareSplit helps your family divide the work of managing appointments, costs, and tasks across those eight relationships. One tool for the record; one for the coordination.
CareSplit is a caregiving coordination app for siblings — tasks, costs, fairness. Family Stork is the health record that clinics send to — one timeline per person, built from what every provider emails to their private address.
If you're managing a parent's care across multiple siblings and you feel disorganized on both fronts — the coordination and the actual medical record — you're not choosing between these two tools. You're describing two different problems. CareSplit was built for one. Family Stork was built for the other.
For more, see Family Stork for caregivers, our guide on siblings sharing a parent's health record, and our hospital discharge papers guide. You can also read caregiving coordination apps vs family health records for a broader look at how these tool categories differ.
Give any clinic your parent's private Family Stork address. They send records; the timeline builds itself. No portal logins, no uploads, nothing for the clinic to learn.
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