Comparison

Family Stork vs Docket:
vaccine records vs. the whole story.

Docket connects you to your state immunization registry — official vaccine records on your phone. Family Stork holds the entire health record from birth: vaccines, checkups, growth, allergies, milestones, and every specialist visit along the way. One solves the vaccine-card problem. The other keeps the whole story.

The Core Difference

A registry window vs. a family timeline

Docket is a public-health platform. It pulls immunization records from participating state and local registries, shows them on your phone, and generates official immunization forms and SMART® Health Cards. If your state participates, you get verified vaccine records without calling the clinic.

Family Stork is a lifelong health timeline. Vaccine records are part of it — but so are well-child visits, growth charts, allergy histories, specialist notes, and the emergency card you pull up at urgent care. Records flow in from any clinic via a dedicated inbox email, and you can ask the timeline questions about your child's full history.

The honest version: If you only need official immunization records for school enrollment or travel, Docket may be all you need. If you want the vaccines alongside everything else that tells your child's health story, that's what Family Stork does.
Side by Side

Where each one fits

DOCKET

What it does well

State registry access. Official immunization records from participating states, directly on your phone.

SMART® Health Cards. Verifiable digital vaccine proof for school, travel, or employers.

Official forms. Generate state immunization forms without calling the pediatrician's office.

Reminders. Get notified when the next dose is due.

Family members. Add children and other household members under one account.

Free. Funded through public health partnerships, no subscription required.

FAMILY STORK

What it does well

Every record, not just vaccines. Checkups, growth, allergies, milestones, specialist visits — one chronological timeline.

Records-inbox email. Give the address to any clinic. Visit summaries arrive and file themselves.

AI data entry. Snap paper records — dates, values, and details are extracted automatically.

Ask questions. "When was his last DTaP?" "What did the allergist say?" Answers from the actual record.

Emergency card. One tap — shareable, printable, includes allergies and medications.

Ownership at 18. The timeline transfers to your child when they're ready.

The Real Question

When does "just vaccines" stop being enough?

Back-to-school immunization forms are the moment most parents discover Docket — and it genuinely solves that problem. No phone tag with the clinic, no digging through files. The official record, on your phone, ready to submit.

But a child's health story is more than vaccines. It's the growth chart that showed a plateau at 18 months. The allergy test that explained the hives every spring. The specialist referral after the sports physical. None of that lives in the state immunization registry.

Family Stork holds the vaccines and everything around them — a continuous timeline that makes sense of all the pieces, from every provider, across every year. When you switch pediatricians, move to a new state, or walk into an urgent care with a child who can't tell the doctor what medications they take, the timeline is there.

How They Work Together

Use both — they cover different ground

1

Docket for official vaccine proof

When the school needs an immunization form or you need a verifiable vaccine card for camp enrollment, Docket pulls the official record from your state registry. Fast, free, authoritative.

2

Family Stork for the complete picture

Feed every visit, every test result, every paper record into the timeline. The vaccines show up alongside growth data, allergy notes, and specialist findings. One place to look when the question is bigger than "which shots are done."

3

The record grows with your child

Docket tracks what the registry knows. Family Stork tracks what your family knows. Together, they give you both the official record and the personal health story — from the first well-baby visit through the hand-off at 18.

The bottom line

Docket is excellent at one thing: putting official immunization records from state registries on your phone. If that's what you need — for school, for travel, for peace of mind — it does the job well. Family Stork picks up where Docket stops: the full health timeline, from birth, across every provider and every type of record. Family Stork costs $99/year — or about $10 a month. For more on keeping the complete picture, see organizing your child's vaccine records.

Last verified: September 2026

A note about medical decisions: Neither app provides medical advice. Vaccine schedules should follow CDC guidelines and your pediatrician's recommendations. Talk to your care team about what's right for your child.
How It Works

One email address. That's it.

Every person gets one private @familystork email address. Give it to any clinic, lab, or hospital. They email records to it — visit summaries, test results, vaccine updates — and the timeline files them automatically. No portal logins. No uploads. Nothing for the clinic to learn.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What's the difference between Docket and Family Stork?

Docket pulls official immunization records from your state's immunization registry and puts them on your phone. Family Stork keeps the full medical record — checkups, vaccines, allergies, specialist visits, growth data, and paper records — across every provider, filed automatically via a private @familystork email address.

Can Docket store records from my pediatrician?

Docket connects to state immunization registries, not individual clinics. It shows what the registry has — which may not include every shot given at a walk-in clinic or pharmacy. Family Stork receives records directly from any clinic that can send an email.

Is Docket free? What does Family Stork cost?

Docket is free — it's funded by state health agencies. Family Stork costs $99/year (about $10/month) for a complete family health record with records-inbox email and AI.

Can I use both together?

Yes. Use Docket for quick access to your state's official immunization records. Use Family Stork for the full medical timeline — everything else your child's doctors generate, from birth through 18.

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One health story. One email address every clinic already knows how to use.

Give any clinic your child's private @familystork address. They send records; the timeline builds itself. No portal logins, no uploads, nothing for the clinic to learn.

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