Productivity & Utilities

Fosterwell

Foster Care Log

Document every visit, call, and placement so your report writes itself.

Fosterwell is an iPhone app made by Develak that helps foster parents log visits, calls, placements, and appointments in one place for agency and court reports.

Age
4+ years old
Category
Productivity
Price
Free In-app purchases
Languages
44 EN · FR +42
Requires
iOS 17+ iPhone · iPad
Size
8.4 MB
Version
1.0

Overview

What is Fosterwell?

Foster parents are asked to document everything: visits with the child’s family, dated notes, calls, appointments, medication, receipts. Fosterwell keeps it all in one place, as it happens, so the report your agency asks for is already written.

Log a visit in one tap, keep a journal that holds up, track every call and text, and record where a child has lived. Appointments, medication, and expenses stay organized too, so nothing is left to memory when a hearing or review comes.

Read the full App Store description

Your agency asks you to document everything. Fosterwell is where you do it.

Visits with the child’s family, dated notes, the calls you made, appointments, medication, receipts — kept in one place, as they happen, so the report you are asked for is already written.

Record a visit in one tap

Contact passed and you never wrote down what happened? Fosterwell puts it at the top of the screen with four buttons: took place, not attended, cancelled, ended early. That is the whole entry. Times, location, who was there and your own notes are there if you want them — none required.

A calendar that shows the pattern

Every contact on a month grid, marked by what actually happened — the answer to "how has contact been going?" without anybody having to characterize it.

A journal that holds up

Dated, factual entries with a photo, a file or a short video if you need one. Behavior, incidents, milestones, sleep, school, how they were after contact. Tag an entry to one child or to the whole sibling group, then read the journal back by child or by date. Write a line a day; at a review it is worth more than memory.

Who you called, and when

Every call, text, email and letter with the caseworker, the guardian ad litem, the school, the clinic, the family. Including the ones nobody answered — an unanswered call is what shows you tried. Six months later somebody asks "did you tell them?" and the answer is on your phone, with a date on it.

Where they have lived

Arrivals, respite weekends, moves to another home, returns to family. "How many placements has she had this year?" is asked at every permanency hearing. It is a question about dates, and answered from memory it goes into a document read as fact.

Everything else a placement brings

Appointments for the caseworker, the hearing, therapy, the pediatrician, school — with reminders. Medication with a schedule and a dose log that records a refusal honestly. Expenses with a photo of the receipt and where the claim has got to. And the dozen people around the child, with the number you need at eight on a Sunday.

The report (Pro)

A PDF that opens with the contact summary on page one — arranged, took place, not attended, cancelled — then the detail behind it: the journal, the calls, the placement history, appointments, medication, expenses. Filter by child, by period, by section. Every page says what it is: a foster parent’s own record, not a legal document.

What is free, and stays free

Recording. All of it. Visits, journal, communications, placement history, appointments, medication, expenses, the team, the Face ID lock, and a complete CSV export of everything you have written. Two children, so a sibling group placed together is covered. Your agency requires this documentation and we will not stand between you and it.

What Pro adds

  • The agency and court report, filterable, with the summary on page one
  • Every placement at once, however many your home takes
  • The 48-hour freeze: entries become read-only two days after writing, and the report says so
  • Contact figures — counts and regularity, stated plainly
  • Private iCloud sync, and dated backups you can restore from
  • Read-only copies for a co-parent or caseworker, with a register of what you shared

Privacy, properly

No account. No analytics. Nothing you write is sent anywhere except your own iCloud, and only if you turn sync on. Lock the whole app behind Face ID — never a paid feature, never will be. This is a file about a child in care, and it is treated as one.

A note on tone

Fosterwell records; your agency decides. No feature in this app rates the child’s family. A visit that did not happen is recorded as a fact, in neutral words — that is what a court asks for, and the only honest thing to write.

Pro renews until you cancel it in Apple Account settings. The annual plan starts with a 7-day free trial.

Privacy Policy: https://develak.com/privacy-policy/
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Highlights

What can you do with Fosterwell?

Fosterwell helps foster parents log visits, calls, placements, appointments, medication, and expenses in one place, ready for agency and court reports.

Log a visit in one tap

Mark a visit as took place, not attended, cancelled, or ended early with one tap, adding details only if you want to.

  • See the pattern on a calendar

    A month grid marks every contact by what actually happened, so the pattern is visible at a glance.

  • Keep a journal that holds up

    Write dated, factual entries with a photo, file, or short video, tagged to one child or the whole sibling group.

  • Track every call and message

    Log calls, texts, emails, and letters with caseworkers, the guardian ad litem, school, clinic, and family, including the ones nobody answered.

  • Record where they have lived

    Track arrivals, respite weekends, moves, and returns to family so placement history is answered from dates, not memory.

  • Manage appointments and expenses

    Keep appointments with reminders, a medication schedule with a dose log, and expenses with receipt photos in one place.

Who it’s for

Who is Fosterwell for?

  • Foster parents required to document contact

    You need a record of every visit, call, and placement your agency can ask for at any time.

  • Parents preparing for a permanency hearing

    You want dates and details ready when a caseworker or judge asks how contact and placement have gone.

  • Foster parents caring for a sibling group

    You can track two children’s visits, journals, and placements for free, in one app.

  • Foster parents who need to share records

    You want a way to give a co-parent or caseworker a read-only copy of what you have logged.

  • Foster parents who value privacy

    You want a record kept on your device or your own iCloud, with no account and no analytics.

How it works

How does Fosterwell work?

From “Add a child or sibling group” to “Generate the report when you need it”, in 4 steps.

  1. Add a child or sibling group

    Set up the children in your care so every entry can be tagged to the right child.

  2. Log visits, calls, and journal entries as they happen

    Record a visit with four buttons, add a call or message, or write a dated journal entry in a few taps.

  3. Track placements, appointments, medication, and expenses

    Add placement dates, appointments with reminders, a medication schedule, and expenses with receipt photos.

  4. Generate the report when you need it

    Filter by child and period to create a PDF that opens with the contact summary and the detail behind it.

In depth

Fosterwell, in detail

How does Fosterwell record a visit?

Contact is recorded with four buttons at the top of the screen: took place, not attended, cancelled, or ended early. That is the whole entry.

Times, location, who was there, and your own notes are there if you want them, but none are required. Every contact also appears on a month grid, marked by what actually happened.

What goes in the Fosterwell journal?

Journal entries are dated and factual, and can include a photo, a file, or a short video. They can cover behavior, incidents, milestones, sleep, school, or how a child was after contact.

Each entry is tagged to one child or to the whole sibling group, and the journal can be read back by child or by date. A line written each day is worth more than memory at a review.

What does the Fosterwell report include?

Fosterwell Pro generates a PDF that opens with the contact summary on page one, showing what was arranged and what took place, was not attended, or was cancelled.

The rest of the report holds the detail behind it: the journal, the calls, the placement history, appointments, medication, and expenses. It can be filtered by child, by period, or by section, and every page states that it is a foster parent’s own record, not a legal document.

Release notes

What’s new in Fosterwell

Version

1.0

This is the first version of Fosterwell, released on August 19, 2026.

Is Fosterwell free?

Yes. Fosterwell is free to download from the App Store. Optional in-app purchases unlock extra features; they are billed by Apple to your Apple Account, and you can manage them at any time in your account settings.

Which devices does Fosterwell work on?

Fosterwell works on iPhone and iPad with iOS 17.0 or later.

What is Fosterwell?

Fosterwell is a foster care log for recording visits, calls, placements, appointments, medication, and expenses in one place, so the record your agency asks for is already written.

How does Fosterwell log a visit in one tap?

Four buttons, took place, not attended, cancelled, ended early, sit at the top of the screen. Times, location, who was there, and your own notes are optional.

Can Fosterwell track more than one child?

Yes. The free version covers two children, so a sibling group placed together is included. Fosterwell Pro tracks every placement at once, however many your home takes.

Does Fosterwell create a report I can give my agency or the court?

Fosterwell Pro generates a PDF that opens with the contact summary on page one, followed by the journal, calls, placement history, appointments, medication, and expenses. It can be filtered by child, period, or section, and every page states that it is a foster parent’s own record, not a legal document.

What is the 48-hour freeze in Fosterwell Pro?

Entries become read-only two days after you write them, and the report states this, so what you recorded at the time cannot be edited later.

Can I export what I have written in Fosterwell?

Yes. A complete CSV export of everything you have written is included free, without needing Fosterwell Pro.

What languages is Fosterwell available in?

Fosterwell is available in 44 languages: Arabic, Bangla, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian Bokmål, Odia, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu and Vietnamese.

How do I get help with Fosterwell?

Visit the Fosterwell support page: it answers common questions about purchases, sync and settings, and has a contact form. You can also write to contact@develak.com. We read every message and reply personally.

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