For custody, divorce, and harassment cases
Turn your text messages into evidence
you can hand to a judge.
Upload your texts, search for what matters, and download a court-ready report — every message with its date, time, and sender. No screenshots. No printing 400 pages.
Where are your messages right now?
How it works
1. Get your texts off your phone
One step, iPhone or Android. Android exports on the phone itself; iPhone needs a computer once, because Apple allows no app to read your messages directly.
2. We organize every message
Search years of texts like you'd search Google — by name, by word, or by what happened.
3. Download your court-ready report
$99, only when you're ready. Everything before that is free.
Private by design: your file is deleted after processing, and your messages are never used to train AI. TextTimeline is not legal advice.
What people use it for
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Frequently asked questions
Will a court accept this?
Courts routinely accept text messages as evidence when you can show who sent each message and when, and that nothing was altered. TextTimeline keeps the original date, time, and sender on every message, and the report records where each message came from, so your attorney or the court can trace anything back to its source. Rules vary by state, and TextTimeline is not legal advice.
Is this better than screenshots?
Screenshots get challenged — they can be cropped, edited, or taken out of context, and they show single moments instead of the pattern. TextTimeline works from your full message history, so every message keeps its date, time, and sender, and a judge can see the whole picture instead of a stack of images.
What does it cost?
Signing up, uploading, and searching your messages are free. You pay only when you download a court-ready deliverable — $19 for a full transcript PDF (ready in minutes), or $99 for the evidence report (PDF + CSV). No subscription.
What happens to my messages?
Your file is processed and then deleted — we never keep the original export. What remains is an encrypted, private index used to power your search and your report, and it's deleted after about 30 days unless you keep Matter Storage active. Your messages are never used to train AI models.
See it working before you upload anything
The sample case is a realistic custody dispute. Search it the way you'd search your own messages — no account needed.