For pro-se litigants
Representing yourself? Your texts are evidence — if you can find the right ones.
TextTimeline organizes thousands of text messages into a searchable, court-ready evidence report. Built specifically for pro-se litigants in custody, divorce, and harassment matters. $99 flat. No subscription. No legal background required to use it.
If you're representing yourself in family court, you already know the hardest part isn't finding evidence — it's finding the right evidence inside thousands of messages, organizing it in a way the judge will actually read, and presenting it in a format that won't get rejected on a technicality.
TextTimeline does the organization work for you. Upload your text export, search in plain language ("threats about taking the kids," "messages after I asked them to stop," "admissions about money"), pick the findings that matter, and generate a $99 PDF + CSV report you can file or hand to a lawyer later if you decide to hire one.
What pro-se litigants use TextTimeline for
Filing for or contesting custody
Document a pattern of refused visitation, alienation, or threats — across years of co-parenting messages.
Custody guide →Pro-se divorce
Surface admissions about money, hidden assets, or behavior that's relevant to equitable distribution or fault grounds.
Divorce guide →Restraining orders / civil protection
Document threats, volume, and post-no-contact messages — the exact patterns most protection-order petitions ask for.
Harassment guide →What you get for $99
- Full Evidence Report (PDF). Court-ready formatting with citations to source messages, timestamps, and senders.
- CSV export. Every flagged finding in a spreadsheet you can attach to a filing or share with a lawyer.
- Chain-of-custody fields. Source file hash, original timestamps, and authentication metadata preserved.
- Unlimited searching. Free to search and explore before you decide to generate a report.
Not ready to upload anything yet?
Start with our free Text Message Evidence Checklist — a simple, printable system for organizing your own records by hand. It's a good first step whether or not you ever use TextTimeline.
Try it before you pay
The live demo runs against a sample export so you can see how search, findings, and reports work before you upload anything of your own. There's no signup wall.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a lawyer to use TextTimeline?
No. TextTimeline is built to be useful for both attorneys and pro-se litigants. The evidence report is formatted to be reviewable on its own — the citations and chronology are designed to hold up if you're filing yourself, and to be drop-in usable if you hire counsel later.
How much does it cost?
$99 flat for a full Evidence Report (PDF + CSV with all findings and full citations). $9/month optional storage if you want to keep your index searchable across hearings. No subscription required to use the product or generate the report.
Is this better than just printing screenshots?
Screenshots are anecdotal — they show one moment. Most family-law cases turn on patterns: how many times something happened, over what period, after which date, with what surrounding context. TextTimeline indexes the entire export and lets you find every instance of a pattern, with citations a court can verify.
Will the court accept this format?
Text messages are routinely admitted as evidence in family court when properly authenticated. TextTimeline preserves original timestamps, sender information, and source file lineage so authentication is straightforward. The report itself is a clean, paginated PDF with citations — judges have responded well to formatted, organized chronologies in our experience.
What if I'm representing myself?
You're our exact buyer. Pro-se litigants are typically the most price-sensitive and the most desperate for a tool that does this. The product is built for you specifically — clear language, no enterprise features you don't need, no subscription to forget about.
What if I don't know how to export my texts?
If you have an iPhone, tools like iMazing or Decipher can pull a full export from your phone or backup. If you have Android, the carrier portal and Google Messages export work. We accept XML, CSV, and PDF formats. If you're stuck, email us with your phone type and we'll point you to the right export tool.