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Everything is saved in your own Google Drive, in a parent folder named Swirl App. Each section has its own subfolder so audit-related exports stay clean — your to-do's don't end up inside your coparenting records and vice versa. Swirl never stores your content on its own servers.

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For documentation to be useful in court, judges and attorneys typically look for a few qualities. None of this is legal advice — talk to your attorney about what they want from your records — but these are widely-cited best practices.

• Document promptly. Write within 24 hours of the event. Contemporaneous records carry more weight than reconstructions weeks later.
• Stay neutral and factual. Describe what you observed — words spoken, time, location, who was present — not how you felt about the person's intent. "Arrived 47 minutes after agreed time" is stronger than "was irresponsible again."
• Use direct quotes when exact wording matters, in quotation marks.
• Don't edit prior entries — add new ones. If you discover a correction, write a new note that references the date of the original. Editing history undermines credibility.
• Capture metadata. Date, time, location, witnesses, and any communication channel (text, call, in-person) all matter. Photos and audio should keep their original timestamps.
• Keep originals. Save screenshots of texts and emails in their original form. Don't re-type them.
• Be consistent. Document the routine moments too, not just the difficult ones — selective records read as biased.

Swirl stores your records in your own Google Drive with their original timestamps, which helps preserve their evidentiary value. The Coparenting section in particular is kept separate from your other records so it can be exported independently. Always confirm with your attorney before relying on any record for a court proceeding.