Every form. Every deadline. One timeline on your phone.
PaperStork is an iPhone app we built after doing this ourselves in Berlin. Elterngeld, Kindergeld, KiTa, school enrollment — it lists the deadlines and forms for your family. Your data stays on the phone.
Your data never leaves your device.
Your data never leaves your device — no account, no cloud.
Built by two Berlin dads who filed the forms themselves.
Three stages. Six years. 50+ tasks.
From finding a Hebamme to Schulanmeldung. The app lists the paperwork for each stage so you can see what's coming.
Pregnancy
Pre-birth- Find a midwife (Hebamme)
- Paternity acknowledgment (Vaterschaftsanerkennung)
- KiTa pre-registration
- Apply for Mutterschaftsgeld
- Notify employer about Elternzeit
Newborn
0 – 12 months- Register birth (Geburtsurkunde)
- Apply for Elterngeld
- Apply for Kindergeld
- KiTa-Gutschein application
- Health insurance registration
Growing Up
Years 1 – 6- KiTa enrollment & search
- Vaccination tracking
- Benefit renewals
- School enrollment (Schulanmeldung)
- eFoB registration
Your parental timeline, from one conversation.
Tell us your situation
Due date, work, residency. A short chat in the app, in your language. No forms.
Get your personalized timeline
You get a timeline of the tasks, deadlines, and documents — birth registration through school. What's due sits at the top.
Complete tasks with AI guidance
When something is due, you get the documents, the office, and the next step. Same for Elterngeld and Kindergeld.
Privacy isn't a feature. It's the foundation.
On-device storage
Your data stays on your device. No cloud account. No one else can open it.
No accounts needed
No passwords. No email sign-up. Face ID or fingerprint. That’s it.
Transient AI
Your conversations aren’t stored anywhere. Nothing is kept. Nothing trains a model.
PaperStork can't see your data — because we never have it.
The 3-month Elterngeld window, on a calendar.
Elterngeld only pays back three months from the day you apply. Kindergeld pays back six. The app puts those dates on your timeline and reminds you on the phone before they close.
What to file, and in what order.
Elterngeld, Kindergeld, KiTa-Gutschein — each one wants different documents from a different office. PaperStork uses your situation and lists the next step, the papers, and where they go.
Ask in English. Get a Berlin answer.
"How much Elterngeld will I get?" "Can we split Elternzeit?" "What is a KiTa Gutschein?" Ask in English or German — or another language. You get a sourced answer, not a generic explainer.
Your family's timeline, not a generic list.
Birth registration, Kindergeld, KiTa — the app builds the sequence for your family. When something changes, the timeline updates. What's next is always on top.
Run the Elternzeit split before you file.
Who takes which months? Do you qualify for Kinderzuschlag? The planning tools use your numbers so you can see the split before you send the Antrag.
Photograph the letter. Get the next step.
Snap a letter or form from a German office. PaperStork reads it, says what it means, and what to do. The file stays on your phone — the analysis is not kept.
Built for every family.
Your nationality, your family setup, your language. The timeline follows that, not a generic German-parent checklist.
International couples
Different nationalities, the same paperwork
Same-sex couples
Full support for Stiefkindadoption and shared Elternzeit
Single parents
Solo Elterngeld and KiTa priority
German-speaking families
The same guidance, in German
Multi-language families
English and German now; more languages later
Free to start. Full access for €5.99.
PaperStork is free to download. The free plan keeps your full timeline and daily AI guidance. Unlock the rest with one payment when you want it. No subscription.
Free
Timeline and daily chat, no card required
- Your full personalized milestone timeline
- Step-by-step detail for your first 5 milestones
- AI chat & guidance, every day
Full Access
Detail, tools, and reminders — paid once
Everything in Free, plus:
- Step-by-step detail on every milestone
- Unlimited AI chat & guidance
- All planning tools & benefit walkthroughs
- Document analysis & smart suggestions
- Deadline reminders & push notifications
Download free and look around. Full Access is an optional one-time in-app purchase — pay once, keep it. No subscription, no renewals.
Frequently asked questions
PaperStork covers 50+ administrative tasks from pregnancy through school in Germany. That includes Mutterschaftsgeld and telling your employer; the birth certificate, Kindergeld, and Elterngeld; the KiTa Gutschein and KiTa search; then Schulanmeldung. For each one you get the form, the deadline, the documents, and the next step.
It's a native iPhone app on the App Store. You chat by text or voice, in any language. It asks about your situation, builds a personalized milestone timeline, and reminds you before deadlines. You can also photograph a letter or form and it will read it.
Yes. Your data stays on your device and is never uploaded to our servers. AI runs briefly through Google Gemini’s EU endpoint — nothing is kept, and nothing trains a model. We can’t see your data because we never have it.
English and German at launch. Spanish, Turkish, French, and Russian are coming in late 2026. You can already ask in any language — the AI understands — but templates and official guidance are written for English and German.
Yes to download. The free tier stays useful: your full personalized milestone timeline, step-by-step detail on the first 5 milestones you open, and AI chat with a daily fair-use cap. A one-time €5.99 purchase unlocks the rest — unlimited milestone detail, photo and PDF analysis, the planning tools (Elterngeld calculator, Elternzeit splits, KiTa search), the document vault, and deadline reminders. No subscription, no renewals.
It walks the Elterngeld process: whether you qualify, a rough amount, which documents to collect, and where to send them. You can model Elternzeit splits before you file. It also reminds you of the 3-month retroactivity deadline so you don’t lose months.
Right now the city-specific guidance is Berlin — Standesamt, Jugendamt, Bezirk offices. Hamburg, Munich, and other cities are planned for 2027. We’ll say so when a city goes live.
Start the timeline on your phone.
Download the app. Answer a few questions. You'll see what's due.
On the App Store for iPhone. Free to download. Your data stays on your device.