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title: Run a Babysitting Co-op as a Signed Hour Ledger, Not a Memory — Free
description: Log every swap between the families — hours you covered and hours they covered for you — from the balance you started with, and the form prints what is owed, to whom, and the date it happened.
category: family
last_verified: 2026-09-13
freshness: green
published: 2026-09-13
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companion_app_url: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/babysitting-coop-hour-form.html
reading_time_minutes: 4
tags: family, childcare, co-op, reciprocity, local-first, no-account
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# Run a Babysitting Co-op as a Signed Hour Ledger, Not a Memory — Free

Log every swap between the families — hours you covered and hours they covered for you — from the balance you started with, and the form prints what is owed, to whom, and the date it happened.

**Free and complete.** This guide is a standalone free tool — no account, no card, anywhere. The only paid option is one optional extra outcome: $4 one-time. Nothing in the free tier is gated.

## Who it's for

Anyone seeking practical 100% free AI workflows — no paid API keys, credit cards, or subscriptions

## What's free

- Unlimited entries, the running balance and the lowest point recomputed on every run
- Copy the finished form or the state link to send to the other family
- Starter, three-family and restart records included

## Optional paid add-on

**$4 one-time.**

- Printable co-op form with both signature lines — one page each family keeps, dated and initialled — estimate: ~20 minutes saved per month of reconciling from memory and messages
- Saved ledger history — keep the previous three forms in this browser so a year of swaps can be reviewed at once — estimate: ~30 minutes saved per annual reset
- Third-family column on the paid copy — run two ledgers against one form and print the group's balances — estimate: ~15 minutes saved per three-way reconciliation

## Sources & verification

- Tool: GratisAI local-first co-op hour form (no key, no account)
- Primary source: the free tool itself (local-first, no external dependency)
- Last verification: 2026-09-13 (green)

## Use it

- Interactive guide: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/articles/babysitting-coop-hour-form.html
- Companion app: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/babysitting-coop-hour-form.html
- This machine-readable mirror: /mirrors/babysitting-coop-hour-form.md

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