myKidzDay

Pros

I decided to purchase the app because I love the touchless attendance option. In light of the pandemic, I needed to find a way for my families to be able to sign in/out their children without sharing a pen. Scanning the QR provided allowed them to do just that!

Cons

I wish there was a calendar option that I could use to put the highlights/activities of our monthly activities on for families to refer back to.

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Choosing myKidzDay

Reasons for Switching to myKidzDay

Pros

I appreciate the easy to use features, tools for communication from family and time line minimal for the teachers to communicate during busy day.

Cons

On occasion the app may be slow to respond yet, we have learned that this is time for update . I feel with the continued upgrades this shall be expected and integrate into our systems has been helpful

Pros

Be SURE you use the free trail before trusting this app. My daycare parents were very unhappy with this app as it does not "ping" their phones when I make an entry. For 5 years I used Brightwheel and except for cost we were very happy with it. So I tried something cheaper. You get what you pay for I guess. The app itself is more complicated than Brightwheel though it does have a lot of entries you can make. One of the things that put my daycare parents minds at ease is that they didn't have to worry about stopping during their busy day to check the app, wait to log in and scroll through the entries to find what they are looking for. They are not in order, they are in categories. I switched back to Brightwheel as my daycare parents let me know immediately they were not happy with the app. The WANT their phones to ping when I make an entry. They see the notification, know everything is fine and go back to doing their job. They are thrilled I switched back and this will create an even stronger trust between myself and my daycare parents because I listened to THEIR needs. This company has a no refund policy even if you use the app for 1 day. I wouldn't mind if they didn't refund the set up fee, they did the work there, but not to refund the 140 I paid after using the app for only a few days (especially when they offer a free trail) is poor customer service. I will never be returning to this app and my daycare parents will never recommend it. I work very hard for my money.

Cons

Their refund policy and the fact that the entries are not in order, but by category.

Pros

It is very convenient and easy to understand. Keeping track of what my kids did and ate that day helps me predict how their evening at home will be.

Cons

I wish there was a feature that was available for me to leave a note for the teacher telling them about my kids that morning or the night before. Sometimes a bad night leads to a sleepy day and with my early morning/late evening work hours, it’s hard for me to get in touch with the teacher.

Pros

myKidzDay is my everyday resource for checking in with my kids. I love my daycare, but having this app allows me to feel more engaged with my children, and confident they are well taken care of with the updates, photos and staff messages.

Cons

The only change I would suggest is ability to see messages to the same user in a chain. It's difficult to respond to a specific person/message. I believe you can only click "send message" and it goes to the director, versus being able to respond to a specific message sent by child's teacher, for example.

Pros

This app is customizable, it was easy to train staff and easy for them to use. Great tech support from MyKidzDay and families love it.

Cons

Waiting on the development and launch of a single view page for infant classrooms of last feeding and diaper changes rather than scrolling through each portfolio page.

Pros

Parents can know what they child is doing through out the day and not waiting until the end of the day

Cons

No I love everything about this app you can change the settings to add or take off items

Pros

Ease of use. It was very easy to learn for our teachers, families and Admin.

Cons

Would like to be able to attach more than 1 photo or document at a time. Would like to be able to schedule center info in advance.

Pros

I absolutely love that the app can provide updates, transmit videos, photos and important reminders and messages from our daycare facility regarding our kids.

Cons

From time to time the message feature wont push to notifications.

Pros

It records children's information to let parents know about child's day

Cons

It was very slow. The graphics were very old school. When parents messaged it went to director instead of teacher who is the one the info is directed at. Many menus to work through having to switch lists was cumbersome.

Pros

Always up to date with information we need.

Cons

Should be available in Spanish, for Spanish-Latin parents who didn’t speak English. Or others lenguajes as well

Pros

This app is so convenient for child care centers and parents. Makes communication a breeze and quicker then phonecalls or sending home papers! Love that they can send pictures of my daughter throughout the day!!!

Cons

The messaging portion of the app is a little cumbersome.

Pros

This is an easy way to keep up with what my child is doing throughout the day at daycare. I am thankful for this product in that it keeps me up to date with my child as well as communication with her teachers.

Cons

Not sure if there could be an easier way for the teachers to document on the children they take care of to be more efficient in their care for them?

Pros

The best thing about myKidzDay is their customer service. They are so responsive and take customer feedback very seriously. They have actually implemented features which I had recommended. Highly recommend myKidzDay to all care providers

Cons

There are no backdraws of this app. I really like to use this app as it solve my day on day task easily. Plus help in providing better connectivity with parents & help in grow my business

Pros

I love the ease of its use. Ease of communication with the teacher is vital and I love being able to view my child’s progress through the day

Cons

I don’t have any cons for the application it’s extremely convenient

Pros

As a parent, it is fantastic to get real-time updates on my kids' days at daycare. I can communicate with staff easily. I can get important updates (with notifications!), and I am able to see photos of what my kids are doing each day. It helps me feel more connected to the staff, their development, and their happiness while my children are at daycare.

Cons

Sometimes the images/videos take a very long time to load in-app. The videos shared via the app are unable to be viewed in my experience.

Pros

How much they ate and pictures of their projects

Cons

No video upload available. Also nice to Provide pictures of their plate after eating to let parents know what our kids are eating so we know what to make at home.

Pros

Being able to see how my child was doing through day. Love pictures.

Cons

Password and log in. Sometimes it is hard to get back in but cutomer service was great.

Pros

Love seeing pictures of my child during the day, knowing what and how much they ate, when the napped

Cons

Crashes often, log in sometimes doesn’t work, no notifications when a post is made

Pros

It is easy to use for my partner and i. We just love it

Cons

Sometimes the inform intake doesn't work well.

Pros

Protecting your and knowing what your child is doing daily is at the palm of your hand.

Cons

It is harder to reset your password when you have forgotten or update your device

Pros

Transparency and communication between teachers and parents!

Cons

I wish I could directly message certain staff instead of it going to all stuff. Unless they message me I can sometimes respond directly back to them but messages are in two different places and gets confusing to me.

Pros

I love that i can communicate with the school and that i can see pictures of what my child is doing in class. Because all notices are posted to the message board i never miss a thing

Cons

That there is not a live feed to view what is happening in the classified

Pros

Love that it is individualized and paperless. Love that it is is user friendly

Cons

So far I am loving it and had used it last year.

Pros

I like being able to see what my son is up to all day.

Cons

Unable to directly reply to messages like when I get. A notification.

Pros

Fast check in and out, lessen the paperwork

Cons

Sending parent messages that goes to their email can delay response

Pros

Picture ability, ease of messaging the caregivers

Cons

Nothing to report. It can get tedious when checking in three kids but still positive.

Pros

The daily reports and ability to see and save pictures as memories

Cons

I wish there were more notification options. I'd like alerts when pictures are posted or meals are done, etc

Pros

Instant updates to parents throughout the day.

Cons

There have been a lot of glitches since switching to MyKidzDay Parent and MyKidzDay Staff.

Alternatives Considered

Pros

Ease of communication with my daycare and quickly responding customer service.

Cons

I often get logged out and can’t remember my password and have to go through a bunch of steps to be able to log back in

Pros

The biggest pro about this app is that the owners/developers makes you a priority. You can call them at a drop of a hat and they will answer you call to help with anything you need. When we were trying to get the app off the floor within the school, we spent a lot of time, with training especially, on the phone and they never rushed us or made us feel like we were bothering them. They definitly get an A+ for customer service.

Cons

I call it a Mom and Pop app because it's a small company with a small platform. While its features are similar to what you might find in others, it was not as customizable as we needed it to be. As a school that serves a multitude of age groups, we needed a platform that would be applicable to all of the age groups and it seemed like the format was more for younger children. Also, not that looks are everything, but the app isn't very aesthetically pleasing and the design of it is nowhere near as nice as other apps.

Alternatives Considered

Pros

That it helps keep communication open with my family and the daycare.

Cons

That we don’t taken advantage of the invoicing feature where this is used

Pros

User friendly; set up like a file cabinet file each child. And that's how I explain it.

Cons

Milk 1 default

Pros

Easy to Use
Have unbelievable features
Interactive user interface

Cons

There is nothing I could tell right now. The app is overall very good.

Pros

That the parents can see information at their fingertips & sending pics! No wasting paper that seems to get lost!

Cons

It seems to run slow at times which is very frustrating when time is of essence when working with young children. There seems to be issues with Android phones. Sometimes the parents will come in and tell us that the app is not working with their phone and it's always an Android phone.

Pros

We like that it is user friendly.

Cons

email notifications to the Admin have ?? instead of !! and I can't pull up the pictures from the email notifications.

Pros

We are able to communicate with multiple agencies, homes, and staff for our non-verbal student.

Cons

You can't add anything in from prior days.

Pros

Relatively easy to use; easy accessibility via a smartphone app (rather than a desktop application); allows us to cut down on the usage of paper but workload remains more or less the same (in fact, one can argue we have more work to do as we now have the ability to report on more things about the kids which we otherwise would not have done on paper).

Cons

App could do with less colours (looks like an app my kids play rather than one for serious work); change the position of some buttons to make the app easier to use with one hand.

Pros

It is super easy to use and our families love it.

Cons

I would like to be able to customize some features.

Pros

Lots of features. It's made for more than just parents. This could be a good product if everyone was on board.

Cons

There is so many ways to communicate and apps that we download on our phones. Venmo, Paypal, Robinhood, Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, text messages, groupme, slack... The problem with so many of these things is that everyone has some and not others. This type of product would be awesome if everyone used it, but that is not the case. You may love it, but does your child's teacher use it? Does their babysitter? Chances are no because teachers already have a million requests for other ways to communicate, why would they add another for just a student or two?

Pros

As a breastfeeding mom, I can plan my pumping schedule at work around when my daughter eats by looking at the app. I can also also know if I need to bring diapers or clothes to daycare, even if I'm not the parent who picks my daughter up from daycare.

Cons

The app can be slow or glitchy at times. I often use the "my kids" button on the bottom of the screen rather than the main screen as the main screen button doesn't always take me to the next page or do so in a timely manner.

Pros

Ability to stay in tune with my child when I can’t be there

Cons

Sometimes the time was wrong. So it would say she was dropped off at 9am but really it was 7am. Not a huge deal just confusing for coparenting.

Pros

Ease of use, customer service, great app for providers, directors and parents!

Cons

I liked all the features, pictures and reminders are the best

Pros

The communication with parents! Our families love the app and the way they can communicate with us throughout the day!

Cons

The two step process to post one piece of information at times; we have to remove all the children's name to correspond with one parent.

Pros

User friendly