brightwheel: Childcare App

4.8
7.82K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Brightwheel is the #1 software solution for preschools, child care, daycare, camps, and after school programs.

Brightwheel is the only app that integrates everything you need: sign in/out, messaging, learning assessments, daily sheet reports, photos, videos, calendars, online bill pay for parents, and much more.

Brightwheel lets you manage your center, streamline workflows, and engage with parents, so you can save time and money, make life easier for your staff, and improve satisfaction for your parents.

Join the thousands of preschools, child care, and daycare programs across the globe that have fallen in love with brightwheel!

PRESCHOOLS / CHILD CARE / DAYCARE / CAMPS: Manage your students and classrooms, track attendance and room ratios, share photos and videos, assess learning milestones, communicate with parents, send paperless invoices and payments, review daily sheets, and manage staff. Brightwheel is your all-in-one child care and daycare management app!

PARENTS: Engage in your child’s day with a real-time feed of photos, videos, reminders, and updates. Use brightwheel’s digital check-in to securely sign in and out, pay tuition online, and even invite grandparents, nannies, and friends to join in the fun!

Features include:
• Central Database: Store everything related to kids and families in one secure place.
• Student Check-In: Multiple digital check-in options available including digital signatures, 4 digit check-in codes, and a kiosk mode - all aligned with child care licensing requirements.
• Staff Check-In & Ratios: Make administrative tasks easier by managing staff check-in to see your ratios across all your rooms in real time.
• Attendance: Easily log attendance and absences for your school-age students, infants, and toddlers. Use our attendance tracking system to keep track of your toddlers.
• Photo and video sharing: Snap photos, record videos and tag students with one click. Automatically saved to your account and shared with parents (with no extra work!).
• Daily Sheet Reports: Log naps, meals, bathroom, and other activities. Parents get a feed and daily summary. Daily sheet reports are a breeze with brightwheel.
• Assessment & Observations: Make note of progress, achievements, and activities with pre-loaded state standards and a DRDP tool. Share with parents or privately amongst teachers.
• Student Feed: Parents get a personalized feed throughout the day. Save time – no more paper tracking sheets or sending individual photos.
• Parent Communication: Manage parent communication from one central hub (notices, calls, texts, etc.).
• Calendar: Share events, holidays, and important dates with both families and staff.
• Paperless Billing: Seamless electronic billing and payments for tuition and fees. Use brightwheel for all your child care accounting needs.
• Reporting: Detailed reports of every brightwheel feature for billing and licensing requirements.
• Seamless Sync: Brightwheel stays up to date across all phones and tablets – so teachers can use their own device or a school device.
• Web Portal: Easy management and great functionality available on the web, too.
• Affordable. Both free and premium plans available to fit your needs.

And... much more coming! Brightwheel is the #1 early education platform for preschools, child care, and daycares, and we’re always committed to innovation with frequent improvements and new features.
Updated on
Mar 13, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info, Photos and videos and 3 others
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Financial info and 7 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.8
7.56K reviews
Theresa Turner
March 4, 2024
UPDATE... Went to 5 stars! Thank you for the update. It fixed it and I LOVE this app so much and so do my parents!!!! I am trying to add photos to the app and since the February 2024 update, it keeps saying No Media selected, which I have, and then closes the app. Not sure what is happening, but there aren't any other updates to do. I typically love using this app to communicate with parents and share photos of their kiddos doing activities during the day.
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brightwheel
March 4, 2024
Hi Theresa! Thank you for reaching out and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. Our engineers have recently released a fix for this issue, so we recommend that you update your app to version 5.19.0. If that does not help, you can contact our Support Team at support@mybrightwheel.com and our team is happy to further assist!
Rhonda Rhoads
February 29, 2024
This is a great app! It's easy to keep track of payments and your account. You can do autopay, too. I also love how the teachers can input updates like meals and nap time. They can even post pictures! The only issue I have had is I do not get any notifications from the app. They are turned on, but I miss messages bc it doesn't notify me. Other than that this is a wonderful app!
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James Lasher
March 15, 2024
Brightwheel app changes my keyboard layout every time I use the app. I contacted support and shared detailed information on how to reproduce the bug, and I was told they do not have a solution for me and that I should share my fee back via a form. I have chosen that until this bug is fixed, I will be leaving my feedback here in the form of a 1 star review as well. It is annoying that this app changes what keyboard I have active every time I use the app.
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What's new

Performance and stability improvements.