Kare Day
Kare Day is a cloud-based daycare management platform for child records, attendance, staff time tracking, billing, reporting, and parent communication.
What Kare Day is
Kare Day is a cloud-based daycare management platform for child records, attendance, staff time tracking, billing, reporting, and parent communication. It is designed for daycare directors, staff, and parents, and is available on Android, iOS, and the web. Child profiles can hold enrollment and contact information, notes, documents, and authorized pickup records. Attendance tools support check-in and check-out, pickup sheets, and attendance records. Staff features include profiles, schedules, roles, availability, digital timeclock tracking, and payroll-ready reports. Billing supports automated invoicing, payment tracking, and QuickBooks synchronization. Parents can use the free iOS and Android app for attendance, daily logs, messages, invoices, and real-time notifications. The platform tracks immunizations, allergies, and medical notes, and attendance, staff, and financial reports can be exported as PDF, CSV, or Excel files. Pricing is available on request; paid subscriptions are billed monthly or yearly in advance, and certain features require an active subscription. Kare Day offers phone and email support and assists with data imports. It says its software tools do not provide legal, regulatory, medical, financial, or childcare advice.
Good
- Tracks child attendance and authorized pickup records.
- Includes digital staff timeclock and payroll-ready reports.
- Supports QuickBooks synchronization.
- Parents have a free iOS and Android app.
Watch out
- Pricing is available on request.
- Certain features require an active paid subscription.
- The software does not provide childcare or other professional advice.
Who it suits
Kare Day is for daycare directors and staff coordinating records, attendance, staffing, and billing, as well as parents using its mobile app for updates and invoices.
Verdict
Kare Day covers administrative workflows for childcare centers and gives parents a mobile app for daily information. Centers should note that pricing is by request and some features depend on an active paid subscription.
Plans and prices
From Kare Day's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Paid subscription | Priced on request | Certain features require an active paid subscription · monthly or yearly in advance |
The facts
Each one read from Kare Day's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Attendance
- Kare Day supports child check-in and check-out, pickup sheets and attendance records.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Cancellation
- The company says there are no long-term contracts and customers can cancel at any time.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Child records
- Child profiles can include enrollment details, contact information, notes, documents and authorized pickup records.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Compliance limitation
- Kare Day states that it provides software tools only and does not provide legal, regulatory, medical, financial or childcare advice.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Data migration
- Kare Day assists with importing child, parent, staff and billing data.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Data processing
- Kare Day acts as a data processor for child and family information entered by childcare centers, which are responsible for obtaining consent.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Exports
- Attendance, staff and financial reports can be exported in PDF, CSV and Excel formats.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Family communication
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2001
- Health tracking
- The platform tracks immunizations, allergies and medical notes for inspection preparation.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Product
- Kare Day is a cloud-based daycare management platform covering child records, attendance, staff time tracking, billing, reporting and parent communication.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Security
- Kare Day says it uses secure cloud infrastructure, encrypted data transmission, access controls and regular backups.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Staff tools
- Staff features include profiles, schedules, roles, availability, digital timeclock tracking and payroll-ready reports.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Support
- Kare Day offers phone and email support for setup, questions and day-to-day use.checked 30 Sep 2001
- Target users
- The platform is designed for daycare directors, staff and parents.checked 30 Sep 2001
Money
- Billing integration
- Kare Day supports automated invoicing, payment tracking and QuickBooks synchronization.checked 30 Sep 2001
Where it runs
- Parent app
- Parents can use the free Kare Day mobile app on iOS and Android for attendance, daily logs, messaging, invoices and real-time notifications.checked 30 Sep 2001
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