Best Child Care Software for Freelancers
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What is Child Care Software for Freelancers?
Child care software is software that assists with the management of daycare and child care services. It simplifies tasks such as scheduling, payments, attendance tracking, billing, and reporting. Many programs also offer features such as communicating with parents and students, electronic health records for each child enrolled in the program, contact information for staff members and parents, and more. Child care software can be used on its own or integrated with other services to streamline the operations of any childcare center. Compare and read user reviews of the best Child Care software for Freelancers currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.
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Procare
Procare Solutions
For more than 30 years, Procare Solutions has been helping early childhood educators simplify operations and create meaningful connections with families, so they can focus on what matters most – the children in their care. From registration, attendance tracking, staff management and lesson planning to family engagement, tuition collection and reporting, we help ease the challenges faced with running a child care business. Our dedicated team of support professionals also make it easy to get up and running quickly and answer questions along the way. That’s why over 40,000 customers choose Procare. We are proud to be number one in child care management software!">
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Famly
Famly
Famly is a modern, all-in-one childcare management platform designed to eliminate administrative overload — so you and your staff can focus on what really matters: the children. With features like digital enrollment, automated billing, real-time message translation, and staff scheduling, Famly streamlines every part of your operations. It’s built for directors, administrators, and educators who want reliable, intuitive software that just works. Join 7,000+ childcare centers, daycares, and preschools already using Famly to simplify communication, manage finances, and reduce paperwork — all in one place. Save time. Reduce admin. Spend more time with the children. Try Famly today.Starting Price: $49/month -
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Jumbula
Jumbula
Jumbula is an end-to-end Online Registration, Payment & Class/Camp Management system, designed to streamline back office operations. We supply businesses with a powerful administration dashboard and a set of management and marketing tools to promote and sell camps, classes, childcare, and afterschool programs. For end users and parents, we provide a modern and user-friendly registration experience. Our team strives to offer a cutting-edge and intuitive system that is secure, robust, and reliable. Jumbula is constantly developing new functionalities based on the needs shared by our growing community of clients. Some of our users' favorite features are the attendance mobile app, recurring billing, capacity and waitlist management, class reminders, website integration tool, customizable registration forms, and reporting.">
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VirtuClock
VirtuTools
Effortlessly manage your childcare with features such as a self-check-in kiosk, touchless check-in option, and time tracking systems. Boost billable hours by accurately recording pick-up times and delays. Enjoy timesheet records, group announcements, individual and broadcast text/email messaging, parent signature acceptance on sign-in, and comprehensive billing and invoicing for childcare programs, among other features. What sets VirtuClock apart from other childcare management software is exceptional customer service and app customization. Access all essential features without slowing down your busy day! Start using VirtuClock childcare software today with our 14-day free trial. Make the switch and embrace a completely paperless approach!Starting Price: $25 per month -
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Sportsman Web
Peak Software Systems
Serving municipalities since 1993. Sportsman Web is an All-in-One, Cloud-Based, Parks and Recreation Management tool built for Parks and Recreation. Online Registration and Reservation, Patron Accounts (Free custom site), Memberships, Patron Communication, Customizable POS, Payments, touchless entry, League Scheduling with Coaches Portal, Camp/Daycare, Check In/Out, Reporting, Document Management, Attendance, Inventory, Golf and Controlled Access . Accessible on ALL Devices. Dedicated Local Support. ❖ Developed with over 25 years of park and recreation client feedback, we offer thousands of features that easily tailor to your application. ❖ Sportsman software is easy to learn, offers straightforward pricing, and the online registration process is a pleasurable convenience for your patrons. You only pay for the modules you need. ❖ Sportsman offers a securely-hosted database for location flexibility, integrates with common payment processing vendors and offers live support.Starting Price: $930 per year -
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ActivityHub
FieldDay Inc
Our Activity Management software is a comprehensive solution that streamlines business operations and enhances the customer experience. With website widgets, integrated communication tools, and advanced registration management, you can elevate your brand and stay engaged with customers to take your business to the next level. Our platform includes features such as refund management with store credits, camp with full registrations, and drop-in options for added flexibility. With our registration management system, you can easily capture and manage participant information, allergies, and medical conditions. Our advanced cancellation and sign-in/out management features simplify changes and cancellations, and our reporting tools provide access to essential data and insights for informed decision-making. Our goal is to free up your time and simplify operational needs, so you can focus on what matters most – your programs and participantsStarting Price: $75 -
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HiMama
HiMama
HiMama Preschool & Child Care App is an easy-to-use software solution for savvy child care programs. Providing powerful reporting and management tools for parents, directors, and educators, HiMama Preschool & Child Care Appoffers a quick and easy way to document and share children's activities, from funny moments to learning and development achievements. Key features of HiMama Preschool & Child Care App include attendance management, child daily reports, meals tracking, events calendar, lesson planning, child development report, parent text messaging, real-time parent communications, and more. -
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Tootris
Tootris
TOOTRiS empowers working parents like you with FREE online resources to search, vet, and enroll your children in the safest, most nurturing, and affordable programs, all in real-time! Until now, it’s been a struggle for parents to find an easy and convenient way to place their children in a Child Care program that they trust. Often, this means that children are on paid waiting lists for months at a time. too this is changing that, making Child Care convenient, affordable, and on-demand! Lack of Child Care causes 1 out of 4 women to drop out of the workforce while working parents in general significantly reduce their hours or miss work entirely. TOOTRiS provides employers like you with Child Care As A Benefit turn-key solutions that help mitigate losses due to employee churn. TOOTRiS puts your program where parents search, compare & enroll every day. Leveraging our FREE technology, you’ll maximize your enrollments while automating the administrative burdens and tasks. -
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Blossom Educational
Blossom Educational
Nursery management software you can trust. Blossom Educational is a modern learning, assessment and management platform created by Early Years practitioners and owner. Teachers can quickly record, view, analyze and share information about children. It is very easy to use so that staff can spend more time in the classroom! Directors and Owners can run their finances and manage invoices and funding centrally. Our parent app allows parents and carers to keep up to date with their children’s progress from the touch of a button, and our reporting and analysis functionality means that preparing for Ofsted is a breeze! Available on desktop, tablet and mobile. Send out news, daily updates, reports and more to parents, giving them peace of mind. Never fall behind on funding or invoicing and prepare for the future. With EYFS, CoEL & Montessori frameworks, writing effective observations has never been easier. From allergy reports to progress checks, Blossom has everything in one place.Starting Price: £99 per site per month -
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MyKidReports
MyKidReports
MyKidReports – Smart Management for Daycares & Childcare Centers Tired of juggling paperwork, attendance logs, and parent communication? MyKidReports is the all-in-one childcare management software designed to simplify daily operations, save time, and help your center grow. From seamless online admissions and digital check-ins to automated attendance tracking and real-time child progress reports, MyKidReports brings everything under one roof. Easily accept payments with flexible options and reduce paperwork with streamlined billing and auto-pay features. Improve parent-teacher communication with in-app messaging and keep families engaged with regular updates and reports. Directors and administrators can track everything from staff ratios to enrollment trends using our powerful Analytics Dashboard—making smarter decisions easier than ever. Cut down time and manual work Increase enrollment and capacity Improve parent satisfaction and trust Make data-driven decisionStarting Price: $0.99 per child/month -
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Kidkonnect
Appeal Qualiserve
Kidkonnect is a School Management System Software that helps schools/colleges/institutes manage their organizations and provides a communication platform between parents, teachers and schools. Whether you are looking for a cloud based school ERP or coaching class management system or an institute management system or a daycare software you have come to the right place. Kidkonnect is a one stop solution for school attendance software, school fee management software, school timetable software, school GPS tracking and certificate software. We provide a complete technical solution to your organization for efficient management and seamless communication. We are constantly updating ourselves so that we can provide our clients with more and more innovative features in school management system. Our team has now developed Kidkonnect Edusearch Portal which is a free service to create brand value for our institutes and helps them enhance their admissions.Starting Price: $305 per year -
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KidsONE
ONE Software
KidsONE is a high-quality, affordable computer program for your child care or preschool facility. It can handle the needs of in-home daycare providers as well as large free-standing child care centers. KidsONE gives you everything you need to automate your child care business at a reasonable price of only $299.00 ($399.00 for the network version). This price includes shipping and handling. KidsONE comes complete. There are no extra modules or hidden costs. The purchase price includes toll-free telephone and email support. You can call or email us for help at no charge for as long as you are using the program. We are constantly improving KidsONE. Most of the improvements are the result of our customers' suggestions. We release an upgraded version of the program every 12 to 16 months. When an upgrade comes out, we will send you a packet of information describing the new features. You decide if the new features make the upgrade attractive for your business.Starting Price: $299 one-time payment -
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HoppingIn
HoppingIn
With HoppingIn, you can book daycare on demand: - Browse daycare availability - Book the spot you need You can select half-days or full days, and reserve them up to a month in advance. If there is no vacancy, we’ll add you to a waitlist and let you know as soon as the spot is available. If your child is absent from daycare, don’t worry about tuition. Report the absence with HoppingIn and get a cut of the sale if the spot is rebooked. Use our mobile-friendly website to browse your participating daycare’s spots. Book the ones you need, drop the ones your child will be absent from, and let HoppingIn do the rest. -
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ChildWatch
Remarkable Systems, Inc.
ChildWatch is a comprehensive, cloud-based childcare management software service. Paired with mobile apps (including offline capability), this system is ideal for small to mid-sized childcare centers. Designed for user-friendliness and efficiency, ChildWatch offers a suite of tools to streamline operations, improve communication, and enhance overall management. ChildWatch centralizes key functions in an intuitive platform. A standout feature is the parent portal, enabling seamless communication between parents and providers. Parents access essential information on attendance, immunizations status, and schedules, fostering transparency. For staff, ChildWatch simplifies tasks like enrollment, attendance tracking, billing and secure electronic payments.Starting Price: $49.95/month -
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iCare Software
iCare Software
iCare Software is the trusted childcare management solution that adapts to the unique needs of your center. Manage your childcare program with ease using iCare's all-in-one childcare management software. Automate and manage billing and finance, parent interactions, development tracking, center administration, security, calendar coordination, and more. Flexible and Easy to Use Tools to navigate the new normal: Parent App, Contactless Check-in App, Virtual Classroom, Pandemic Protocol management.Starting Price: $50.00/month/user -
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Parent
Parent ApS
Parent is a childcare solution that allows you to manage your child care center, streamline your administrative tasks while keeping parents connected to their children throughout the day. Best of all Parent uses real-time communication technology with instant notifications. Administrators and Teachers: Parent helps you run your childcare center by allowing you to manage day-to-day aspects through our application and desktop portal. Keep accurate attendance records, share videos and photos with parents, store all your internal documents, keep detailed child profiles, and forget about all the stacks of paper. Our application will save you time, money, and increase engagement with parents. Parents: Stay connected to your child throughout the day and receive instant notifications from your childcare provider. You don’t have to wait until the end of the day to find out what your child has been up to. Invite other family members, nannies, or friends and they will receive updatesStarting Price: $2.50/per child/per month -
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Advantage CSP
Advantage CSP
Advantage CSP is an enterprise-class content services platform that powers complex websites, mobile apps, and business applications while offering the flexibility to adapt to each organization's unique processes and workflows. From public-facing websites to business applications that drive organizational processes, Advantage CSP unifies an enterprise for efficiency. Centrally manage thousands of sites using just one interface. 30% faster development and deployment time compared to a traditional CMS. Spend less time on coding and more time on scaling your business. The multi-tenant architecture enables multi-site and multi-language deployments from a single dashboard. Effortlessly help your team efficiently create beautiful digital experiences for every user on any device. Achieve true flexibility and power.Starting Price: $79 per month -
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Alliance CORE
Early Learning Ventures
Child care management systems are the pinnacle of technological aid in the child care industry. Most can help with the majority of your administrative needs – attendance-tracking, enrollment, billing, record-keeping, and more. However, since there is so much that can be stored, automated, and tracked inside these systems. don’t you want to make sure you’re using it correctly? That is one of the main benefits of Alliance CORE, the shared services-based child care management system. Built and managed in-house by Early Learning Ventures, we focus on relationship-building and client support. With a robust onboarding process, we will walk you through every part of the system you’d like to learn – all with the personal connection that comes from a small team. Our cloud-based system provides a foundation for providers to save time and run your business more smoothly, especially when being trained on best practices.Starting Price: $25/month -
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Childcare Manager
Personalized Software
ChildCare Manager is a fully comprehensive child care and day care center management software solution. Specifically created for child care attendance tracking, accounting, and tuition payments, ChildCare Manager aims to simplify the management of their child care centers, preschools, and before/after school programs. Key features of ChildCare Manager include a robust accounting and receivable management, a fully integrated ACH & credit card processing with RapidTuition, and an Employee Center that seamlessly tracks employee hours, certifications, and training.Starting Price: $795.00/one-time -
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Jackrabbit Care
Jackrabbit Technologies
Jackrabbit’s newly designed and thoughtfully developed software, Jackrabbit Care, empowers you to meet your operational challenges and growth goals. Jackrabbit Care enables efficiency and growth to unlock your child care center’s potential while you continue to do what you love.Starting Price: $69.00/month -
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GoPad for Schools
GoPad Secure Technologies
Improve school security and go paperless with GoPad for Schools, an attendance solution. GoPad for Schools is suitable for camps, schools, and other educational organizations. GoPad for Schools features included communication, security, and data storage. GoPad for Schools enables users to track student attendance by checking students in and out and display the attendance of each classroom. GoPad for Schools also enables users to create profiles for each student that includes important information such as emergency contacts, contact information, allergies, and more.Starting Price: $12.00/year/user -
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Educa
Educa
Educa is online early learning and education software solution for child care professionals. Designed to facilitate parent engagement, Educa enables users to communicate, collaborate, and engage with families by incorporating progress planning, document, sharing, and more. Available as a native mobile application on Android and iOS, the solution allows educators to easily send classroom photos, videos, and observations directly to parents. Additionally, Educa allows parents to receive updates and/or post feedback on the move, using any smartphone or tablet device. Other important features include lesson plan management, text messaging, parent portal, records management, progress report and tracking, curriculum alignment, and so much more.Starting Price: $19.00/month -
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Enrolmy
Enrolmy
Enrolmy Virtual enables providers to schedule, market and run online activities while at the same time making it effortless for parents to find, book and pay. Enrolmy gives you the tools to quickly and easily manage OSCAR subsidies, and automatically collect and export data for super-fast MSD audit completion. Enrolmy provides you with email templates and bulk sending options that make it quick and easy to get important information where it needs to go. Give parents the ability to sign their child in and out of your programme via our on-site kiosk. This automatically updates the online attendance reconciliation form with accurate, time-stamped data from which you can generate reliable reports. Throw away your paper-based enrolment forms and provide parents with a customisable portal that makes it super easy for them to book online.Starting Price: $13 per month -
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Little Vista
Little Vista
Tablet Activity Recorder - Create and share Observations, Learning Stories, Curriculum-Linked Activities with photos and video, track Attendance, Meals and Sleep records, for one or multiple children, in an instant! Key information is always at your fingertips! Less time on admin and paperwork, more time with children. Manager - Ease the administrative challenges you face each day. Attendance Tracking, Fee Collection, Occupancy Planning and Reporting has never been easier. Little Vista 'Manager' also provides you with a 360-degree view on all Observations, Curriculum linked Activities, Meals and Sleep records, instantly available at the click of a button, ensuring you know what's happening at all times! Family App - Share real-time updates with your families throughout the day, including photos, videos, audio clips, curriculum-based activities, and important additional information around meals and sleep records.Starting Price: €1.50/month -
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PREto3
PREto3
PREto3 is an all-in-one childcare management software and marketing service provider, developed by former childcare professionals, just like you! We have a combined 120 years of experience, walking in your shoes, as childcare professionals. While childcare ownership and management is extremely rewarding, we know there are never enough hours in the day. The daily hassle of struggling with communication, operations and marketing plans can take away from time spent on education for your students and building relationships with parents. PREto3 childcare management software and marketing services turns your daily routine into an automated process that offers the perfect blend of technology and partnership to grow your enrollment. Secure access to your account anywhere, anytime with the mobile app. Website, SEO, social media management and more. Full marketing suit with proven result. -
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TUIO
TUIO Payments
Seamlessly integrate admissions, tuition and billing, and student record systems. We are your all-in-one administrative solution. TUIO automates tasks and lets parents do the work for you. Increase collection rates, save time & money, and improve the overall experience for both you and your families with TUIO. As a self-service solution, parents can register students, make payments and access info without you. Staff are free to focus on other tasks. And, you get your funds the same day parents make an online payment! An all-in-one solution ensures data is collected and transferred in the same way. Effectively use accurate data for waitlists, payment plans, custom reporting, hiring, and more. We never store any financial information on our servers. All sensitive information is tokenized and encrypted directly with the banks to restrict any unauthorized third party access.Starting Price: $49 per month -
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KINDERPEDIA
KINDERPEDIA
Complete communication and management solution for schools and kindergartens available on web and mobile. Free remote video teaching on Kinderpedia. Daily attendance, gradebook and reports. Secure and personalized documents sharing. Managing the entire activity in just one place. 20 more functionalities for connected education. Manage a class or the entire school in seconds. Teachers can create the timetable, launch a remote video lesson, mark attendance, assign grades and send homework to students, distribute documents with families and staff members, and many more smart features for connected education. School managers can create and send professional invoices and billing plans, track payments and deposits, analyze debt age and family balance, collect penalties and generate custom reports. Parents receive the invoices in the app, shortening payment cycles and giving management a constant overview about cash-flow situation.Starting Price: $3 per month -
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ChildPilot
ChildPilot Software
ChildPilot's all-in-one software simplifies all of your childcare administrative tasks and parent communication needs. Admin Benefits Centralized family, children & staff data. Classroom scheduling & attendance/ratio tracking. Flexible billing options: split family billing, reservations, automated invoice payments & reminders. Custom childcare reporting tool. Communicate with parents & staff via portal, email, or text messaging. Online inquiry, enrollment & childcare forms. Check reminders for admin & staff members. Unmatched support with a designated support representative. Teacher Benefits View important child details. Monitor and track attendance. Share daily activities such as: naps, meals, potty's incident. Message team members and parents. Parent Benefits Contactless check-in/out & online forms. Daily activity updates in real-time with push notifications. Pay tuition. Print tax statements. Make class reservations. Online document submission and Pre-registration. -
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MyDaycareOnline
DFP Services
MyDaycareOnline is simple to use, affordable, and tailored for your business. We work with day homes, daycare centers, and early childhood educators to create a system that works. Our online solution is focused on reducing the amount of time that you spend doing paperwork. Track attendance, handle invoicing, record expenses, and create reports on any device, any time. Quick and easy child attendance tracking. Tap on the child to check them in or out, creating accurate records for invoices and reporting. See exactly who is here at a glance. Built-in tooltips show medical conditions or additional notes for each child. Create invoices and receipts for your clients. Email or print with ease. Bill by the hour, day, month, or something in between. MyDaycareOnline automatically calculates from the attendance tracking, but gives you the freedom to override as needed. Add clients to a wait list, filling in just the basic information.Starting Price: $7.9 per month -
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Kid journals gone paperless! Reduce printing costs of paper logbooks and save 50% of your teaching staff workload! Eliminate the costs of printing paper journals. Reduce caregivers workload in half: 50% less time spent filling out child logbooks. Improve parent satisfaction and easily achieve more enrollments. Send important messages or documents to groups of parents via e-mail or text message. Share pictures and customized observations about each child. Receive child absence or tardy notices sent by parents. The digital logbook for childcare, KIDJOURNAL™ helps you meet your childcare needs on your smartphone, tablet and computer.Starting Price: $1.00/month/user