
brightwheel: Child Care App
Manage preschool & childcare
Free
3.35.1for iPhone, iPad and more
Age Rating
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About brightwheel: Child Care App
Brightwheel is the #1 software solution for preschools, child care providers, 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, scheduling, attendance, 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 improvement satisfaction for your parents.
Join tens of thousands of preschools, child care centers, 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, schedule, 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 preschool and child care management app!
PARENTS: Engage in your child’s day with a real-time feed of photos, videos, schedules, 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 & Schedules: 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 schedules, 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 providers, and daycares, and we’re always committed to innovation with frequent improvements and new features.
Brightwheel is the only app that integrates everything you need: sign in/out, messaging, learning assessments, daily sheet reports, photos, videos, calendars, scheduling, attendance, 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 improvement satisfaction for your parents.
Join tens of thousands of preschools, child care centers, 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, schedule, 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 preschool and child care management app!
PARENTS: Engage in your child’s day with a real-time feed of photos, videos, schedules, 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 & Schedules: 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 schedules, 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 providers, and daycares, and we’re always committed to innovation with frequent improvements and new features.
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.35.1
Last updated on Sep 15, 2023
Old Versions
Smaller bug fixes and improvements.
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Version History
3.35.1
Sep 15, 2023
Smaller bug fixes and improvements.
3.35.0
Sep 15, 2023
Smaller app improvements and bug fixes.
3.34.1
Sep 2, 2023
Spanish support and general app improvements.
3.34.0
Aug 31, 2023
Spanish support for all types of accounts.
Faster video uploads.
Smaller performance and reliability improvements.
Faster video uploads.
Smaller performance and reliability improvements.
3.33.2
Aug 20, 2023
Minor enhancements.
3.33.1
Aug 18, 2023
Minor improvements.
3.33.0
Aug 10, 2023
Small improvements and performance enhancements.
3.32.0
Jul 24, 2023
Media upload improvements.
Smaller features and improvements.
Smaller features and improvements.
3.31.2
Jul 10, 2023
Minor improvements and performance enhancements
3.31.1
Jun 30, 2023
Messaging stability improvements.
3.31.0
Jun 23, 2023
Bug fixes and general app improvements.
3.30.1
Jun 7, 2023
Smaller stability and performance improvements.
3.30.0
May 30, 2023
General app improvements and bug fixes
3.29.1
May 4, 2023
Stability improvements.
3.29.0
Apr 28, 2023
Small improvements and performance enhancements.
3.28.2
Apr 18, 2023
Smaller stability and performance improvements.
3.28.1
Mar 24, 2023
Account Switching is here! Sign in to up to 3 accounts and switch between them without having to re-enter your passwords. Along with bug fixes and improvements.
3.28.0
Mar 13, 2023
Account Switching is here! Sign in to up to 3 accounts and switch between them without having to re-enter your passwords.
3.27.0
Feb 24, 2023
Account Switching is here! Sign in to up to 3 accounts and switch between them without having to re-enter your passwords.
3.26.0
Feb 23, 2023
Account Switching is here! Sign in to up to 3 accounts and switch between them without having to re-enter your passwords.
3.25.5
Jan 23, 2023
General app updates and bug fixes
3.25.4
Jan 11, 2023
Minor enhancements
3.25.3
Dec 11, 2022
Minor enhancements and improvements.
3.25.2
Dec 8, 2022
Bugfixes and general improvements
3.25.1
Dec 7, 2022
Minor improvements
brightwheel: Child Care App FAQ
Click here to learn how to download brightwheel: Child Care App in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of brightwheel: Child Care App.
iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
brightwheel: Child Care App supports English, Spanish