brightwheel: Child Care App
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Description
Brightwheel is an all-in-one childcare management software that saves time and simplifies operations for early education providers. From billing and parent communication to curriculum and admissions, it combines everything you need in one easy-to-use platform. Trusted by millions of educators and families and backed by a dedicated support team, brightwheel strengthens family connections and ensures seamless operations with reliable performance and robust security. With brightwheel, you’ll spend less time on admin, more time with children. Features include: • All-in-one platform: Brightwheel combines billing, attendance, family communication, lesson planning, and reporting in one easy-to-use platform. • User-friendly design: An intuitive interface that is quick to set up and easy for staff and families to use. • Fast, quality support: An industry-leading, dedicated support team at your fingertips with 24/7 access to chatbot, tutorials, webinars, and community. • Secure and reliable: Advanced security features like two-factor authentication and compliance with the highest data protection standards. With 99% uptime, the app is available virtually all the time. • Billing and finances: Automated billing and payments for tuition and fees, customizable billing reports, and expense tracking. • Family communication: Connect with families in real-time and centralize messaging, newsletters, and alerts. • Photo and video sharing: Snap photos, record videos, and tag students with one click. • Daily reports: Log naps, meals, bathroom, and other activities. Families get a personalized feed and daily summary. • Calendar: Share events, holidays, and important dates with both families and staff. • Lesson plans: Add, customize, and share your lesson plans with teachers. Upgrade to Experience Curriculum to enhance program quality with digital lessons and hands-on learning materials. • Assessment and observations: Make note of progress, achievements, and activities with pre-loaded state standards and a DRDP tool. Share with families or privately amongst teachers. • Admissions and enrollment: Build custom admission packets, manage your waitlist, and make it easy for prospective families to apply online. • Attendance: Easily track student and staff attendance via quick scan or a code. Stay in compliance with room ratio and capacity tools. • Reporting: Detailed reports of every brightwheel feature for billing and licensing requirements. • Real-time syncing: Brightwheel stays up to date across all devices, including web and mobile. • Affordable: Both free and premium plans available to fit your needs. And... much more coming! Brightwheel is the #1 rated childcare management software, leading the industry through continuous innovation, frequent enhancements, and new features driven by valuable customer feedback.
What's New
Minor improvements and performance enhancements
Details
- Developer
- DSSV, Inc.
- Main Category
- Education
- Version
- 3.102.0
- Version Release
- 2026-07-16
- Initial Release
- 2014-08-25
- Size
- 115 MB
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Price
- Free
- Languages
- EN, FR, ES
- Bundle ID
- com.sandbox.Sandbox
- Version Rating
- ★ 4.93 (138,554)
- First Seen
- 2026-05-28
Metadata updated 2026-07-19
Rank History
Free · Max 90 days · Top 5 categories shown (Y-axis: rank, lower is better)
Free Rankings
Paid Rankings
No rankings
Competitive Benchmark — Education Top 10
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| 49 | brightwheel: Child Care App | Free | ★ 4.93 | 138,554 | 3 | 2026-07-16 |
User Reviews
Excellent
I love and appreciate the care that the staff provides to my grandson. The entire staff is awesome.
Thank you I received joy five days a week because I get to see my granddaughter in Colorado learning and growing because I live in California thank you so much
I can see what my kids are doing .
I recommend them; they always provide excellent service and take great care of the children. And they always keep everything clean.
I am so grateful for this daycare and especially for Ms. Jasmine, ms. Jerrica, and Ms. Melody. They are truly like mothers to the children. Their love, patience, kindness, and dedication make such a difference every day. Knowing that my child is cared for by people who treat the children like their own gives me so much peace of mind. Thank you for creating such a warm, safe, and nurturing environment. We appreciate everything you do!
I absolutely love seeing pics of my happy grandbaby several times a day! Puts a smile on my face with each notification. Good job!!
I’m in love with this app. Recently was the first time taking my daughter to any daycare but with this app the communication has been so amazing I get pictures everyday and it makes it so easy to communicate with the day at about anything. Honestly this app is a game changer for any day care. As a parent it helps and makes me feel so comfortable while my child is there. Best app
I cannot get this app to work time and time again. It says my phone number and email are part of different accounts (they are not). I can’t ever seem to get a code. If I use the app to contact the school, all they can do is send me an email back (I know this because the daycare owner is a family member so I can see from their phone.) I can also have them send me a link but the link only logs me into my account which isn’t my problem. My problem is I can never get the account to link to my child despite many attempts.
They are so respectful to me and my child. My child loves it and talks every day. How she loves it . The activities are amazing… 💜💜☺️
This app keeps me updated and gives me a peace of mind, knowing my children are in good care.the best part is, it gives me real time updates throughout the whole time my kids are in their care. This comes in handy Especially when it comes to an emergency. ❤️
This daycare goes above and beyond for the children. The environment is warm, organized, and family-friendly. The staff genuinely care about each child’s development and well-being.
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