Good app, but could be great. We used another app prior to track our baby’s feedings, diapers, and growth. When we started working with a nanny, I wanted an app to to track naps, activities/field trips, and conversations that we’d want all care takers to know about. Sometimes my partner and I have to switch who is doing pick up last minute, so it’s good to have everyone on the same page. This app is great for the communication aspect. It also makes it easy to track info for multiple children and/or pets.
However, there are a couple of features I would love to see added/improved upon
1) when done one sends you a message through the app, you receive a notification but once you open the Lock Screen it’s gone. I really wish it would show numbers inside a red bubble on the app icon on the Home Screen like the mail/text app.
2) logging naps, etc. Sometimes I or my partner forget to log the start or end of a nap. I like to go back and enter in the information manually so we can see patterns. I’ve noticed if I can’t go back and adjust the time and date of when a nap was. The date is automatically logged as the current date.
Very helpful app!
I was liking the app until this most recent update; now I get four simultaneous notifications with no info on any of them. “Baby drank a . Oz bottle at .” I don’t think it’s notifying me on naps either, which it used to. Also the interface is harder to look at now. I don’t care as much that she drank for 10 minutes, I’d rather see how much she drank, like it used to show. I’m sick of change for the sake of change, and not for the better. Annoying. Wish I could undo this crappy update.
The app is exactly what I was looking for to have easier handoffs to my nanny, but when I add my husband as a caregiver, it charges him as well. Not sure why each family member should pay for sharing the same account. Not sure if others have encountered this.
I pod and downloaded this app to track my nanny share with my son. I have been unable to receive any emails to join the app despite the other family getting set up. I contacted the customer service group twice and no one ever responded. At a minimum I would have liked to receive a little help or insight as to what was wrong. This is a waste of my time and money.
I really like the app and the convenience it brings communicating about the kids with my husband and our caretaker. We can easily see what they ate, are they drinking enough water, if they had a BM, if they took any medicine and did they have an activity or incident. It makes it so much easier and ensures we are all aware of what happened and what needs to happen.
I am hoping there are future improvements allowing entries for future days and also for recurring events eliminating the need to enter data that occurs daily.
Overall this is a great app I highly recommend!
Our nanny is unable to view our shared calendar. Even after sending a few emails, reached out via social media, we’re not able to receive any sort of customer support for the app.
This is the only app like this that I have experience with. I think it works pretty well. It can be slow and glitchy, freezing up at times. For instance I am currently trying to add a second family to my account and it has been spinning/loading for several minutes. Sometimes it freezes when adding a photo. Sometimes the same thing when editing an activity or meal for instance in the day. Wish it worked a bit better in that regard.
Developer Response
Can you try the latest version 4? It has a ton of performance fixes :)As a nanny, I would like to be able to have different check in times for different children. It would be a better way to track how much each parents owes
Let me start by saying that the underlying concepts behind the design of this app is great. As someone hiring a new nanny having everything in one place is great. Having said that, there are some things that could use improvement.
Overall, certain features such as the shift management was not super intuitive. There is also no consideration when setting up a shift to include paid or unpaid breaks and/or lunch which can mess up the calculations (especially because the amount is showing gross not net). Further, there is no option to repeat a shift schedule which means each shift has to be put in one by one.
When inviting the nanny, make sure you use the right email. Couldn’t find a way to change the email for the nanny that I tried to add.
Lots of timeouts- it was frustrating to set things up because I saw a ton of spinning. I finally gave up and went with a different app.
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