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brightwheel: Child Care App

brightwheel: Child Care App

Manage preschool & childcare

152K ratings
511 reviews
#30 in free Education
📚 Education
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Free

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  • Released
  • Updated
  • August 25, 2014
  • October 14, 2026

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DSSV, Inc.
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About

This comprehensive childcare management software streamlines operations for early education providers. It combines billing, parent communication, curriculum planning, and admissions into a single, user-friendly platform. The app helps educators save time on administrative tasks and focus more on engaging with children.

✓All-in-one platform
✓User-friendly design
✓Billing and finances
✓Family communication
✓Daily reports
✓Lesson plans
✓Admissions and enrollment
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What users say about brightwheel

Reviews of brightwheel are mostly positive: the Education app is rated 4.9/5 from 152K App Store ratings. What users like most: easy to use, ability to see photos/videos of child. Top complaints: bugs and glitches with the app, issues with billing and overcharging. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • 👍Easy to use
  • 📸Ability to see photos/videos of child
  • 💬Good communication with teachers
  • 📊Helpful for tracking child's activities
  • 🔍Provides good visibility into child's day

Negative things

  • 🐛Bugs and glitches with the app
  • 💰Issues with billing and overcharging
  • 🔒Lack of security features like Touch ID
  • 📢Too many notifications can be annoying
  • 🕰️Slow performance and lagging issues
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What's New in brightwheel

3.108.0

October 14, 2026

Fix for keyboard issues on iOS 27 activity composer. Message translations. Other minor improvements.

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📉 30-5

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This app dropped -5 positions in Education chart.

Last updated on October 16, 2026.

User reviews

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Fantastic App

Amazing
Laneey20Laneey20

It’s a Joy to see my little one everyday steppingstones when I’m not around❤️🙏🏻

This app allows me to see everything. My little one does special moments that I can’t see but are captured in real time. I love seeing how she interacts with her peers nap time snack time bathroom as well. I’m glad her Daycare has this app. I love it. I’m updated on calendars concerns fire drills school closing. I love it
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Nicole20132014Nicole20132014

Poor design for billing

When filling put paperwork, it only offered me a chance to pay the enrollment fee once, and because I didn’t pay immediately it just disappeared. It didn’t post to my account to allow me to pay it later, and there is no way to make a payment unless something is posted to the account. Now my kids have to wait 2 additional weeks to start, because apparently it will take a week for a new invoice to be generated, and another week to process my payment. Unbelievable and inconvenient!! This is a poor system design!
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smldbhzsmldbhz

ONE HUB

I always love an app where all communication, photos, and anything else that a parent needs is located in one spot. This makes it easier than trying to “search for that email” and referencing one spot
RitaRobRitaRob

At ease

This app put an anxious mamas heart at ease due to the updates provided.
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

3 issues

Push notifications not working properly

Bug

Difficulty deleting accounts or disabling AutoPay

Bug

Inconsistent behavior when no balance is due

Bug
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Requested Features

5 requests

Batch download option for photos/videos

Feature

Ability to add comments to activity logs

Feature

Customizable notification settings

Feature

Teacher profiles or photos in the app

Feature

Integrated payment features

Feature

FAQ

What does brightwheel do?

Brightwheel is an all-in-one childcare management software designed to simplify operations for early education providers. It handles tasks such as billing, parent communication, curriculum planning, admissions, and attendance tracking, allowing educators to spend less time on administration and more time with children.

What are the key features of brightwheel?

Key features include an all-in-one platform for billing, attendance, and communication, a user-friendly design, fast and quality support, secure and reliable performance, automated billing and payments, real-time family communication with photo and video sharing, daily activity reports, calendar sharing, lesson planning tools, assessment and observation capabilities, admissions and enrollment management, and attendance tracking for students and staff.

Is brightwheel free to use?

Brightwheel offers both free and premium plans to suit different needs. While core functionalities are available, certain advanced features or enhanced services may require an upgrade to a premium plan.

What devices is brightwheel compatible with?

Brightwheel is designed to be accessible across multiple devices. It offers real-time syncing across all devices, including web browsers and mobile applications, ensuring you can manage your childcare operations from anywhere.

How does brightwheel help with parent communication?

Brightwheel facilitates seamless parent communication by centralizing messaging, newsletters, and alerts. It allows educators to share photos and videos of children's activities in real-time, provide daily reports on naps, meals, and bathroom activities, and share important dates and events through a shared calendar.