Care.com User Reviews
Customer Experience
~ Based on 415 written reviews from the US App Store.
What users say
Summarized from real user reviews of Care.com. Based on 40K reviews and a 4.4/5 average, it highlights the 2 positives and 5 negatives reviewers mention most about this Lifestyle app.
Positive things
- 🚀Helpful and reliable app
- 🔒Background checks provided
Negative things
- 🐛Glitchy and unreliable app
- 💰Expensive subscription with many additional fees
- ⚠️Inconsistent and unresponsive caregivers
- 🤔Unclear and confusing functionality
- 🔍Difficult to find and filter relevant caregivers
Is Care.com Safe?
Care.com: Hire Caregivers appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Care.com is 88/100.
This assessment is based on 39,987 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.4/5.
Safety Analysis
~ Based on 39,987 App Store ratings for Care.com.
Is Care.com Legit?
Care.com: Hire Caregivers appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Care.com is 100/100.
Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.
Top reviews
You have to pay before chatting with a sitter
If I could give it zero stars, I would. I called multiple times to cancel my membership and each time I was told that I would receive a callback from a manager. I never did. The app itself is extremely challenging to use and very glitchy. Do not waste your money or your time. You will not receive a refund no matter how hard you try totally a scam.
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Great app . Helped me to find someone to help us while I was postpartum
This app has helped sooooo much finding full time and part time child care. I tell all of my friends and family about it! I have found some quality Nannie’s using this app
Get in and get out. As a caregiver they try to nickel and dime you.
Thank you so much for providing a service that has given me piece of mind
You have to pay for a subscription before you can even try to get a babysitter. 49.99 on top of actually paying for the sitter.
We have used care.com for the last 10 years, it is a great source to find and hire quality’s child care professionals
After a few false starts - it’s great to have an experienced helper.
Do not use this company I tried to give him the opportunity to refund our monthly fee we canceled in June showed them all the paperwork and they just kept charging never found service never found Help do not use them
Terrible navigation and not at all user friendly.
Love the app but I hate being forced to leave reviews and there was not a way of opting out and not telling if I like the app or not.
Good app
Easily one of the companies most lacking in any semblance of customer service. Their app frequently has tech issues, such as messages not appearing. Their standard turn around time to speak to a supervisor is 48 hours, if you're lucky. And if you have a tech issue, then they say it could take about a week for a response (not the solution necessarily, but a response). As far as companies that link you to service providers, I would look elsewhere
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It’s fairly useless unless you’re planning on the subscription. It says you can wait for applicants but even if they apply to your listing you still aren’t allowed to talk to them without buying the subscription. You’re going to have to subscribe if you want to use it for anything.
I don’t appreciate the fact that I have to pay a yearly fee on this app but it’s constantly down. Because the mobile version doesn’t allow you to do everything, if forces you to the app. You come to the app, and it’s constantly down. I’ve barely been on the app for 2 weeks and it’s already been down 3 times. It makes you look absolutely unprofessional to potential families because of the late replies due to not having access to your messages via app. When it’s working, it’s nice how you can be so detailed in your bio, while also seeing what families are looking for.
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Beware: I was a subscriber and the renewal page through the app said that it would renew at a certain rate, but it actually renewed at a rate $75 higher. Before renewal, I had confirmed the lower rate, but my card was charged the higher rate. So, the renewal rate shown though the app, and confirmed by a representative over the phone, is not the real rate they will charge for renewal.
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Easy to use
This app helped me feel secure in finding someone trustworthy to watch my little one.
App worked great until about 2 weeks ago. It won’t even open anymore and I’d love to be able to hire the nanny I need!
