# Nestlings — Childcare, connected. > Childcare, connected. (iPhone/iPad app by 2607770 Alberta Inc.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nestlings/id6789397957 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [2607770 Alberta Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/1825485610) - Category: Education, Productivity - Price: Free - Age rating: 17+ - Requires: iOS 16.4 · 63 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-14 - Data updated: 2026-10-31 ## What is Nestlings? Childcare, connected. Nestlings brings childcare providers, educators, and families together in one secure app. Record a child's day as it happens, keep attendance organized, share meaningful updates, and give parents a clear view of the moments that matter. FOR CHILDCARE PROVIDERS AND EDUCATORS • Create digital daily sheets for meals, naps, diapers, activities, moods, learning moments, medication, incidents, notes, and photos • Record an update for multiple children at once • Check children in and out, mark absences, and review attendance history • Keep child profiles, schedules, allergies, medical notes, and emergency contacts close at hand • Organize children by room and invite staff with role-based access • Send direct messages and program-wide announcements • Plan weekly lessons across eight learning domains • Publish menus and share calendar events, closures, holidays, reminders, and field trips • Create invoices, apply tax, record cash, e-transfer, or cheque payments, and offer card checkout when enabled by the provider • Manage prospective families from waitlist to enrollment FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS • Follow your child's day through a private, real-time feed • See arrival, pickup, meal, nap, activity, learning, and photo updates shared by the childcare team • Message educators in one organized conversation • View published menus, lesson plans, and upcoming calendar events • Review invoices and payment status, and pay eligible invoices by card • Receive timely notifications for important updates BUILT WITH PRIVACY IN MIND Children do not create accounts. Families join through an invitation from their childcare provider, and access is limited by role and relationship. Photos are stored privately, data is encrypted in transit, and account deletion is available in the app. Nestlings is designed for Canadian day homes, daycare centres, and childcare agencies. Provider features may vary based on program settings. Parents use Nestlings at no cost. A participating childcare provider and invitation may be required for parent access. ## Is Nestlings safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Nestlings. ## Is Nestlings legit? Nestlings has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Nestlings is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.1.3 — 2026-10-16 What's new in 1.1.3 For providers • Multi-day closures and holidays: set one event across several days, like a winter break. Families get a single notification and see the whole range in the app. • Link activities to your lesson plan: pick the planned item when you record an Activity or Learning moment. The plan then shows how many children each item was logged for. • Link meals to the weekly menu: tap "Use menu" when recording a Meal to fill in what was planned. • My Profile: update your own name and phone number from More. • More dependable recording: saving one entry for several children saves it for all of them or none, and new activities follow your program's operating hours (incidents and medication can always be recorded). • Centres: optional invoice helpers for partial-month enrolments and sibling discounts, off until you turn them on in Settings. For parents • Add to calendar: put any school event, like a field trip, a closure or picture day, into your own calendar with one tap. • Clearer, more private notifications: a new "Arrivals & pickups" switch in Profile > Notifications. Alerts about incidents, medication and absences now just say there is a new update about your child, so nothing sensitive appears on your lock screen. Also • A refreshed app icon and splash screen. • Fixes and polish, including time pickers that no longer get stuck after an error message. ### 1.1.2 — 2026-10-10 • Fixed: parents with children in different rooms now see the right room's lesson plan on the Learning tab. • Stay up to date: Nestlings now lets you know when a newer version is available, with a quick link to update. • Small behind-the-scenes fixes and improvements. ### 1.1.1 — 2026-10-07 - Bug fixes - Features: Add Emergency contact. ### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-06 New in this version: • Video in the daily feed — share one 30-second clip per child per day alongside photos • Lesson plan and menu templates — save your favourites and apply them in a tap • Part-time scheduling by weekday — mark a child AM-only or PM-only, with half-days counted correctly for billing • Improved child and guardian profiles, including avatar updates • Faster, more stable app with an upgraded platform — fixes a memory issue on some devices ### 1.0 — 2026-08-14 No release notes. ## Apps similar to Nestlings | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Smart Tales - Learning Games](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smart-tales-learning-games/id1452196861) | 4.6 (18,463) | Free | Education | | [Bebi: Baby Games for Preschool](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bebi-baby-games-for-preschool/id1474248135) | 4.6 (41,887) | Free | Education | --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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