PS2ME Parent Pro vs CareDay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PS2ME Parent Pro
Stay connected with your child's preschool experience. View daily activities, photos, and important announcements. Communicate directly with teachers about drop-off, absences, and health updates, all from your fingertips.
- View child's photos
- Activity reports
- Preschool announcements
- Communicate drop-off info
- Submit absence notes
- View meal calendar
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Preschool2me Parent Pro makes it easy for parents to view their child’s pictures, activity reports, announcements sent from the preschool. Parents can even communicate with the preschool by sending At Drop Off and Absence information. No more viewing information just via email. Enjoy the ease of viewing everything you want to know about your child’s day right at your fingertip! Preschool2me Parent Pro provides the following features: - Beautiful Activity Reports - Announcements - View and Download Photos - Communicate At Drop Off information to teacher - Meal Calendar - Communicate Out Sick and Planned Absence to director and teacher
CareDay
This app connects parents and childcare providers for seamless daily communication. Parents receive real-time updates, photos, and messages about their child's day. Providers can efficiently track activities, share updates, and manage child profiles.
- Real-time child updates
- Photo and video sharing
- Instant messaging with teachers
- Attendance and activity tracking
- Child profile management
- Multi-child support
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CareDay is a complete solution that integrates all the different roles and services of a childcare facility into a single product! As an extension of the CareDay Admin Dashboard, the CareDay app is a daily communication tool for childcare teachers and parents to stay connected throughout the busy day in the classroom. As a parent, you will never miss a moment of your child’s day and can stay connected with their caregivers. The CareDay app allow parents to: ■ Receive real time updates of your child’s day based on your notification preferences ■ View and share photos and videos of your child and the learning experiences they’re having ■ Filter your child’s feed based on type of activity ■ Instant message with their teachers and administrators ■ View your child’s teachers and their certifications ■ View your center’s special events ■ Easily toggle between multiple children As a childcare provider, your day is busy from start to finish! CareDay provides efficient tracking in an easy to use interface! The CareDay app allows caregivers to: ■ Easily and efficiently track attendance, meals, potties, and curriculum activities - either per individual child or for multiple children at once! ■ Send high quality photos and videos to parents throughout the day ■ Instant message with parents ■ View child profile details including any allergies, special dietary requirements, or health care plans All child profiles and schedules, parent & teacher profiles, and planned meals & curriculum are integrated seamlessly from the CareDay Admin dashboard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CareDay at 71% against PS2ME Parent Pro's 16%. CareDay also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). PS2ME Parent Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CareDay holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 75 and 54 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of PS2ME Parent Pro's written reviews are positive against 71% of CareDay's.
PS2ME Parent Pro ships an update every 5 months, CareDay every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PS2ME Parent Pro | CareDay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (75 ratings) | 4.3 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.3% of reviews | 70.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 75 — better | 54 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Preschool2me Inc. | CareDay Solutions LLC |
Customer experience
PS2ME Parent Pro
CareDay
Bugs and requests
PS2ME Parent Pro
Reported bugs
43 issues- Session expires every time app is opened after few hours
- Messaging is a mess, messages not seen by intended recipients
- Password managers won't identify app for auto-fill due to missing associated domain
- Constantly getting booted off the app, even with 'remember me' checked
- Have to re-log in every other day
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- Every single day, have to put password in again
- When opening a chat window, get stuck and can't get back without restarting phone
- Updates are crude despite real-time submissions
- Have to reset password everyday, app accepts it but locks out again
- When trying to download a picture, it gets stuck and requires closing and reopening app
- Get logged out very frequently and have to reset password
- Typo in one of the App Store pictures
- Glitchy, even after reinstalling
- 80% of the time can't send messages or view photos
- App will not allow to stay logged in, doesn't save password
- Frequently certain pages will not load
- Since the last update, very hard to download pictures
- When trying to download a photo, it pops up saying downloading but freezes and never downloads
- Update broke notifications
- Unable to download photos, app freezes and has to be force stopped
- Since the update last week, no longer get notifications and can't download images
- App says downloading but will freeze every time trying to download a picture
- Have to log in periodically to see if there are any updates
- Latest update broke photo downloads, trying to download a photo crashes the app
- Most recent update broke notifications
- Half of the buttons lead to a place you can never get back from, have to crash app
- If typing a message and a notification comes in, entire message is deleted
- Not optimized for iPhone Xs, incorrect aspect ratio
- When attempting to paste password, screen jumps, 'paste' option appears later
- Has not been optimized for iPhone 11 or iPhone X
- App looks like it is designed for a different device
- Check-ins not being notified
- Activity reports don't show until almost 3 hrs after kid has been checked out, or don't show at all
- Photos sent by teacher haven't reached parents
- App does not work with new OS, cannot see default picture or updates
- App does not use full screen on devices larger than iPhone 5, large black space on iPhone X
- App used to be pretty good, now won't open
- Unable to download pictures after getting a new phone
- App is poorly organized and slow
- App is telling user to update but there is no new version
- Push notifications worked for a couple of days then stopped
- Notifications don't state which child has an update
- Too many different tabs to toggle between
Requested features
8 requests- Add Face ID or fingerprint scan for authentication
- Improve messaging functionality for clarity and visibility
- Allow downloading photos directly from the preview screen
- Add support for multiple children
- Update app for newer iPhone screen sizes and resolutions
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- Implement a website alternative
- Improve notification settings for granularity
- Fix associated domain for password managers
CareDay
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PS2ME Parent Pro
No in-app purchases
CareDay
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is PS2ME Parent Pro free?
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