Comparison

Baby's Days vs ParentZone

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Baby's Days

This comprehensive childcare management system streamlines daily operations for providers and enhances parental involvement. It digitizes paperwork, tracks child development with multimedia, and facilitates secure communication and record-keeping.

Highlights
  • Digital record-keeping and paperwork removal
  • Child development tracking with photos/videos
  • Daily activity logging (feeds, sleep, toileting)
  • Digital parent signature for policies and accidents
  • Visitor sign-in with digital signature
  • Attendance tracking
  • Learning journey and next steps management
Features
Read full description

Baby's days is the most established and most advanced childcare management system in the industry, evolving its secure system since April 2009 for a broad spectrum of childcare providers ranging from childminders, to nurseries and preschools. We pride ourselves in working together with customers to gauge what they really want from a childcare management system and bridge the gap between the child's learning and parental involvement. We are so much more than "just a system for tracking progress" we can and will remove 99% of your paperwork by allowing you to run your business entirely online with parental interaction every step of the way. The Baby's Days App makes life easier for Baby's Days customers and parents too, our sophisticated App will furthermore speed up your working day. As well as tracking each child's learning and development with the use of observations, next steps, COEL, videos and photos you can run your entire childcare business from our app. Just like the web version, the App offers so much more than other Childcare Apps on the market. Parents can login and use it too, again making their lives that little bit easier. The PIN Protected App compliments the web version wonderfully pinpointing the most used features and putting them together. The App allows Childcare Practitioners to: Manage their setting including adding Administrators, Children, setting up Parental Access, editing your Profile, adding Diary Helpers, adding Rooms, and viewing Children's Birthdays, recording daily activities such as bottle feeds, sleep times, sun cream applications and toileting. Edit and view the Daily Checklist seeing at a glance what needs to be done not only today but any day of the year. Assign contracts, policies and permissions for parents to sign digitally directly on the app. Sign in and verify Visitors with our sophisticated Digital Signature feature. View and create Diaries for each child in the setting, allowing you to complete notes, upload photos and videos, add observations and record the child's day in full. Update each child's development and achievements within their learning journey including adding observations, COEL, photos, videos, next steps, and of course 450 sample next steps ready for you to assign to any child. Add medications and Accidents to the system and request that parents sign using the sophisticated Digital Signature feature. Record each child's attendance at literally the click of a button with the fantastic one touch in and out feature. View and upload photographs and videos to each child's gallery and link these photographs and videos to the child's progress section too. With over 100 features as standard, there is no other system anywhere in the world as advanced as Baby's Days.

About

ParentZone

This app allows parents to receive real-time updates on their child's daily activities and milestones from their childcare provider. View photos, meal logs, nap schedules, and important health information securely. Share access with other family members to keep everyone informed.

Highlights
  • Daily activity updates
  • Photo sharing
  • Meal and nap logs
  • Health and accident reports
  • Secure family access
  • Developmental milestones
Read full description

Stay up to date with your child’s activities and achievements even when you can’t be with them. Your Childcare Provider will upload photos and descriptions of your child’s day so that you’ll never miss a moment of your child’s development again. You can log in securely whenever is most convenient for you and see important information about your child’s day. Secure logins can be sent to other family members and carers so you can all join in to celebrate your child’s development. ParentZone will show you information about your child’s • Meals • Naps • Nappy Changes • Medicine • Accidents • Moments ParentZone can only be accessed via invitation from your Childcare provider. Speak to your Childcare provider about getting ParentZone today.

Screenshots

Baby's Days4 screens
ParentZone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: ParentZone at ad-supported against Baby's Days's freemium. On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Baby's Days ships an update every 2 weeks, ParentZone every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Baby's Days versus ParentZone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBaby's DaysParentZone
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (104 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.4% of reviews60.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—104 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.6 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB49 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSysIQConnect Childcare

Customer experience

Baby's Days

Written reviews69 reviews
Positive59.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative36.2%

ParentZone

All ratings104 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews184 reviews
Positive60.3%
Neutral14.7%
Negative25.0%

User reviews

Baby's Days

From App Store reviews

What we love

  • ⏱️ Saves significant admin time
  • 📂 Consolidates paperwork
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Improves parent communication
  • 🌟 Professional appearance
  • 📈 Useful for business management

Room to improve

  • 😠 Rude and unhelpful customer service
  • 🔗 Misleading contract terms (6 months)
  • 😵 Difficult to navigate for parents
  • 🐛 Frequent bugs and errors
  • 📱 App crashes frequently

ParentZone

From 104 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Reassuring for parents
  • 👍 Great interface
  • 👍 Keeps parents updated
  • 👍 Allows sharing home learning

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs need fixing
  • 🐛 Constantly logging out
  • 🐛 Login issues
  • 🐛 Biometrics not working
  • 🐛 Video/photo upload issues

Bugs and requests

Baby's Days

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Server response error 0
  • Update download frozen
  • Recurring event feature not adding subsequent dates
  • Cannot save photos
  • Many bugs, frequent login issues
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  • Lost entire parent questionnaire after signing
  • Unable to save changes when adding invoices
  • Error messages when trying to log in
  • Payment failure bug
  • App crashes when opening photos
  • Latest update is terrible, crashes regularly
  • Cannot swipe between photos in media section
  • Documents cannot be viewed or downloaded
  • App keeps crashing since an update
  • Cannot access things requiring a signature
  • Cannot see feed from previous days
  • Alexa integration issues
  • Notification system issues
  • Second parent parental access notifications are annoying

Requested features

11 requests
  • Watch app functionality
  • Ability for parents to download all photos/videos
  • Consolidate app sections (diary, live feed, children)
  • Optional email notifications for parents
  • Ability to log assistants' daily register on the app
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  • Improve photo viewing and scrolling
  • Make gallery viewing easier
  • Dark mode option
  • More intuitive login process for parents
  • Ability to view or download documents
  • Fix recurring event feature

ParentZone

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Constant login issues
  • Biometrics not working
  • Video/photo upload failures
  • Timeline not updating correctly
  • Filtering not working as expected
Show 1 more
  • Notifications not working

Requested features

7 requests
  • Allow emojis in messages
  • Add meal details
  • Allow bulk download of photos
  • Improve notification details
  • Allow two-device login
Show 2 more
  • Add sleep tracking
  • Improve account switching

In-app purchases

None

Baby's Days

No in-app purchases

None

ParentZone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Baby's Days free?
Baby's Days is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ParentZone free?
ParentZone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Baby's Days or ParentZone have ads?
Neither Baby's Days nor ParentZone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Baby's Days or ParentZone?
Baby's Days ships an update every 2 weeks, and ParentZone every 3 weeks. Most recently, Baby's Days was updated on October 24, 2026 and ParentZone on October 26, 2026.

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