brightwheel: Child Care App

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Last verified 28 Sep 2026

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4.9 149981 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5🙏🏻A Wonderful Place for Our Daughter to Learn and Grow.

   🥳Absolutely. Here’s a polished version that keeps the warmth and adds a little more about the positive impact they’ve had on your daughter: We are incredibly happy with this daycare and the experience our daughter has had here. Since she started attending, we have noticed such a positive change in her behavior and independence. She has become more disciplined, follows routines better, washes her hands by herself, and even reminds us at home to do the same! She actually takes naps now, which is something we never thought we would be saying. The staff are amazing—kind, fun, attentive, patient, and very professional. What means the most to us is that our daughter genuinely feels comfortable and happy there. She has developed more confidence and independence, and we can see that she is learning habits that carry over into our home and everyday life. The daycare itself is small, cozy, welcoming, and in a very convenient location. It has a warm, personal feeling rather than feeling overwhelming. My wife and I both love it, but the most important thing is that our daughter loves it too. She now looks forward to going, and seeing her excited to be there gives us tremendous peace of mind. We are very grateful to the entire staff for the care, attention, patience, and positive influence they have given our daughter. It is wonderful to see how much she has grown in such a short period of time. We couldn’t be happier with our experience and would absolutely recommend this daycare to other families.

   Mr.Riverdale · 28 Sep 2026

2. 5/5This app has made my life as a teacher so much easier!

   Where should I start? The instant messaging between my parents and I is the best thing ever! I don't have to call each Parent over simple questions throughout the day. I can address the parents questions or concerns about Anything and everything. I can even message back and fourth after school hours if needed to be helpful to my parents. When a child in my class seems sad or missing their parents I help them by posting a picture or video to their parents letting them feel connected in the child's time of need. I've just recently started using the lesson planning feature and it is so awesome! Especially because my plan can be shared with my Parents as a way for them to spark up conversation in the evening with their children instead of asking what they did at school and the child responding with "I don't know" everyday. I also love the note section so I can ask the parents to donate supplies or anything else needed for the classroom. Posting notes, pictures, videos and sending messages couldn't be any easier. I also participate in a health screening before entering the classroom to help my center stay open and safe for all the families.

   Cheryl Mercer · 28 Sep 2026

3. 5/5Revolutionary!

   We have been one of Brightwheel’s longest customers. We started off when the app was small and had just a few features, and we stayed because of the product they have built and we fully believe In Brightwheel & their mission! They have proven over and over that they are listening to us as caregivers and parents as they add all of our requested features. When we were told we would need to move to a paid version earlier this year, there was no hesitation because this has revolutionized our work and our ability to communicate with families. This app helped us immediately contact a parent for a child that was having a seizure, helped us to identify food allergies through the daily food log (that didn’t get lost because it was paper!), and is a selling point for our school because everyone likes having access to know what their child is doing each day! It saves us money on paper, time it takes to write out each activity for each child, and our parents LOVE it! We love brightwheel and I will never have enough positive things to say. Thank you Dave, Jen and team! 💙

   CalzGoodwin · 28 Sep 2026

4. 1/5Teacher

   As a teacher this app is the worst designed one’s I’m ever had to use. There is NO editing!!! The feed is continuous and involves everyone that has access to your student and offers no way to differentiate rooms or messages. If I am messaging a parent and someone else from the school send out a message I have no way to remember what student I needed to get back to without going into every single students messages and scrolling to find where I was. You are limited to uploading only 10 pictures at a time. And to post them you have to go through several steps. Well with 39 students I spend 30 minutes just trying to post pictures from the week. I get constant notifications whenever there is a parent message but half the time they’re not for me they’re for another teacher or administrator but I have to check bc we all know what happens when you don’t respond to a parent. There are so many more issues these are the ones that vex me daily. This app was clearly designed without teacher input and to work well for administration and finance. If anyone from Brightwheel would like insight on how to make this app workable for the classroom please reach out bc unfortunately it doesn’t look like we’re allowed to use anything else bc of how well it works for student payments.

   Mrs H-M · 28 Sep 2026

5. 5/5Best TikTok Ad

   I began using Brightwheel for my in-home daycare after seeing it on a TikTok ad by another provider. I don’t mean to sound dramatic, but it has been life changing! Okay, okay, at least business changing. It is so easy to set up and use. The mobile app means I can keep track of what’s going on every minute of my very hectic day and keep families in the know. The families in my care love it too and that it gives them the ability to see pictures and updates all day long. I also love being able to utilize the messaging on the app because it keeps business with business instead of using regular texts which doesn’t seem (to me) as professional. Brightwheel has thought of everything you could want as an administrator (things I didn’t even think about, that I’m now implementing!). And their customer service? TOP NOTCH! There was an issue with my account and they caught it before I did and fixed it with a few simple questions. Brandon in payments - literally the best. I cannot rave about this app enough. Save yourself the hassle and download it today!

   Schisue · 28 Sep 2026

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