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Brightwheel is an all-in-one childcare management software that saves time and simplifies operations for early education providers. From billing and parent communication to curriculum and admissions, it combines everything you need in one easy-to-use platform. Trusted by millions of educators and families and backed by a dedicated support team, brightwheel strengthens family connections and ensures seamless operations with reliable performance and robust security. With brightwheel, you’ll spend less time on admin, more time with children. Features include: • All-in-one platform: Brightwheel combines billing, attendance, family communication, lesson planning, and reporting in one easy-to-use platform. • User-friendly design: An intuitive interface that is quick to set up and easy for staff and families to use. • Fast, quality support: An industry-leading, dedicated support team at your fingertips with 24/7 access to chatbot, tutorials, webinars, and community. • Secure and reliable: Advanced security features like two-factor authentication and compliance with the highest data protection standards. With 99% uptime, the app is available virtually all the time. • Billing and finances: Automated billing and payments for tuition and fees, customizable billing reports, and expense tracking. • Family communication: Connect with families in real-time and centralize messaging, newsletters, and alerts. • Photo and video sharing: Snap photos, record videos, and tag students with one click. • Daily reports: Log naps, meals, bathroom, and other activities. Families get a personalized feed and daily summary. • Calendar: Share events, holidays, and important dates with both families and staff. • Lesson plans: Add, customize, and share your lesson plans with teachers. Upgrade to Experience Curriculum to enhance program quality with digital lessons and hands-on learning materials. • Assessment and observations: Make note of progress, achievements, and activities with pre-loaded state standards and a DRDP tool. Share with families or privately amongst teachers. • Admissions and enrollment: Build custom admission packets, manage your waitlist, and make it easy for prospective families to apply online. • Attendance: Easily track student and staff attendance via quick scan or a code. Stay in compliance with room ratio and capacity tools. • Reporting: Detailed reports of every brightwheel feature for billing and licensing requirements. • Real-time syncing: Brightwheel stays up to date across all devices, including web and mobile. • Affordable: Both free and premium plans available to fit your needs. And... much more coming! Brightwheel is the #1 rated childcare management software, leading the industry through continuous innovation, frequent enhancements, and new features driven by valuable customer feedback.
Updated
1787872973000
Category
Parenting
Downloads
1,000,000+
Current Version
VARY
Requires
Android 8.0 and up
Content Rating
Rated for 3+
3,816 reviews
horrible app, very glitchy and even worse customer service. Contacted costumer service about an issue and was told they couldn't fix it. Update: Was able to talk to the right people and they rolled out an app update to fix the issue. Ended up being great service
Developer response
Aug 24, 2026
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We’re sorry for the frustration this issue has caused. We were able to locate your current support ticket and are taking a look into the issue to see how we can best assist. We appreciate your feedback and the opportunity to investigate this further.
This app has been such a blessing! Couldn't be more happy with the results!
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Brightwheel is quietly stealing your money. The credit card additional charge is misleading and percentage rate is more than stated. The Service fee is clearly listed at 2.95% on the transaction page. However, doing the math, Brightwheel additionally "Round(s) to a standard dollar amount" according to their AI chat bot, which is more than your nearest cent. App should just be upfront and say it's taking a 3.0% cut. I would not recommend child care centers to use this app.
Developer response
Aug 4, 2025
Payments have fees for delivery, security, and handling failed payments/disputes. Fees for Card transactions vary and we apologize for the confusion. Brightwheel takes data privacy and security very seriously, learn more at www.mybrightwheel.com/security. Please reach out to our Support Team as they would be happy to address any concerns you have.
I'd love to be able to share it more easily
it is very convenient, I love that it has a paper trail and everyone is informed about whats going on.
I love using the app, it gives me confidence on leaving my child at daycare.
very user friendly
super easy to use i love ot
I found this app to be very easy to navigate. It's also very nice to be able to contact the daycare center directly regarding anything for my daughter.