# Popsicle Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Popsicle Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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Popsicle

## What is Popsicle?

Popsicle is after school registration software that enables paperless enrollment, payments, and rostering for enrichment programs, camps, and aftercare. The software replaces manual paperwork with automated digital tools for registration, payment processing, communications, attendance tracking, and reporting. Popsicle aims to help program directors spend less time on administrative tasks and more time focusing on program delivery and quality. The software provides customizable forms, integrated payment processing, messaging tools, attendance tracking, and analytics reporting to give programs efficient and tailored management solutions.

## What is Popsicle used for?

[Class Registration](https://www.capterra.com/class-registration-software/)[Registration](https://www.capterra.com/registration-software/)[Camp Management](https://www.capterra.com/camp-management-software/)

Overall rating

Based on 20 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

85%

Neutral

10%

Negative

5%

Starting price

Free trial  
available

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## Popsicle alternatives

Highest Rated

[4.8 (225)](https://www.capterra.com/p/148885/Corsizio/reviews/)

Starting price

$0.15

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

99%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.5 (318)](https://www.capterra.com/p/163567/Sawyer/reviews/)

Starting price

$129.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

91%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.6 (743)](https://www.capterra.com/p/93349/Jackrabbit-Dance/reviews/)

Starting price

$49.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

94%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.5 (123)](https://www.capterra.com/p/141309/Jumbula/reviews/)

Starting price

$15.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

89%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/147867/Simply-Afterschool/alternatives/)

## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Online Registration

4.3 (10)

80.00% of 10 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Real-time registration over the web

Class Registration

4.7 (7)

71.43% of 7 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Online registration for classes

Attendee Tracking

4.2 (6)

50.00% of 6 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

A list of registered participants

Marketing Automation

3.6 (5)

80.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Automate workflows and trigger campaigns based on customer actions

Payment Processing

4.0 (5)

60.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Accept, record, and reconcile financial transactions

Customizable Forms

4.5 (4)

75.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Customize contracts and forms to collect specific information

Popsicle 76 features

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Manage attendance for classes, shifts, meetings, or events

Track the attendance of specific individuals or groups

A list of registered participants

Automatically create schedules based on business needs or employee availability and qualifications

Create, manage, and send invoices or bills to customers

Create, update, and manage bookings, itineraries, and reservations

Track and manage schedules and meetings via an integrated calendar

Online registration for classes

Schedule in-person or online classes

Private online space that lets businesses securely share documents and provide information access to clients

Manage and track all internal and external communication conducted via calls, email, text, or chat

Manage, organize, and store contact information

Accept and process credit card transactions

Built-in customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities or integration with a third-party CRM system

A collection of customer information such as contact details, demographics, previous interactions, etc.

Store and organize information about customers and previous interactions

Add customized logos and colors to align with company branding

Customize contracts and forms to collect specific information

Alter the layout and content of reports

Import and export data to and from software applications

Protect sensitive data for digital privacy

Track products that are for sale at a reduced price or part of coupon promotions

Electronically collect payments for goods or services

Create and send email blasts/campaigns

Pre-made examples and templates for emails

Online portal where employees can access and track their own information

Confirmation of the enrollment of a student in a course, class, activity, or program

Manage the enrollment and onboarding of all new members and accepted applications

A list of events with their respective dates

Schedule and manage the logistics of activities and other gatherings

Online registration for events

Plan an event's time and location

Evaluate units, projects, budgets, and other finance-related data to gauge their performance and potential risk

Plan, manage, and track the financial activities of an individual or organization

The software is designed for summer camps

Store, manage and track all forms in a centralized location

Register a group/batch of attendees

Software designed for private/independent schools

Captures invoice data and maintains comprehensive records for auditing and reporting purposes

Software designed for kindergarten through 12th grade schools

Automate workflows and trigger campaigns based on customer actions

Manage health, disease, care and case management functions from a central location

Access software remotely via mobile devices

Allow multiple users with individual logins and varying permissions to use the same account, software, portal, or service

Book meetings and appointments through a website or digital platform

Online calendar of upcoming events/activities viewable to members and visitors

Create new forms and/or use ready-made online form templates

Accept and process online payment transactions

Real-time registration over the web

In-person, onsite registration

Portal for parents to see and update childrens' info, track progress & more

Online gateway through which parents and students can view material and communicate with teachers

Manage plans with a set payment schedule that help customers pay outstanding debt

Accept, record, and reconcile financial transactions

Process of managing several related projects or business activities to achieve organizational goals

Design, communicate, and distribute incentives to perform a specific action

Receive data and information in real time

Active reporting of data and metrics

Automated process of charging customers at regular intervals for repeated access or use of a product or service

Oversee the process of issuing refunds

Oversee and coordinate the registration of attendees, visitors, customers, events, activities, etc.

Timed notification for any upcoming task, deadline, appointment, or activity

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Plan availability and assign specific time slots for tasks and resources

Online portal through which end users can access the system, manage tasks, or obtain information

Send messages via SMS

Create lists of student grades, transcripts, class lists, course schedules, etc. to be shared with instructors and administration

Database of students to track personal information of individuals and families

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Record of all transactions such as purchases, deposits, withdrawals and transfers within a specific period

Record, update and manage waiting lists

Seamlessly integrates with 3rd party websites

Features

4.3 (19)

4.3

Based on 19 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.8 (16)

### Starting price

Free trial  
available

Value for money

4.8 (16)

4.8

Based on 16 reviews

## Integrations

[

Mailchimp](https://www.capterra.com/p/110228/MailChimp/)[

QuickBooks Online](https://www.capterra.com/p/190778/QuickBooks-Online/)[

Google Analytics 360](https://www.capterra.com/p/177042/Google-Analytics/)[

Stripe](https://www.capterra.com/p/123889/Stripe/)[

Zapier](https://www.capterra.com/p/130182/Zapier/)[

Blackbaud CRM](https://www.capterra.com/p/178085/Blackbaud-CRM/)

## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.8 (18)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.8 (18)

4.8

Based on 18 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.4

Based on 20 reviews

Filter by rating

5(13)

4(4)

3(2)

2(0)

1(1)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

HB

Hannah B.

Program Coordinator and Administrator

Environmental Services

### "We Love Popsicle!!"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

January 31, 2025

Popsicle has been an absolute godsend to our organization. We have struggled in the past with paper registration and forms for parents/guardians to fill in by hand, turn in, and keep track off. This platform has eliminated the need for us to spend countless hours on the back end of registration. We can focus more on our programming, and less on the administration end. I cannot recommend Popsicle enough and thank them for providing us this program and for all the assistance they have and continue to provide.

Pros

This platform was exactly what we were hoping to find for our summer camp registration. It is so easy to create and just as easy for parents to navigate. The capabilities to email parents/guardians with one button and replicate registrations for next year are time-saving features that are critical for our small non-profit organization. Outside of the Popsicle platform itself, I have never had better customer service experience in my life. \[sensitive content hidden\] are responsively, proactive, and have helped resolve any questions or issues we had in building the registration. They have continued to reach out just to check in our progress.

Cons

Any features that are not part of the platform, the Popsicle team has been more than happy to work with us to brainstorm solutions. We have zero complaints!

Alternatives considered

[ActiveCampaign](https://www.capterra.com/p/79367/ActiveCampaign/)

[Campium](https://www.capterra.com/p/124411/CampiumDB/)

[NetCamps](https://www.capterra.com/p/149535/NetCamps/)

[SignUpGenius](https://www.capterra.com/p/135392/SignUpGenius/)

[Sportsman Web](https://www.capterra.com/p/140072/SportsMan-SQL/)

Reasons for choosing Popsicle

Initially on our registration platform search, we looked into several options and even crossed out Popsicle due to it being over our small budget. When we did the demo, it had all the features and more we were looking for. We were amazed with the ease of use for admin and also parents/registrants. FELC was offered a generous contract offer to bring the platform into our budget range. We are incredibly grateful for their generosity and continue to be impressed with their customer service and support.

Review source

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Response from Vendor

February 3, 2025

Thank you so much for your review Hannah! We are so thankful that you are loving every single aspect of Popsicle. If you need anything, you know how to reach us! - Popsicle Team

MB

Meghna B.

Registrar, Reception, After School and Summer Program Coorindator

Education Management

### "Popsicle - an easy auxiliary program tool "

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

3.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

November 6, 2024

Overall, I am happy with Popsicle. We also used Popsicle all of last year for a special lunch program where parents needed to sign their children up to have the lunch. I wish there were ways to customize certain places within Popsicle for things that are specific for our school.

Pros

Popsicle is very easy to work in. It is visually appealing and is very easy to navigate. Our parents typically do not have any issues with going into the website and enrolling for after school classes, summer camps, or after care days.

Cons

Popsicle does not have an app. This is difficult for our parents as they have to log onto a website and many times most parents are enrolling on the go on their phones. With the website, we have had some issues with the parents having to clear cookies, the "forgot my password" does not work, and when a class is added to a cart it takes a long time for it to clear before they can change anything in the cart.

Reasons for choosing Popsicle

We felt Popsicle was the most user friendly and the initial tech we worked with was very thorough.

Review source

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Response from Vendor

November 14, 2024

Hey Meghna! We appreciate the review. Popsicle is always updating to users requests. We are actively looking to solve some of these issues. Thank you! Popsicle Team

RT

Rachel T.

School Leader

Child Day Care Services

### "Wonderful Experience"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

September 16, 2024

Pros

How easy the app is to work. It is also easy to help parents sign up and help them navigate/ trouble shoot some of their issues.

Cons

The amount of emails. I enjoy knowing that parents have signed up but there are so many.

Review source

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Response from Vendor

September 24, 2024

Dear Rachel, Thank you for your kind words! We’re thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. Your feedback means a lot to our team and motivates us to keep delivering the best possible service for not only you, but the parents as well.  Best regards, Popsicle Team

SS

Sophie S.

Assistant Director

Education Management

### "Field of Dreams- Edgewater"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

September 16, 2024

Popsicle was a new platform to me starting December 2023. I have enjoyed using it, but I wish it connected to our Procare app.

Pros

I like how it separates the classes out, gives confirmation of payment, and is user friendly.

Cons

I would like the messaging system to be more user friendly.

Review source

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Response from Vendor

September 24, 2024

Dear Sophie, Thank you for your kind words! We’re thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. Your feedback means a lot to our team and motivates us to keep delivering the best possible service for not only you, but the parents as well.  We are working with connectivity on several different platforms. Stay tuned for updates!  Best regards, Popsicle Team

CM

Cindy M.

School Leader

Child Day Care Services

### "Easy to Use"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

September 16, 2024

It has been okay and I enjoy sending the email's through the site itself.

Pros

It is very easy to navigate and use the website. I love being able to send emails through the site directly.

Cons

To many emails. I would like to only receive emails only when someone new enrolls in a class

Review source

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Response from Vendor

September 24, 2024

Dear Cindy, Thank you for your kind words! We’re thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. Your feedback means a lot to our team and motivates us to keep delivering the best possible service for not only you, but the parents as well.  Best regards, Popsicle Team

ES

Elizabeth S.

Director of After School and Auxiliary Programs

Education Management

### "Popsicle Review"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

September 16, 2024

Overall positive but some frustrating moments per above.

Pros

It has helped me with the admin part of running my 43 weekly after school classes and one auxiliary program so far. Been a time saver, helped with organization, parent communications, and some of the logistics of the registration process. Customer support has mostly been excellent and timely.

Cons

I had been told during the sales pitch phase that there was an ACH option for parents to pay with only a 1% fee rather than the higher credit card fee. I had also been told initially that our parent and student data would be imported from Blackbaud and it turns out that both those things I was told and that were part of our decision to try popsicle, were not correct or true. On August 1 all boys registered in Popsicle were automatically promoted a grade and I was not told that that would happen so it caused a big mess I am still dealing with where families who registered before Aug 1, now have their boys listed in the system in the incorrect grade which locks them out of classes they should be able to enroll in. Had Popsicle told me about what happens on August 1, I would have communicated with parents who registered ahead of August 1 to use last school year's grade for signing up their boy. Lastly is that I wish Popsicle offered more flexibility for customizing how my school or each school's programs work, so for instance that our After School Daily Drop-In program could more easily work on the Popsicle system, wish Popsicle could adjust and accept our program the way we do it rather than me having to figure out how to change our program to fit the mold on the popsicle site build out for Drop in programs.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Response from Vendor

September 25, 2024

Dear Elizabeth, Thank you for your kind words! We’re thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. Your feedback means a lot to our team and motivates us to keep delivering the best possible service for not only you, but the parents as well. We are continuously working with Blackbaud to improve our integrations.  Best regards, Popsicle Team

BM

Brittany M.

Assistant School Leader

Child Day Care Services

### "Very User Friendly"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

September 11, 2024

Using Popsicle has been great! Whenever I want to do something, there generally is a very easy way to do it.

Pros

Popsicle is very user friendly! I started using Popsicle before we had any training and I could do so much right away. So far it seems to be very straightforward for parents as well.

Cons

There is not a way to just move children to other classes. Sometimes I have 2 of the same class happening at the same time and I want to move children just for roster purposes. Or when I have a bigger class than expected and need to split it into 2.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Response from Vendor

September 24, 2024

Dear Brittany, Thank you for your kind words! We’re thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. Your feedback means a lot to our team and motivates us to keep delivering the best possible service for not only you, but the parents as well.  Best regards, Popsicle Team

VE

Victoria E.

Head of School

Child Day Care Services

### "Popsicle Review "

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

September 9, 2024

Overall satisfied. The classes and student information is accurate.

Pros

Simple to use and easy to retrieve/locate information.

Cons

Notifications emails over the weekend outside of business hours

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Response from Vendor

September 24, 2024

Dear Victoria, Thank you for your kind words! We’re thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. Your feedback means a lot to our team and motivates us to keep delivering the best possible service for not only you, but the parents as well.  Best regards, Popsicle Team

SP

Suzanne P.

School leader

Education Management

### "Popsicle- An easy transition!"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

September 6, 2024

Our experience this far has been very easy and accurate. We love the rosters and how easy it is to see the info on the dashboard.

Pros

I love that we can message familes directly from the site. This is much easier than searching for them in our other system. It is user friendly and every family can easily use it.

Cons

I would say that I qould like to be able to send photos from the IPAD to Popsicle.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Response from Vendor

September 24, 2024

Dear Suzanne, Thank you for your kind words! We’re thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. Your feedback means a lot to our team and motivates us to keep delivering the best possible service for not only you, but the parents as well.  Best regards, Popsicle Team

JI

Jeffrey I.

School Leader

Child Day Care Services

### "5 Star Product!"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

September 6, 2024

Overall it's a breath of fresh air! I enjoy it!

Pros

The ease of use! Popsicle allows you to see everything in a clear and concise format.

Cons

That I do not have more people using it! I hope to change that soon!

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Response from Vendor

September 24, 2024

Dear Jeffrey, Thank you for your kind words! We’re thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. Your feedback means a lot to our team and motivates us to keep delivering the best possible service for not only you, but the parents as well.  Best regards, Popsicle Team

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