Daily Connect

Pros: They connect for parents to their child daycare is so important! Daily connect helps you with that. Our clients love being able to get a play by play throughout their day on their kiddos. Along with pictures and other information it helps keep them connected with their kids throughout the entire day while they are away from them!

Cons: I wish it had a video option, i love sending pictures to the parents throughout their day and many response right back how it's makes there days at times especially rough work days when they wish they could be home with their kiddos. It's would be awesome to send them a video sometimes pictures don't capture or tell the extra special moments. This would be a huge benefit for us the parents and the app!

Overall: I have use daily connect for about 10 years now. We went from paper daily reports to the daily connect and I will say it's huge having it. We post every moment and as much iinformation as we can and parents absolutely love it! It's for sure some of the reason parents chose us over other programs!

Pros: I love everything about this system, but most importantly the customer service is outstanding! I have only had to inquire 2 times, and both issues were handled within minutes. The developer directly contacted me via email. I was extremely impressed! Not only is the customer service great, but it is perfect for documentation and communicating with my child care families. I cannot give this program a better review! 10 out of 10!

Cons: I wish that there were group options like we are able to do for picture uploads. Being able to add in a meal or message for an entire group without posting on individual profiles would be much faster and seamless.

Overall: I couldn't run my business successfully without it. I love everything about this app!

Pros: Our daycare provider uses Daily Connect to keep us updated with our children during the day. For our infant, it's a great way to make sure he's eating enough and having enough diapers. For our 3 year old, we're able to see what he's working on throughout the day as the activity entry allows for customization and descriptions. We also really enjoy getting pictures of our kids throughout the day, and the messaging system is a wonderful way to talk directly to their teachers if something comes up.

Cons: It's difficult to go back to previous days for information. When the school uploads a document or news about illnesses at school, we only see it if we happen to look that day. It would also be nice to have a place where image uploads are kept so we can look through them like a gallery.

Pros: The parents at our center love the app! They like that they can communicate to the teachers and the teachers can communicate to them. Posting photos is another plus for the parents especially when their child just starts, it's nice for them to see how well they are doing! When I used to work in the classroom, it was nice to be able to just log stuff on the classroom iPad then writing everything on sheets. Using Daily Connect makes the teacher's lives easier!

Cons: The only con would be going to Daily Connect on a normal computer (to your website). The website is very slow and takes awhile to load things. It's still helpful using Daily Connect website for me as the Assistant Director, I just wish it was a little faster!

Overall: Overall experience with Daily Connect is very positive!

Pros: As an early childhood Educator I have found daily connect useful to track each child's journey. Parents love being able to view and stay updated what's happening in the 'now' meals, sleeps, toilet, medical, pictures etc. It's helpful that both parties can enter information.

Cons: There isn't anything that I don't like about the current software as such, but would be great with a few additional extras such as being able to have video's.

Overall: I have been using daily connect for about 4yrs now and have loved my experience. The support team are always prompt to answer questions and help with issues. Using this app had truely been a life saver for my journey as an Educator. It's so easy to just tap the app, write a few words, snap a picture and save it. Knowing the parents will be updated and everything is right there if I need to view it later

Pros: We have used DailyConnect for about five years for our child care center. Our families love the real time updates about their child's day. Some even use DailyConnect around the clock to track their children's activities, photos, and routines of daily life at home. This allows us to have seamless communication with families about when a child last ate or if they will be coming in later than normal. We have referred many many people to the app.

Cons: If we have an internet service disruption, of course it affects our ability to communicate quickly with families via the app; however, that is no fault of DailyConnect.

Pros: My kids are getting older so we mainly use the photo button the most. Our nanny is awesome at taking pictures during the day so that not only myself, but anyone else I invite (grandparents, etc) can keep connected as well.

The medicine logging is very helpful as well.

Cons: I would love to be able to "like" photos. Also some video options would be good. Have to have a nanny or daycare that is willing and able to use it.

Overall: We have used this app for several years and it is helpful in keeping a photo journal of my growing kids. It used to be free but I don't mind paying the few bucks every month, especially since they took away the minimum charge.

Pros: I think the DailyConnect app is extremely helpful in using throughout the day of running a small in home daycare. There is so much at my fingertips to be able to put to use in order to be a wonderful daycare provider to the children and families I work with. It is easy to use and I would recommend this to anyone in my line of work or even a nanny wanting to keep in communication with the parents of the child(ren). Thanks DailyConnect for a great app!

Cons: I am not sure if video is an option, so if I had to say one negative thing that would be it, not being able to send videos to the parents through the app.

Overall: It helps will storage of legally binding signatures, looking at development of children and being able to have record of important daily happens at the daycare.

Pros: It makes functioning in the classroom so much easier and keeps the classroom running on track. Families find it comforting knowing what their child is doing in basically live time.

Cons: Each version is showing to be a little different per each tablet or update. In my position I am all over throughout our classrooms and gets sometimes sticky to use trying to relearn each one. We have had a few glitches that will randomly sign children out but we are able to catch those issues. Minor things - overall really helpful.

Overall: I enjoy from an admin prospective and seeing what children are in each classroom for a whole building prospective. Makes my job easier without having to physically go to each classroom. Families show to communicate a bit better by using it than if we hadn't. Really happy with it!

Pros: Daily connect has a variety of categories to choose from. I no longer have to write reports for children every day on paper. The daily app saves time and also the parents love being able to see what their child is doing immediately. The pictures help parents know their child is safe and comfortable at my home.

Cons: The assessment section is to small and doesn't have enough categories for me to send assessments to families about their children.

Overall: Overall, Daily Connect saves me time and money allowing more time with the children and constant communication with the parents.

Pros: Easy to use and my parents love it. I can type the meal in once and select all and all my parents see what we ate for lunch etc. Great way to communicate with parents and keep them up to date with what is going on during the day.

Cons: Sleep time can mess up

Overall: The parents see what we did today with pictures. I had a child have an allergic reaction I took pictures on and posted to daily connect..Had to call 911, the parent used the pictures to show the doctors how fast his face blew up and how bad it was. The parent thanked me for having the pictures and it helped to get the best medical treatment for her child.

Pros: I love that there is an option to enter more than one child at a time. It is a true time saver! I would be lost without that function. Thank you for making my daily life that much easier.

Cons: The only con that I would say is that it is geared toward really young children. I do use it for my preschool age kiddos as well, but it would be nice to have one set just for preschool age children.

Overall: My overall experience with Daily Connect is that it has made my day to day activities with my child care kiddos so much easier.

Pros: What I really like most about this software, is the ability to document all activities that my students do throughout the day and attach pictures. My parents really love being able to see and read a full detailed report about their child's day!!

Cons: The least thing I like about the software is the lack of diversity shown with the "Mood" face icon. I think you should be able to change the face icons to represent different students.

Overall: My overall experience has been great! The software is easy to use and the parents of my students really enjoy receiving information about their child each day. I had a technical issue one time and it was quickly resolved in a few hours. I really love Daily Connect!!

Pros: I am a teacher and this program makes it so easy to communicate and update families throughout the day. Families love that they can get notifications through the app, and love the pictures that we send. When the end of the year comes and it is time for the children to move to the next classroom it is is so easy to transfer their account to the next classroom. It's the best!

Cons: The only con to this program is that you are unable to send videos.

Pros: I love being able to get notifications about what is going on with my children during the day while I am at work.

Also I use it to check to see when my husband picks them up.

Cons: Currently having is issues with notifications. I am not getting them on my phone. I go into the app multi times a day and turn them back on and then they turn off. So to see what's happening I have to go into the app instead of just seeing the notifications which I like better .

Pros: Daily Connect helps the teachers track the children's daily needs and activities. It also helps the parents feel connected throughout the day. They absolutely love that we can post pictures of their child.

Cons: Occasionally, we have trouble getting items to sync, or have to close the program to access a differnt program.

Overall: Daily Connect has been a wonderful way for us to get rid of daily tracking papers. Our parents are more engaged, and it makes schoolwide messaging a breeze! On the rare occasions that we have had technical trouble, our questions are answered and problems are resolved quickly. It is amazingly helpful and works nicely with our small business budget!

Pros: What I like most about the DailyConnect app is how easy it makes communicating with several families at once. My families love receiving pictures and updates regarding their child throughout the day. It's also super convenient vs having to carry a pen and paper to jot everything down.

Cons: I didn't really have any negative feedback about the app until the recent requirement of payment. I operate a small in-home daycare and while the charge isn't a lot, it's still an expense that I have to budget into my monthly expenses.

Overall: My overall experience has been great. My families love it and that's what'a most important.

Pros: Ease of use and customer service are big plusses with this app. It's very user friendly, and constantly being made better - adding new great features! My questions have always been answered in a very timely manner.

Cons: Can't think of anything. The cost is very affordable.

Overall: This had been a have benefit to my childcare business. The parents love knowing what their Littles are up to in real time. It makes drop off and pick up take very little time because everything is in the app.

Pros: We enjoy most all features on this app and use it in 3 centers we have from Infant through Preschool. We are always discovering new things we can use it for and new tricks with in it. This is a great sources of communication with families and we love how long it keeps all the information and how we can chart things if we need to.

Cons: There are only a few features that are tricky but not dislikes by any means.

Pros: I love the different ways organize & view entries and being able to look back at whatever date you need to!

Cons: Sometimes the notifications are delayed coming through but I'm not sure if that's the app or my network

Overall: I have been using this app for almost 6 years and it's so great to keep everyone on the same page. I've used it in a daycare and as a nanny. I've used the desktop website version, the iPhone app, and the iPad app. I tell everyone I know in childcare about this app!

Pros: It is very easy to add kids, and keep in contact with their parents. It makes parents feel at ease when they can see everything.

Cons: I wish we could sign in/sort staff by room. I dont like having to sort through the names of all the staff in the center. It would be easier to only have two or three names to click back and forth with.

Pros: I love that I can have access on my desktop at work but also access via app. I am able to check in on my son during the day whether I am at my desk or in between meetings. The messaging function is great and I love the option for photos. It's so easy to download them right off the app and save them to my photo library on my phone!

Cons: Sometimes it doesn't sync as quickly on the app as it does on desktop.

Pros: The thing I like most about this software is the ease of use. My new staff have seemed to catch on very quickly and parents don't usually have too many questions on setting up on their side.

Cons: The thing I like least about this software is that we use kindles and they are the last to be updated.

Overall: I love the customer service. Anytime I am having any issues I usually get responses back very quickly and they get resolved quickly too.

Pros: This software allows me to save on paper. I am able to access it from my desktop, laptop, tablet or my mobile phone.

Cons: The length of time it takes to upload and download the attendance report. I prefer to speak to someone live instead of corresponding via email.

Overall: This software allows my parents to sign in and out without having to use paper. Parents get a report immediately after they sign their child out. It's quick and it's easy!

Pros: We have contact with the parents at our fingertips. There is less of s need to get back to the room to make sure we didn't miss anything.

Cons: When we have a notification (usually a message from a parent), we have to toggle through all of the children to figure out who needs our attention. It would be great if thee was an icon (number or image) on the child's picture whose parent left the message.

Pros: Daily Connect was very user friendly. We were able to roll this program out to our families quickly and easily. Affordability was also important and Daily Connect was budget friendly and still offered so many functions we were looking for.

Cons: Initially we had some kinks with the mobile site but that was rectified rather quickly.

Overall: Overall, we are very happy with Daily Connect. It's user friendly, it is budget friendly, it offers many functions, and customer service has been great the hand full of times we needed to contact them. I highly recommend Daily Connect to existing and new upcoming centers!

Pros: Daily Connect is a wonderful way to be able to keep record of the childs day. Parents love to see what their children are up to and that they are being well taken care of. I love how easy and simple this app is to use. The support team always gets back to me within hours if I seem to come across any questions I may have. I would recommend Daily Connect to all providers and teachers.

Cons: I love everything about Daily Connect. Sometimes during updates I have to log out then in again for the software to adjust to working right

Pros: The quick and efficient way to communicate with the parents.

Cons: Parents sometimes struggle with finding the code to join Daily connect. However, I often think it is due to email going to spam.

Overall: We have been using daily connect for over 5 years. It is one of the most popular things new families comment on when they join our school. Parents are use to using technology in their daily routines and felt that the "paper" reports were outdated!

Pros: It's very easy to use and I love that I get updates about my kids all day. It's a really easy way to keep them in mind throughout the day. It also makes it very easy to communicate with teachers. The teachers can also share pictures through the day and that's really nice!

Cons: Nothing really to dislike. It's easy to use on my web browser on my mobile device or on my laptop.

Pros: Love that I am able to communicate with my parents and they are able to see what their child is doing daily!

Cons: I love everything!! There isn't anything I don't like

Overall: I love DailyConnect I've used it with 2 different daycares I've owned. My parents live it as well. I also love the feature that my parents have pinckdes to sign in and out everyday on my computer and it notifies me when a parent is picking up.

Pros: Ease of use and the ability to keep and see everything in real time. Especially when having hectic schedules this eliminates the need to ask a dozen questions about my child's day when I can just review it and enjoy my time with my son.

Cons: There's no cons at this time. The only request would be a dark mode as we use the app to start the bedtime timer when we are rocking our child to sleep. Some phones, even when the brightness is all the way down still are too bright for a barely lit room.

Pros: That parents can message right to the classroom and vise versa. I also like that the parents can use the app from home and input information for the classrooms about their child.

Cons: That the last names of the children are first. Because of confidentiality we don't share last names and so staff doesn't know that information at first, with the icons being small on the new dashboard we can only see the last names of kids, which throws us off a bit.

Wish we could send videos to the parents

Pros: I love that it is so easy to use and to explain to our parents.

Cons: One thing I'd like to have changed is for you to be able to add or delete teachers from the iPad instead of having to get online to change it.

Overall: Overall we have enjoyed this app and our parents love it too. They are able to communicate with us through the app and see darling pictures of their children.

Pros: I love how this app helps keep track of all the daily duties that comes with time frames. Also the fact that we can send pictures throughout the day is awesome as well.

Cons: No complaints here. I love the apps. I couldn't have asked for a better app to help run my in home daycare.

Overall: I highly recommend this app. My parents LOVE DAILYCONNECT!!

Pros: I love the user navigation and icons on the home screen. It makes it very clear of how to get to what you're looking for.

Cons: Not being able to quickly view attachments such as Menus for the day. It has a long lag but certainly isn't bad by any means.

Overall: Daily connect does a great job of getting the information I need to me quickly and easy to view.

Pros: This software is easy to use and offers many applicable categories to log for each child during the day. I love being able to send images and messages to multiple families in one simple app!

Cons: I would love to have the ability to send short video clips. Other than that, I have no complaints.

Overall: Fantastic!

Pros: I like the way we can connect with our families. We interact through email or the app. It helps with keeping track of attendance and classroom staffing. We have received positive feedback from our parents. Our parents particularly enjoy the photos.

Cons: We would like to be able to share videos with our parents. We do not have that capability at present.

Overall: It is a great feature to promote our center. Prospective parents like the fact that they can see what is happening with their child in the classroom as it happens. They also appreciate the conversations they can have with the classroom teacher. It helps us maintain the ratios that we need to be sure to maintain.

Pros: I like using it as a daycare provider. Parents love it and being connected to their children during the day! I love how you can take pictures then parents can save them on their smartphone.

Cons: Sometimes the connection can be a little slow.

Overall: I love using Daily Connect! Wonderful app to keep parents connected.

Pros: The parents can log in an check how the child is doing during the day withch is great when you have worried new parents.

Cons: When I have a log in screen and my screen both loaded on the computer at the same time, it logs me off when I switch back to my screen so I constantly have to log in.

Pros: Easy to use with tons of customizations so I can set it up exactly the way I want it.

Cons: The desktop version isn't as pretty to look at as the app.

Overall: Daily Connect is a quick and easy alternative to a paper daily sheet. It saves money and the environment, and my parents love being able to check in on their children during the day.

Pros: I like how you can do a mass more for the whole class and send pictures to families.

Cons: I think the software should change with age. The older the children get the icons should change or be removed from the screen. Like their should be something that states self help skills for prek students.

Pros: I love that my clients can now sign in and out electronically. I also love that the parents get a live feed of their child's day as well as receive an emailed summary.

Cons: That the sign in/out time can be modified after signing in.

Overall: I absolutely love Daily Connect. It makes my life much easier!

Pros: It's an all in one app. The parents are able to access it whenever they would like and it's user friendly.

Cons: We currently use tablets in our facility and the app tends to erase updates the staff have put in the app. Which then causes parents to call and complain thinking their child for instance hasn't had a diaper change in 6 hours. But in reality the teachers inputted it, but then when they went back into the app, their input disappeared.

Pros: Being able to have the app easily accessible during the day to see pictures of what my son is doing during the day

Cons: I have no cons to report. I have easily used this for years

Overall: It's so easy to connect with the teachers and have peace of mind knowing your child is having a great day

Pros: The constant updates to what my children are doing every day.

Cons: It can be a bit complicated to upload files as the parent back to the daycare, but usually works out in the end.

Overall: Good experience able to check in on my children while they are at daycare and I am at work.

Pros: I like how you can easily add in information and change it to suit your activities

Cons: Nothing particularly I guess it was tough to go back and look at particular days to see what they ate, etc

Overall: I can easily keep parents informed of kids activities,meals, etc

Pros: How easy it is to use! It also works with Alexa - that is awesome!!!

Cons: I love it, nothing to complain about :)

Overall: We love Daily Connect. Our daughter had reflex as an infant and the doctor wanted us to monitor feedings and diapers. It was so easy to do that using the app :)

Pros: Easy to use and parents love it even more at the center!

Cons: Sometimes when updates are made or changes my saved choices. doesn't always show the need across all the viewing boards. (Web/tablet/phone)

Overall: Communication with the parents and memory for all staff

Pros: This program is easy to use and save us time and paper. I love the automatic email at the end of the night so that the parents can see everything that has happened through out the day. Also the ability to send quick messages to the parents and letting them know when we need something for their child.

Cons: sometimes we use log into other devices and log info in, when we switch devices sometimes the previous info that was logged in from a different device is not on the screen and we have to reload the page to see what was already logged in.

Pros: It is very easy to use. My clients are really happy with. I love that the app keeps all of the pictures on file. I have had parents tell me they really appreciate the records that it takes. They can check it when they are at the doctors office and tell the doctor what happens at daycare. It's excellent

Cons: Everything is great, except when they decide to change it up a bit.

Pros: It is easy to use and allows parents to quickly see what their kids are doing at daycare. Parents can also leave notes to caregivers which is a great feature.

Cons: There are a limited number of options to choose from for activities. It would be great if these were expanded and there was more flexibility in activities to choose from.

Overall: Simple to use and great information tool for parents and caregivers

Pros: I like that all of my centers can use this. I don't feel that we are overcharged and the price for families to get the app is reasonable.

Cons: In our center we have teachers who are also parents. I wish there was a way (maybe there is and we just didn't know) to make it easier to change between staff logins and parent ones for those individuals.

Overall: We are very happy with Daily Connect!

Pros: The ease of use and being able to teach staff how to use it is wonderful.

Cons: Being able to put multiple parents in at a time before it saves it and takes you out.

Overall: Our parents love being able to see all that their children are doing during the day.

Pros: I LOVE being able to get pictures and messages about my kids throughout my work day. I can see them having fun and loving life.

Cons: There is nothing at all to dislike. It's easy to use and very high quality.

Pros: Picture posting is great. Ability to bulk export daily summaries is nice.

Cons: Would like a feature to download all pictures and to bulk download daily text in an HTML or other more readily readable format.

Pros: Parents can see what's going on with their child anytime during the day!

Cons: You can't show videos to parents. I think parents would like to see videos and be able to share them on Facebook of their child.

Pros: Very easy to use and parents like being able to see what their child has done for the day and that they can communicate with the teachers.

Cons: Nothing. I enjoy using DailyConnect as a teacher

Pros: Very easy to set up with my childcare parents.

Cons: The new update limits the number of entries that can be put in

Overall: Allows great current info to my parents. Allows my parents to feel connected with their child's care.

Pros: I love that I can see what my son is doing at daycare while I am away! Easy to use and great communication to his teachers.

Cons: I have never really had a problem with it! I really like it!

Pros: Easy to use, has a lot of features to track

Cons: I couldnt change the time on the activities setting

Overall: I run a home daycare and this was the easiest app I found to do the daily reports instead of having to write them out..

Pros: What I like most is that most is preset for the user

Cons: That you can't add new foods or have more choices for babies under 12 mos

Overall: The business part for accounting is so easy and I love the break down of reports