--- title: "OWNA Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing - 2026" description: "Review of OWNA Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs." source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/owna-profile/" page_type: "product" language: "en" --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Daycare Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/) / OWNA Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. Overview [Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/owna-profile/reviews/)[Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/owna-profile/alternatives/) # OWNA Review From A$1.49-A$99/month Free version Free trial 3 plans On this page - Overview - User Interface - Popular Alternatives - Pricing and Plans - Features - Integrations - User Reviews - Popular Comparisons ## Overview OWNA 4.5 [(107)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/owna-profile/reviews/) Pricing Starting at A$1.49 per user per month Top Alternatives ### About OWNA OWNA simplifies childcare management with Australia's only true All-In-One Child Care Management Software. Our customisable app enables owners, educators and directors to manage their centres with ease, improve compliance and engage with families better than ever before. Join over 3,000 centres who love using OWNA! ## OWNA User Interface ## Popular OWNA Alternatives Main Product OWNA 4.5 [(107)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/owna-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.32Ease of use - 4.67Value for money - 4.61Customer support - 4.38Functionality Pricing Starting at A$1.49 per month Alternative Product [Procare Solutions](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/procare-profile/) 4.6 [(2809)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/procare-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.43Ease of use - 4.48Value for money - 4.55Customer support - 4.38Functionality Pricing Available upon request Alternative Product [brightwheel](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/brightwheel-profile/) 4.7 [(3257)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/brightwheel-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.61Ease of use - 4.55Value for money - 4.56Customer support - 4.46Functionality Pricing Available upon request Alternative Product [Famly](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/famly-profile/) 4.7 [(264)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/famly-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.67Ease of use - 4.44Value for money - 4.79Customer support - 4.51Functionality Pricing Starting at $49.00 per month Alternative Product [ChildPilot](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/childpilot-profile/) 4.6 [(77)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/child-care/childpilot-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.48Ease of use - 4.72Value for money - 4.78Customer support - 4.44Functionality Pricing Available upon request Alternative Product [TUIO](https://www.softwareadvice.com/online-payment/tuio-profile/) 4.6 [(200)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/online-payment/tuio-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.39Ease of use - 4.63Value for money - 4.79Customer support - 4.34Functionality Pricing Available upon request ## OWNA Pricing and Plans Starting price: A$1.49 per month Free Trial Free Version Premium (Early Learning) A$1.49 per user, per month Plan includes: - All Relevant Documentation for NQS Compliance - CCS & Billing - Everything From Freemium - Plus: Unlimited Parent Communication - Rostering & Payroll - Staff Communication Premium OOSH/OSHC A$99.00 flat rate, per month Plan includes: - All Premium Features - Bus Runs - Multiple Sessions for BSC/ASC - Plus: Casual Bookings Enterprise Pricing available upon request No plan information available ## OWNA Features - Popular features found in Daycare Alerts/Notifications Billing & Invoicing Daily Reports Employee Management Immunization & Allergy Tracking Meal/Nutrition Management Parent Portal Payment Processing - More features of OWNA Activity Dashboard Activity Tracking API Attendance Tracking Calendar Management Class Scheduling Communications Management Contact Database Customer Accounts Data Security Electronic Signature Enrollments/Onboarding Milestone Tracking Multi-Location Records Management Registration Management Reporting & Statistics Role-Based Permissions Wait List Management ## OWNA Integrations Xero Integration rated undefined from -1 review MYOB Acumatica Integration rated undefined from -1 review ## OWNA User Reviews ## OWNA customer ratings - Overall rating: 4.5/5 - Total reviews: 107 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 68 reviews (64%) - 4 stars: 26 reviews (24%) - 3 stars: 10 reviews (9%) - 2 stars: 2 reviews (2%) - 1 star: 1 reviews (1%) ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.3/5 - Value for money: 4.7/5 - Customer support: 4.6/5 - Functionality: 4.4/5 --- ### Amazing application for the management our children & spend good time with our family, i really love - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Accounting - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Owna , in my opinion amazing for my life family, i have nothing to say but it’s amazing 🤩 #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros OWNA is from the application who make your life easier with our family members, children are be careful in any times #### Cons It’s just need to be in the life for anybody, amazing and better..! --- ### Review - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Dena L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: July 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Love the customer service. Truly the best part of this system. It has a good interface and it seamless when it comes to the functionality. #### Cons The features that should be improved is the parent portal; allowing them access to add emergency contacts (with center approval). It also should have an ability to print out a weekly attendance list with names under the days Monday through to Friday, without all the extra information, so it can fit one A4 page (landscape). This allows services to plan out their week at a glance. Not all services have enough ipads to do this. Also reports that can be added - a list of children names that attend each room for checklists etc. #### Reasons for choosing OWNA The promises that were made. And to be honest, the customer service. #### Reasons for switching to OWNA I wanted a system that integrates all three, but the others had more functionality. --- ### My views on owna - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Rita L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. - i think when we first began with OWNA the app/portal was more stable, we now constantly have issues with the app/portal and girls losing written work. - #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros - it allows our centre to be paperless - app is easy to use - families are able to view their child's day easily - communication via families/educators and educators/educators is simple and effective #### Cons - feel like i have suggested several ways that the app can be improved but its always placed on a waiting list such as making the linking of goals to posts via the app - we have several issues with girls losing their work via the app and portal - that only 20 photos can be uploaded at any one time #### Reasons for switching to OWNA As owna had all the features we were looking for #### Vendor response Hi Rita! Thanks for your feedback. As you may be aware, we've been undergoing some rapid growth this year, and there was a period of time where our servers struggled to handle the amount of people on the app/portal. We've since increased our capacity and everything should be running smoothly now, so let us know if this is an ongoing issue and we can troubleshoot some stuff with you. Regarding losing work, the portal logs you out after 60 minutes of inactivity, so we encourage you to save your work before you leave your desk for any extended period of time. Thanks again for your feedback and don't hesitate to contact the support team for any ongoing issues you're facing. - Jack Replied June 2021 --- ### OWNA made daily life easier - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Kylee S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: July 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We have used other child care specific software in the past and OWNA is much easier to use. It provides all of the information and data collection we require in a logical and easy to use manner. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros We use this software for our Long Day Care Centre. OWNA is easy to use, navigate and explain to others. It is quick to navigate between screens and the processes are logical. My daily tasks are easier and more streamlined thanks to this software. #### Cons Reporting is completed by transferring data to Excel. Would be nice to just be able to print a formatted report in PDF from the software (eg: end of month figures for our accountant, Bond summary) Half days and absences do not show in daily number overview. Many families find invoicing confusing, however this is on par with other software we have tried. #### Reasons for choosing OWNA After trialling a number of products, OWNA was the most simple to use and seemed to have the most effective family communication. #### Reasons for switching to OWNA The lack of programming and communication with parents, available at the time. --- ### THANK YOU for your great software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Susie C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Your team are the best and I especially love the fact that the team always call back if they don’t have the answers to my myriad of questions. I have felt really supported and am so happy that I have made the switch. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Just want to give you a huge THANK YOU for your great software, but more importantly for the awesome help and support that your team have been providing over the past few months whilst our service has transitioned over from another software. #### Cons I would like there to be an easy-print one page A4 daily rolls for admin purposes. #### Reasons for switching to OWNA I wanted more out of my software and OWNA ticked the boxes. I want to get support when I need it and not be told to send an email or worse, be left hanging on long telephone queues. I want to be able to custom my forms for my business and not be told that it will cost me more for simple improvements. Best of all, the team at OWNA are amazing and happy to walk me through the set up and explanation of areas of the program that I'm still getting to know. It is the availability of the team and willingness to help that have made the switch worthwhile. I am SO happy to have chosen OWNA as the software will allow me to focus on the children rather than the long hours that were previously spent doing paperwork. #### Vendor response Thanks Susie! It means a lot to us that you've found the switch so worthwhile. Support is something we place a lot of importance on and it's good to see that we're giving you a good experience. Thanks again, - Jack Replied August 2021 --- ### Love Owna - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Tanya R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Loving owna and would recommend #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros We love our owna app and so do the families We can record everything on one platform and families can also record information and interact with us as well We couldn’t do with put it now #### Cons Same more features would be great like - Covid vaccination on visitor iPad when they sign in can tick off vaccinated - more regulate updates as we don’t seem to get them #### Reasons for choosing OWNA Easy to use Can be tailored to what we want --- ### Happy Customer - would definitely recommend - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Reem A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Individual & Family Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: July 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Fantastic experience with OWNA. Friendly team and easy to use software #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I cannot fault owna. I previously used another software but I am so glad i switched to owna. Its cost effective, everything is so customisable, its so easy to use for admin, educators and families. They also have amazing customer service and frequent training sessions and tutorials. I love OWNA! #### Cons I cannot fault this software. I love it. #### Reasons for switching to OWNA Financial costs. Xplor was too expensive. OWNA has much more value for money. --- ### Excellent Child Care Centre Application - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Stephan T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We are quite happy with the OWNA product and the support team. We have not moved to the CCS feature because of concern with glitches. We plan to move in the future when the system is stable. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Parents have access to real time information (daily menu, curriculum, meal consumption, sleep times). The OWNA platform reduces the need for paper-based records and the educators have access to record information online (incident reports, checklists, medication records, hazard reports, evacuation drills, etc). Responsive support team. #### Cons Rostering feature is not flexible so we do not utilise. The QIP feature is not well developed for our usage. Occasional glitches. #### Reasons for switching to OWNA OWNA offered additional features and real time information for parents. #### Vendor response Thanks for the feedback Stephan. Good to hear you're enjoying the app, and appreciate you letting us know what's not working so well. Could you please contact support and explain the issue with inflexible rostering & QIP suitability? Regarding glitches - we've been growing rapidly this year and recently increased our server capacity to cope with this, so stability shouldn't be an issue anymore. Please contact support if you're still having issues. - Jack Replied April 2021 --- ### Amazing software and even better support! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Roy A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: July 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Amazing #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros We are a brand new service and have been using OWNA for a little under a year. It's been amazing! Everything is built into the one product whereas i would have otherwise have had to purchase and pay for multiple products that would have been clunky to use and less feature rich. Whenever i have an issue, the support team 9/10 will answer the call on first ring, if not, they call you back soon enough. Got nothing but good things to say about OWNA #### Cons Occasionally find a bug but it's never a significant issue and the support team fix it right away. #### Reasons for choosing OWNA OWNA was much more feature rich and for a fraction of the price --- ### The best move we made! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Brannan L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: April 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Everyone in our team is able to use it as it is so user friendly and not complicated even for our non techy staff. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros We loved how everything we use was on one platform and how inexpensive it was. I also appreciated how amazing the customer support team is and nothing is every to much for them. We have also had so much more parent communication about the children's learning #### Cons I find the billing side includes a lot of steps and the statements are difficult to read. #### Reasons for choosing OWNA We heard so many great reviews about it and loved the demo! #### Reasons for switching to OWNA We found Xplor to be rude and not helpful. They always said they would do something or fix a feature/glitch and two years later we were still waiting for it. #### Vendor response Thanks Brannan! Really happy to hear about your increase in parent engagement, and always good to see compliments about the team. Appreciate the billing side can be a somewhat rigorous process. It's something we're looking to streamline as we refine the software this year. Any ongoing issues or suggestions, don't hesitate to contact the support team. 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