brightwheel

RATING:

4.7

(3131)

About brightwheel

brightwheel is a software solution built to modernize all childcare, daycare, and preschool programs by helping operate more smoothly, manage with less manual work, and most importantly, give back time to those looking after the well-being of children everywhere. brightwheel's tools and features are built, and constantly updated, in partnership with owners, directors, and teachers working in mid- to high-capacity ECE programs. Key features are the seamless check-in/out feature, intuitive parent communications, and simple activity logging for digital daily sheets. All those and much more included in the back-end business tools related to billing, reporting, and data management. All current features will be available to you when subscribed to brightwheel Premium...

Awards and Recognition

FrontRunner 2021
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brightwheel Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for brightwheel

1 - 5 of 3,127 Reviews

Allison

Computer Software, 11 - 50 employees

Used less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

Reviewed October 2021

love this platform

User Profile

Marenyane

Verified reviewer

Internet, 1 employee

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed March 2022

How to manage your managerial work at School with brightwheel

I helped one of the school daycares to manage inventory, students, and payments quite well.

PROS

It is very easy to track down your schedules on the calendar It is easy to keep a record of students' attendance along the week It is easy to plan well on how your schedule

CONS

The only thing not good about this software is that it is not yet known all over Lesotho

Reason for choosing brightwheel

It is a bit easy to use rather than other softwares

Reasons for switching to brightwheel

I wanted to try new things out.

becca

Education Management, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2024

Brightwheel review

I've loved brightwheel since I first began using it over two and a half years ago and I'll always recommend it to anybody!

PROS

Customer service is great and the app is simplified for both parents and staff

CONS

I wish there wasnt a fee charged for online payments

Anonymous

501-1,000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: GetApp
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

1

EASE OF USE

2

FUNCTIONALITY

2

Reviewed November 2022

This App is terrible

PROS

Honestly-Nothing! As a parent who uses this app daily I find it to be awful!

CONS

This software does not allow you to see multiple kids at once on a feed without going back and forth. Going back and forth between children is a pain!! Then when I select a child the default is Profile view, I am the parent I don't care about the profile I want to go right to my child's feed. It would be nice if there was a quick view to check in and just see a quick update of all my children on the home screen. There are times when I only have a minute or two to look quick and I just can't with all the back and forth clicking between kids and not being able to see their feeds without some more clicking. I also hate that when a nap is ended it doesn't show the time napped. I only get that at the end of the day when I get a summary after my kids are checked out. I know I can look and see when they started and then when it ended and figured it out, but the starts are not always logged and visible. A summary on their feed would be nice. I also know there are other glitches with this app especially with the pay and checking in and out of kids. My daycare center does not like this app either, but they don't have a choice. The app that was used before this was called Daily Connect and it was absolutely wonderful. You could leave notes, see feeds or multiple kids for quick glances. Yes, there was not payment option on that to keep things simple, but bright wheel doesn't keep things simple now. As a parent & daily user of this app w/ multiple kids , it is TERRIBLE!

Reasons for switching to brightwheel

Didn't have a choice

Edith

Education Management, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed January 2024

Stupendous and Great Child Care Management System

Stupendous and Great Child Care Management System.

PROS

Attendance Billing Parent Communicatons Newsletter publishing Reporting and tailored towards taking care of the administrative paperwork to help us focus on teaching and others.

CONS

Nothing was missing from the main features required for child care management system. I would simply say not applicable or nothing to this question.

Reason for choosing brightwheel

Our State PreK made the switch since we could not get wonderschool to get the check in and check out attendance signatures printed as PDF because when downloaded into EXCELS the signatures do not save into this file.

Reasons for switching to brightwheel

Attendance with checking in and checking out signature to meet the State regulatory requirements during audit.