Who came which days?
One tap at the door.
Tap a child in when they arrive and out at pickup. You get the real times next to the hours that were booked, and a late pickup is noted without anyone having to remember it.
The questions in the film, and what the app does about them
Who can't have peanuts?
Allergies and medication, on every phone.
Each child's health note sits at the top of Today for whoever is working. Lunch, snack, nap and medication checks list who gets what, and every dose given is logged with the time and the person's name.
Did I count every hour?
The month adds itself up.
Charge a monthly fee or by the hour. The app totals each child's month from the days and hours that really happened, so the notebook and the calculator can stay in the drawer.
How do I ask for the money… again?
A warm note. Not a reminder.
The open amount sits in the family's app until it is settled, so nobody has to chase. CalmCare Connect does not take payments — families keep paying you the way they already do.
Do the parents know what we did this week?
Friday: the week in a letter.
Capture a moment when it happens. On Friday the app drafts each child's weekly update from those moments; you edit it, approve it, and it goes to the family. They can reply.
What do I hand over at month end?
One document.
Hours, money and moments for each child, in a month-end pack you can print or email. Receipts and a year statement per child are there when tax time comes.
Also in the app
The rest of a working day
- Who is expected today and tomorrow, with sick and vacation days marked by the family
- A headcount check: children really in, against adults who tapped in
- Pickup people and emergency contacts for each child
- A safety card that stays on staff phones without signal: allergies, emergency contacts and the pickup list
- A week plan with a Friday reflection, and the day's routine
- Your program calendar, with closed days
What it is not
Honest limits
- It does not take or process payments. It shows what is open.
- It is not a curriculum. Yours stays yours.
- It is not a licensing authority, and it does not issue training hours or certificates.
- It is a web app you add to your home screen. It is not in the app stores.
For your team
I work at a daycare or preschool.
Teachers, caregivers, aides and specialists join by an email invitation from their program. Nothing to set up and nothing to pay.
- Today: who is expected, who is here, and what each child needs
- Handoff notes for the person on the next shift, even if you never meet
- The team's week, so everyone knows who is on
- Program guidelines you read and confirm, kept up to date
- Your own path: experience days, certificates and their expiry dates
- Short lessons on communication, with a two-minute check
Free for you · your program covers it
Your families
They join free
Invite each family by email from their child's page. They get the updates, the open amount, their child's privacy and pickup settings, and a keepsake book.
Bigger programs
A center with a director and a team
How CalmCare is priced for a studio, a center and a camp, and what a program gets beyond the app.
Free library
Guides for you and your team
Updates families remember, raising a concern early, the hard conversation prepared. Free to read, no account needed.
Start tomorrow morning
Set up your program in about three minutes.
Add your children and their usual days, invite your families, and tap the first child in tomorrow morning.
$49–$299 a month, by the size of your program · free while we're in pilot