Published by brightwheel on Nov 20, 2024

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About brightwheel: Childcare App

1. Use brightwheel’s digital check-in to securely sign in and out, pay tuition online, and even invite grandparents, nannies, and friends to join in the fun! • Central Database: Store everything related to kids and families in one secure place. • Student Check-In: Multiple digital check-in options available including digital signatures, 4 digit check-in codes, and a kiosk mode - all aligned with child care licensing requirements. • Staff Check-In & Ratios: Make administrative tasks easier by managing staff check-in to see your ratios across all your rooms in real time. • Attendance: Easily log attendance and absences for your school-age students, infants, and toddlers.

2. PRESCHOOLS / CHILD CARE / DAYCARE / CAMPS: Manage your students and classrooms, track attendance and room ratios, share photos and videos, assess learning milestones, communicate with parents, send paperless invoices and payments, review daily sheets, and manage staff.

3. Use brightwheel for all your child care accounting needs. • Reporting: Detailed reports of every brightwheel feature for billing and licensing requirements. • Seamless Sync: Brightwheel stays up to date across all phones and tablets – so teachers can use their own device or a school device. • Web Portal: Easy management and great functionality available on the web, too. • Affordable.

4. Save time – no more paper tracking sheets or sending individual photos. • Parent Communication: Manage parent communication from one central hub (notices, calls, texts, etc. ). • Calendar: Share events, holidays, and important dates with both families and staff. • Paperless Billing: Seamless electronic billing and payments for tuition and fees.

5. Brightwheel is the only app that integrates everything you need: sign in/out, messaging, learning assessments, daily sheet reports, photos, videos, calendars, online bill pay for parents, and much more.

6. Brightwheel lets you manage your center, streamline workflows, and engage with parents, so you can save time and money, make life easier for your staff, and improve satisfaction for your parents.

7. Join the thousands of preschools, child care, and daycare programs across the globe that have fallen in love with brightwheel!

8. Brightwheel is the #1 software solution for preschools, child care, daycare, camps, and after school programs.

9. Brightwheel is your all-in-one child care and daycare management app!

10. Daily sheet reports are a breeze with brightwheel. • Assessment & Observations: Make note of progress, achievements, and activities with pre-loaded state standards and a DRDP tool.

11. Use our attendance tracking system to keep track of your toddlers. • Photo and video sharing: Snap photos, record videos and tag students with one click.

brightwheel Customer Insights

1. Love the pics out provider sends and don't want to discourage them from sending...but at times it's too much but I don't want to turn off notifications and miss an important message.The idea of this app is awesome.

2. It seems like I have to scroll a lotWell built, user friendly app that makes it easy to receive photos and communicate with the staff taking care of your kids while you are at work.

3. Other issues but out of charactersGreat app but would love more granulated abilities to manage notifications.

4. As a parent I'd like to know if there's a way for the provider to easily note the arrival and departure time for the child.

5. Checked with the daycare center and they have all notification on time but it's the app that not delivered it to us.

6. It often missing notifications like check ins and photos.

7. The only thing I wish would be fixed is a small issue with push notifications.

8. The ability to communicate with the teachers on a regular basis, and get updates, as well as sign in and out and all the awesome features of this app really make my life easier.

9. My phone was on WiFi at work all day.Great App for parents to monitor what's going on.

10. Hard to find out remotely if q kid has been checked in - have to scroll through the notifications.

11. It would skip some item and send out next item push notifications randomly.

Steps to Troubleshoot & Fix brightwheel Issues

1. Fix brightwheel Not Working/Crashes/Errors/Unresponsive & Black/White screen:


  1. Restart brightwheel: Restarting the app will resolve most errors.
  2. Update the brightwheel App. Here is how:
    1. On Android goto PlayStore » Search for "brightwheel" » Open brightwheel: Childcare App » click "Update".
    2. On iPhone, goto AppStore » Your profile » Available Updates » Check for brightwheel » click "UPDATE".
  3. Clear brightwheel: Childcare App app cache: Clearing cached data will force your app to retrieve the latest data directly from brightwheel servers.
    1. On Android, goto Settings » Apps » Select "brightwheel: Childcare App" » click Storage » click "Clear Cache".
  4. Check brightwheel app permissions. If any of these permissions required to use your device's features are disenabled, brightwheel might not work.
  5. Uninstall and reinstall brightwheel. If nothing else has worked, completely uninstall brightwheel then reinstall.
  6. Restart your device. Last, restarting your device can often clear most problems causing brightwheel not working


2. Fix brightwheel Server issues & Internet Connection


  1. Check network connection: An unstable Internet will make brightwheel be unable to connect to it's servers. Ensure your wi-fi is working then restart app.
  2. Disable VPN: VPN can cause connection errors and lead to brightwheel not working. Make sure all VPNs are off
  3. Enable background data: When Background data is turned off, brightwheel may not be able to connect to the Internet when running in the background.

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