Product deep dive
Start on Free for classroom essentials. Upgrade to Paid for vault, billing, safety logbook, policy library, and licensing export.
Bookmark-friendly sections keep the same anchors (`#admin`, `#teachers`, `#parents`, and more) so old links still work.
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This is the owner and director app. Set up the centre, invite staff and families, review hours, and keep the records licensed centres typically need.
Vault, safety logbook, policy library, and licensing export are on the Paid plan. See how this maps to licensed child care.
Admin roster — tap to enlarge
Staff check children in and out, record meals, naps, photos, and notes from the class roster, then clock their own hours.
Policy acknowledgments and certificate uploads require vault and policy library on the Paid plan. See compliance features for licensed centres.
Teacher roster — tap to enlarge
Families get the activity feed, photos, daily reports, and your bulletins on their phone. When billing is enabled, they also view invoices and track Interac — they still pay you outside the app.
Tuition billing and invoice downloads require the Paid plan. See tuition reporting.
Parent activity feed — tap to enlarge
DailyDotKids is not a payment platform. We help owners set monthly tuition, send invoices, record Interac payments, and keep parents informed. Families still pay the centre directly.
Set a monthly amount for the whole daycare, then override by location, class, or child when a family needs a different rate.
Invoices are created for the next month and can also be sent one-off. Print PDF invoices and a yearly child-care expense receipt from recorded invoices — useful for records, not a tax form.
Parents see Interac instructions, tap when they've sent payment, and you confirm in the Admin app. Push alerts cover new invoices, payment submitted, approved or rejected, reminders, and overdue balances for owners.
Families and staff hear about the day in the app. Email is reserved for invitations, credentials, and compliance reminders that should still arrive if the phone is off. Billing invoices are push-only — we do not email them.
Push notifications
Each person can turn individual push types on or off in Settings.
We do not email invoices or the classroom activity feed — those stay in the apps (push alerts only).
Daycare records include health details, emergency contacts, and credentials. Centre records are stored in Canada (including USA centres). We encrypt sensitive fields in the database, encrypt vault files at rest, and hash passwords and PINs so they are never stored in plaintext.
Your centre’s records — the database, classroom photos, and vault files — are hosted in Google Cloud in Montreal. Push and email alerts may travel through the networks that deliver them to phones and inboxes.
Allergies, dates of birth, emergency contacts, activity notes, daily-report PDFs, phone numbers, and vault document details are encrypted at rest with AES-256 before they are stored.
Immunization records, consents, CRCs, certificates, and other vault uploads are stored as encrypted files — not as open documents on disk.
Account passwords, vault PINs, and shared-tablet PINs are one-way hashed. We cannot read them back, and a database copy is not enough to log in as a user.
Download the Admin app and tap Start on Free (email + password), or fill the signup form for a guided setup. Teachers and parents still join with invitation codes from you.
Core classroom tools with capacity limits — 1 location, 1 class, up to 8 students, daily activities, and parent communication. Compliance tools (vault, billing, safety logbook, licensing export) are on the Paid plan. See Pricing for details.
Email hello@dailydotkids.ca or use Connect with us in the Admin app. Paid unlocks unlimited capacity and full compliance features.
Self-serve: Admin app → Start on Free. Guided: fill the signup form or register page and we contact you. Licensed centres in Canada and the USA can apply. Production data is stored in Canada.
Yes. Self-serve centres start on our Free plan at no cost. Upgrade to Paid when you need more capacity or compliance tools. Compare plans.
No. The product is the same in every province and territory. Licensing rules are local — see the Compliance page for official government links.
Pilots are arranged with us after you contact us or email hello@dailydotkids.ca. We agree on scope, duration, and post-pilot options before you go live. You can also start immediately on our self-serve Free plan in the Admin app. Compare plans.
No. We do not email invoices or the classroom activity feed — those stay in the apps. Families and staff get push notifications; email is for invitations, account codes, and vault expiry reminders. See Push and email alerts.
No. Parents pay you directly, usually by Interac. The apps track invoices, who marked payment sent, and whether you confirmed it.
Admin, Teacher, and Parent apps are on the App Store and Google Play. Teachers can also share one classroom tablet and switch with a PIN. Owners start in the Admin app (Start on Free) or contact us for a pilot; teachers and parents join with an invitation code.
No. You remain responsible for your licence. DailyDotKids helps you keep records and reminders; it does not certify you.
Centre records — the database, photos, and vault files — are hosted in Google Cloud’s Canada region (Montréal), for centres in Canada and the USA. Push notifications and invitation emails may travel through the services that deliver them to phones and inboxes.
Once your centre exists — Start on Free in the Admin app, or after we set you up — you send invites from Admin. Staff and families join with a code. This website form is for owners asking about a pilot or guided setup.
DailyDotKids is a product of Anthor Canada corp (founded 2021, Langley, BC). Meet the co-founders on our About page.
Owner guides
Download the Admin app and tap Start on Free — no credit card.
Free plan: 1 location · 1 class · up to 8 students · 2 teachers · 16 parent accounts · no credit card
Pilot or Paid: contact form or hello@dailydotkids.ca