KidKare Food Program Reviews

i love how easy it is to use and navigate through the website for the most part. I use quick books for my payroll but it is extremely complicated to create invoices and log everyday expenses for my business and that is why I have chosen to continue to use kidkare.

I would say that there are a few things that are little complicated and not very user friendly, like creating a custom menu to use every month, it takes entirely way to long to create, and trying to figure out how to reuse a menu every month is a little complicated as well. it seems like every time i try to re use a menu for the next month it always skips days and i have to go in and fill in the blanks.
I also wish that there was a way to automatically check every child in for a meal that way i am not having to click on each individual child and then if there is one child that was not there for that meal i could just unclick their name.
When trying to send in a report for the month it can take all day to even send it in because the website seems to shut down.

It’s fairly easy to use
I like that you get ideas of what food to serve

Sometimes it’s so incredible slooooow
But if you make it into a routine and do it everyday it’s better

Web based! Love that I can access it from my phone or tablet. I like that my teachers can login and complete attendance.

I hate the look of the invoices. The web address at the bottom confuses my clients, they try to login to it. I also don't like the look of the new invoices, they are small and crammed up into the top 2/3 of the page. I miss having a report to print for birthdays, emergency contacts, etc. I would also like to see a printable weekly attendance schedule. We fill in the hours the child is in care in their general info, the software should be able to print out a daily or weekly roster with those hours filled in. It helps to plan coverage since we are a ratio driven program.

I save a lot of time being able to use my phone, laptop, or tablet to enter meals and other day care information on KidKare. It is user friendly. At the end of the month and it is time to turn in menus KidKare makes it so easy to do. Saves time and paperwork. I definitely recommend KidKare to other providers at our meetings. I would recommend providers to at least try it and see for themselves.

Sometimes the internet is out and you can not use, but that rarely happens. All you have to do is write down and then enter it later.

I would say pros would be easy to use. I do think it needs some more work, but over all its easy to use.

You have to switch to another page to see how many times you selected a child for a meal. Or inputting the check in and check out times. You must go back and put AM or PM. Also I don't like the time out per day. Some days are so busy by the time I go entered my computer is either dead or the page just keeps loading and it takes up a lot of time especially when I am tried and just ready for bed.

The system is easy to operate. I enjoy using the saved menu templates.

It can be slow at times. There have been times the site would not function, but it usually comes back up the same day.

The menu planning is great and has all of the options needed. Even someone who lacks food planning knowledge can find this software appealing.

Not having the option to print all reports in color if desired. Have the ability for color in the reports allows for distinguishing different categories of information.

As a user, the interface is so simple and makes each section readily available for use. I really enjoy the colors in the software as well.

Reviewing information can be confusing at times due to the fact that some of that information isn't updated.

I am not very good with a computer and this program is very easy to use. It is also easy to look up specific information with just a couple clicks of a button.

I have not had any problems with this program.

I love being a mom. This product is helpful because the service offers incentives on being better at kids.

I don't dislike much about the product. It's easier to read and know then too play and forget, understand.

I love that I can view reports on all kinds of information I have entered.

I liked it better when I did not have to "check in" kids to claim them but I understand why they would want us to.

Easy to Use and I don't have always long onto my laptop to enter in what is needed.

I think there should be a select all button when it comes to selecting children instead of having to pick each individual child's name.

Very easy to navigate and submit daily meal records. I love that I am able do it all right in my phone.

Sometimes changes are done to the site that take time to get use to. There has been a few evenings that I wasn't able to get the site to load.

I enjoy the ease of recording my daily meals. I like that it tells me totals and I can read my details. I also enjoy the simplicity of the system.

I dislike the record time in/out option. It is a little time consuming and confusing.

The fact that I can plan ahead and reuse menus if necessary, once meals and attendance are entered, there’s no hassle at month end to put things together. It keeps things straight.

The fact that it could just crash at times and meals could not be entered next day.

The ease of using it. There are many things that make it simple to use.

Sometimes there is a delay before you can choose an item such as selecting provider or parent supplied breast milk or formula. If you don't wait a second you can click on the wrong one very easily. Those items should be on a separate line maybe a space down from each other and not so close together especially due to the lag.