--- description: Detailed reviews on Smartcare based on features, pricing, usability, and ratings. Get a quick overview advantages and disadvantages thanks to GetApp United Arab Emirates. Compare Smartcare with similar products. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/getapp/og_logo-94fd2a03a6c7a0e54fc0c9e21a1c0ce9.png title: Smartcare Reviews, Prices & Ratings | GetApp UAE 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Child Care Software](/directory/703/daycare/software) > [Smartcare](/software/102669/smartcare) # Smartcare Canonical: https://www.getapp.ae/software/102669/smartcare Page: 1 / 12\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.ae/software/102669/smartcare?page=2) > Smartcare is a cloud-based child care center management software that assists with connecting parents, care center owners, directors and teachers in real time with each other. > > Verdict: Rated **3.8/5** by 280 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Key benefits of Smartcare • Smartcare connects parents, teachers, and administrative staff with children through both mobile and web-based platforms. • Smartcare maintains an updated database so that teachers can access parent/child data anytime, ensuring no time is wasted in emergencies. • The billing and payment section of Smartcare offers customized settings for late fees, refunds, easy payments, automatic debits from credits cards and account transfers. • Smartcare allows child care centers to access accounts for tracking expenses, monitor income, send invoices and update data for backups from anywhere. • Smartcare maintains employee details, employee benefits, training, sick leave records and more in a single employee database. • Smartcare offers a free mobile app for parents to stay connected throughout the day. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **3.8/5** | 280 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 3.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 3.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 3.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 70% | (7/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Vanco - **Founded**: 1981 ## Commercial Context - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Attendance Tracking Software - Billing & Invoicing - Calendar Management - Check-in/Check-out - Communications Management - Contact Database - Customer Accounts - Daily Reports - Electronic Signature - Employee Management - Enrollments/Onboarding - Immunization & Allergy Tracking - Meal/Nutrition Management - Milestone Tracking - Parent Portal - Payment Processing Software - Records Management Software - Registration Management ## Integrations (2 total) - LineLeader by ChildcareCRM - QuickBooks Desktop ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base Software - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Child Care Software](https://www.getapp.ae/directory/703/daycare/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Procare Solutions](https://www.getapp.ae/software/102701/procare-child-care-management) — 4.6/5 (2749 reviews) 2. [brightwheel](https://www.getapp.ae/software/104969/brightwheel) — 4.7/5 (3254 reviews) 3. [Lillio](https://www.getapp.ae/software/102407/himama-preschool-child-care-app) — 4.6/5 (3623 reviews) 4. [Playground](https://www.getapp.ae/software/2053512/playground) — 4.8/5 (193 reviews) 5. [Daily Connect](https://www.getapp.ae/software/2049771/daily-connect) — 4.8/5 (306 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Easy to keep track of our billing" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *14 July 2018* | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Parents can digitally single in and out and make a payment online with ease. It provides us with more documentation for sign in and out as well as relieves arguments as to when a child was here or not. > > **Cons**: We cannot find anything yet that we don't like. We are only 6 months of use so there may be something will occur. > > Timely billing Documentation of attendance Ability to pay online or at sign in ----- ### "mom approved" — 4.0/5 > **cheyenne** | *8 October 2024* | E-Learning | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Love love love this product\!\!\! Truly an essential as a mom > > **Cons**: A little tricky to navigate but overall great > > Super easy to use\! so helpful to me as a mom ----- ### "Migrated from Child Care Manager to SmartCare - Needs a lot of work, input and upgrading" — 2.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *6 September 2018* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 3.0/10 > > **Pros**: We like the fact that it is web based and all admins can see the same information from multiple devices. Also, we like the fact that parents can have a connection to the center and view timeline messages and view balances. Customer service is friendly, reachable and respond timely. > > **Cons**: The software seems pieced together. Need Android \& iPad tablets to work. Reports are bad. Lacks the basic functionality of CCM. Users have to go to multiple screens to complete items. Billing is from the Children section. Account charges are from the Accounting section. And then there is a family section for other items. You should be able to navigate from family to child to billing easier without 10s of clicks. The presentation in each section is vastly different. Families are sorted by LAST name. Children are sorted by FIRST name only and can't be searched or filtered by anything. The payments section just list families in RANDOM order. Sorting and filtering properly should be very basic items for software. Currently, no way to handle security deposits, charging groups of students one time fees, deposit reconciliation, sending past due notices to certain families with a certain balance. Currently, I have no way of viewing or producing a report that shows children by classroom. Report formats are bad. Some print 4 and 5 pages because of poor formatting. Some don't work or the download version doesn't match the on screen version. Not compatible with the CCM door locking system that was recently purchased. Families can not be deactivated or unenrolled. They have to be archived which wipes away all financial history. Needs more statuses than enrolled and archived. Overall, it just lacks many of the features that CCM provided. Hopefully it improves quickly. ----- ### "Smart Care Review" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *31 October 2018* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I really like the customer support that I received when I first started using Smart Care. They were helpful but also very nice about answering my questions. I also like the fact that parents can use their phones to not only see what their bill is but also to pay their bill online. > > **Cons**: I have had a hard time figuring out how to send emails to parents. I also am not sure if there is a way to separate the bill when two different parents pay for separate weeks > > The major benefit is like what I said before in that parents can see each day what their bill is and how long their child was at daycare. It is nice to pull up different reports and print them off. ----- ### "Smart Care is improving quickly" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *14 July 2018* | Education Management > > **Pros**: The user interface is clean and easy to use for the most part. It seems features are being added frequently. > > **Cons**: Unfortunately there is no API so integration with other products is someone limited. The reports are somewhat limited at times as well. ----- Page: 1 / 12\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.ae/software/102669/smartcare?page=2) ## Links - [View on GetApp](https://www.getapp.ae/software/102669/smartcare) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-MX | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data