In-Home & Family Daycare Software That Gives Your Evenings Back
When you run a home daycare, you are the teacher, director, cook, and bookkeeper all at once. Rawdly replaces paper sign-in sheets, CACFP meal notebooks, and evening text threads with one simple app — free for your first year, and free forever for up to 10 children.
Why in-home daycare providers switch from enterprise software to Rawdly
No $100/month base fee
Freemium is $0 forever for up to 10 children. Need Pro for 12 children after your free first year? That is just $23.88/month ($19.08/month billed annually).
Built for one-room mixed ages
Check in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers on one screen while tracking age-specific USDA CACFP meals and licensing ratios automatically.
Inspection-ready in 60 seconds
Export 30 days of timestamped attendance and ratio logs as a single PDF whenever a state licensor or food program monitor walks in.
Everything a licensed family childcare home needs in one place
Morning drop-off in one tap
Record exact arrival and departure timestamps that satisfy state licensing inspectors (including WA WAC 110-300 and Texas HHSC Chapter 747) without paper sign-in clipboards.
Log meals, naps, and diapers while caring for kids
Batch-log breakfast, lunch, snacks, and nap times for your whole group in seconds. Parents see updates in real time in the Rawdly Parent mobile app.
USDA CACFP meal planning & allergy checks
Build weekly menus from USDA food components, verify age-band meal patterns before serving, and keep point-of-service meal counts ready for your CACFP sponsor.
Professional tuition invoices without Sunday paperwork
Generate recurring family invoices, record offline payments, let parents upload payment proof in the app, and export clean CSVs for tax time.
90-second voice-to-AI incident reports
When a toddler scrapes a knee, record a quick voice memo on your phone. Rawdly drafts a structured incident report ready for your signature and parent sign-off.
Multilingual parent app in 5 languages
Communicate naturally with every family in English, Spanish, French, Canadian French, or Arabic — included on every plan.
Free compliance resources for home daycare providers
Frequently asked questions from in-home daycare owners
What is the best software for an in-home or family daycare?
An in-home daycare provider typically cares for 6 to 12 children without a dedicated office administrator, so the best software must be fast to operate one-handed and priced per child rather than charging a $100+/month center minimum. Rawdly is free forever for up to 10 children on Freemium, free for your first full year with all Pro features, and $1.99/child/month after that.
How much does Rawdly cost for a 6- to 12-child home daycare?
Your first 12 months are $0 with every feature unlocked. After your first year, if you have 10 or fewer children, the Freemium plan is $0 forever. If you have 12 children and choose the Pro plan for AI and CACFP features, 12 children × $1.99/child/month is $23.88/month ($19.08/month billed annually) with no minimum fee.
Does Rawdly work for mixed-age family childcare groups?
Yes. Unlike large-center software that forces you to split children into separate classrooms, Rawdly lets you manage a single mixed-age home group while still tracking age-specific CACFP meal patterns (infants, 1–2 years, 3–5 years) and mixed-age staff-to-child ratios.
Can I use Rawdly on a tablet or phone I already own?
Yes. The provider dashboard runs in any modern web browser on an iPad, Android tablet, laptop, or phone, and parents download the free Rawdly Parent app on iOS or Android.
Run tomorrow's day with less paperwork.
Set up your center in ten minutes and try it through a full term. If it is not saving your team hours by week two, walk away. There is nothing to cancel.
Free for 1 year. No credit card. Cancel anytime.
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