daybell is your learning center's front desk, sorted: staff check students in with one tap, and an app in every parent's pocket does the rest, dropped off, ready for pickup with a note from the session, schedule requests answered without phone tag.
Ten-second check-inStaff tap a name, done. The desk never backs up at the door.
An app parents actually useDropped off, ready for pickup, session notes, live. No app? Texts and email carry the same news.
Schedule changes handle themselvesParents request against real seat availability. You tap approve. Nobody plays phone tag.
Built at a real front desk — daybell runs a working learning center's pickup hour every day, and every feature was shaped there.
10scheck-in
Offlinedesk keeps working
Nightlyencrypted backups
The pickup hour, without the guesswork
Every family gets daybell free with your center, sign-in is their phone number and a PIN, nothing to configure. See exactly what parents get →
Know the moment“Nova is ready for pickup”, with the note from today's session, worth a high-five on the ride home.
🚗 Running late? One tapThe front desk knows in seconds, and gets a “here now” when the car pulls up.
Change a class daySoccer moved to Tuesdays? Request a switch, see only times with a real seat free, get a yes by tonight.
A request arrives with a real seat already behind it — approving is one tap, and the roster updates itself.
And the desk sees everything
One board: who's here, who's waiting for pickup, who's due next, and every parent message landing where staff can't miss it.
Your team, sorted too
Every team member gets their own portal on their phone — shifts, the team board, and no student data leaving the center.
Shifts that cover themselves“I can't make it” asks the whole team, first taker wins. Time-off requests get a one-tap yes.
Availability the roster respectsStaff say which days they can work, and the roster warns you before you schedule over it.
Paperwork that never lapsesBackground checks, clearances, CPR — tracked with expiry dates, flagged a month before they run out.
✨ daybell Intelligence
AI woven through the day-to-day — reading messy spreadsheets, double-checking every import, and noticing what a busy desk can't.
Reads any spreadsheetYour homemade schedule, whatever the format. AI reads it, shows you what it understood, and double-checks every import.
Notices who's fadingRetention radar flags students whose attendance is slipping — before the goodbye email arrives. Ask daybell anything about your center in plain words.
Writes the boring partsPolished announcements, suggested replies, translated parent messages, a recommended roster, and a month-in-review in your inbox.
It lives at the bottom of the Today board — ask in plain words, the answer comes from your real numbers.
Running by lunchtime
No sales call, no onboarding fee, no IT.
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Sign up with an emailNo password, a link signs you in. Four questions set up your center.
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Import your rosterDrop the spreadsheet you already have. Students, schedules, and parents appear.
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Invite parentsEach family gets a PIN by email, or by text with the texting add-on. The iPad at the desk pairs with a QR code.
Simple pricing
Free for 30 days. No card to start. Cancel anytime, your data exports with one tap.
daybell$5/mo
✓ Staff-run check-in & check-out✓ The parent app — pickup alerts, session notes, running-late, schedule requests✓ Parent emails — pickup notices & announcements✓ Family message threads, one inbox✓ Weekly schedule, seats & capacity, printable day sheet✓ Spreadsheet import with AI reading & double-check✓ Team portal — shifts, cover requests, team board✓ Availability, time off, certification tracking✓ Loans, devices, franchise compliance
✓ Ask daybell — plain-English questions, answers from your real numbers✓ Retention radar — spots fading attendance before the goodbye email✓ Recommended rosters from availability, student load & time off✓ Announcement polish & suggested replies✓ Parent-message translation✓ A month-in-review email, written for you
$15 is the whole bill — the base plan is included, not added on top.Start free
Parent texts+ $40/mo
Everything in your plan, plus:
✓ Unlimited two-way texting — replies land on the desk✓ Pickup alerts & announcements by SMS✓ Consent tracking built in — STOP/START handled for you
For centers whose families prefer texting. The parent app and email in the base plan already carry pickup alerts, so most centers skip this.Start free
Questions? Ask a person
No sales team, no demo-call calendar — you'll get an email back from the people who build daybell, usually the same day.
