CubbyTrack vs QikKids

CubbyTrack is web-based childcare management software for attendance, enrollment, billing, family communication, staff operations, forms, compliance, and reporting. Attendance tools cover classroom headcounts, check-in and check-out history, authorized pickup workflows, and ratio awareness. Billing includes tuition, invoices, online payments through a center’s Square merchant account, autopay, subsidy tracking, balances, and collections. Staff features organize schedules, time-clock activity, breaks, work hours, training and compliance records, reminders, and payroll-preparation reports. The family portal brings together care information, forms, billing, enrollment details, calendar items, learning updates, and document requests. Enrollment tools track inquiries, tours, applications, classroom capacity, and waitlists. Learning workflows include observations, assessment evidence, and family acknowledgments. Authorized leaders can switch between multiple centers while access remains location-aware. CubbyTrack runs in modern browsers on phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops; it has no separate native mobile app. Plans include a free Home Provider option for up to four active children and paid plans starting at $39 a month.

QikKids is a platform for Kindergarten and out-of-school-hours care services, combining child enrolment, attendance, family communication, lesson planning, and billing. It runs on web, Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android, with mobile apps; all plans include the Home parent app and web portal. Digital sign-ins, real-time attendance information, and headcounts support daily check-in, while families can manage additional casual sessions and absences. Payment tools include automatic recurring payments and ad-hoc PayNow transactions. The Core package adds a child waitlist with custom filtering, while Essential includes integrations such as Xero and Ento, API access, and nightly SQL-table database backups. Other listed capabilities include rostering, staff clock in/out, digital timesheets, and multi-service reporting. QikKids lists support and training resources. A free plan is available, and the listed starting price is $204 per month for Lite; prices exclude GST. Monthly and annual pricing options are shown. Plan information includes Playground capacity bands beginning with 0–39 places.