For families who lean on grandparents

Grandma says “I’ll do it,” and you know it’s handled.

She sees the week, takes the pickups she can do, and gets a reminder before she leaves.

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A grandparent carries a laughing grandchild on their shoulders

Grandparents are often the backbone of the school run, and the group chat is often where their Wednesdays get lost. Fourteen messages in, nobody’s sure whether she said yes.

What most grandparents want is simple: tell me which ones are mine, remind me before I go, and keep it simple.

Sound familiar?

  • Without it

    Fourteen messages in, nobody’s sure whether Grandma said yes to Wednesday.

    With Kid Pickup

    She taps I’ll do it, the pickup gets her name, and the family gets a notification that it’s covered.

  • Without it

    Grandma doesn’t do group chats, and she isn’t downloading another app.

    With Kid Pickup

    Text her a link to the one pickup. She taps I’ll do it or Can’t make it: no app, no account, no password.

  • Without it

    You call her at 3:10 to check she remembered.

    With Kid Pickup

    She gets a reminder before she leaves. With the app, she taps I’m here and Picked up, and you get a notification for each.

  • Her own role

    Invite her as a grandparent. She gets her own account, free under your plan, and sees the whole calendar so she knows the week.

  • Easy to say yes, or no

    She taps I’ll do it, from the notification or the pickup, for one day or every Wednesday at once. If she can’t, Can’t make it lets everyone know it still needs someone.

  • A reminder before she leaves

    At the time you picked when you set it up, 15 minutes to an hour before.

  • She’s in the conversation

    Grandma’s in the family chat, sees the week, and can message you one to one.

  • Nothing to chase

    No thread to scroll. The pickup either has her name on it or it doesn’t.

How to invite a helper who’s new to apps

Some grandparents will be fine on their own. For the rest, twenty minutes at the kitchen table does it.

  1. Do it together, in person, on their phone.
  2. Send the invite to the email they actually check, then open it with them.
  3. When the app asks to send notifications, tap Allow. That’s the whole point.
  4. Take on their first pickup together, so they’ve done it once.
  5. If the text is small, make it bigger: Settings, then Display & Brightness, then Text Size.
  6. Tell them the one rule: when your phone buzzes with Kid Pickup, it’s about the kids.
  7. Keep their regular days on paper on the fridge too. Belt and braces.
How it works

Posted. Claimed. Done.

Three steps, and a name on every ride: pickups, drop-offs, practices and everything else the kids have on.

  1. Kid Pickup’s Events list with an open drop-off and pickup marked Unclaimed, and the next one claimed
    A mum looking at her phone as she posts a pickup

    Posted

    Add what’s on: a pickup or drop-off, soccer practice, the dentist, the school play, a reminder. Say who it’s for and when. Everyone in your circle sees it on the calendar, and anything that needs a driver is marked open until somebody takes it.

  2. Kid Pickup’s month calendar with each of the day’s soccer pickups showing who has it
    Grandma giving a thumbs up at her phone

    Claimed

    Grandma taps I’ll do it. Now it has her name on it, and you and the other parents get a notification that it’s covered.

  3. Kid Pickup notifications on an iPhone lock screen: a pickup covered, a 30-minute reminder, a family message, and soccer drop-offs claimed
    Grandma and her granddaughter walking home hand in hand

    Reminded and done

    Grandma gets a reminder before she leaves. And while nobody has claimed it, the app sends the parents a nudge the day before, three hours out and two hours out.

The whole walkthrough, step by step

FAQ

Questions parents ask

Does Grandma have to pay?

No. One subscription covers everyone in your family circle.

What does she see?

The whole pickup calendar, the kids on it and your emergency contacts. Not your work hours, anyone else’s phone number or a child’s notes. If you’d rather she saw only the pickups that are hers or still open, switch it off on her profile in Family. She can take on pickups but can’t change the schedule; that’s for parents and guardians.

What if she doesn’t have an iPhone?

Kid Pickup is an iPhone app. Without one, she can sign in at app.kidpickup.com in a web browser, though a browser doesn’t get notifications. Android is on the way.

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Also for: Two-parent households · Single parents and their people · Families with a sitter or nanny · Families with a full activity schedule · Separated and blended families · Daycare families · Families whose school uses a dismissal app · Families who carpool