“Whose turn is it Thursday?” Answered.
The carpool parents take your kids’ runs with one tap, and you can see who’s driving every day.
A carpool saves everyone a few afternoons a week, right up until the week somebody swaps a day by text and nobody updates anything. Then two cars turn up, or none does.
The rota is the easy part. Keeping track of who said yes to which day, and noticing in time when nobody did, is where carpools fall apart.
Sound familiar?
- Without it
“Whose turn is it Thursday?” lives in a group chat that scrolled away on Monday.
With Kid PickupEach carpool day is a pickup with one name on it. The other parents tap I’ll do it, and everyone sees who’s driving.
- Without it
A parent swaps a day by text, and the change never reaches everybody.
With Kid PickupCan’t make it tells your circle the run is open again, and the app sends you a nudge while nobody has it.
- Without it
Working out a fair rotation takes a spreadsheet and an evening.
With Kid PickupOur free carpool rotation generator builds the rota. Add the days as repeating pickups, and each parent can say yes to every Tuesday in one tap.
The other parents join free
Invite them as a friend or neighbor. They get their own account, free under your plan. Family covers three helpers; Premium has room for up to eight people.
Only what they need
A friend or neighbor sees the pickups that are theirs or still open, and the kids on those. Not the rest of your week.
Set the rota up once
Make the school run repeat. A parent can take every Tuesday in one tap, or just this Thursday.
A reminder before they leave
Whoever is driving gets a reminder at the time you set, from 15 minutes to an hour before.
Know they got there
They tap I’m here when they arrive and Picked up when they have the kids, and you get a notification for each.
Kid Pickup is your family’s calendar, so the runs on it are for your kids. In a carpool where every family wants the same view, each family sets up Kid Pickup and the parents invite each other.
Posted. Claimed. Done.
Three steps, and a name on every pickup.
Posted
Add the pickup: which kid, when, where. Everyone in your circle gets a notification and sees it on the calendar, marked open.
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.
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.
Questions parents ask
Is there an app for school carpools?
Yes. Kid Pickup lets you put each carpool day on a calendar as a pickup with one name on it. The other parents take the runs with one tap, and the app sends a nudge when a day still has nobody.
Do the other carpool parents have to pay?
No. You invite them as a friend or neighbor and they join free under your plan. Family covers three helpers; Premium has room for up to eight people.
Can the other parents see my whole calendar?
No. A friend or neighbor sees only the pickups that are theirs or still open, and the kids on those.
How do I make a fair carpool rotation?
Use our free carpool rotation generator to share the days out evenly, then add them in Kid Pickup as repeating pickups so each parent can take their days in one tap.
One price for your whole circle. See plans and pricing
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Worth reading: How to set up a carpool schedule
Worth reading: Free carpool rotation generator
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 · Families who lean on grandparents · Daycare families · Families whose school uses a dismissal app