No tracking. Not your school’s system. Yours.
At every school, rink and studio your kids go to.
Two weeks free for new subscribers, then the plan’s price. Apple asks for a payment method and charges when the trial ends unless you cancel at least 24 hours before. Android is on the way.
If your school told you to install “Kids Pick Up”, Pikmykid or FetchKids, that’s a dismissal system, and this isn’t it. Your school may use an app to run dismissal. It lets the school see you’re close, keeps the car line moving and checks who’s allowed to take your child. That’s a real job, and it’s the school’s.
It stops at the gate, though. It won’t tell you which of your people is going today, and it doesn’t follow your kids to swim, hockey or a friend’s house.
Sound familiar?
- Without it
The school’s app runs the car line. It doesn’t say which of your people is going today.
With Kid PickupEvery pickup shows one name: you, Grandma or the sitter. If one is still open, the app sends the parents a nudge.
- Without it
Some pickup apps use location in the background.
With Kid PickupKid Pickup never asks for anyone’s location. People tap I’m here when they arrive instead.
- Without it
The school app stops at the gate. Swim at 4:30 is on nobody’s list.
With Kid PickupSchool, the rink, the studio and Grandma’s are all on one calendar, with a name on every ride.
No location, ever
Kid Pickup never asks for your location. Saved places are just addresses you type.
Every place, not one school
School, the rink, the studio, Grandma’s. Anywhere you add.
Your people, not the school’s list
Partners, grandparents, sitters and neighbors you invite.
More than the school run
Every activity on one calendar, and a family chat for the “can someone get her at 3:15?” moments.
Use both
The school’s app at the gate. Kid Pickup for who’s driving.
Posted. Claimed. Done.
Three steps, and a name on every ride: pickups, drop-offs, practices and everything else the kids have on.
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.
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 Kid Pickup the “Kids Pick Up” dismissal app, or Pikmykid?
No. Dismissal apps like Kids Pick Up and Pikmykid are chosen by schools to run the car line and release children to authorized adults. Kid Pickup is for your family: it settles which of your people is going. Many families will use both.
Does Kid Pickup track my location?
No. The app never asks for location permission.
Does my school need to sign up?
No. Kid Pickup is yours. It works at any school without the school doing anything.
One price for your whole circle. See plans and pricing
Weighing up apps? Kid Pickup vs Pikmykid vs FetchKids
Worth reading: Who can pick up my child from school?
Worth reading: What age can a child walk home alone?
Worth reading: How old can a child stay home alone?
Worth reading: How the school car line works
Worth reading: A back-to-school pickup plan
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 who carpool