How to add the Kid Pickup widget to your Home Screen

Open Kid Pickup once after updating. Then touch and hold your Home Screen, tap Edit, then Add Widget, search for Kid Pickup, choose the small or medium size, and add it. It shows today’s pickups and who has each: the small one the next, the medium one up to three.

Grandma on her couch, a dad on a bench and a mom at the kitchen counter all smiling at their phones, with a heart, a smiley face and a soccer photo floating up and a dashed line joining them

Where to find it

  1. Home Screen
  2. Edit
  3. Add Widget

Who can do this

Everyone, on iPhone. It shows what you can see in the app.

Step by step

  1. Open Kid Pickup once after updating, signed in.

  2. Go to your Home Screen, touch and hold an empty spot until the apps jiggle, and tap Edit, then Add Widget.

  3. Search for Kid Pickup and tap it.

  4. Swipe to choose the small or medium size, and tap Add Widget.

  5. Tap the widget any time to open the app.

Good to know

  • It updates about every 15 minutes, as often as iOS allows.
  • It says “Nothing today” on an empty day, and “Open Kid Pickup to sign in” if you’re signed out.
  • iOS may hide the names while your phone is locked.

Checked against Kid Pickup 2.0 on October 28, 2026. Something look different on your phone? Tell us and we’ll fix the guide.

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