Today's diary & moments
Photos, meals, naps and nappies as they're logged in the room - with a line from the educator who was there.
As it happens, not after closing
AcornCloud for Parents
The morning goodbye is hard.The rest of the day shouldn’t be.
Photos and moments as they happen. Meals, naps and nappies logged. Bills, consents, absences and your child’s learning journey - one app, one login, both children.
- Free for families
- iOS & Android
- Your child’s data stays in your service
Tiny AcornsHello NiamhÓrla · Toddlers · in since 08:22
Moment
Water play, and a full cup
Áine · 09:52Lunch · ate most of it12:20
Nap · 1h 05m13:10
Due Friday€52.50
NCS subsidy applied · pay in two tapsPayYour to-do
Sign Tuesday’s incident note1 min
Outings consentdone
3 new momentsbefore your coffee
Signed on the busFiled on both sides instantly
1 app
for every child, room and bill
0
forms to print or post back
2 taps
to pay this week's fees
Live
not “sometime after six”
Built for parents
Everything you’d ring the office about, already in your hand.
No calling in at half eight. No forms in the bag. No wondering whether she slept.
Messages & absences
A direct line to the room, and one tap to mark a sick day - the register, kitchen and rota update themselves.
One tap, everyone told
AcornPay billing
What's due, what's paid, what the NCS subsidy covered. Card or direct debit, receipts kept for you.
Subsidy applied before you pay
Learning journey
Observations, next steps and milestones gathered into one story you can read tonight - or download on their last day.
Tagged to Aistear
Signatures & consents
Incidents, medicines, outings and photo permissions - signed on your phone, dated and filed on both sides.
Nothing to print or post back
Bookings & extra days
See where there's room, request the day, and know the fee before you confirm. Holidays and closures too.
The fee, before you confirm
The three ways
Same week, three very different Tuesdays.
What a parent's day looks like with nothing, with a basic parent app bolted onto other systems, and with AcornCloud.
Knowing how the day went
No toolsTwo sentences at the door, if the room isn't busy.
Other toolsOne photo posted after closing, with no context.
AcornCloudMeals, naps, nappies and moments arrive through the day, from the room.
Paying the fees
No toolsBank transfer with the reference typed wrong, then an email asking where it went.
Other toolsA PDF invoice to download and pay somewhere else entirely.
AcornCloud€52.50 due Friday, NCS subsidy already deducted, paid in two taps.
Signing an incident note
No toolsA triplicate form in the bag, signed the following week.
Other toolsAn email attachment to print, sign, photograph and send back.
AcornCloudRead it with the photo, sign on the bus, filed on both sides instantly.
Their learning journey
No toolsA ring-binder handed over on their last day.
Other toolsObservations scattered down a feed you have to scroll for.
AcornCloudOne journey per child, tagged to Aistear, with next steps - yours to download.
A sick day or an extra day
No toolsRing at half eight, tell three people, hope there's a space.
Other toolsMessage the room and wait - the office never sees it.
AcornCloudMark it once. Availability, ratio, kitchen and the bill all follow.
Two children, two rooms
No toolsTwo conversations at collection, two invoices, two sets of forms.
Other toolsTwo logins, and the sibling discount worked out by hand.
AcornCloudOne login, both children, one bill with the sibling rate applied.
Your evening
No toolsForms at the kitchen table and a note to ring the office tomorrow.
Other toolsRefreshing the feed, waiting for today's photo to land.
AcornCloudNothing left to do. You already read the day as it happened.
Comparison describes typical setups we see when services move to AcornCloud, not a specific competitor product.
AcornPay
The bill you can actually understand.
Sessions, meals, extras and the NCS subsidy laid out line by line - before the money leaves your account.
- Card, Apple Pay or direct debit - receipts kept in the app
- Subsidies and sibling rates applied before you're asked to pay
- A year of statements for your own records, any time
June statement · ÓrlaDue Friday
Sessions5 days · full day€312.50
MealsLunch and tea, 5 days€25.00
Extra ThursdayRequested 4 June, confirmed€62.50
NCS subsidyApplied before you pay−€297.50
Sibling rate · CillianSecond child, same service−€50.00
To pay on Friday€52.50
Your child, your data
Photos of your child stay between you and the service.
Only your own child
You see photos your child is tagged in. Nothing is public, and nothing leaves the service's account.
Consent you control
Photo, outing, sun cream and medical permissions are held per child and can be withdrawn in the app.
GDPR, hosted in the EU
Encrypted, EU-hosted, with a full record of who accessed what. Ask us for the DPA any time.
From the parents using it every day.
I know she slept and what she ate before I've left the car park. Collection is a conversation now, not a debrief.
The bill finally makes sense. I can see the subsidy, the extra Thursday, and what I actually owe on Friday.
He bumped his knee and I had the note, the photo and my signature done before we got home. No folder, no fuss.
What parents ask us first.
The four that come up before anyone downloads anything.
Something else on your mind?Already with us? Ask your service to send your invite.
No. The parents app is free for every family at a service using AcornCloud, on iOS and Android, for as many guardians as the service invites.
Yes. Each guardian gets their own login, and the service decides who can collect, who signs forms and who sees billing.
You choose. Many parents keep messages and incidents on, and read the diary once at lunchtime. Everything is still there when you open the app.
Download your child's learning journey and photos before your last day, and the service's retention policy takes it from there.
Give your families the good bit of the day.
Thirty minutes with your team and we’ll show you exactly what a parent sees. Already with us? Ask your service to send your invite.