Reviews of Kaymbu

By: Kaymbu Inc. App

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Total ratings

4.38 (Rating count: 172)

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Review summary

Kaymbu is valued for facilitating communication between educators and parents through photos, anecdotes, and documentation, with strong customer support and organizational features. However, users often find the app complicated and cumbersome, especially for daycare workers, citing slow and unreliable uploading of media, loss of drafts, and limited mobile functionality. Issues are noted with copy/paste limitations, difficulties on Samsung devices, and general app stability. Users recommend improvements to streamline workflows and enhance the mobile experience.

Pros

User-friendly for communication between teachers and families.
Allows sharing of photos, anecdotes, and documentation easily.
Helps with organizing and tracking student progress and lesson planning.
Strong customer service and support, including training resources.
Provides instant communication and connection between school and home.

Cons

App is complicated with too many steps, making it difficult for daycare workers.
Uploading photos and videos can be slow, unreliable, and sometimes fails without clear explanation.
Mobile app issues include loss of drafts, inability to copy/paste descriptions, and small draft images that can't be edited before tagging.
Limited functionality on mobile devices, such as no portrait mode for storyboards and inability to upload multiple photos at once.
Problems on certain devices (e.g., Samsung phones) with uploading photos and receiving notifications.
App crashes and doesn't save contents when it closes unexpectedly.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.50

All time rating average: 4.38

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24% (5)

Date	Author	Comment
2024-11-15	Ka*****	Too complicated for daycare workers. There's too many steps! Brightwheel and Procare are much simpler to use.
Too complicated for daycare workers. There's too many steps! Brightwheel and Procare are much simpler to use.
2024-07-23	Je*****	This app was obviously not created by those in the industry. I would highly suggest getting child care director's feedback and make changes accordingly. I’ve been in child care for 30 years, before these apps existed, and have experienced many apps throughout the last several years. There are SO many better apps out there for teachers and directors.
This app was obviously not created by those in the industry. I would highly suggest getting child care director's feedback and make changes accordingly. I’ve been in child care for 30 years, before these apps existed, and have experienced many apps throughout the last several years. There are SO many better apps out there for teachers and directors.
2024-02-18	Kr*****	All of a sudden, I can not get this app to work properly on my Samsung phone. It qont.let me upload photos anymore, and I am not getting any notifications. I go into my settings on my phone, and everything is blocked. There's no option to unblock it. I have tried other Samsung phones, the same thing. I tried an apple phone, and all worked fine. Can we fix this?
All of a sudden, I can not get this app to work properly on my Samsung phone. It qont.let me upload photos anymore, and I am not getting any notifications. I go into my settings on my phone, and everything is blocked. There's no option to unblock it. I have tried other Samsung phones, the same thing. I tried an apple phone, and all worked fine. Can we fix this?
2022-09-06	Is*****	Honestly, just use the website on a laptop until they figure out a way to let the user make a storyboard in portrait mode. Don't make yourself suffer trying to do your posts in landscape. Or just use the web browser and force desktop mode. There is not enough screen real estate for landscape on this app. It's too cumbersome. Everything else is fine and works well for what it is. I'll never use the in-app camera, so it'd be nice to be able to import our own videos into the posts, too.
Honestly, just use the website on a laptop until they figure out a way to let the user make a storyboard in portrait mode. Don't make yourself suffer trying to do your posts in landscape. Or just use the web browser and force desktop mode. There is not enough screen real estate for landscape on this app. It's too cumbersome. Everything else is fine and works well for what it is. I'll never use the in-app camera, so it'd be nice to be able to import our own videos into the posts, too.
2022-05-06	Ji*****	Incredibly frustrating experience throughout the last school year. There are numerous problems with uploading in batches, such as it just missing photos and not telling you which ones it missed, causing you to have to search through each one to find it and re-upload it. I spent 20 minutes editing a 30 second video of my students to send out, and Kaymbu refuses to upload it AND won't explain why. Uploading in general takes a VERY long time. There are better apps than Kaymbu.
Incredibly frustrating experience throughout the last school year. There are numerous problems with uploading in batches, such as it just missing photos and not telling you which ones it missed, causing you to have to search through each one to find it and re-upload it. I spent 20 minutes editing a 30 second video of my students to send out, and Kaymbu refuses to upload it AND won't explain why. Uploading in general takes a VERY long time. There are better apps than Kaymbu.
2021-02-03	Je*****	Twice this week I have lost all my drafts and hard work in the app. By logging in today, they're all just gone.. and the ability to copy and paste in the draft area is gone... It's so much more work to manually add all that information! It's not doing teachers any favors removing a vital tool.
Twice this week I have lost all my drafts and hard work in the app. By logging in today, they're all just gone.. and the ability to copy and paste in the draft area is gone... It's so much more work to manually add all that information! It's not doing teachers any favors removing a vital tool.
2021-01-04	Je*****	This app was almost perfect on my mobile phone, then after the last update they took away the ability to copy/paste descriptions in the Drafts area, which saved SO much time, as a teacher using it for a whole class.
This app was almost perfect on my mobile phone, then after the last update they took away the ability to copy/paste descriptions in the Drafts area, which saved SO much time, as a teacher using it for a whole class.
2020-12-22	Sa*****	I have used Kaymbu as the main mode of communication with families of children in my care. It is user friendly as you are able to add anecdotes, as well as documentation captured in photos. It is a great reference point for lesson planning. It also allows one to review an area where a child may need extra support. Families are able to get a glimpse of their child's day, sometimes immediately when applicable. It is a wonderful resource and tool!
I have used Kaymbu as the main mode of communication with families of children in my care. It is user friendly as you are able to add anecdotes, as well as documentation captured in photos. It is a great reference point for lesson planning. It also allows one to review an area where a child may need extra support. Families are able to get a glimpse of their child's day, sometimes immediately when applicable. It is a wonderful resource and tool!
2020-12-17	Ma*****	This app is fabulous! It is an easy and practical tool to handle in class daily. It allows the teacher to be organized, to keep a record of the anecdotes and observations of each student. I have also observed that Kymbu is practical for parents. They can see, every day, from their cell phone or computer, the activities and progress of their children.
This app is fabulous! It is an easy and practical tool to handle in class daily. It allows the teacher to be organized, to keep a record of the anecdotes and observations of each student. I have also observed that Kymbu is practical for parents. They can see, every day, from their cell phone or computer, the activities and progress of their children.
2020-12-17	Ka*****	As a director for an early childhood school, all our classrooms use the Kaymbu app to send pictures to the childrens families. We also use it for our assessments and tagging of photos. The program is easy to use and a great way to communicate with our families. I just wish there was a way to only email the primary parents and not all the contacts when sending out information. Hopefully that will happen in the near future!
As a director for an early childhood school, all our classrooms use the Kaymbu app to send pictures to the childrens families. We also use it for our assessments and tagging of photos. The program is easy to use and a great way to communicate with our families. I just wish there was a way to only email the primary parents and not all the contacts when sending out information. Hopefully that will happen in the near future!