Childcare by Tadpoles

Name: Childcare by Tadpoles
Rating: 3.2 (68 reviews)
Author: Teaching Strategies, LLC

By: Teaching Strategies, LLC

Education

Features & Capabilities

Tadpoles helps childcare directors and teachers manage their classrooms digitally. Track attendance, naps, meals, potty breaks, and incidents in one place, with an easy Director's Dashboard.

Securely share photos and messages with parents using Tadpoles Pro, giving families peace of mind while you manage daily operations on a subscription basis.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Education Communication Task Management

By:

Teaching Strategies, LLC

Rating:

3.20

(68)

Version:

16.1.14 Last updated: 2026-03-16

Version code:

882350984

Creation date:

2011-05-07

Compatible devices:

Size:

89.04MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-14

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 199,808 ▼ 731

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Developed by:

Teaching Strategies, LLC

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/childcare-by-tadpoles/id434333524

Website:

http://www.tadpoles.com/

User Reviews

Top positives include centralized daily reports, easy attendance and notes, strong lesson planning features, and responsive support, with many educators praising the app for streamlining communication and reducing paperwork. However, frequent crashes and instability, privacy concerns around Google login and facial recognition, syncing and real-time data reliability across devices, messaging glitches, and photo-upload issues significantly impact usability. The app’s dated design and performance problems persist for many users, though some still value its core functionality and hope for major stability and privacy improvements.

Pros

Centralized daily reports and easy parent communication
Easy attendance tracking and notes across multiple children
Robust lesson planning and classroom management features
Responsive customer support
Parents appreciate the app for reducing paperwork and keeping them informed

Cons

Frequent crashes, freezes, and overall instability
Forced Google login and privacy concerns regarding Google accounts
Syncing issues and unreliable real-time updates across devices
Messaging glitches (typing issues, messages not refreshing)
Photo management problems: poor camera quality, inability to upload multiple photos, and facial-recognition tagging misfires

Recent reviews

Just because I use Gmail doesn’t mean that I want Gmail to be linked to this app. The browser website understands this and lets me set whatever password, but the app insist that link my Gmail. No.

by Do*****, 2025-09-25

Only issue I’ve heard from parents is that they wish they could put in notes after drop off, they say the app locks them out from inputting notes right as the child gets checked in by the school

by Lj*****, 2024-10-12

I like the general concept of this app, but it needs a lot of work. The message system glitches every time I try to send a message to a parent. It doesn’t let me see what I’m typing. Also, when trying to tag children in a photo with a certain activity, half the time the activity isn’t there to tag. On children’s daily reports, the font overlaps and you can’t read it sometimes. Lastly, the app should be designed so that every center that uses it has to have real time updates for parents. Otherwise, parents can’t see any info about their child’s activities, meals, diaper changes, etc until the end of the day. This app needs a major update. When will it receive one??