Parent vs OWNA

Lillio

Procare Solutions

Storypark

Xplor Education

ACADEMIA ERP / SIS

Kinder m8

Compare Parent and OWNA based on features, pricing, verified reviews, integrations & more on GetApp. Find out which software is best for your business in 2026.

Lillio is a cloud-based solution for parent communication, digital daily reports generation, and educational documentation in daycare, child care and preschool classrooms.

Procare Solutions is a cloud-based childcare management software that simplifies administrative tasks and enables contactless check-in/out, integrated tuition collection, business management, and more.

Academia ERP software for schools, colleges, universities, and training institutes. It comes with 30+ modules that assist the academic and administrative staff in managing, monitoring, and administering all the operations in an institute. Includes - admissions, attendance, examination, MIS, etc.

Simplify childcare with Parent: in-app payments, messaging, planning & more. All in one easy app that saves time and boosts family engagement.

Activity Dashboard

Activity Tracking

Admissions Management

Alerts/Notifications

Assessment Management

Attendance Management

Attendance Tracking

Billing & Invoicing

Bookstore Management

Calendar Management

Class Registration

Class Scheduling

Communication Management

Communications Management

Contact Database

Credit Card Processing

Curriculum Management

Customer Accounts

Customizable Forms

Customizable Reports

Daily Reports

Data Import/Export

Data Security

Document Management

Document Storage

Electronic Payments

Employee Management

Enrollment Confirmation

Enrollments/Onboarding

Event Calendar

Facility Management

Faculty/Staff Management

Financial Management

Housing Management

Immunization & Allergy Tracking

Learning Management

Library Management

Meal/Nutrition Management

Milestone Tracking

Mobile Access

Multi-Location

Online Calendar

Online Payments

Online Registration

Parent Portal

Parent/Student Portal

Payment Processing

Progress Reports

Real-Time Reporting

Records Management

Registration Management

Reminders

Reporting & Statistics

Reporting/Analytics

Role-Based Permissions

Scheduling

Self Service Portal

Student Information/Records

Student Management

Third-Party Integrations

Wait List Management

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Owner 

Parent is very easy to access we use it daily and the transition from a different app to parent was super easy the team at parent are very supportive and available to communicate with them anytime.

Principal 

Customer support is amazing. Friendly efficient feedback and the software does what it’s supposed to do.

Management/ teacher 

It is easy, handy and awesome way to go paperless on passing out documents to the parents. I find the support team is very helpful.

Assistant Director

Our experience with Parent has been successful, as we saw its full benefit during the COVID years.

Nursery principal 

All the features on the app are focused on early years education and is super easy to use.

Marketing Manager

We have saved so much of our budget from not having to print so much and now we can use that budget esle where. The app is definately worth it.

It is still beeing developed and minor defects have to be sorted out.

I absolutely love the inspirations library; it makes it so fast and easy to prepare activities and serves as a database for all our activities that we can easily find and use again.

Head of Early Years

They will always respond to any queries that we have and action immediately. I have used a range of apps for Early Years and Parent App is by far the most user friendly and effective.

Administrative Supervisor

The convenience of tracking children progress and status at ease.

Branch Manager

The application truly stands out for its simplicity and effectiveness.

Pædagogisk assistent/Kindergarten teacher 

It's easy to use and has a lot of possibilities and the opportunity to costumize.

It's simplicity and ease of use not only for our Early Years Educators but for our parents too.

Manager

It’s nursery /parent application so if the parent  don’t use it correctly  and doesn’t coordinate with us ,I think we will have lack on this apo.

Broken down many times and gave us trouble signing in many times.

Nursery Manager

Cause while creating the event calendar multiple messages goes to parents which sometimes annoys them.

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Freelancers

Large Enterprises

Mid Size Business

Small Business

Xplor Education streamlines childcare operations with digital tools for admin, billing, attendance, and parent communication—trusted by centers across Australia.

Storypark is a comprehensive child care management solution. It has everything you need to manage your service — strengthen learning and engagement, reduce admin, support compliance and boost occupancy.

Kinder M8 is an All-In-One Childcare Management Platform based in Australia. Our software helps educators and staff streamline their daily tasks by providing them with checklists, online booking, payment processing, and more.

Simplifying Childcare Management with Australia's only true All-In-One Child Care Management Software. Backed by continuous innovation and genuine customer support, over 3,000 centres love using OWNA! Why not join them?

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OWNA

Director

Overall we are happy with OWNA. It has been pretty easy to use and if we need any help or have any questions, there is help available.

The best part about OWNA is the customer service which is amazing, I always get a quick response and they take all feedback on board to create a great product.

I love this service overall with a few slight changes I think this is on of the best, user friendly softwares I have used.

It is very easy to follow and I absolutely love the team at OWNA...with all there help throughout. I would recommend this product to so many people and the staff love it also.

Its cost effective, everything is so customisable, its so easy to use for admin, educators and families. They also have amazing customer service and frequent training sessions and tutorials.

Sustainable practices are adhered to by not having any paper copies required. An awesome software product for our industry.

I love this software as it helps me run the day to day care for the children and families. It has all the things you need in one place.

Area Manager

I would definitely recommend this software. I like the fact that any bug fixes or suggestions are responded to in a timely fashion and that the support team are polite and knowledgeable.

Area manager 

The app is very user friendly and new features are always being added. The support team are fantastic and are very quick to respond to all questions and queries.

Approved Provider

Our centre loves the transparency of the app, families love it, we are able to provide enhanced programming cycle compared to all other apps on the market.

Nominated supervisor

My experience has been very positive. I have used several digital platforms and this is by far the best platform for programming i have used so far.

Managing Director

We signed up for the Premium Plus + but were disappointed that you are unable to commit to the customisation of app etc and had to downgrade us to Premium due to being "busy.

Very easy to useGreat Tutorials and customer service and great pricing.

It also can be frustrating at times when the server is down as it really impacts our day especially if the educators have programming time.

It has been difficult getting to know how to use the software.

Company Director

Horror tool for managing billing, charging parents and direct debit is extremely cumbersome, tedious taking my time away from working on my business and spending more time in my business.

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