--- description: Review of KidKare Accounting Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: KidKare Accounting | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Accounting Software](/directory/4220/accounting/software) > [KidKare Accounting](/software/398093/kidkare-accounting) # KidKare Accounting Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/398093/kidkare-accounting Page: 1 / 7\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/398093/kidkare-accounting?page=2) > KidKare Accounting offers comprehensive features designed specifically for daycare providers; KidKare Accounting streamlines your daycare financial management, saving you time and effort, so you can focus on what you do best - providing quality care to children. KidKare Accounting also includes ePay, a secure and convenient online payment processing feature. Say goodbye to paper checks and endless trips to the bank. With ePay, parents can easily make payments online, and you can track and manage payments seamlessly, reducing administrative overhead and improving cash flow. Managing expenses for your daycare has never been easier with KidKare Accounting. The software allows you to track and categorize expenses effortlessly, providing you with a clear overview of your daycare's financial health. You can easily generate expense reports, making it simple to monitor spending and stay on top of your budget. Another time-saving feature of KidKare Accounting is the automated invoice process for parents. Say goodbye to the headache of manual invoicing and tracking payments. KidKare Accounting generates professional invoices automatically and sends them to parents, allowing them to pay online, which simplifies the payment process and improves cash flow. KidKare Accounting also provides robust reporting capabilities for tax purposes. With its comprehensive reporting features, you can generate detailed financial reports that can be used for tax filing, making tax time a breeze. You can easily track income, expenses, and deductions, ensuring accurate tax reporting and reducing the risk of errors. > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 132 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 132 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Minute Menu Systems - **Location**: Richardson, US - **Founded**: 1993 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$99.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial) - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Chromebook (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Billing & Invoicing - Credit Card Processing - Customisable Branding - Expense Tracking - Financial Management - Financial Reporting - Invoice Creation - Invoice History - Mobile Access - Online Invoicing - Payment Processing - Receipt Management - Recurring/Subscription Billing - Reminders - Tax Management - Workflow Management ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Chat ## Category - [Accounting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4220/accounting/software) ## Related Categories - [Accounting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4220/accounting/software) - [Billing and Invoicing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/263/billing-invoicing-software/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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I could deal with this if I actually got paid. My parents are set up for auto pay and I pay the transaction fee for them. This is the second time that the KidKare/Epay system had a "problem" and no auto payments went through so I did not get paid. With a holiday this week, I probably will not get paid until next Monday. This is unacceptable. I will be switching back to Brightwheel. They were never late, had a faster turnaroud time, and I never had an issue with getting paid. I was assured this is very rare but I don't believe that. And they make it out to be so easy to fix by parents sending checks or clicking autopay which takes time for all of us. > > Entering Meals and Expenses, great. Payment system, is horrible. They do nothing to help fix the problem. ----- ### "KidKare Experience" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *11 December 2018* | Political Organisation | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The ease of getting all meals in as they populate with little to none difficulty. The meals posted help me when doing my grocery shopping. > > **Cons**: Not being able to see an itemized list of the amount I am paid for each meal. This would help me when setting my budget and itemizing my tax return. > > My overall experience is great, no complaints. It is much better than the old way of hand written menu's. It saves much time for me to do more things with the children. ----- ### "Someone is making money hand over fist with this software and problems are still not being fixed." — 1.0/5 > **Julie** | *4 January 2018* > > **Pros**: I like that it is a web-based program so it is accessible from any device when it is working correctly. > > **Cons**: Accounting stuff never migrated over from Minute Menu when I was told it would. I don't trust that the program is adding up all my reports correctly so there fore I have to put extra time in entering it all into a program that is trust worthy. I have never been so scared to print reports for taxes as I am this year and I have been in the business for 15 plus years. When you do run reports it is 30 pages long when in Minute Menu it was at least half that. Consistently bumping me out and making me log back in every time I leave it sit idle for a little bit. Can not enter 2017 invoices or expenses after December 31, 2017. It will not let you change the date to a date in the previous year. Print button for reports is not available in all web browser. When you do get a report to print it prints a message on the top of the report about some kind of discrimination-which does not pertain to any report in KK. The program assumes when a child turns 5 years old that they are in school, which indeed they are not. So then we get disallowed meals because we claim them for all meals during the day. If you don't go back into child information and change it you are not being paid correctly from your food program. Never had to double check all of this stuff in Minute Menu. Can't run emergency numbers/pickup reports to have sitting by our phone like you could in Minute Menu. You get a spinning wheel many times when trying to enter things. No choice but to log out and come back in w/ problems ----- ### "Convenient and easy." — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *8 December 2018* | Religious Institutions | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy to use for tracking information on kids in childcare. > > **Cons**: Different data reports in the same screen setting. > > Utlizing KidKare has allowed me to cut down on paper usage. It keeps all theinformation needed on each child in once place for easy access. ----- ### "Accounting" — 5.0/5 > **Gloria** | *29 June 2018* | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The accounting. I use the invoices. love the email and payment on line. My parents rely like that they can pay in line. > > **Cons**: The reports are hard to navigate sometimes. and sometimes they have the ring totals. The check in and out has to meany steps. > > Accounting ----- Page: 1 / 7\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/398093/kidkare-accounting?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/398093/kidkare-accounting) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data