CheckInSquad: know everyone made it home safely

What's inside

Thoughtfully designed around what families actually need.

We studied thousands of reviews of popular family apps. Every feature below solves a real problem families told us about.

Kid home screen with the I'm home button

3:42 PM. Jalen drops his backpack and taps I'm home. Mom's phone buzzes at work: "Jalen is home, 3:42 PM, at home."

Check-ins

One tap. No tracking.

Your kid gets home from school and taps I'm home. You're at work and your phone says "Jalen is home, 3:42 PM." If they haven't tapped by the time you expect, both parents get a nudge.

Location is read once, at the tap, and compared to your home radius. Nothing runs in the background, so no battery drain and nothing to sell.
Outside the radius or weak signal? The tap is still saved, just flagged "location unconfirmed." We never block an honest check-in.
Offline? It queues on the phone and sends later with the original time.

Jalen tapped Done on the trash. It lands in Mom's "Needs your OK." One tap to approve, and tomorrow's is already waiting.

Chores

Assign. Done. Approved.

Assign the trash to Jalen, every day, 5 points. He taps Done, snaps a photo if you want proof, and it lands in your "Needs your OK." Approve it and tomorrow's is already waiting. Send it back with a note if the job's not done.

Points add up on a 30-day scoreboard the kids can see.
Kids only see their own chores. Parents see everything.
No allowance bank you have to pay for. Chores are free on every plan.

Calendar with daycare pickup, appointment and game

4:30 PM: "Pickup in 60 min: Daycare pickup." 5:00: again. 5:32, Dad taps Got them and Mom sees it.

Calendar + reminders

The 5:30 pickup never gets missed.

Set the daycare pickup once, weekdays at 5:30, assigned to you. You get a push at 4:30 and 5:00. When you've got them, tap Got them and the other parent sees it. If nobody taps by 5:40, both parents get pinged.

Pickups, appointments, daily routines, and expected-home times, each with its own heads-up lead time. Grandma gets a Done button, and you get pinged if she doesn't tap it.
Anyone in the family can add to the calendar: "Mavericks game Friday 7pm, American Airlines Center."
Every push also lands in the in-app inbox, and there's a "test my notifications" button. Notifications that quietly fail are one of the most common frustrations with family apps, so we built in a way to check.

Everyone chat for a family. Off by default for a company. Announcements always get through either way.

Chat + announcements

You decide who talks to whom.

A family wants one room where everybody talks. A call center owner doesn't want 150 agents in a group chat. Both are one switch. Announcements always get through, even with every chat off.

Everyone chat, team chat, and direct messages are each a switch. "Only up the chain" means staff message you, not each other.
A supervisor's announcement reaches their team. The owner's reaches everyone, or supervisors only, or one team, or hand-picked people.
Read receipts on every announcement: you see who read it and who didn't.

Elena the chef, three visits this week, all on time. Luis flagged once, his tap came from the street, not the yard.

Household staff

Your chef, trainer and landscaper. Punctual and on record.

Give each worker a schedule: chef Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 4. They check in on their own phone when they arrive, within your home radius. Hours total themselves. You get an on-time report per visit: on time, late by 12 minutes, left early, no-show.

Staff never see the family's feed, chores, or calendar. They see their own schedule and message you.
Flip one switch to let a specific worker talk to a specific family member.
Household staff get their own role, with access limited to what they need.

Crew announcements with an open shift claimed

Dwayne posts the Houston run at 6:10 AM. Carlos taps I'll take it at 6:14. Done, and everybody else knows it's gone.

Crews

Fill open shifts in minutes.

Post the Dallas to Houston run as an open shift. Every driver's phone buzzes. Carlos taps I'll take it and it's his, or you approve the taker first, your call. The same tool works for hiring notices and announcements such as "Safety meeting Friday morning."

Drivers clock in by location. A cracked mirror gets photographed and sent as a damage report straight to you, time-stamped.
Time-off requests route to the driver's supervisor, not every manager.
$29 flat for 50 people. The per-seat apps charge that for 30 users and climb from there, and none of them have a real inspection photo flow without hardware.

Company people screen with owner, supervisors, and agents

Priya owns it. Andre and Megan lead teams. Andre's announcement reaches his six agents, nobody else.

Companies

Built around your real organization.

Owner at the top. Team leads with agents under them. A team lead's announcement reaches their agents. Yours reaches the whole floor, or just the leads ("Q4 schedules due Friday"), or the picnic invite to everyone with families welcome.

Group chat off by default for companies. Agents still get every announcement aimed at them.
Vacation and sick calls go to the direct supervisor, with approve and deny buttons.
$99 flat for 200 people. Removed seats stop billing the same day. Cancel from inside the app in one tap.

One app, five ways

Choose your group type. You can adjust every setting later.

A family, a house with staff, a crew of drivers, a company with supervisors and teams, or the whole family tree at reunion time. Same engine underneath. The owner can flip every switch later: who can chat, who can send announcements, who sees what.

Up to 9 people

Family

One flat price for the whole family. 14-day free trial. See pricing

Kids tap I'm home, you get the time at work
Chores with Done, photo, and parent approval
Daycare pickup pings 60 and 30 min ahead, both parents if nobody taps Got them
Shared calendar, family chat, both parents equal
Kids sign in with a PIN, and the app locks behind it. so if a phone is lost or borrowed, your family's information stays private

Mom, dad, kids, grandma, the co-parent across town.

See the Family plan Coming soon

Up to 20 people

Household

One flat price for the house. 14-day free trial. See pricing

Family circle plus a Staff circle in one house
Chef, trainer, cleaner, lawn care get a schedule and check in by location on their own phone
Hours add up automatically, on-time report per visit
Staff message you only, never each other, unless you say so

Your family plus the people who work at your house.

See the Household plan Coming soon

Up to 50 people

Crew

One flat price for the whole crew. 14-day free trial. See pricing

Clock in by location, flagged not blocked when signal is weak
Damage reports with photos go straight to you
Open shift board: post the overtime, first tap takes it
Hiring and safety announcements with read receipts

Trucking, apartment complexes, contractors, cleaning crews.

See the Crew plan Coming soon

Up to 200 people

Company

One flat price for the whole company. 14-day free trial. See pricing

Supervisors with teams under them, nested as deep as you need
A supervisor's announcement reaches their team. Yours reaches whoever you pick
Group chat off, announcements still get through
Time off and sick calls route to the right supervisor

Call centers, offices, warehouses, clinics.

See the Company plan Coming soon

Unlimited parents

Team

$49 for the season, every parent free. Little League, travel ball, rec soccer. See pricing

Practices and games, with a reminder an hour ahead
Kids tap I'm here when they get to the field
Nobody left at the field: pickup pings both parents
Final score to every phone after the game
Sign-up sheet for snacks and volunteers
Team fees paid straight to the coach

Coaches, assistants, players, and every parent.

See the Team plan Coming soon

Unlimited people

Reunion

$49 a year, unlimited people. Family, class, or church: pick when you set it up. See pricing

Dates, the place, and a countdown on everyone's phone
The wall: photos, comments, discussions
Votes on next year's city, a suggestion box
Sign-up sheet for who's bringing what
Dues tracker that pays the organizer directly
A family tree that draws itself

The whole family tree, once a year, one link.

See the Reunion plan Coming soon

Why people switch

Them vs. us.

Based on real reviews of popular family, location and time-clock apps.

THEM: paywall bait and switch

The most popular family calendar locked its free plan to 30 days of history and dropped to 2 stars. Location apps cap you at two places, then nag.

US: one price, the whole family

$3.99 a month covers one parent or two and every kid you have. Nothing gets locked later. We never take a feature away.

THEM: 24/7 tracking, dead batteries, sold data

The big family tracker warns about battery drain in its own listing, sold precise location data to brokers, and teens trade tricks to beat it.

US: location at the tap only

No trail exists. We store a yes/no "within range" and a distance. Nothing to sell, nothing to drain.

THEM: notifications that silently die

One app's own support page says to reinstall when pushes stop. Others spam 45 alerts when someone opens the app.

US: inbox plus a test button

Every push also lands in your inbox. Tap "test my notifications" any time and see it arrive.

THEM: everyone can delete everything

Most family apps have no roles. Kids sign in with the shared family password and can erase the calendar.

US: owner, supervisor, member

Both parents are owners. Kids are members with their own PIN. Staff see only their own schedule.

THEM: per-seat pricing surprises

"$29" turns into $87 once each module bills separately. Some raise prices 80 percent at renewal and bill you for people who quit.

US: one flat number per plan

Family, Household, Crew, Company. The price on this page is the price. Removed seats stop the same day.

THEM: punches lost, workers blocked

Time clocks block clock-in on weak signal or drop offline punches, and people get short paychecks.

US: never lose a punch

Weak GPS is accepted and flagged for you to look at. Offline taps queue and sync with the original time.

Pricing

Flat. Published. Never per seat.

Yearly is two months free. The 14-day free trial is on the monthly plan, no card needed. Pick yearly and it starts and bills the same day, no trial. Cancel any time, and you keep the plan until the day you have already paid through.

Every kid included

Family

$3.99/mo

or $39 a year, billed today, no trial. One parent or two.

Up to 9 people

I'm home check-ins
Chores with approval + points
Pickups, appointments, daily routines
Family calendar + chat
Two co-owner parents

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Household

$9.99/mo

or $99 a year, billed today, no trial

Up to 20 people

Everything in Family
Staff circle with schedules
Proximity check-in on their phone
Hours + on-time report
Staff message you only

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Crew

$29/mo

or $290 a year, billed today, no trial

Up to 50 people

Everything in Household
Open shift board, I'll take it
Damage reports with photos
Requests routed to supervisor
Hiring + safety announcements

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Company

$99/mo

or $990 a year, billed today, no trial

Up to 200 people

Everything in Crew
Nested supervisors and teams
Audience-picked announcements
Group chat off, announcements on
Read receipts on everything

Coming soonSubscribe now

Once a year

Reunion

$49/yr

one payment up front, unlimited people

Family, class, or church

Dates, place, countdown
The wall for photos and talk
Votes + suggestion box
Sign-up sheet, dues tracker
Directory + family tree

Coming soonSee everything it does · Class reunions · Church homecomings

Whole season

Team

$49/yr

one payment for the season, every parent free

Unlimited parents

Schedule, games, practices
Are you coming? asked an hour out
Ride board for carpools
Rained out? one tap tells everyone
Final score to every phone

Coming soonSee everything it does

The promise: the price on this page is the price inside your plan's seat limit. No modules billed separately, no minimum spend, no charge for people who left. And your data exports in one tap, always.

Questions

Straight answers.

Does it track my kids?

No. There is no background location at all. When someone taps a check-in button the phone shares its position once, we compare it to your home radius, and we keep a yes/no plus the distance. No map, no history, no trail. Teens don't fight it because there's nothing to fight.

What happens if my kid loses the phone?

Nothing gets out. Kids sign in with a PIN, and the app locks behind that PIN every time it is opened and after five minutes away. Chat, calendar, check-ins, and the vault stay closed. Unlike text messages, nobody can read it without the PIN.

Do kids need an email or a phone number?

No. A parent adds them by first name and gives them a PIN. They sign in with the family's 6-letter code, their name, and the PIN. Nothing about a child is collected beyond that.

I'm a single parent with four kids. What does it cost me?

$3.99 a month, same as a two-parent family. Every kid is included, there is no per-kid charge, and the first 14 days are free.

Can I keep my kid's baseball team separate from my family?

Yes. One login, two groups. Create a Team group for the Little League and a Family group for home. The team parents never see your family, and your family never sees the roster. Each group has its own plan: the team pays $49 for the season, your family pays $3.99 a month. Switch between them under More.

Can it remind Grandma about her morning routine?

Yes. Add a routine for the time of day, assigned to her. She gets a nudge with a Done button, and if she doesn't tap it, the owners get pinged.

Can both parents have the same power?

Yes. Make your co-parent an owner. Owners see everything, create everything, and flip every switch. Most family apps have no roles at all, so anyone, including the kids, can delete anything.

What if the phone has no signal when someone checks in?

The tap is saved anyway. Weak or missing GPS gets flagged "location unconfirmed" so you can see it. If the phone is offline, the tap queues and sends when it's back, with the original time. We never block an honest check-in.

Can I turn off group chat for my employees but still send announcements?

Yes, that's one switch. Company plans start with group chat off. Announcements always get through. Direct messages can be "anyone," "only up the chain," or off.

How do open shifts work?

Post the shift as an announcement. Everyone you aimed it at gets a push. The first person to tap "I'll take it" gets it, or you can require your approval first. You see who took it and when.

Does it work on an iPhone?

Yes. CheckInSquad is not in the App Store, and it does not need to be. On an iPhone, open checkinsquad.com/app in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. It gets its own icon and works like an app, notifications included (iOS 16.4 or newer). An iPhone and an Android phone can be in the same family.

Is there an app to download?

Not yet. The Android app is in testing and is coming to Google Play soon, so there is nothing to download today and nothing you need to wait for either. CheckInSquad runs in your browser right now, on iPhone and Android, and everything works: check-ins, chores, the calendar, chat. Notifications work on Android right away, and on iPhone once you add it to your home screen.

Can I get my data out?

Any time. Owners have a one-tap export of everything in the group as a file. We built that first because one of the most popular chore apps shut down with families' data trapped inside.

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