# A babysitting app for the sitting, not the searching

> NannyLog is a babysitting app for sitters who already work with families. Babysitters use it to log meals, bedtime and activities, send parents a short report, keep a record of hours and invoice regular families. It is not a marketplace for finding sitters.

Source: https://nannydaily.com/babysitting-app

Most babysitting apps help you find work. NannyLog helps with the job itself: what the kids ate, when they went to sleep, what you were paid, and a tidy update for the parents when they get home.

## What NannyLog fixes

- **Parents asking “how was bedtime?”:** The answer is already in the log, with times.
- **Regular families, irregular pay:** Track hours and send an invoice instead of rounding in your head.
- **Something happened:** Write an incident report with photos and get the parent’s acknowledgement.
- **Several families:** Keep each family’s children and hours separate.

## Features you’ll use every day

- [Childcare activity log](https://nannydaily.com/features/activity-log) (Free and Premium): NannyLog is a childcare activity log for nannies and babysitters. Meals, naps, diapers, activities, milestones and photos are each a tap or two, timestamped, and visible to the child’s parents in their own app.
- [Daily reports for parents](https://nannydaily.com/features/daily-reports) (Free and Premium): NannyLog turns the day’s logs into a short daily report for the parents. On supported iPhones it can draft the summary with Apple Intelligence on the device, and parents get a push notification when the report is sent.
- [Incident reports](https://nannydaily.com/features/incident-reports) (Free and Premium): NannyLog lets nannies and babysitters document incidents such as falls, bumps or behavior concerns with a severity level, notes and photos. Parents are notified and acknowledge the report in their app, creating a dated record.
- [Hours tracker and clock-in](https://nannydaily.com/features/hours-tracker) (Premium): NannyLog includes a nanny hours tracker. Clock in with one tap when the shift starts, choose which children you are caring for, clock out when you leave, and NannyLog keeps the timesheet and totals for you. Parents can see the same hours.
- [Nanny and babysitter invoices](https://nannydaily.com/features/invoices) (Premium): NannyLog creates nanny and babysitter invoices from tracked hours. Add your payment details once, generate an invoice for a family, and share it as a PDF. Parents can also see invoices in their app.
- [Nanny–parent messaging](https://nannydaily.com/features/parent-messaging) (Free and Premium): NannyLog has built-in messaging between the nanny or babysitter and the child’s parents, so updates, questions and photos stay next to the child’s log instead of in personal text threads.

## NannyLog vs. babysitter marketplaces

Marketplaces such as Care.com, Sittercity and UrbanSitter connect families with sitters and handle booking. NannyLog does something different: once you are working with a family, it is the logbook, report and timesheet for the job. Many sitters use a marketplace to find families and NannyLog to work with them.

## Great for regular sitting gigs

If you sit for the same families every week, NannyLog keeps a history of each family’s children, routines and hours, so you never have to re-learn bedtime rules or reconstruct what you are owed.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can I use NannyLog to find babysitting jobs?

No. NannyLog is not a job board or marketplace. It is the app you use once you are working with a family, for logs, reports, hours and invoices.

### Is there a babysitter report template in NannyLog?

Yes. The daily report is filled in from what you logged (meals, sleep, diapers, activities), and you can add highlights and photos before sending. See our babysitter report guide for what to include.