Questions about NannyLog

NannyLog is an iPhone and iPad app for nannies, babysitters and au pairs. It combines a childcare activity log, daily reports for parents, an hours tracker with one-tap clock-in, invoices, incident reports, expenses, a shared calendar and parent messaging. Parents use it free. It is made by J & H Technology LLC.

Yes. NannyLog was previously called Nanny Daily, and nannydaily.com is its official website. The App Store listing is “NannyLog: Reports, Hours & Pay” from J & H Technology LLC.

NannyLog is free to download and free to start. The free plan covers 1 child and up to 10 log entries a day. NannyLog Premium costs $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year and adds unlimited children and logs, hours tracking with clock-in, invoices and arrival check-in. New subscribers get a 7-day free trial. Parents never pay.

Yes. Parents join with an invite code from their nanny or babysitter and see everything shared with them at no cost.

NannyLog is currently available for iPhone and iPad (iOS 15.1 or later) from the App Store.

The nanny invites the parent from Settings → Parents. The parent receives an email with an 8-character code, downloads NannyLog, chooses “I’m a Parent” and enters the code. If the app opened in nanny mode, go to Settings → Switch to Parent Mode, then tap Enter Invite Code.

Nannies, babysitters and au pairs who look after children in a family’s home, and the parents of those children. It is not built for daycare centers or for finding a caregiver.

No. NannyLog does not list jobs or caregivers. It is the app a nanny or babysitter and the family use together once they are working with each other.

Care.com and Sittercity are marketplaces for finding care. NannyLog is for after you have found each other: the caregiver logs the child’s day, sends reports, tracks hours and sends invoices, and the parents follow along in the same app.

Baby tracker apps are usually built for parents logging their own baby. NannyLog is built for the caregiver: the nanny or babysitter records the day, and the parents see it in their own free app, along with reports, messages, hours and invoices.

Optionally. On iPhones that support Apple Intelligence (iOS 26 or later), NannyLog can draft the daily report for you using Apple’s on-device model, so the child’s details are not sent to a third-party AI service to write it. Everything else works without AI.

NannyLog builds a daily report from the meals, naps, diapers and activities you logged during the day. Add highlights and up to five photos, then send it. Parents get a push notification and read it in their free NannyLog app.

Yes. With NannyLog Premium you clock in and out in one tap, set an hourly rate for each family, and turn tracked hours into an invoice you can share as a PDF. Invoiced hours are marked so they are never billed twice.

Meals and bottles, naps, diapers, activities, milestones and photos. Each entry takes a tap or two and is timestamped, and each child has their own timeline.

Yes. Each family keeps its own children, hours and hourly rate, so you can work for several families from one app.

Each child has their own timeline. When you clock in you choose which children you are caring for, and invoices bill each hour once per household rather than once per child.

Create an incident report with a severity level, what happened, what you did and photos. The parents are notified and acknowledge it in their app, which leaves a dated record. In an emergency, call your local emergency number and the parents first.

Yes. Log the expense with a photo of the receipt. The parents approve or reject it in their app and mark it reimbursed when they pay you back.

No. NannyLog creates invoices and keeps the record of hours. Families pay you directly by the method you list on the invoice. For household payroll and tax filing, use a dedicated payroll service or an accountant.

Yes. Au pairs use the same daily log, reports, shared calendar and messaging to keep host parents up to date.

Their child’s activity timeline, daily reports and photos, messages, incident reports, the shared calendar, supply requests and expenses. When the caregiver uses Premium, parents can also see tracked hours and invoices.

Yes. The caregiver invites each parent with their own invite code, and each parent can message the caregiver directly.

Yes. Parents get push notifications for daily reports, new messages and incident reports, and can choose which calendar event types notify them.

No. NannyLog has an optional arrival check-in that shares the caregiver’s location only at the moment they choose to check in. There is no background location tracking.

Yes. Parents can add appointments, school events and playdates for the children they are connected to, and the caregiver sees them in the same calendar.

1 child and 10 log entries a day, plus daily reports, the on-device AI report draft on supported iPhones, incident reports, parent messaging, the shared calendar, expenses and supply requests.

Unlimited children and log entries, the hours tracker with one-tap clock-in, invoices, and arrival check-in. Everything else is free.

Yes. New subscribers get a 7-day free trial through the App Store. Cancel in your Apple ID subscription settings at least 24 hours before it ends and you will not be charged.

Information about a child is visible to the caregivers who look after that child and to the parents the caregiver has connected with an invite code. Receipts and photos are stored privately. NannyLog does not sell personal data.

No. NannyLog has no ads, and it does not sell personal data.

Yes. You can start as a guest and add an email and password later from Settings to secure your account. Your data carries over. We recommend securing your account so you can sign in on a new phone.

Open Settings in the app and choose Delete Account. This permanently removes your account and your NannyLog data.

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