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Winnie
Find childcare and connect with local parents
As of 30 August 2026, Winnie is free to use. Winnie is a platform that helps parents find and review childcare options including daycare, preschools, and nannies. Softwr lists it under Parenting. Winnie is made by Winnie, Inc., launched in 2016, available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What Winnie does
Winnie is a platform that helps parents find and review childcare options including daycare, preschools, and nannies. It also provides a community forum for local parents to share advice, ask questions, and connect with families in their neighborhood.
What people use it for
- Finding daycare
- Searching preschools
- Connecting with parents
- Childcare reviews
Related searches
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Winnie.
- Winnie is a free consumer directory covering over 250,000 licensed child care providers rather than a paid service; its own App Store description states the search and contact features are free, with no subscription tier disclosed.
Cross-shopped
What people choose instead of Winnie
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Pricing
What Winnie costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Childcare search
- Provider reviews
- Parent community
- Local recommendations
- Saved searches
Capabilities
Features
Daycare search
Preschool finder
Provider reviews
Waitlist management
Parent community
Local Q&A
Nanny search
Activity recommendations
Profile verification
Profile verification security feature
Privacy controls
Privacy controls security feature
Cloud deployment
Supports cloud deployment
Web support
Available on web
Behind it
Who makes Winnie
- Company
- Winnie, Inc.
- Based in
- San Francisco, CA
Keep looking
Where to go from Winnie
- Winnie alternativesEvery product people weigh against it
- Winnie pricingPlans, floors and what the tiers exclude
- Winnie badgesWhich rules it meets, and the figure behind each
- All Parenting softwareThe full category
- Best Parenting softwareThe shortlist, and how it was cut
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- Greenlight
- Apple Screen Time
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- HiMama
- UrbanSitter
- Care.com
- Peanut
- Find My Kids
- Messenger Kids
- Artkive
- What to Expect
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- Mydoh
- RoosterMoney
- Baby Tracker - Newborn Log
- UrbanSitter
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