With everything in one place, OWNA helps you create amazing learning opportunities. Give yourself a headstart with:
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Programming & Planning: Curriculum Programming, Daily Routines & Menus
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Portfolios: Children’s goals, daily log, stats & history
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Family communication: show them the program, curriculum & stats for their child
With the OWNA app, you can save time managing educator placement and performance with:
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Compliance: Room Ratios, Responsible Person, Qualifications, First Aid (CPR, A&A), Child Protection, Working Directly with Children Register
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HR Management: Rostering, Timesheets, Payroll integration, Scheduling & Check-In/Out
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Staff Performance: Checklists, Staff Reflections, Inductions & Training.
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Staff Communication: Staff Profiles, Diary, Messageboard & Collaboration Board, Meeting Minutes & Leave Requests
Of course we don’t get into the Early Childhood Education and Care Sector for the money, but it's something we need in order to keep doing the jobs we love. Make accounts and invoicing easier through:
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Payments: CCS, Invoicing, Payroll & Billing (inc. direct debits)
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Reporting: to assist with centre processes
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‘Super User’ admin, for those managing multiple centres
Working collaboratively with families is essential for building your service. With the app, you can increase family engagement through:
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Posting: brighten up their day by posting images, videos & PDFs of their child’s daily activities.
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Messaging: build relationships and answer any queries or concerns parents may have.
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Access: parents are able to see all of their child’s information, and be part of the learning and development process.
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Engagement: Family members can make posts, comments, complete custom forms inc excursion, feedback or goal setting.
Get ready for assessment and rating by getting all of your compliance documents in place, ready to show the assessor. Documents include:
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QIP, Checklists, Reflections, Reports, Portfolios, Staff training and documents etc.
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The ability to create new documents and consolidate them all in one place, allowing for easier assessment.
OWNA Package Comparison
Check out our comprehensive comparison table below to see what features are available for each Package.
Features | Freemium | Premium ($1.49 per child/month*) |
Enterprise ($2.49 per child/month*) |
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Daily Information (Record Food, Milk, Water, Sleep, Nappy Changes & Insect Repellant) | |||
Sunscreen Application | |||
Sleep Check - Interval Alert/Notifications | $ available for purchase | ||
Allergies, Dietary & Other information | |||
Evacuation, Head Count, Practice Fire Drill & Lock Down | |||
Attendance Recording & Attendance History | |||
QIP | |||
Curriculum Programming | |||
Centre Menus | |||
Incident Reports | $ available for purchase | ||
Hazard/Maintenance Log (on App) | $ available for purchase | ||
Risk Assessments | |||
Checklists - Custom centre built | |||
Overdue Checklist Notification Alerts | $ available for purchase | ||
Create Posts - Observations, Follow Up, Learning Stories, Portfolios using Text, Images, Video, Audio) | |||
Posts - Polls for both Educators &/or Staff | $ available for purchase | ||
Posts - Save as Draft | $ available for purchase | ||
Posts - Approval Process | $ available for purchase | ||
Posts - Up to 50 Posts per day | $ available for purchase | ||
Posts - Unlimited Posts per day | $ available for purchase | ||
Pinned Posts & Notification Posts | |||
Post - Custom Centre Created Tags | $ available for purchase | ||
Post Tagging (EYLF & NQS) | |||
Post Tagging - Principles & Practices | $ available for purchase | ||
Post Tagging - Theorists | $ available for purchase | ||
Post Tagging - Developmental Milestones | $ available for purchase | ||
Post Tagging - Kindergarten Outcomes | $ available for purchase | ||
Post Tagging - Eight Aboriginal Ways | $ available for purchase | ||
Post Tagging - My Time Our Place | $ available for purchase | ||
Child's Goals | |||
Upload Immunisation Record (on App) | |||
Children Immunisation Matrix | |||
Illness & Infectious Disease | |||
School Transitioning Report | |||
Visitor Sign in | |||
Unlimited Children | |||
Unlimited Families (up to 10 Guardians per child) | |||
Advertisments | NO ADS | NO ADS | |
Unlimited Posts | $ available for purchase | ||
Excursion Forms (on App) | $ available for purchase | ||
Private Notes regarding Children | $ available for purchase | ||
Medication Report (on App) | $ available for purchase | ||
Casual Bookings for Parents | $ available for purchase | ||
Handover Form for Parents | $ available for purchase | ||
Custom Form Builder - build your own form | $ available for purchase | ||
Parent ability to mark Child as Not Attending | |||
Enrolment Form - can be linked within your website |
Generic form available (One off set up fee. Additional charge for customisation) |
Generic form available (One off set up fee. Additional charge for customisation) |
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Re-Enrolments | |||
In App Waitlists | |||
Waitlist - can be linked within your website |
Generic form available (One off set up fee. Additional charge for customisation) |
Generic form available (One off set up fee. Additional charge for customisation) |
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Newsletters | |||
Parents able to Private Message Staff | |||
Language Variations (currently English, Chinese & Portuguese) | |||
Centre Events Calendar | |||
RSVP for Centre Events | $ available for purchase | ||
Ability to log into Multiple Accounts on one device (Educator & Parent) | |||
Centre Policy Documents - Expiration Alerts / Questions/Quiz for Acknowledgement & Understanding of the Document | |||
Helpful Websites | |||
Staff | |||
Staff Checkin/out & Responsible Person | |||
Staff Rostering (on App) | $ available for purchase | ||
Staff Reflections | |||
Staff Training Register/Matrix | |||
Staff Schedule | |||
Staff Leave Requests | |||
Staff Meetings & Minutes | $ available for purchase | ||
Staff Induction Checklists | |||
Staff Documents (on App) - Expiration Alerts / Questions/Quiz for Acknowledgement & Understanding of the Document | $ available for purchase | ||
Staff Calendar (Educators Only) | |||
Staff Timesheets (On App) | $ available for purchase | ||
Staff Messageboard (On App ) Educators Only | $ available for purchase | ||
Staff Communication Diary (On App) | $ available for purchase | ||
Staff Collaboration Board (On App) | $ available for purchase | ||
Staff/Children Ratio (inc Across the Service Compliance) | |||
Staff Profile | |||
Push Notification | |||
Your Logo on App (two locations) | $ available for purchase | N/A | |
Your Logo, Your Branding, Your App (App created under your own Apple Developer Account) | |||
Tutorial Guides - including FAQ, Walkthrough Videos & PDF guides | |||
Priority Support - Requests escalated in queue | |||
Phone Support | Only Emails | ||
Admin | |||
CCS | |||
Creating Invoices | |||
Billing/Direct Debit | |||
Super User Admin - Ability to toggle between Multiple Centres with One Account | |||
Reporting - Multitude of Reports to assist Centre processes. | |||
Weekly Auto Preview Email/Report | |||
Pay As You Go - NO LOCK IN CONTRACTS! | FREE | ||
Customisation - On Request & within the scope of the product direction as determined | |||
APIs - On Request | Contact Us | ||
Integration to Xero, MYOB etc | $ available for purchase | Limited | |
Integration to Mailchimp | |||
* Minimum Monthly Package Fee | FREE | $ 30.00 | $ 100.00 |
Please be aware that OWNA reserves the rights to change features and prices of any packages at anytime. These changes will be communicated to our customers via email beforehand.
FAQ’s
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1 How do I sign up for OWNA?
Fill out this form and one of our team will be in touch within 72hrs to get you set up.
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2 Are there any extra costs with OWNA?
Absolutely none! Everything you need to run your service, including CCS and payments, for $1.49 per child/month.
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3 What do you mean by ‘all the features’?
OK, we can’t claim to have every single feature, but we know we have more features than any other CCMS provider out there. And we add new features almost every week! By truly listening to our educators, we’re proud to have built the most comprehensive all-in-one CCMS platform for ECEC services.
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4 How long does it take to switch to OWNA?
We can set you up within 24hrs, but as a general rule-of-thumb, we set ourselves a target of two weeks to go live, train up your staff & get your families on the app.
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5 What type of contracts do you have?
All of our contracts are pay-as-you-go. Our goal is to bring you the best value possible, and locking people into contracts really isn’t our thing. Why not try it out? Enquire now
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6 I don’t want to use all of the features. Can I pay a bit less?
Of course! We can set you up with the free app, then allow you to choose your optional extras as you go. Get in touch to see what features are available for purchase