There’s nothing better than hearing from parents and schools about how GoKid is changing their lives by making their schedules just a little less hectic. As a parent, I know how difficult it can be to meet your children’s needs while also balancing the demands of work and life. That’s why I’m thrilled to see that my idea is helping families each and every day.
But GoKid wouldn’t be the same without you. This app is for you, the parents and your feedback has shaped and improved the app. I love hearing about how the app’s working, but I also love receiving feedback on how we could improve. We’re here, we’re listening, and we want to make GoKid the best it can be. Here are just a few ways that your feedback has contributed to GoKid.
TeamSnap Integration
Many of you reached out to share the fact that your kids were enrolled in team sports, and setting up carpools with other teammates’ parents would help. We thought that was a great idea, so we worked with TeamSnap to solve that problem. Thanks to our new integration with TeamSnap, you can pull team rosters and event schedules into GoKid. This makes it easy to set up carpools to make sure your kids can get to every game and every practice. This integration is out on iOS now and is coming to Android next.
Carpool Notes
We heard from a number of parents who requested the ability to make notes on carpools or to message the carpool group. Thanks to your feedback, we realized we needed to prioritize this feature, and we’re pleased to announce that this feature will be available later this spring.
GoKid for Android
Tons of you reached out to ask for GoKid for Android. Though we had a mobile website for Android users, it was important to hear firsthand just how many people wanted a native Android app. We’re delighted to announce that GoKid for Android will be released in April!
GoKid Connect for Schools
Every week we hear from schools that ask us to help them solve their traffic issues with carpooling. It can be difficult to set up school carpools, though, if you don’t know which classmates live nearby. We heard what the schools were saying, and that’s why we created GoKid Connect just for schools. We’re actively working on improving GoKid Connect so that it becomes an even more useful tool that can help solve school traffic congestion.
Feature Feedback
We often receive requests for new features, but some of the most helpful feedback has been about our existing features. We’ve received suggestions about how we can make our current features work even better, and we continuously work to improve GoKid based on your suggestions.
We appreciate everyone’s honest feedback about what new features you want to see, as well as if some things aren’t working for you as well as they could be. It’s this valuable feedback that helps us to improve the app, as well as to prioritize what features are most useful.
Let us know how GoKid is working for you by contacting us at contact@gokid.mobi or filling out this 5-question survey.
Yours, Stefanie Lemcke
