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An app for working parents

Plan school and childcare pickups around your working hours.

Add your work hours, childcare times, travel time and who does drop-off and pickup. WeekBuffer shows timing clashes and gaps in care, so you can check a different arrangement.

Check one day for free

Enter the times for one child and one day. No account or card.

See how it works
A parent meeting their child and partner after work.
WeekBufferDemo data

Use your work hours, or connect Google Calendar in your account.

Example: collecting your child after work

TUE · 29 SEPT

  • Pickup · Your child

    You · Accepted

    By 18:00

WORK · BUSY UNTIL 17:30

Travel + buffer: 35 minutes

18:05expected arrival

5 minutes too late

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Product preview · fictional family

How WeekBuffer works

  1. 01

    Add your arrangements

    Work hours, childcare times, travel and who does drop-off and pickup.

    Leave work 17:30 · collect by 18:00

  2. 02

    See what does not fit

    WeekBuffer checks the times together and shows gaps and missing answers.

    35-minute journey → 5 minutes too late

  3. 03

    Check a different arrangement

    Try leaving earlier or another adult. Timing and their agreement stay separate.

    Another adult arrives 17:50 · needs to confirm

Returning to work Already working

TRY ONE PICKUP

Your times in. A clear next step out.

Fictional family: Alex and Sam are parents; Riley is their child. Nothing saved or sent.

Riley’s week

Tue · pickup by 18:00

You add

Alex leaves work
17:30
Travel + extra time
35 min
Collect Riley by
18:00

WeekBuffer shows

  1. Alex leaves work
  2. Pickup deadline
  3. Alex arrives

Timing conflict

5 minutes too late

Arrive at 18:05. Alex needs to leave by 17:25, or try another adult.

Try a different arrangement
See the timing calculation

17:30 + 25 minutes travelling + 10 extra minutes = 18:05. The extra time includes parking and walking in. Only this pickup is checked.

See the other sample days

That was one example. Check your own work, care and pickup times.

Check my own day for free

One day is a start. Your family has a whole week.

Save each child’s care, journeys and responsibilities. See which arrangements need a new plan or an answer.

Example saved week · pickupsDemo data
Fictional family: parents Alex and Sam; Riley at nursery, Noa at school. Pickup times are illustrative. Nothing is saved or sent.

  1. Monday

    Riley · nursery · by 18:00
    Alex · 17:40
    Noa · school care · by 17:30
    Sam · 17:10

    Both pickups accepted

  2. Tuesday

    Riley · nursery · by 18:00
    Alex · 18:05
    Noa · school care · by 17:30
    Sam · 17:10

    Riley: 5 minutes too late

  3. Wednesday

    Riley · nursery · by 18:00
    Sam · 17:50
    Noa · school care · by 17:30
    Alex · 17:15

    Sam still needs to confirm

  4. Thursday

    Riley · nursery · by 18:00
    Alex · 17:40
    Noa · school care · by 17:30
    Sam · 17:10

    Both pickups accepted

  5. Friday

    Riley · nursery · by 18:00
    Alex · 17:40
    Noa · school care · by 16:00
    Unassigned · by 16:00

    School care ends early

Next to arrange: who can collect Noa by 16:00 on Friday? A free day check covers one child; the saved family plan keeps each child’s arrangements separate.

Keep the calendar you already use.

  1. Google Calendar
    Provides your busy times.
  2. You
    Add the childcare arrangements.
  3. WeekBuffer
    Checks them together.

Connect selected calendars in your account, or enter work hours yourself. The free day check uses only your answers, with no calendar connection. Synced times do not confirm a pickup or tell us that a meeting is running late.

Calendar data and privacy

ONE HOUSEHOLD. PARTNER INCLUDED.

One WeekBuffer. Choose monthly or yearly.

Same features. All your children. Your partner included.

Paid purchases are not open yet. Free checks, account setup and limited previews are available now.

Fixed prices. Currency does not change tax location.

Choose any supported currency.

Same paid features

Yearly

€59/ year

Full yearly amount paid upfront.

Equivalent to €4.92 / month. Save 18% compared with 12 monthly payments.

Renews automatically until cancelled.

Create an account and preview · yearly

Included with paid access — monthly or yearly

  • Save the whole family week: each child, care place and pickup
  • Full results using your inputs and selected, synced Google Calendar busy times
  • Timing gaps and unconfirmed pickups
  • Compare changes before applying them, and keep planning each week
Explore the included tools

Today, My week, care-gap forecasts, What-if scenarios, practice Dry Runs and the included 90-day Return Journey.

Full results need paid access. Free setup includes a limited preview.

Optional Google Calendar connection is available in your account. Choose which calendars to sync, or enter work hours yourself.

Start with a free day check

One child. One day. Your entered times, with no calendar connection. One finding, a next step and free corrections. No account or card.

Check one day for free

Cancel future renewals in Billing settings. Access, including Return Journey, continues through the paid period.

Available markets: US, EU and Australia. UK launch is not available yet; choosing GBP does not change eligibility.

EUR prices include applicable VAT. Final tax and total are shown before payment.

Try the sample plan

A few quick answers

How is this different from a shared calendar?

A calendar shows events. WeekBuffer checks whether work, travel and care fit together, and keeps an available adult separate from an accepted pickup.

Why use it after the first setup?

Keep your routine. Update what changed, compare another arrangement and see which responsibilities still need an answer.

Do I need a partner or a connected calendar?

No. Enter work hours yourself, or optionally connect Google Calendar in your account and choose calendars to sync. A partner can join later. The free day check uses only the answers you enter.

More questions and answers

Your family plan. Your private life.

Privacy details

Check busy times without bringing private meeting details into the family plan. Helpers see only their task.

What calendar data is used?
Who can see what?

Your partner sees shared responsibilities and when you are busy. A helper’s private link shows the specific task, not your whole family plan. A parent’s phone record remains separate from the helper’s own reply.

The free day check needs no names or exact addresses. Family and calendar data are never sold or used for advertising. Optional analytics and marketing stay off unless you permit them.

Checks use entered details and selected, synced calendars. Missing or outdated information stays visible; a successful sync does not guarantee a complete plan.

MORE LIFE IN YOUR WEEK.

See how your own day fits.

Check one day for free

Enter the times for one child and one day. No account or card.