AuPairSync
Au pair hours, plans and tasks
Free · In‑App Purchases
Working hours counted against the agreed limits, pick-ups and hand-overs, tasks, shopping and meals. Parents and au pair share one family plan, in seven languages.
AuPairSync is the shared plan for a host family and their au pair. Parents and the au pair join the same family, and each of them gets their own view of it: who has the kids when, who does the pick-up, what still needs doing, and how many working hours are left this week.
Working hours, counted for you
• The au pair starts and ends a shift with one tap, or fills in a day later
• Each week is submitted and the family confirms it, so both sides see the same total
• The app counts against the hours you agreed and against the program limits: 45 h a week and 10 h a day for US J-1 au pairs, 30 h and 10 h for US EduCare, 30 h and 6 h in Germany
• Every change to the agreed hours is visible to the au pair
Schedules, pick-ups and hand-overs
• One family calendar for school, activities, routines and time off
• Every hand-over shows who drops off and who picks up
• Someone outside the family can take over a pick-up. Parents set it in the event details, au pairs ask for it in the app, and it can be undone
Everyday things
• Tasks and chores, checked off with a photo
• A shared shopping list. Type into "Ask or add something" and the items go on the list, several per line
• A weekly meal plan
• Messages and announcements for the whole family
• Babysitting requests, time off, pocket money and expenses
• Child profiles with allergies, medication and emergency contacts, plus an optional care log
Built for both roles
• Parents see on the Dashboard what needs them today
• The au pair knows the day's plan before the kids wake up
• Seven languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese and Chinese. Everyone picks their own
Your family's plans stay within your family, and there are no ads.
AuPairSync is made by a host family together with their au pair. Questions, ideas or bug reports: coba@aupairsync.com
Subscription
AuPairSync is free for 30 days, and you don't need to enter payment details. After that, one monthly subscription covers the whole family: both parents, the au pair and anyone who joins later. One person pays, and the au pair never does. The App Store shows the price in your currency before you subscribe.
The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. You can manage and cancel it at any time in your Apple ID settings.
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Terms of Service: https://aupairsync.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://aupairsync.com/privacy
more • Meal plan has its own row in More and opens the week board
• Hand over a routine for one day: only that day changes
• Event details show the new pick-up person right after a hand-over
• Help shows the right top questions for parents and au pairs
• Fixed: full titles on Reassign and Create Family. Android: dates follow your saved date format, English (UK) times read 7:45 am, Emergency card layout
6.5.0 3h ago
• Routines show who did them and when, on Today and your child's profile
• Favorite stores in the store picker and on New list
• Families with an agency: a reminder before your au pair's year ends, with the agency one tap away
• The agency welcome screen says more clearly when free months start
• Fixed: Sign Out and Delete Account on consent and child screens. iPhone: older open babysitting claims, "Notifications are off" reminder. Android: Settle up date, Expenses at app start
6.4.0 21h ago
• Add your au pair agency's code when you set up your family, or later under Subscription, for free months on your trial
• Your agency's logo on Today, with call, email and website
• News, articles and events from your agency in Discover, with Add to family calendar
• Au pairs: calls and emails to the agency stay private from the host family
• Today: a running event shows once, in the NOW card
6.3.0 1d ago
• Me: profile, sign-in and app settings on one screen, from your card in More
• Family: one screen for parents and the au pair
• Help & Guides: top questions for your role and Contact support
• Plan an absence on one screen, including the au pair within her hour limits
• Notifications: four switches plus quiet hours
• Medical and emergency info on one screen, with Share emergency card
• Today: Later this week shows one line per day
6.2.0 2d ago
• Time off nobody answered moves to Not answered, and the au pair can ask again
• Pending time off is hatched in the calendar
• J-1: the program rule in the vacation balance, and a note for free weekends
• Expense archive: the total counts claims only, pocket money on its own line
• More shows what is waiting
• A hint when notifications are off, and more reliable notifications
• Tasks, meals, expenses and settings look the same on iPhone and Android
6.1.0 3d ago
• Today shows your day as a timeline
• Time off: request it from the calendar, and parents see who covers those days before they decide
• Expenses: Settle up marks all open claims as paid at once
• Meals: a week board, a dinner time and fewer false allergy alerts
• Tidier More, Settings and task list
• Parents can withdraw an approval with a message
6.0.0 3d ago
• With a new account, AuPairSync now asks about notifications as soon as you have set up your family, not the next time you open the app
5.9.0 Oct 24
• Adding a child works again: the birth date can be picked, so you can save the child
• First parent in your family? The invite code screen now offers to create your family instead of waiting for a code
• Au pairs waiting for an invite can now share AuPairSync with their host family from the waiting screen
• Tapping a reply from AuPairSync Support opens your report
• Parents are asked about notifications right after signing in again, also without an au pair in the family
5.8.0 Oct 23
• New on Sunday evening: a "Your week" notification with your events, pickups and open tasks for the coming week
• Tap it to open the calendar on that week. You can turn it off in the notification settings
5.6.0 Oct 22
• Today has a new card for parents whose au pair hasn't joined yet: share the invite in one tap, or send it by email or QR code
• After you share it, tap Notify me to hear when your au pair joins. Parents without an au pair are no longer asked about notifications right after signing up
• iPhone: tapping a day in the language school schedule no longer deletes it
5.5.0 Oct 21
• Bug fixes and performance improvements
5.4.0 Oct 20
• Bug fixes and performance improvements
5.3.0 Oct 19
• A reminder 120 days before the au pair's program ends helps host parents and the au pair decide together about an extension
• Tap the reminder to open the au pair's profile with the program dates
• Android: the au pair profile now looks like on iPhone
5.1.0 Oct 18
• Ask or add something now offers to cancel or move events, change pick-ups, request time off, log expenses and add meals or tasks
• “We’re out of milk” adds the items to a list you pick
• “Laundry is done” ticks off the task; au pairs can undo it for a few minutes
• Warns about items, events or tasks that already exist
• Family chat: long-press a message to react
• Expenses have a date you can change
4.9.0 Oct 16
• New Event: type a sentence like “Lily tennis tomorrow 3-4”, one tap fills in the fields
• Account deletion: once it has started, the account can only read; changes are refused with a clear message
• Nobody can assign tasks or events to a person whose account is being deleted
• Chat: reactions show again in long conversations
• Family chat: the newest messages stay visible when the keyboard opens
• Removing a parent: tap anywhere on a row to select it
4.8.0 Oct 15
• Shopping: lists for “Any parent” or “Any au pair” say so
• Chat: typing line on older iPhones; no jump down when you scroll up (iPhone)
• Android: no “Offline” bar when only one network drops
• Family wizard: date of birth shows correctly (iPhone)
• Au pairs can move their own drop-off or pick-up on recurring events again
• Account deletion: clearer messages, interrupted ones finish, others’ invitations stay
• Document reminders are sent once per date
4.7.0 Oct 15
• Assignee pills: now in the other person pickers too
• Edit task, shopping, routines, babysitting, pet care, events
• Also in document requests, appointments and absences
• Family chat shows when someone is typing
• Android: more screens match the iPhone app
• Joining a family and deleting an account are safer
• No invitations to an account that is being deleted
• Fixes, security and reliability improvements
4.6.0 Oct 14
• Pickup instructions: easier to find, now also for single events
• Messages tab: cards like Tasks, filters always visible
• Assignee: one row of pills in role colours that you swipe
• iPhone: an event at home needs a responsible person
• Meals and pet care: clear cards when nothing is planned or due
• More tab: own section for Help & Guides and Settings
• Clear message when an account can’t start or join a family
• Translation fixes, other fixes and security improvements
4.5.0 Oct 13
• Since your last visit: a dashboard card shows what others changed in your family’s plans. What changed, by whom and when is kept for 30 days
• A new shopping list already has a name, and you can rename it
• Choose the assignee right on the form when you create a chore or a shopping list
• “Ask for confirmation” only when a chore goes to one named person
• Care log: one Notes field instead of two
• Monthly report: Share PDF is the main button
4.4.0 Oct 12
• Medication log: a parent turns it on per child, then parents and au pairs record each dose given
• Routines: “Shared” is gone. Routines that were shared are now with Any parent, no longer the au pair’s
• The child card on the dashboard shows the next event even when it is over a week away
• Preparation packet only on events you create by hand
• No code? Confirm your email, for parents who signed up with a password
• Fixes
4.3.0 Oct 11
Parents can now plan an absence in one go. In the calendar, open Calendar actions and choose Plan an absence. Pick who is unavailable and the days, up to 31 days starting today or later, then choose Find replacements. The app lists the affected drop-offs and pick-ups, routines and tasks, each with a suggested Replacement where there is one. You can change a replacement or leave a duty unresolved. Babysitting requests are listed too, but they cannot be moved here; change them in the request itself. Apply changes asks for one confirmation and then reassigns everything at once. Each person who takes over a duty gets one notification.
The dashboard now shows the birthdays of the next 7 days under Upcoming birthdays, with one swipeable card for each child, parent or au pair. For a child, the card shows the age they turn. Parents and au pairs can add their own birthday in their profile under Birthday, as day and month. The family sees the day and month; the year is not stored. The app does not show anyone their own birthday.
For an event with drop-off and pick-up confirmation, the au pair who is its pick-up or drop-off person now sees Change pick-up time or Change drop-off time. She picks a new time on the day of the event and saves. The new time applies to the event for everyone, and the parents see that the au pair changed it. The time wheel moves in 5-minute steps. An answer now belongs to its own part of the event: if the pick-up time is moved, an accepted or completed drop-off stays as it is, and the other way round. Once a drop-off or pick-up is marked as done, the au pair can no longer change its time.
A parent who was invited by email and signed up with a password now sees the card An invitation is waiting for you. Choose Send confirmation email, tap the link in the email and return to the app: you are added to your family without typing a code.
For a child who does not go to school or daycare yet, a parent can now choose Not in school yet on the open school step of the child's profile. The step then counts as done. A school can still be added at any time.
Touch and hold an event to open a menu to view its details, edit it or delete it. A repeating event also offers editing just this one occurrence and viewing the full series. The menu shows only what you are allowed to do.
If the file of a document request was deleted, the au pair can upload a document again from the request. The parent does not have to ask again.
Settings now has a Rate AuPairSync row to write a review on the App Store. When an au pair is archived, her future time off is removed from the calendar; time off that is over or has already begun stays. The warning triangle on a calendar event now also appears when the event overlaps a routine. An announcement on the dashboard shows up to three lines of its text. Announcements now have a search field below the header, the family chat has its own camera button, and the shopping chat shows reaction icons under each message. Deleting a child's friend or a document by swipe now asks first. The agenda keeps its place when an update arrives, and read receipts keep their initials. This version also includes fixes.
4.2.0 Oct 10
Pets now have their place in the app. Under More, Household, Pets, a parent adds a profile for each pet, with a photo, the household's instructions and the phone numbers of the vet and a backup sitter, and sets up care tasks such as feeding or a walk. "Today's pet care" lists what is due today.
For babies and toddlers, a parent can switch on "Care logging" for a child. Parents and the au pair then record meals, sleep, bottles, diapers, activities and notes. A corrected entry keeps its earlier versions, and parents can delete a single entry or the whole log.
When you hand an event over to the au pair, the app now checks her planned working hours first and says when the day or the week goes over the limit of your program. This is guidance, not legal advice.
Drop-off and pick-up confirmations now have clear time limits: they can be marked from 30 minutes before the planned time, a late answer is shown as late, and after the event the answer is final. "View history" shows each step.
The note written after an appointment now stays in the preparation packet and is no longer copied into the task. This version also includes fixes.
4.1.0 Oct 7
A parent can now prepare a child's appointment. Open it in the calendar, go to "Preparation packet" and add your instructions, the questions to ask and the things to bring. Once a parent has reviewed and published the packet, the assigned person opens it, ticks things off and marks it as ready. After the appointment, a follow-up task can be proposed; it is created only when a parent approves it.
A parent can ask the au pair for a document, such as a passport, a visa or proof of insurance, with a purpose and a due date. The au pair uploads a file or uses one she has already stored, and a parent marks it as reviewed or asks for a replacement. Each request keeps its history and gives no one additional access to documents.
Everyone can arrange their own dashboard with "Customize dashboard": drag the cards into your order and hide the ones you do not need. "Needs your attention" stays near the top, and hiding a card switches nothing off.
Working hours now show the source and the rule version behind the hour limits of your program. Germany is new as a program next to the two US programs, and the monthly report names the rule source and the rule version. This is guidance, not legal advice.
AuPairSync is now available in Simplified Chinese.
4.0.0 Oct 7
A parent can now pause recurring chores for a household break. Pick the dates and the chores that can wait, and see which occurrences will be skipped before you confirm. Afterwards each chore comes back by itself, with nothing to catch up on.
A routine can now have a packing list. Each date has its own checklist to tick off, and the next date starts empty.
Dishes can carry tags and a preparation time, with active and total minutes, and the dish list filters by both.
For an event that matters, a parent can switch on "Ask to confirm drop-off and pick-up". It is off by default and asks only where a specific person is named. That person accepts or declines and later marks the child as dropped off or collected. Parents get a notification on a decline and when the child is collected, and a declined drop-off or pick-up shows under "Needs your attention". If the answer is missing, one reminder goes out three hours before.
An approved half day off now reads "Morning off" or "Afternoon off" in the calendar, in the agenda and on the dashboard. A half day requested on a weekend shows 0 days, the same as the leave balance.
AuPairSync is now available in Dutch, notifications and emails included. Forms keep their Save button within reach while the keyboard is open.
A photo added to pickup instructions shows a placeholder while it uploads.
3.9.0 Oct 5
A parent can now ask for a confirmation on a chore. The person it is assigned to accepts or declines before ticking it off, and can give a reason for declining. A declined chore stays open and shows up under "Needs your attention" for the parent.
Schools and activities can carry pickup instructions: the meeting point, how to arrive, transport and contact notes, and up to three reference photos. Parents write them once, and everyone in the family opens them from the event.
Time off now shows a full leave balance with the allowance, days taken, approved days still ahead and what is left. An au pair can ask for a morning or an afternoon off. A parent can set the annual allowance or adjust the balance with a reason, and each change is listed with who made it and when.
Overdue pocket money now sits at the top of "Needs your attention" for parents, with the amount and the date it became overdue.
A report you send to support is now a case you can follow: "My reports" in Settings shows its status and the replies from AuPairSync support, and you can answer there.
3.8.0 Oct 5
• Meal plan has its own row in More and opens the week board
• Hand over a routine for one day: only that day changes
• Event details show the new pick-up person right after a hand-over
• Help shows the right top questions for parents and au pairs
• Fixed: full titles on Reassign and Create Family. Android: dates follow your saved date format, English (UK) times read 7:45 am, Emergency card layout
more Version 6.5.0 3h ago
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