Pickup Buddy for PickUp Patrol

School dismissal & reminders

$4.99 · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

Ask Siri on iPhone for school pickup plans, check plans on Apple Watch and set deadline reminders. Requires an existing PickUp Patrol parent account. Check and change your family's school pickup plans on iPhone and Apple Watch. Pickup Buddy is an independent companion for families with an existing PickUp Patrol parent account. Plan the school week • See each child's dismissal plan and browse school dates in the calendar. • Change plans for one or more children and dates, with shared or individual notes. • Choose your school's options for bus, car pickup, walking, absence or early dismissal. Report late arrivals and leave-and-return plans where supported. • Manage usual weekday plans and save presets to review before submitting a change. Use Siri, widgets and Apple Watch • Ask Siri on iPhone for a child's plan, your family's plans or the change deadline. Prepare supported changes with Siri and Shortcuts, then confirm before sending. • Sign in on Apple Watch to refresh plans and make supported changes. The watch can connect directly with its own internet connection when your iPhone isn't nearby. • See saved summaries in iPhone Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Watch complications and per-child Smart Stack cards. • Set local reminders before your school's change deadline, with a choice of lead time and private notification text. On iPhone Duo, browse four weeks in Today when unfolded or one week on the front display, and see the Change calendar beside your children's plans when unfolded. Choose an English or Spanish interface. Try a fictional sample family before signing in; sample changes disappear when you exit and never reach a school. Family Sharing supports up to six family members. Access to your school's PickUp Patrol account is separate. Your school controls the available options and change deadlines. Widgets, Siri responses and offline views may show saved information that is out of date. Refresh for current plans and wait for the app's saved confirmation before treating a change as confirmed. Reminders depend on loaded plans and your device's notification settings. For urgent changes, contact your school using its usual procedure. Requires iOS 27 or later. Apple Watch features require watchOS 27 or later. Pickup Buddy is developed by Oliver Ames. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by PickUp Patrol.

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Pickup Buddy 1.1 makes Today the one place to check and change plans, and it's built for iPhone Duo. On iPhone Duo, open it up in landscape and Today lists your school days with each day's plan, right beside the day you pick. Fold it partway like a book and the two sides split at the crease. Fold it like a laptop and the day you picked sits on top, with the list below. Change is now part of Today. The tabs are Today, Default and Settings, and Health only shows up when your school asks for daily screenings. • Expand the week strip to four weeks right in Today. • A change opens on the day you tapped, and you can add more school days from there. • Presets moved to the Today toolbar. • Tapping Today always brings you back to today. • The Default tab shows a row of weekday plan icons for each child. • Settings shows a preview of each app icon. Spacing, labels and buttons now match across the app, Apple Watch and widgets.

The developer, Oliver Ames, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

  • Data Linked to You

    The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

    • Health & Fitness
    • Contact Info
    • User Content
    • Identifiers
    • Diagnostics
    • Other Data
  • Data Not Linked to You

    The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

    • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More

Seller
Oliver Ames
Size
25.4 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 27.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 27.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 27.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 27.0 or later.
  • Apple Watch
    Requires watchOS 27.0 or later.
Languages
English and Spanish
Age Rating
4+
Copyright
© 2026 Oliver Ames