The modern school app
Every little moment. Wonderfully shared.
Daily care, meals, medication, learning, attendance and safe pickup in one app, so your team spends less time on paper and families feel part of every day.
Built in South Africa for daycares, preschools, schools and aftercare centres.
Amara’s day
Napped 12:30 to 14:05. Ate most of her lunch.
Why Handova
The school day is full. Parents want to be part of it.
Most schools still run the day on paper books, WhatsApp groups and memory. The care is real; the record of it gets lost.
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Books on every shelf
A nappy book, a medicine book, a sign-in sheet: hard to keep, harder to search.
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Lost in the group chat
Menus, reminders and photos go out on WhatsApp and disappear under the next message.
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Who is at the gate?
Staff cannot know every aunt, driver and neighbour who comes to collect.
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"How was the day?"
Parents get a few words at pickup, and miss the naps, meals and firsts in between.
One app
One app for the whole school day.
From the morning drop-off to the last pickup, every part of the day is recorded once and shared with the people who should see it.
- Arrive
- Learn
- Eat
- Rest
- Care
- Go home
How it works
Up and running in an afternoon.
No hardware to buy. Staff use the phones and tablets they already have.
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Set up your school
Add classes and rooms, import children from a spreadsheet, and invite your team.
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Invite the families
Parents get the app, add who may collect, and choose which updates they want.
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Record the day in a tap
Scan a room's QR code, tap the children, and log a nap, a meal or a nappy change.
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Families stay close
Parents see the day as it happens, and the routine that helps at home.
Features
Everything a modern school runs on.
Built with daycares and schools in South Africa, for the way the day really goes.
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Daily care log
Nappies, naps, meals, bottles, moods and notes, logged by room QR code and shared as they happen.
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Medication book
Parents ask and sign consent in the app; staff check the medicine in and record every dose.
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Meal plans
Plan the menu for a day, a week or a month, per class, and send it to parents each morning.
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Learning and milestones
Lesson plans and milestones in the six Early Learning and Development Areas, with photos.
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Routine insights
Charts of naps, meals and pickups, a typical-day timeline, and ideas to carry the rhythm home.
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Attendance
QR child cards at the door, absences reported by parents, and the day's roll at a glance.
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Safe pickup
Only the people parents authorize, checked by photo, security question and signature.
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Messages and calendar
News, events with QR check-in, public and school holidays, in one place instead of the group chat.
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Incidents and lockdown
Raise an incident, follow it up, and lock every gate at once in an emergency.
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Notifications parents choose
By app, email or SMS. Each family switches on only what they want to hear about.
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One account, many schools
Run several campuses from one login, with staff roles and group reporting.
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POPIA by design
Encrypted care information, records kept only as long as needed, and a full audit trail.
For schools
Less paperwork. More time with the children.
Teachers record the day in seconds, leadership sees every room, and the paperwork an inspector asks for is already done.
- Log for a whole room with one scan
- Medicine reminders when a dose is due
- Nappy and supply counts that tell parents when to bring more
- Every pickup checked and recorded
Sunflower room
18 children in today
Amara Mokone
Nap 12:30 to 14:05 · Lunch: ate most
For parents
Their day, in your pocket.
See the naps, meals and little wins as they happen, ask the school to give medicine, check the menu, and know exactly who collected your child.
- Today's timeline, from drop-off to pickup
- Routine charts and ideas for home
- Milestones and learning moments, with photos
- You decide who may collect, and when
Today
Amara Mokone
Sunflowers · Grade R
So far today
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07:52
Arrived
Dropped off by Mom
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10:15
Morning snack
Ate all of it
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12:30
Nap
1 h 35 min
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New
Learning moment
Painted a sunflower
Trust
Made for information about children.
Families trust you with their children. We treat their information the same way.
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Encrypted and private
Allergies and medical notes are encrypted, and each person signs in to their own account.
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The right eyes only
Parents see their own children; staff see their school, with roles for what each may do.
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Nothing quietly changed
Doses, pickups and permissions are kept as records, with who did what and when.
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POPIA-ready
Clear retention periods, a full export on request, and erasure when you leave.
Pricing
Simple pricing. Every family included.
One account, priced by how many schools and children it covers. Parents never pay, and every new school starts with a free 30-day trial of everything in Growth.
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Every new account starts with a free 30-day trial of everything in Growth. Extra schools on Starter or Growth are R199 / month each. Bigger than ten schools, or need something else? Talk to us about a Custom plan.
Pay by card or Instant EFT. Payments are processed securely by PayFast, South Africa’s widely used payment gateway, so Handova never sees or stores your card number.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
A school app for daycares, preschools, schools and aftercare centres. Teachers record the day (care, meals, medication, learning, attendance and pickups) and parents see it as it happens, in one secure place.
Anyone who cares for children during the day: a single daycare, a preschool with a baby room, or a group of schools managed together. Parents use it free.
No. Handova runs in the browser on the phones, tablets and computers you already have. Room QR codes print on ordinary paper, and the gate keeps working for a while without signal.
A parent asks in the app, with the dose, the times, a photo of the label and their signed consent, and hands the medicine to a teacher. Nothing is given until staff have checked it in. Every dose is recorded and the parent is told; at pickup the gate reminds staff what was given and what goes home.
Yes, but better. Plan meals for a day, week or month, per class or for the whole school, all at once or one by one. Parents who want it get today’s menu each morning, and it is always in the app.
Charts of naps, nappies, meals and drop-off and pickup times, a "typical day" timeline, and practical ideas for keeping the rhythm at home. They can add night sleep and meals at home too. It describes the routine; it is not medical advice.
Yes. Run several campuses under one login, switch between them, and report across the group. Each school keeps its own children, staff and records.
Yes. Parents decide who may collect and when; staff check the person against their photo, the authorization and (if your school asks) a security question, and every handover is recorded with the time and who released the child. Anyone else is refused and the family is told at once.
Access is by account and role, sensitive care details are encrypted, and records are kept only as long as needed under POPIA. You can export everything, and erase it when you leave.
About us
Built in Cape Town, for the people who care for children.
Handova started at the school gate and grew into the whole day: the nappy book, the medicine book, the menu on WhatsApp and the "how was today?" at pickup. We build the tools that let teachers care and let families see it.
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What we do
We give schools one place for the whole day, from arrival and care to learning and a safe pickup, and give families a clear, kind view of it.
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Who we build for
Daycares, preschools, schools and aftercare centres - whether that is a single campus or a group of them managed together under one account.
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Where we are
We are based in Cape Town, South Africa, and build Handova as part of Mphahlele Unlimited. Messages reach a person within one business day.
Building pickup software means holding information about children, so we treat that as the starting point rather than an afterthought - the privacy notice sets out what is collected, and how long it is kept.
Bring your school day together.
Start a free 30-day trial, or let us show you around in a 20-minute demo.
Contact
Talk to us.
Questions about the app, pricing, or moving your school off paper and WhatsApp? Send a message and we’ll come back to you within one business day.
- Email hello@handova.mphahleleunlimited.co.za
- Phone 076 368 6294
- WhatsApp Message our business line
- Office Cape Town, South Africa
- Response time Within one business day
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