Kid Hop Help Center

Answers to common questions about setting up and using our apps.

Add Drivers and Set Seats

Drivers are the parents doing the driving for a trip. This article covers signing up to drive, setting your seats, filling cars, and driving on a repeating…

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Add Riders, Set Pickup & Drop-off, and Skip a Trip

Opening the Ride Screen. Tap an event on your dashboard or in a carpool. The ride screen opens with two tabs: To (green) — rides to the event. From (blue)…

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How to Add Your Drives to Your Calendar

Kid Hop can add a separate Kid Hop calendar to Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook. It shows the trips you drive, with the kids in your car and where…

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How to cancel a subscription or get a refund

Subscriptions are billed by Apple or Google, so you cancel or ask for a refund with them. Deleting the app or your account does not cancel your subscription…

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How To: Create and Edit a Carpool

Creating a Carpool. Tap the + button on the Carpools screen. Enter a Carpool Name (required). Optionally customize the carpool: Tap the camera icon to add a…

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How To: Create and Edit an Event

Events are the activities your carpool drives to, like soccer practice or the school run. Any member of a carpool can add, edit and delete its events. Find your…

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How to get back to your original account

Your account belongs to the email address you signed in with. Signing in with a different email opens a second, empty account, without your data or your…

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How to get help or contact support

The Help screen answers questions about Kid Hop from our help articles, and connects you with our team when it can't. Help works whether or not you are signed…

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How To Manage Riders

There are two ways to manage riders. You can manage them in the account, or in the carpool. At the account level, the riders listed are "My Riders" i.e. my…

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How to Plan the Fastest Pickup and Drop-off Route

When you drive a carpool, Kid Hop lists the stops for the riders in your car and opens them in Apple Maps or Google Maps. With Kid Hop Premium, it also puts the…

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How to Set Where a Rider Is Picked Up or Dropped Off

Each rider has a pickup place for trips to an event and a drop-off place for trips home. You can pick a saved place or add a new one without leaving the screen…

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How to Share Your Carpool and Invite Other Parents

Share your carpool and its rides with other parents so you can split the driving. You share it by sending an invitation, and anyone who accepts it joins the…

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How to sign in

You can use the app without an account. Signing in backs up your data and keeps it the same on all your phones and for everyone you share with. Start. Open the…

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How To Use Carpool Chat

Tap on "Carpools" in the bottom navigation bar. Select the carpool you'd like to post a message in. Tap the chat icon at top right.

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I paid but Premium isn't unlocked

If you paid for Premium but the app still shows ads or locked features, the app is not seeing your subscription. Your subscription belongs to the account you…

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I signed in but I don't see my data

Right after you sign in, your data downloads in the background. If it still isn't there after a minute, check these in order. Check the email you signed in…

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Is Kid Hop free?

Yes. Kid Hop is free to use for organizing carpools with other families. Kid Hop Premium is an optional subscription with extra features for you and your…

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I was signed out of Kid Hop

Sometimes Kid Hop is signed out on one phone while your carpools are still there. This often happens on a new phone, or after you restore your phone from a…

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Notification Won't Clear From Bottom Of Screen

On some Android phones, a message from our team can get stuck at the bottom of the app and cover the screen. Opening the message clears it. How to clear it…

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Why am I seeing ads after I've paid?

Premium removes ads. If you see ads after paying, the app is not seeing your subscription on this phone. Common causes. You are signed out. When you are signed…

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