PlayAreaOS
For kids' play areas and family venues

Run your whole play area from one screen.

Play area management software: the till, the timers, the waivers, the parties, the payroll — one system, in the browser.

Early access is open. Nothing to install.

Why owners switch

The whole venue. One system.

  • One system

    Waivers to payroll — nothing extra to buy.

  • Offline-proof till

    Sales queue and sync when the connection drops.

  • Per-child timers

    Colour wristbands, loud time-up alerts.

  • Waivers on the parent's phone

    Scan, sign once — no app, no account.

  • More Google reviews

    Happy parents land on your review link.

  • UAE-ready payroll

    WPS export, leave and end-of-service.

  • Off-site backups

    Your records copied out on a schedule.

  • Multi-branch

    One organisation, several locations.

See it work

Eight tiny screens. One whole day.

The app's own tile board in miniature — each window is a working scene from a real module.

The till

Play timers

Waivers

Parties

Passes

Reports

Rota

Campaigns

Every window is an illustration — the modules are real; the numbers are theatre.

A day with PlayAreaOS

From doors-open to lights-off.

Front desk, play floor, back office — one system underneath, one family record threading it together.

09:40 · Front desk

A family walks in, and nothing gets retyped.

The parent signs once on their own phone — that signature becomes the family record. The till asks which children are going on the floor, so the sale and the session connect themselves. If the connection drops, sales queue and sync.

WaiversThe tillPassesParty bookingsLost & foundInbox
15:00 · Play floor

Every child on the clock, loudly.

Every session lands on one timer board with colour wristband slots and loud time-up alerts. More time is rung through the till, so the clock and the money never drift apart.

Timer boardColour wristbandsTime-up alertsOverstay trackingExtend at the till
21:30 · Back office

The day adds itself up.

Sales by hour, photographed supplier bills that read themselves in, payroll with WPS files (UAE), the rota beside location-checked clock-ins — and everything exports to CSV. Welcome notes and birthday wishes send themselves, while the feedback page points happy parents at your Google review link.

ReportsFinanceSupply chainPayrollRota & clock-inCampaignsFeedbackLoyalty & vouchers

Two looks, one app: a playful Arcade skin for the counter, a sober Executive skin for the office. One customer record threads the whole day together.

Nothing here is hardcoded. Prices, packages, deposits, VAT, currency, waiver wording, staff roles — all yours to edit inside the app.

What's inside

Every tile, spelled out.

The whole product, module by module — every one configurable from inside the app.

  • Digital waivers

    Parents scan a QR and sign once on their own phone. Terms are versioned — the system remembers exactly which version each parent signed.

  • The till

    A fast, tile-based point of sale with shifts and cash counts. If the connection drops, sales queue offline and sync when it returns.

  • Play timers

    Per-child clocks on one board, colour wristband slots, time-up alerts and overstay tracking. Extending time is a normal sale.

  • Party bookings

    Requests arrive from your public form onto the bookings tile, priced with the packages, add-ons and deposits you define.

  • Passes

    Multi-visit passes sold at the till, with each visit punched off and a record of when and by whom.

  • Vouchers

    Gift vouchers with printable PDFs and a validator screen, redeemed at the till under rules you set.

  • Loyalty

    Stamps that reward the families who keep coming back.

  • Customer 360

    One record per family: the children, the signatures, every visit, pass, party and note — one thread from the first waiver on.

  • Campaigns

    Welcome notes, next-day "how was it?" messages and birthday wishes that send themselves. A parent who opts out is left alone — that choice always wins.

  • Emailer

    The marketing email console: campaigns to the customer segments you choose, riding the same comms engine as the automations — sent from your organisation's own sender address.

  • Feedback

    An exit-QR page collects ratings onto its own tile — and can point happy parents straight at your Google review link.

  • Rota & clock-in

    Plan the week's shifts and see planned versus actual at a glance. Clock-ins are location-checked per branch.

  • Payroll

    Salaries, leave, end-of-service and WPS files (UAE). Staff see their own payslips — and only their own.

  • Finance

    Photograph a supplier bill and it reads itself into the register. P&L, assets, and a full import for your back-catalogue.

  • Supply chain

    Suppliers, purchase orders, receiving and stock — the buying side of the business on its own tiles.

  • Reports

    Daily summary, receipts, shifts, payment types, sales by hour and by category — everything exports to CSV.

  • Lost & found

    The lost-jacket question has a tile of its own, so the answer never depends on who was on shift.

  • Staff forms

    End-of-day checks and the routine forms you design, filled in on the floor.

  • Multi-branch

    One organisation, several locations. Staff can work across branches and the records stay straight per branch.

How it works

From sign-up to the first sale in three steps.

Sign up and name your venue

Create your organisation, set your currency and VAT. Waivers work from day one.

Bring your lists

CSV templates with example rows. A check report before anything is written; re-running a file never makes duplicates.

Open the till

Load your prices, give staff their PINs, print your QR codes — and take the first sale.

Built carefully

Boring where it matters most.

Playful at the front. Underneath, built like the money and the signatures depend on it.

Your data is yours alone

Every organisation's records are isolated from every other's at the database layer — enforced by the database itself, not by a checkbox in the app.

Every action has a name

On a shared counter device the screen locks between people. A personal PIN says who is acting — so every sale and every waiver records who took it.

Permissions, not job titles

What a person can refund, discount, export or edit is decided by role permissions you control — refine them as your team grows.

Backed up off-site

Your organisation's records are copied to independent off-site storage on a schedule. Waiver terms are versioned, too — the system remembers exactly which version each parent signed.

Pricing

Simple plans, priced for one venue at a time.

A plan is a bundle of tiles — you only buy the shape of your own venue.

Early access — contact info@playareaos.com about plans and pricing.

Front Desk

Early access

Pricing on request

  • Digital waivers and customer records
  • The till, shifts and cash counts
  • Per-child play timers and wristbands
  • Multi-visit passes
  • Lost & found and feedback
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Most venues

Full Venue

Early access

Pricing on request

  • Everything in Front Desk
  • Party bookings with deposits
  • Loyalty, vouchers and campaigns
  • Staff rota and clock-in
  • The full reports suite
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Venue + Office

Early access

Pricing on request

  • Everything in Full Venue
  • Payroll with WPS export
  • Finance: bill scanning and P&L
  • Supply chain: purchasing and stock
  • WhatsApp inbox where configured
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How billing works: monthly or yearly, by emailed invoice with a secure payment link. A paused account is never deleted, and cancelling keeps your data safe for a year.

Questions

Asked by every owner, answered honestly.

What does PlayAreaOS cost?

PlayAreaOS is in early access and pricing is being finalised, so there are no published numbers yet. Plans are billed to your organisation monthly or yearly by emailed invoice with a secure payment link.

Write to info@playareaos.com and we'll walk you through the plans.

Do parents need to download an app or make an account?

No. Parents scan a QR code or tap a link for the waiver, the party booking form, the feedback page and your price list. They sign once in the browser — no account, no app, ever.

Can I bring in my existing customer list?

Yes. Download a CSV template — it comes with realistic example rows — fill it in and upload. You get a check report before anything is written, column names are matched forgivingly, and re-running the same file never creates duplicates.

Signed waivers are the one thing that is not imported: a waiver is a signature, not a spreadsheet row, so parents sign on their first visit.

Do I need to buy special hardware?

No. PlayAreaOS runs in the browser on any device you already own — a tablet at the counter, a phone on the floor, a laptop in the office.

Can I set my own prices, packages and VAT?

Everything is yours to edit inside the app: prices, party packages, add-ons, deposits, VAT, currency, waiver wording, email text and staff roles. PlayAreaOS ships with no prices of its own.

How do staff PINs work on a shared tablet?

The screen locks between people, and each staff member has a personal PIN — so every sale and every waiver records exactly who took it. A wrong PIN a few times in a row locks the screen briefly.

What happens if I miss a subscription payment?

You get a reminder before the due date, and after it a three-day grace period during which waivers and the till keep working. If the account pauses, nothing is deleted — every customer, waiver and sale stays exactly where you left it — and paying switches everything back on instantly.

What if I cancel?

You keep full access until the end of the period you have paid for, and your data is kept safely for a year afterwards in case you come back. Nothing is ever charged after you cancel.

Can I run more than one branch?

Yes. Add your locations as branches and your staff can work across them, with the records kept straight per branch.

Open on the devices you already own.

Start with waivers today. Light up the rest of the tiles when you're ready.