Bloomily vs. ePACT

ePACT in its own words

ePACT calls itself "a medical & emergency health forms system for your organization" (ePACT features). Its page says it can "integrate with RecTrac, ActiveNet, and other camp software, school software, or YMCA software" (What is ePACT). So a camp can keep its registration system and add ePACT beside it.

Its features page says ePACT collects medical and emergency information, waivers, consents and special accommodations. It also handles immunization records and medication authorization forms. Staff can reach emergency data "even without an internet or cellular connection." Messages go out by email, text and voice from one dashboard. Reports cover allergies, authorized pick up lists and members with special conditions (ePACT features). Families turn paper forms into a single Private Personal Emergency Record. ePACT says it meets or exceeds privacy requirements such as HIPAA in the US and PIPEDA in Canada (What is ePACT).

Where Bloomily fits a camp better

In Bloomily, the camp forms sit with registration. Families fill in and sign camp forms from the family app (Bloomily features).

Forms filled in while registering. Families register from your camp's page and pay a deposit. Each week has its own capacity, and a full week keeps a waiting list (Bloomily for camps). The camp forms collect health notes, emergency contacts, pickup people, shirt size and waivers (Bloomily camp registration).

Pickup people at the door. The pickup people a family lists are part of the camper's registration. Counselors check campers in and out from the staff app on iPhone (Bloomily camp registration). Families can check in at a kiosk with a PIN, or on their own phone (Bloomily for camps). Parents get a notice when their child is checked in or out (Bloomily parent app).

Money on the same family account. Families can pay in full, pay a deposit, or use a payment plan (Bloomily camp registration). The balance bill is made for you, due the Friday before the week (Bloomily features). Weeks and add-ons such as before care or lunch land on one family balance, with one autopay (Bloomily programs).

Messages and photos. Messages arrive translated into each parent's language, and replies come back in yours (Bloomily communication). Counselors share a photo album with each group (Bloomily camp registration), and families see it in the parent app on iPhone or Android (Bloomily for parents).

Using ePACT and Bloomily together

ePACT is enough when you are happy with your registration system and only need health and emergency forms beside it. Its page lists forms such as immunization records and medication authorization forms. Its offline access to emergency data may matter if your camp sits where the signal drops.

Bloomily fits when you want forms, weeks, deposits, check-in and family messages connected in one camp system. Its camp forms already collect health notes, emergency contacts, pickup people and waivers.

If you keep both, ask each company how details would move between them. Families should not have to type the same answers twice. Then ask Bloomily to show where a counselor finds a camper's health notes, and test it where your signal is weakest.

Moving from ePACT to Bloomily

Bring the list you keep today, as it is. AI help does the reading. That can be a spreadsheet, another system's export, a PDF or a photo of a paper list. It reads children with their birthdays, allergies, dietary notes and medical notes, plus families and pickup people. Nothing saves until you approve it.

When you are ready, send each family one invite. Their child is already on their account. Keep your old system running beside Bloomily as long as you like (Switching to Bloomily).

Questions to ask in both demos

• Does the product take registrations and payments itself, or will we still need a separate registration system?
• How does data move between the forms and registration: live sync, scheduled import or by hand?
• Are check-in and check-out with the authorized pickup list done in the same app?
• Where does a counselor see a camper's allergies and emergency contacts during the day, with or without signal?
• What does it cost for a camp of our size, and is the price per family or per organization?
• Can staff and parents message each other both ways?
• Can staff share photos from the day with families?

Which one fits your camp

Choose Bloomily when you want health forms, registration, deposits, check-in and family messages in one camp system. Keep ePACT when your registration system stays and you only need health and emergency forms beside it. See Bloomily for camps and Bloomily's camp pricing.