--- title: Nula: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 description: Find out why Nula is one of the best inventions of 2021 canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115510/nula/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-11-10T11:15:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-02T23:56:31.861Z og:title: Nula: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 og:description: Find out why Nula made this year's list og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115510/nula/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf93e9b8b47f0ad18/698a1eade76ad2345863965a/best-inventions-2021-special-mentions-NULA.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Nula: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nula: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 twitter:description: Find out why Nula made this year's list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf93e9b8b47f0ad18/698a1eade76ad2345863965a/best-inventions-2021-special-mentions-NULA.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 10, 2021 # Helping Parents Plan Nula by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  _SPECIAL MENTION:_ [Nula](http://www.nula.com "undefined"), an app for working parents, is designed to make matters with nannies and babysitters more professional. Activity checklists, photo sharing and chat, and live location tracking help parents and childcare providers stay on the same page, and payment tracking with a direct-deposit option streamlines payments. Launching in early 2022, the app will be free, though Nula charges a 1.8% fee to use the payment feature. _—Don Steinberg_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115510/nula/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115510/nula/"},"headline":"Helping Parents Plan","datePublished":"2021-11-10T11:15:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:56:31.861Z","description":"Find out why Nula received a special mention on TIME's 2021 Best Inventions list.","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115510/nula/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2021"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf93e9b8b47f0ad18/698a1eade76ad2345863965a/best-inventions-2021-special-mentions-NULA.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf93e9b8b47f0ad18/698a1eade76ad2345863965a/best-inventions-2021-special-mentions-NULA.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115510/nula/","name":"Helping Parents Plan"}}]}] ```