Chores, Rewards, and Allowance

I absolutely love this app! I’m a mother of four and it’s exhausting having to nag my teenagers to do their daily chores and hygiene tasks. Now I don’t have to! The responsibility is truly on them to either ignore the apps reminders or complete the task. And less nagging from me = happier home. They absolutely love the system-I even did some Level Up rewards where they could get free points after they earned so many! There’s really only two things I don’t like about the app. The first is if you set a mandatory daily task, it must be sent through even if the child chose not to do it. So if my teen decides they don’t want to clean the kitchen today, it will show up as a red notification telling them to complete it. They get annoyed by the red notification showing how many tasks aren’t done yet so I wish you could turn that off and ease their anxiety a bit. Second thing I don’t like is the display of daily tasks. It’s one big long list and can really feel overwhelming when you have the Zoomed text feature on your phone. It would be nice if it just had a square box showing the emojis and the kids could click on the emoji to see the task. It would also be nice if there were some pre-made tasks and rewards you could choose from a template. Other than that, I really love it. It’s our first week so I’m sure there’s more to love but it’s really been a lifesaver.

Love this app!!! We have tried so many systems for rewards and punishments with our kids, and this is the only thing that has worked. It’s free. It’s simple. It’s easily customizable. It’s shareable. And it works for multiple kids. It gives kids clear expectations and consequences. You have it wherever you go, so you can instantly add or take away points depending on behavior. Additionally, my husband and I can both access the account to add or subtract points; and we are notified when the other has awarded or removed points, so we are on the same page with parenting. We use it for chores, for positive reinforcement (of things like being kind or helpful or honest), for creating good habits (brushing teeth, being ready for the bus on time, for making your bed, etc), and for accountability (getting along with siblings or being respectful to parents/teachers/bus driver). You choose privileges that they really want to work toward earning and consequences that you know they want to avoid....and the nice thing is that you choose whatever you want and however many points it’s worth. I also appreciate that when you implement a privilege or consequence that has a time limit (like 1 hour of computer time), it automatically starts a timer when you award that privilege/penalty. Great app! Great tool!

Hands down, this app is amazing. All the systems I’ve used with my kids is neatly packaged in one little app. I set adult accounts for family and babysitters so they can continue to earn points and privileges and the consistency makes it that much more effective!! We’ve been using it for 3 months now for my kids ages 6, 9, 11, 14. Where other systems like this would lose the appeal and fall to the wayside, the organization and flexibility of this app keeps the kids engaged so that it remains effective. The frequency and intensity of meltdowns and nagging and fighting over screen time have significantly decreased. They are actually super excited about “earning” privileges, and constantly keep up with how much points they have and what they can do to earn more. I love how you can edit each task and privilege. You can customize it to each child and limit how many times they can complete a task in any given time frame. I love the timers for the screen time, and have set timers for certain “penalties” so that if they have a time out for it, it has a timer I can set. There’s been the occasional time when my 6 year old is playing on my phone and he goes in and gives himself a ton of points, but I am able to go to the history and see it all, and “undo” it. If we miss a daily task, I can still award it to them even if it says it’s already been done that day. It just doesn’t show which day, but that’s not a big deal to me. Overall, it has reduced contention and complaining tremendously in our home and I recommend it to every parent!!