MyJobChart, developed by a Phoenix company, is free and available on iOS and Android devices.
Not only can kids watch their balances grow, they can choose how to spend it through MyJobChart’s online Amazon kids store or donate points to a charity of their choice. Kids earn points that are funded by real money from parents, which can be saved in an account opened with the site or through your bank. MyJobChart This chore app emphasizes financial responsibility and the value of hard work through its points and rewards system. This free app is available on iTunes and Google Play. Stay up to date on what chore you’ve assigned, how many points each chore is worth and what rewards are available. A private communications hub keeps kids and parents connected with messaging and notifications. OurHome is set up like a mini social network within your home. OurHome This app offers another points-based format but with a small and important twist. Parents and kids have separate log-ins, so chores can be checked anywhere, anytime. Kids can purchase real-life rewards that parents have decided on, such as extra video-game time, a trip to their favorite amusement park, money and more. Getting things cleaned upĬhoreMonster Aimed at making chores fun for kids, this mobile and web app offers a point-based system that rewards kids for (parent-approved) completed tasks. Even if kids try to delete the app or restart the computer, access will not be restored until the timer is up. Parents can block access to to any website added to a blacklist for a predetermined amount of time.
SelfControl This simple-yet-effective app for Mac OS X helps kids - or even adults - stay on task while working online. Kids can win awards and certificates for completed reading logs. Teachers and parents can track assigned reading and search for age-appropriate titles based on a child’s interests and genre preferences. Biblionasium incorporates social media by allowing kids to share book reviews and recommendations and talk about books. īiblionasium Book lovers and reluctant readers ages 6 to 13 can keep up with class reading or read for fun. Basic plans are free upgraded versions are $7 to $9 per month.
StudyBlue is available on iOS and Android devices and is compatible with Evernote. Online notes and flashcards can be organized into study guides for tests. Flashcards can incorporate text, audio and image files for more interactive learning. Teachers and students register their classes, then begin creating and sharing flashcards and notes. StudyBlue This innovative app allows college and high-school students to build their own crowd-sourced study guides and flashcards. If your kids have their own phones or iPods, or you’re willing to hand yours over for the sake of a clean house and less chaos, here are a dozen apps for getting kids organized and on-track at home and in school. (Sorry, sweetie, you’re going have to wait until Mommy’s direct deposit clears so she can pay you for all that extra doggie-doody duty and junk-drawer organizing.) When their tasks are done well in advance, and they keep asking for extra chores, my finances can get tight quickly. The app lets them see tangible, real-time rewards. They can’t resist the colorful, kid-friendly interface of ChoreMonster and its mini-games. Yes, seriously.īecause my kids don’t yet have their own smartphones, they’re constantly asking for mine. (My son will seize on any doubt in my eyes that I’ve already doled out his money and demand immediate compensation.) The only drawback is how eager my children are to complete their chores. I can also easily track earned - and more important, paid-out - allowance.
The convenience of assigning chores and special projects through a smartphone app as they pop into my head (as opposed to when I find a full load of laundry shoved underneath my daughter’s bed) can’t be matched. Being able to pull up all my kids’ chores on my phone has been a blessing and a curse.