Chore Jar: Allowance & Chores

Every chore, every kid, one phone. Your kids tap their own PIN on your phone or the family tablet, tick off what they did, and watch their jar fill up. You approve, the app does the math, and payday comes with a fairness check so nobody can say the other one got off easy. No account. No app on your kids' devices. Nothing leaves your phone. ONE PHONE, A PIN FOR EACH KID • Tap Hand to kids and the phone switches to Kid Mode: big icons, few words, and no way out except the parent PIN or your fingerprint. • Each kid gets a number PIN, or a picture PIN for kids who do not know their numbers yet. • Chores are grouped into morning, evening and anytime. One tap to finish, with an optional camera shot as proof. • Read-aloud says the chore name for pre-readers. A visual countdown for brushing teeth or twenty minutes of reading. • Confetti, a short chime that stays quiet when the phone is on silent, streaks, and badges at 7, 30 and 100 days. • Reward store: kids spend what they earned on movie night, a trip to the park or fifteen more minutes before bed. You confirm before anything is deducted. A WEEK OF CHORES IN FIVE MINUTES • Start from age-based templates (3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to 12) and add a dozen chores at once. • Daily, chosen weekdays, a few times a week on any day, once, or monthly. Missed chores are marked, never carried over as debt. • Assign a chore to one kid, rotate it between siblings each week or each day, or leave it open so whoever does it first gets it. • Responsibilities with no money attached count toward done, not toward the jar. • Checklists inside a chore: pack school bag means homework folder, water bottle, lunch box. • Approve, pay part of it, or send it back with a note the kid reads in Kid Mode. Select all and approve in one tap. Undo for five seconds. ALLOWANCE THAT ADDS ITSELF UP • Money, stars or points. One Spend jar by default; turn on Save and Give for any kid with a split you choose. • Payday adds the weekly allowance plus what each kid earned, whether or not you opened the app that day. • Savings goals with a progress bar the kid can see, and parent-bank interest at a rate you set. • Bonuses, deductions, spending and moves between jars, each with a reason. Any entry can be undone later and the trail stays. • Paid out in cash? Mark it paid and the balance shows what you still owe. FAIR BETWEEN SIBLINGS • Fairness shows, per kid, what was assigned, what got done and what it was worth this week or this month, and flags when one kid is carrying a lot more than another. • Rebalance next week proposes swaps and applies them with one tap. THE WEEK ON ONE PAGE • Weekly recap per kid: done out of assigned, streak, earned, jar balances, goals. • Share it as a one-page PDF or an image for grandparents or the fridge. Export everything as CSV for a spreadsheet. • A home screen widget for each kid's day. Tap it to open straight into that kid's PIN. • One reminder a day with what is still left, at the time you choose, and a nudge on payday. YOUR DATA, YOUR FILES • Everything stays on this phone. No account, no sign-in, no server, and it all works offline. • Automatic daily backups kept on the device, plus a ZIP you can save anywhere and restore on a new phone. • The parent area locks itself when the app goes to the background, and screen pinning tips keep the phone inside Chore Jar while a kid holds it. • Two looks: Classic, or Playful with emoji chores and bolder type. • Made for phones and tablets.