CHORES & ALLOWANCE
Chores and allowance that teach the value of effort
Responsibility, consistency, and even negotiation — your child earns their money, and you set the rules.
Chores & Allowance
Earn
day streak
this month
Tidy your room
To doWalk the dog
What Chores & Allowance are
Create chores (one-off or recurring) with a reward, let your child mark them done, and approve the payout — or set up an automatic allowance, fixed or tied to completed chores. Your child can even propose their own chores and allowance with a little pitch that you adjust and approve. It all teaches that money comes from effort — and that consistency pays.
How it works
- 1
Create a chore
Pick a name (or use one of 27 age-based suggestions), a reward, and how often it repeats — one-off, daily, weekly, or monthly. Assign it to one child or leave it "up for grabs" for the first to claim.
- 2
Your child marks it done
When they finish, your child marks the chore done — and keeps their day streak going.
- 3Parents approve
You approve, the payment lands
You review the finished chore and approve (the money lands in your child's wallet) or decline with a message. Allowances follow the same idea: they pay automatically, with the option to tie the amount to chores completed.
- 4
Recurring ones regenerate
Daily, weekly, or monthly chores reappear on their own at the right time — no need to recreate them.
Parents and kids, side by side
What parents control
- Create chores (with age-based suggestions) and per-child allowances
- Approve or decline finished chores, with a message
- Pause, resume, or delete allowances
- Send a bonus for extra effort
What your child does
- Mark chores done and keep their streak
- Claim "up for grabs" chores
- Propose their own chores
- Request an allowance with their own pitch
Why it works
Effort → reward
Marking a chore, getting it approved, and seeing the money land connects work to its result.
Delayed gratification
Work is reviewed before it's paid, and a decline comes with an explanation, not a punishment.
Consistency, with streaks
Consecutive days of finished chores build a streak — a gentle nudge toward habit.
Initiative and negotiation
Proposing a chore or an allowance, and accepting your adjusted terms, teaches them to make a case.
Mental budgeting
With auto-split, a slice of the allowance goes straight to savings — spend, save, share.
Conditional income
Chore-linked allowance shows that recurring money can depend on following through.
What your child learns
To understand that money comes from effort, that consistency is rewarded, and that delayed gratification is worth it. And, through chore and allowance proposals, to take initiative, negotiate, and manage a small budget.
Sparky's tip
Sparky can help your child mark chores done and propose an allowance — always with a confirmation, and your approval is still needed before anything is paid.
Meet SparkyOn the horizon
What we're building next — a promise, not a placeholder.
Charity giving in auto-split
The "share" slice of auto-split will be able to go to a cause. Today the "give" percentage is informational; next it will actually move money.
Schedule on a specific day
Choose "every Friday" or "the 1st of the month" for allowance. Today payouts run on days elapsed since the last; next they'll honour the day you pick.