RoosterMoney: Piggy Bank, Allowance and Chore App
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A pocket money manager, chore chart, rewards and saving app for kids
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A pocket money manager, chore chart, rewards and saving app for kids
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About RoosterMoney: Piggy Bank, Allowance and Chore App
RoosterMoney is a pocket money allowance manager, chore chart, savings tracker and piggy bank all within a single app. Available in any currency and designed to help parents teach their kids about money, the app also acts as a chore tracker & reward chart. Simple for parents and fun for kids, parents remain the Bank of Mum & Dad and no deposits are required.
With RoosterPLUS, parents have the option to use additional features like the family chore manager, set interest rates or add multiple family members.
Key Features for Parents 👨👩👧
👉 Sign up to take advantage of the RoosterMoney piggy bank and savings tracker to record pocket money comings and goings
👉 Create to-do lists with a household chore chart to enable kids to earn their allowance
👉 Create savings goals and select what your kids can save for
👉 Introduce your kids to the idea of giving with our Give pot, powered by JustGiving
👉 Set up a pocket money routine; issue allowances automatically each week or on an ad hoc basis in your preferred currency ($, £, € and more).
👉 Alternatively, you can select stars as your currency, so that the app becomes a kids chore chart with star money!
👉 View current balances and statements, so you can track their money.
👉 Boost pocket money or add gifts for completed chores, achievements or good behavior.
👉 Set regular or one-off chores with our 'jobs' feature (available within RoosterPLUS).
👉 Withdraw money and hand it to your kids so they can spend it in shops.
👉 Take pictures of things at the shops and set these as savings goals for your kids to save towards.
👉 Lock / unlock their allowance with ease.
👉 A great way to teach your children about money.
Key Features for Kids 👧 👦
👉 Take control of your allowance and pocket money.
👉 View how much money you have saved or spent by checking your statement.
👉 Create savings goals!
👉 Save money to add to a Savings Account.
👉 Customise your dashboard and make your account your very own.
👉 Get a head-start towards learning the true value of money!
What is RoosterMoney?
Our mission is a simple one: to transform the way the world talks about money with their kids. We provide an easy-to-use pocket money allowance manager, chore chart, reward tracker piggy bank app that empowers parents to raise money-wise kids.
We set out to fix a specific problem: Allowances are a great idea in principle, however finding a system that works for your family is hard, particularly when you’re juggling the weekly shop, work emails and soccer practice!
We believe in the power of allowances to transform your child’s understanding of money – whether you give them 20¢ a week or $20. And most importantly, we think these lessons are best learned by keeping things simple for parents and fun for kids.
PLUS PRICING & TERMS
RoosterMoney offers 2 auto-renewing subscription options for Extra PLUS Features:
$2.49 per month
$18.99 per year
Listed prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence.
Your PLUS subscription will automatically renew at the end of each term and your credit card will be charged.
Terms & Conditions: https://www.roostermoney.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://www.roostermoney.com/privacy
With RoosterPLUS, parents have the option to use additional features like the family chore manager, set interest rates or add multiple family members.
Key Features for Parents 👨👩👧
👉 Sign up to take advantage of the RoosterMoney piggy bank and savings tracker to record pocket money comings and goings
👉 Create to-do lists with a household chore chart to enable kids to earn their allowance
👉 Create savings goals and select what your kids can save for
👉 Introduce your kids to the idea of giving with our Give pot, powered by JustGiving
👉 Set up a pocket money routine; issue allowances automatically each week or on an ad hoc basis in your preferred currency ($, £, € and more).
👉 Alternatively, you can select stars as your currency, so that the app becomes a kids chore chart with star money!
👉 View current balances and statements, so you can track their money.
👉 Boost pocket money or add gifts for completed chores, achievements or good behavior.
👉 Set regular or one-off chores with our 'jobs' feature (available within RoosterPLUS).
👉 Withdraw money and hand it to your kids so they can spend it in shops.
👉 Take pictures of things at the shops and set these as savings goals for your kids to save towards.
👉 Lock / unlock their allowance with ease.
👉 A great way to teach your children about money.
Key Features for Kids 👧 👦
👉 Take control of your allowance and pocket money.
👉 View how much money you have saved or spent by checking your statement.
👉 Create savings goals!
👉 Save money to add to a Savings Account.
👉 Customise your dashboard and make your account your very own.
👉 Get a head-start towards learning the true value of money!
What is RoosterMoney?
Our mission is a simple one: to transform the way the world talks about money with their kids. We provide an easy-to-use pocket money allowance manager, chore chart, reward tracker piggy bank app that empowers parents to raise money-wise kids.
We set out to fix a specific problem: Allowances are a great idea in principle, however finding a system that works for your family is hard, particularly when you’re juggling the weekly shop, work emails and soccer practice!
We believe in the power of allowances to transform your child’s understanding of money – whether you give them 20¢ a week or $20. And most importantly, we think these lessons are best learned by keeping things simple for parents and fun for kids.
PLUS PRICING & TERMS
RoosterMoney offers 2 auto-renewing subscription options for Extra PLUS Features:
$2.49 per month
$18.99 per year
Listed prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence.
Your PLUS subscription will automatically renew at the end of each term and your credit card will be charged.
Terms & Conditions: https://www.roostermoney.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://www.roostermoney.com/privacy
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The kids like it!
Sep 27, 2019 We’ve been using Rooster with our kids for about two weeks now and so far so good! It’s a work in progress to get the kids to refer to the app for their chores, but they are quickly learning that if they don’t get those chores done daily, they lose a percentage of their allowance. The kids DO really like having that visual of their money. My daughter blew through her Spend account the first week and then asked to rent a movie last night. I asked her how much money she had and when she checked she realized what she had done. I say that’s a good lesson learned. I’m still getting the hang of the app myself. I find checking on the chores a little difficult. It seems like sometimes the chores disappear from the list but I don’t remember the kids actually doing them. And I’m not too crazy about the Allowance Jobs and the Extra Jobs being on two different lists. I would like to see them flow together and maybe just tagged differently. I would also like to see a setting that allows a percentage of the Extra Jobs money go directly into savings. So far only the Allowance Jobs have that option. I emailed the developers about this and they got back to me within a day and said they would add it to their request list for the next update. Overall I’m pleased with the app!more -
Flexible for different parenting styles
Jun 29, 2020 Whether you do a monthly allowance, want to pay by the job, or both, this App takes care of it. I LOVE the “regulars” for their monthly bills. (That’s right, the kids have bills too! Allowance is not just play money, they have expenses too!) The way we use it, our kids have regular jobs they “must do” to get their monthly allowance, say $20. But, they also have monthly bills, like their X-box Live, Netflix and Apple Music subscriptions. They’re all divided between our kids each month and that comes out of their “allowance” as well. It also allows flexibility in if/how they get paid that monthly “allowance”. They only do 50% of the jobs? They only get 50% of the pay. Won’t have enough to pay “regulars”? I guess you’d better make up the difference with some “extra earners” like vacuuming out the van, etc. I can split their $ into spending, saving and giving pots. The kids choose rewards: what they want to spend their money on. Now, when we’re at the store, they ask to check their Rooster Account to see if they have enough $ for X. Will they have enough for regulars if they buy X? Maybe they can do some extra earners, or make sure they’ve done their daily chore more often. Ahh, putting the decision back in their court is so satisfying. ☺️more -
Feb 17, 2021 Just got our younger one a card to add to the older child's for a couple of years. Youngest is making a regular donation to charity and they have both teamed up to save for a VR kit! Have happily recommended Rooster to friends and family. Any issues (and there's barely been any)in have been resolved quickly and helpfully.more -
5 stars from our family!
Sep 3, 2018 We have been looking for a way to keep track of our kiddos’ spending money in a more on-the-go, fun, user-friendly way. We recently found the RoosterMoney app. It’s all about managing pocket money with kids and teaching them about the value of money. When we set it up, we had them bring us the amount of cash that he wanted to deposit in their RoosterMoney “bank”. We can both have access to the same account so he can deposit and withdraw money from his phone and I can from mine. We can make notes for each transaction and we can also deposit/withdraw the same amount from multiple kids at the same time. When adding their “weekly commission” we can also sort it by “give”, “save”, and “spend” so we are teaching budgeting principles. It’s fun for them to see their money going up (or down) and helping them track how much money they have to work with in each of those 3 categories. It’s also free to join with the option of upgrades to add chores and several other features. We are loving it so far!more -
Feb 24, 2021 I use this daily with the children for chores and behaviour and have noticed a huge improvement in both. They are actually all excited to do chores. Highly recommende
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Feb 15, 2021 Nice when it works but constant challenges paying for it since it's located in UK. I've tried to pay for an annual plan at least 10 times and fraud detection at bank flags it. When trying to work with the developers and the bank no one can seem to give me an answer on how to process a payment, each one pointing a finger and the other.more -
Feb 14, 2021 I finally decided to go with a rooster account for my kids, despite it being only app based, without a website. Began to regret when it wouldn't talk to 1password to get my card details. Then it prompted me to scroll through 14 years of calendar, 1 month at a time, to enter my date of birth. At this point I gave up. If the first two UI components are this bad, I fear for what will come next. Sadly going to have to go with a competitor. Please build a functional website.more -
Feb 17, 2021 App won't open on my Samsung Galaxy 20+. Have used and liked it for a while. Apparently it's not compatible with this phone or the updates are glitchy. -
Paid version is good, but needs improvement
Jul 4, 2019 If you pay the premium version, you can set allowance jobs which are a kids regular chores and extra jobs, which are additional tasks that your kids can do to earn extra. When you set these up, you can set the frequency with which a task appears on the list. For example you can creat an extra job of cleaning the bathroom and set that task to repeat weekly. So when your kid cleans the bathroom this week, it won’t come up again till next week. THE PROBLEM: I have three kids and I set up extra chores in the list that all 3 can do. My daughter did the bathroom and crossed it off. It’s not on her list anymore but my two sons still have it on theirs. This means they can now clean the clean bathroom and check it off on their list too! I set the frequency I want the task done, not based on which kid does it. This definitely needs to change as the alternative is for me to make each kid a list for themselves which defeats the reason I’m paying for this. Hope to see it corrected soon!more -
Love the idea - extremely poor execution!
May 31, 2020 Conceptually I love this idea and I’m generally pretty easy to please with software/apps but, I can not believe how annoying this software is. I signed up for the rooster plus trial with the full intention of keeping the subscription going but, after wasting my time for the last half an hour setting it up, it’s pretty clear I will be closing the account ASAP. This software is not intuitive or user friendly at all. It’s obnoxious how much you have to click around to add basic tasks/chores. It’s absolutely stupid that you can’t see the tasks you’ve created and assigned in a single calendar view or at least in a view that shows frequency/child assignments. Oh, and if you have more than one child that you want to assign the same task on different days...yeah, software can’t handle that. What a total waste of my time. Save yourself the hassles and find another solution. I can not believe this has as high a rating on the App Store as it does?!?more
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The kids like it!
Sep 27, 2019 We’ve been using Rooster with our kids for about two weeks now and so far so good! It’s a work in progress to get the kids to refer to the app for their chores, but they are quickly learning that if they don’t get those chores done daily, they lose a percentage of their allowance. The kids DO really like having that visual of their money. My daughter blew through her Spend account the first week and then asked to rent a movie last night. I asked her how much money she had and when she checked she realized what she had done. I say that’s a good lesson learned. I’m still getting the hang of the app myself. I find checking on the chores a little difficult. It seems like sometimes the chores disappear from the list but I don’t remember the kids actually doing them. And I’m not too crazy about the Allowance Jobs and the Extra Jobs being on two different lists. I would like to see them flow together and maybe just tagged differently. I would also like to see a setting that allows a percentage of the Extra Jobs money go directly into savings. So far only the Allowance Jobs have that option. I emailed the developers about this and they got back to me within a day and said they would add it to their request list for the next update. Overall I’m pleased with the app!more -
Flexible for different parenting styles
Jun 29, 2020 Whether you do a monthly allowance, want to pay by the job, or both, this App takes care of it. I LOVE the “regulars” for their monthly bills. (That’s right, the kids have bills too! Allowance is not just play money, they have expenses too!) The way we use it, our kids have regular jobs they “must do” to get their monthly allowance, say $20. But, they also have monthly bills, like their X-box Live, Netflix and Apple Music subscriptions. They’re all divided between our kids each month and that comes out of their “allowance” as well. It also allows flexibility in if/how they get paid that monthly “allowance”. They only do 50% of the jobs? They only get 50% of the pay. Won’t have enough to pay “regulars”? I guess you’d better make up the difference with some “extra earners” like vacuuming out the van, etc. I can split their $ into spending, saving and giving pots. The kids choose rewards: what they want to spend their money on. Now, when we’re at the store, they ask to check their Rooster Account to see if they have enough $ for X. Will they have enough for regulars if they buy X? Maybe they can do some extra earners, or make sure they’ve done their daily chore more often. Ahh, putting the decision back in their court is so satisfying. ☺️more -
Feb 17, 2021 Just got our younger one a card to add to the older child's for a couple of years. Youngest is making a regular donation to charity and they have both teamed up to save for a VR kit! Have happily recommended Rooster to friends and family. Any issues (and there's barely been any)in have been resolved quickly and helpfully.more -
5 stars from our family!
Sep 3, 2018 We have been looking for a way to keep track of our kiddos’ spending money in a more on-the-go, fun, user-friendly way. We recently found the RoosterMoney app. It’s all about managing pocket money with kids and teaching them about the value of money. When we set it up, we had them bring us the amount of cash that he wanted to deposit in their RoosterMoney “bank”. We can both have access to the same account so he can deposit and withdraw money from his phone and I can from mine. We can make notes for each transaction and we can also deposit/withdraw the same amount from multiple kids at the same time. When adding their “weekly commission” we can also sort it by “give”, “save”, and “spend” so we are teaching budgeting principles. It’s fun for them to see their money going up (or down) and helping them track how much money they have to work with in each of those 3 categories. It’s also free to join with the option of upgrades to add chores and several other features. We are loving it so far!more -
Feb 24, 2021 I use this daily with the children for chores and behaviour and have noticed a huge improvement in both. They are actually all excited to do chores. Highly recommende
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Overall good so far - need some modifications
Jan 6, 2019 It would be great if when we boost money to our kids account it would automatically split it into our desired ratio of 80% spend, 10% save and 10% tithe. Instead you have to manually do that and enter 3 separate transactions with explanations. When making a withdrawal it would be nice if you could see what is in all 3 accounts while choosing the amount. We were previously using kidsbank and I was very disappointed when that app was shut down. We have 5 kids so you can imagine that managing their money and chores is not easy. We are liking this app so far but modifying the features I mentioned would make this fantastic! Also it is a little glitchy when adding chores manually. If google can’t come up with a picture and you try to go back and edit, it wants to make you put in a deadline date instead of leaving it open ended so you have to delete the chore and re-enter it with a different name so that google can find a picture. For example, I entered straighten craft area and Game Center and all I could get was pictures of hair straighteners. I look forward to providing further feedback as we begin to use the app.more -
Jan 5, 2021 Great app!! Very useful. It has really kept the kids on track with chores without al of the nagging from mom and dad!! They love being in control of their money and seeing how much they have in each category quickly. I would love if I could add chores for the parents to do as well (without having to add them as a kid).more -
Pretty good, with a few tweaks it’d be great
May 6, 2020 I really like this app, however there is some inconsistency in how to transfer money, specifically into the “goals” section. Within the save, spend, share sections, you can transfer easily, but to transfer money into the goals section, you can only do it from within that section and only from the “spend” category, which I don’t understand. I also get frustrated because the app doesn’t allow for working on landscape orientation, which is really frustrating when that’s how the keyboard is like for a tablet. Doesn’t work easily to have the app only in portrait mode and you keyboard is automatically set up for landscape, so when you’re typing on a keyboard (like adding notes about what money was for), the screen orientation doesn’t match. Small thing and you can use the keyboard on the screen or tilt your head, but its kind of annoying.more -
Feb 13, 2021 Pretty darn good service. Excellent parental controls. -
Jan 20, 2021 I love this app, but pls bring back the old chore design, it is so much easier then the new one, even I have trouble with it, pls bring back the old design will rate 5 stars, but for now only 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Jan 22, 2021 Best chore and allowance app out there. It definitely needs some improvements as far as user ease of use. They've been given a lot of innovative ideas that could greatly improve their app to make it more user friendly. It's easy enough to do (other apps have the suggested options already in use). With that said, they are failing to improve and update the app. They need to incorporate user ideas more. They have a scripted response to user requests instead of honestly working on things.more
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Feb 15, 2021 Nice when it works but constant challenges paying for it since it's located in UK. I've tried to pay for an annual plan at least 10 times and fraud detection at bank flags it. When trying to work with the developers and the bank no one can seem to give me an answer on how to process a payment, each one pointing a finger and the other.more -
Paid version is good, but needs improvement
Jul 4, 2019 If you pay the premium version, you can set allowance jobs which are a kids regular chores and extra jobs, which are additional tasks that your kids can do to earn extra. When you set these up, you can set the frequency with which a task appears on the list. For example you can creat an extra job of cleaning the bathroom and set that task to repeat weekly. So when your kid cleans the bathroom this week, it won’t come up again till next week. THE PROBLEM: I have three kids and I set up extra chores in the list that all 3 can do. My daughter did the bathroom and crossed it off. It’s not on her list anymore but my two sons still have it on theirs. This means they can now clean the clean bathroom and check it off on their list too! I set the frequency I want the task done, not based on which kid does it. This definitely needs to change as the alternative is for me to make each kid a list for themselves which defeats the reason I’m paying for this. Hope to see it corrected soon!more -
Love the idea - extremely poor execution!
May 31, 2020 Conceptually I love this idea and I’m generally pretty easy to please with software/apps but, I can not believe how annoying this software is. I signed up for the rooster plus trial with the full intention of keeping the subscription going but, after wasting my time for the last half an hour setting it up, it’s pretty clear I will be closing the account ASAP. This software is not intuitive or user friendly at all. It’s obnoxious how much you have to click around to add basic tasks/chores. It’s absolutely stupid that you can’t see the tasks you’ve created and assigned in a single calendar view or at least in a view that shows frequency/child assignments. Oh, and if you have more than one child that you want to assign the same task on different days...yeah, software can’t handle that. What a total waste of my time. Save yourself the hassles and find another solution. I can not believe this has as high a rating on the App Store as it does?!?more
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Feb 14, 2021 I finally decided to go with a rooster account for my kids, despite it being only app based, without a website. Began to regret when it wouldn't talk to 1password to get my card details. Then it prompted me to scroll through 14 years of calendar, 1 month at a time, to enter my date of birth. At this point I gave up. If the first two UI components are this bad, I fear for what will come next. Sadly going to have to go with a competitor. Please build a functional website.more -
Feb 17, 2021 App won't open on my Samsung Galaxy 20+. Have used and liked it for a while. Apparently it's not compatible with this phone or the updates are glitchy.
What’s Groovy
I spent way too much time researching all the options to help our kids keep track of their money and this one is definitely the best! If all you want to do is keep track of how much money they have in their “virtual accounts” (this functionality alone is super helpful - especially when you have 4 kids!!) then you can you the app for free, but what sets this app above the crowd is the allowance and “extra jobs” chore functionalities, which require a very modest subscription fee for that service - it’s is totally worth it!!
The app has been soooo helpful in helping our family of 6 w 4 kids keep track of our money. No more complaining from kids accusing their siblings of stealing their cash or just thinking they had more and not knowing what they did with it - the app makes it so easy to keep track of all deposits and withdraws from their money!! When they get a check from grandma - stick it in their RoosterMoney acct! They do jobs to help out or you want to give them any number of customizable rewards - you are all set! They can log in to their own accts and claim their jobs and move money from spend to save (where they can earn interest) etc. It has really encouraged the kids to think more about how much they have for things they want and makes it so much more straightforward to answer at the store when they say they want anything - “well, do you have enough in RM?”
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What’s Subpar
Tried to sign up for premium with three different cards. Each of those banks blocked the transaction, which I don't take as a good sign. Oh well. Decent in concept, but couldn't try the trial without the credit card auth that kept getting blocked. Not sure why they wouldn't just let you pay through the Google store like everything else.
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The kids like it!
We’ve been using Rooster with our kids for about two weeks now and so far so good! It’s a work in progress to get the kids to refer to the app for their chores, but they are quickly learning that if they don’t get those chores done daily, they lose a percentage of their allowance. The kids DO really like having that visual of their money. My daughter blew through her Spend account the first week and then asked to rent a movie last night. I asked her how much money she had and when she checked she realized what she had done. I say that’s a good lesson learned. I’m still getting the hang of the app myself. I find checking on the chores a little difficult. It seems like sometimes the chores disappear from the list but I don’t remember the kids actually doing them. And I’m not too crazy about the Allowance Jobs and the Extra Jobs being on two different lists. I would like to see them flow together and maybe just tagged differently. I would also like to see a setting that allows a percentage of the Extra Jobs money go directly into savings. So far only the Allowance Jobs have that option. I emailed the developers about this and they got back to me within a day and said they would add it to their request list for the next update. Overall I’m pleased with the app! -
Flexible for different parenting styles
Whether you do a monthly allowance, want to pay by the job, or both, this App takes care of it. I LOVE the “regulars” for their monthly bills. (That’s right, the kids have bills too! Allowance is not just play money, they have expenses too!) The way we use it, our kids have regular jobs they “must do” to get their monthly allowance, say $20. But, they also have monthly bills, like their X-box Live, Netflix and Apple Music subscriptions. They’re all divided between our kids each month and that comes out of their “allowance” as well. It also allows flexibility in if/how they get paid that monthly “allowance”. They only do 50% of the jobs? They only get 50% of the pay. Won’t have enough to pay “regulars”? I guess you’d better make up the difference with some “extra earners” like vacuuming out the van, etc. I can split their $ into spending, saving and giving pots. The kids choose rewards: what they want to spend their money on. Now, when we’re at the store, they ask to check their Rooster Account to see if they have enough $ for X. Will they have enough for regulars if they buy X? Maybe they can do some extra earners, or make sure they’ve done their daily chore more often. Ahh, putting the decision back in their court is so satisfying. ☺️ -
Just got our younger one a card to add to the older child's for a couple of years. Youngest is making a regular donation to charity and they have both teamed up to save for a VR kit! Have happily recommended Rooster to friends and family. Any issues (and there's barely been any)in have been resolved quickly and helpfully.
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5 stars from our family!
We have been looking for a way to keep track of our kiddos’ spending money in a more on-the-go, fun, user-friendly way. We recently found the RoosterMoney app. It’s all about managing pocket money with kids and teaching them about the value of money. When we set it up, we had them bring us the amount of cash that he wanted to deposit in their RoosterMoney “bank”. We can both have access to the same account so he can deposit and withdraw money from his phone and I can from mine. We can make notes for each transaction and we can also deposit/withdraw the same amount from multiple kids at the same time. When adding their “weekly commission” we can also sort it by “give”, “save”, and “spend” so we are teaching budgeting principles. It’s fun for them to see their money going up (or down) and helping them track how much money they have to work with in each of those 3 categories. It’s also free to join with the option of upgrades to add chores and several other features. We are loving it so far! -
I use this daily with the children for chores and behaviour and have noticed a huge improvement in both. They are actually all excited to do chores. Highly recommende
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Overall good so far - need some modifications
It would be great if when we boost money to our kids account it would automatically split it into our desired ratio of 80% spend, 10% save and 10% tithe. Instead you have to manually do that and enter 3 separate transactions with explanations. When making a withdrawal it would be nice if you could see what is in all 3 accounts while choosing the amount. We were previously using kidsbank and I was very disappointed when that app was shut down. We have 5 kids so you can imagine that managing their money and chores is not easy. We are liking this app so far but modifying the features I mentioned would make this fantastic! Also it is a little glitchy when adding chores manually. If google can’t come up with a picture and you try to go back and edit, it wants to make you put in a deadline date instead of leaving it open ended so you have to delete the chore and re-enter it with a different name so that google can find a picture. For example, I entered straighten craft area and Game Center and all I could get was pictures of hair straighteners. I look forward to providing further feedback as we begin to use the app. -
Solves the problem for us!
Did we give the kids their allowance this week? Did Mom? Did Dad? Do we owe them from last week? 2 weeks ago? While we were on vacation? Did we forget to give them allowance on vacation? But didn’t we cover it by giving them extra spending money on vacation? What about that money grandma sent that we held onto because they didn’t have pockets/wallet? How much money do you have in the bank? In your piggy bank, at home? How much do we owe you for doing that chore? Didn’t we pay you already? What about our last trip to the grocery store where you said you would buy that sugary cereal with your own money and pay us back when we got home? Did you pay us back yet? You did? I don’t remember, was it Dad or Mom you paid back? We never have to worry about any of these questions, ever again! RoosterMoney makes it simple to track a weekly allowance amount going into our kids accounts, we never forget and we can check from anywhere (and the kids can check from their mobile devices, too)! We can instantly deduct from their available balance if they want to get anything at the store while we’re out - no more questioning or forgetting to account for things. Bonus? RoosterMoney reflects exactly how electronic paychecks and banking work for adults in the real world and we’re training our kids (unbeknownst to them) on how to be adults with bank accounts long before they are old enough in the bank’s eyes to be issued a debit card. -
I love it, kids love it. It's easy to use, engaging and keeps the kids very aware of what chores they need to be doing each day or week.
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A working parents dream!
With both my husband and I working full time it is difficult to stay consistent with the kids and their responsibilities. Our children 13, 11 & 6 are finally doing their chores, setting goals and saving $. They are pretty exited about earning their allowance to buy their goal items. This is also holding us accountable to follow through with our expectations. I love that I can leave notes, add cute photos of the requested chores and they can too. They can also leave photos for their accomplishments. One job I created was to make sure mom and dad get their school notices. If their are none that day, they just write "none today". Our 6 year old's chores are daily tasks like brush teeth, get dressed for school, brush hair, do homework... I also love the extra Job feature! Tasks that are out of the normal day to day and usually something I don't have time to do. We will see how long we can keep this up. But so far it is working great. -
Great to teach young ones values, my young one loves using his card in stores and for some online purchases, it gives him the freedom.
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Good but pricey
I like this app for my daughter. It’s easy to use, but I think it’s overpriced for what you get.
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The kids like it!
We’ve been using Rooster with our kids for about two weeks now and so far so good! It’s a work in progress to get the kids to refer to the app for their chores, but they are quickly learning that if they don’t get those chores done daily, they lose a percentage of their allowance. The kids DO really like having that visual of their money. My daughter blew through her Spend account the first week and then asked to rent a movie last night. I asked her how much money she had and when she checked she realized what she had done. I say that’s a good lesson learned. I’m still getting the hang of the app myself. I find checking on the chores a little difficult. It seems like sometimes the chores disappear from the list but I don’t remember the kids actually doing them. And I’m not too crazy about the Allowance Jobs and the Extra Jobs being on two different lists. I would like to see them flow together and maybe just tagged differently. I would also like to see a setting that allows a percentage of the Extra Jobs money go directly into savings. So far only the Allowance Jobs have that option. I emailed the developers about this and they got back to me within a day and said they would add it to their request list for the next update. Overall I’m pleased with the app! -
Flexible for different parenting styles
Whether you do a monthly allowance, want to pay by the job, or both, this App takes care of it. I LOVE the “regulars” for their monthly bills. (That’s right, the kids have bills too! Allowance is not just play money, they have expenses too!) The way we use it, our kids have regular jobs they “must do” to get their monthly allowance, say $20. But, they also have monthly bills, like their X-box Live, Netflix and Apple Music subscriptions. They’re all divided between our kids each month and that comes out of their “allowance” as well. It also allows flexibility in if/how they get paid that monthly “allowance”. They only do 50% of the jobs? They only get 50% of the pay. Won’t have enough to pay “regulars”? I guess you’d better make up the difference with some “extra earners” like vacuuming out the van, etc. I can split their $ into spending, saving and giving pots. The kids choose rewards: what they want to spend their money on. Now, when we’re at the store, they ask to check their Rooster Account to see if they have enough $ for X. Will they have enough for regulars if they buy X? Maybe they can do some extra earners, or make sure they’ve done their daily chore more often. Ahh, putting the decision back in their court is so satisfying. ☺️ -
Just got our younger one a card to add to the older child's for a couple of years. Youngest is making a regular donation to charity and they have both teamed up to save for a VR kit! Have happily recommended Rooster to friends and family. Any issues (and there's barely been any)in have been resolved quickly and helpfully.
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5 stars from our family!
We have been looking for a way to keep track of our kiddos’ spending money in a more on-the-go, fun, user-friendly way. We recently found the RoosterMoney app. It’s all about managing pocket money with kids and teaching them about the value of money. When we set it up, we had them bring us the amount of cash that he wanted to deposit in their RoosterMoney “bank”. We can both have access to the same account so he can deposit and withdraw money from his phone and I can from mine. We can make notes for each transaction and we can also deposit/withdraw the same amount from multiple kids at the same time. When adding their “weekly commission” we can also sort it by “give”, “save”, and “spend” so we are teaching budgeting principles. It’s fun for them to see their money going up (or down) and helping them track how much money they have to work with in each of those 3 categories. It’s also free to join with the option of upgrades to add chores and several other features. We are loving it so far! -
I use this daily with the children for chores and behaviour and have noticed a huge improvement in both. They are actually all excited to do chores. Highly recommende
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Solves the problem for us!
Did we give the kids their allowance this week? Did Mom? Did Dad? Do we owe them from last week? 2 weeks ago? While we were on vacation? Did we forget to give them allowance on vacation? But didn’t we cover it by giving them extra spending money on vacation? What about that money grandma sent that we held onto because they didn’t have pockets/wallet? How much money do you have in the bank? In your piggy bank, at home? How much do we owe you for doing that chore? Didn’t we pay you already? What about our last trip to the grocery store where you said you would buy that sugary cereal with your own money and pay us back when we got home? Did you pay us back yet? You did? I don’t remember, was it Dad or Mom you paid back? We never have to worry about any of these questions, ever again! RoosterMoney makes it simple to track a weekly allowance amount going into our kids accounts, we never forget and we can check from anywhere (and the kids can check from their mobile devices, too)! We can instantly deduct from their available balance if they want to get anything at the store while we’re out - no more questioning or forgetting to account for things. Bonus? RoosterMoney reflects exactly how electronic paychecks and banking work for adults in the real world and we’re training our kids (unbeknownst to them) on how to be adults with bank accounts long before they are old enough in the bank’s eyes to be issued a debit card. -
I love it, kids love it. It's easy to use, engaging and keeps the kids very aware of what chores they need to be doing each day or week.
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A working parents dream!
With both my husband and I working full time it is difficult to stay consistent with the kids and their responsibilities. Our children 13, 11 & 6 are finally doing their chores, setting goals and saving $. They are pretty exited about earning their allowance to buy their goal items. This is also holding us accountable to follow through with our expectations. I love that I can leave notes, add cute photos of the requested chores and they can too. They can also leave photos for their accomplishments. One job I created was to make sure mom and dad get their school notices. If their are none that day, they just write "none today". Our 6 year old's chores are daily tasks like brush teeth, get dressed for school, brush hair, do homework... I also love the extra Job feature! Tasks that are out of the normal day to day and usually something I don't have time to do. We will see how long we can keep this up. But so far it is working great. -
Great to teach young ones values, my young one loves using his card in stores and for some online purchases, it gives him the freedom.
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Love it - Changed our frustration after school
Recommendation for a chore and allowance manager app... I love this app!!!! Rooster Money has completely changed the way that I mange chores and now we actually do allowance. The 4 girls have their daily chores to earn their modest allowance ($.50-$1.50) — And I can add chores throughout the day (e.g. someone left a mess in their room). No more “Mom, what do I need to do today? No more “I forgot my violin or to pack my lunch”. They mark it done daily. I decide each Sunday if they’ve completed enough to earn their allowance (or it can do it automatically). Love that it manages the “Bank of Mom and Dad”. It may seem like overkill but it works for us. If you’ve been looking, try it! I’ve tried posted spreadsheets and Notes on my phone to track Birthday money, etc... Some people are certainly more organized than myself to not need this BUT I love my conversations about saving for a goal, Christmas Giving Goals, etc...
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Overall good so far - need some modifications
It would be great if when we boost money to our kids account it would automatically split it into our desired ratio of 80% spend, 10% save and 10% tithe. Instead you have to manually do that and enter 3 separate transactions with explanations. When making a withdrawal it would be nice if you could see what is in all 3 accounts while choosing the amount. We were previously using kidsbank and I was very disappointed when that app was shut down. We have 5 kids so you can imagine that managing their money and chores is not easy. We are liking this app so far but modifying the features I mentioned would make this fantastic! Also it is a little glitchy when adding chores manually. If google can’t come up with a picture and you try to go back and edit, it wants to make you put in a deadline date instead of leaving it open ended so you have to delete the chore and re-enter it with a different name so that google can find a picture. For example, I entered straighten craft area and Game Center and all I could get was pictures of hair straighteners. I look forward to providing further feedback as we begin to use the app. -
Great app!! Very useful. It has really kept the kids on track with chores without al of the nagging from mom and dad!! They love being in control of their money and seeing how much they have in each category quickly. I would love if I could add chores for the parents to do as well (without having to add them as a kid).
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Pretty good, with a few tweaks it’d be great
I really like this app, however there is some inconsistency in how to transfer money, specifically into the “goals” section. Within the save, spend, share sections, you can transfer easily, but to transfer money into the goals section, you can only do it from within that section and only from the “spend” category, which I don’t understand. I also get frustrated because the app doesn’t allow for working on landscape orientation, which is really frustrating when that’s how the keyboard is like for a tablet. Doesn’t work easily to have the app only in portrait mode and you keyboard is automatically set up for landscape, so when you’re typing on a keyboard (like adding notes about what money was for), the screen orientation doesn’t match. Small thing and you can use the keyboard on the screen or tilt your head, but its kind of annoying. -
Pretty darn good service. Excellent parental controls.
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I love this app, but pls bring back the old chore design, it is so much easier then the new one, even I have trouble with it, pls bring back the old design will rate 5 stars, but for now only 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Best chore and allowance app out there. It definitely needs some improvements as far as user ease of use. They've been given a lot of innovative ideas that could greatly improve their app to make it more user friendly. It's easy enough to do (other apps have the suggested options already in use). With that said, they are failing to improve and update the app. They need to incorporate user ideas more. They have a scripted response to user requests instead of honestly working on things.
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Nice when it works but constant challenges paying for it since it's located in UK. I've tried to pay for an annual plan at least 10 times and fraud detection at bank flags it. When trying to work with the developers and the bank no one can seem to give me an answer on how to process a payment, each one pointing a finger and the other.
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I finally decided to go with a rooster account for my kids, despite it being only app based, without a website. Began to regret when it wouldn't talk to 1password to get my card details. Then it prompted me to scroll through 14 years of calendar, 1 month at a time, to enter my date of birth. At this point I gave up. If the first two UI components are this bad, I fear for what will come next. Sadly going to have to go with a competitor. Please build a functional website.
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App won't open on my Samsung Galaxy 20+. Have used and liked it for a while. Apparently it's not compatible with this phone or the updates are glitchy.
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Paid version is good, but needs improvement
If you pay the premium version, you can set allowance jobs which are a kids regular chores and extra jobs, which are additional tasks that your kids can do to earn extra. When you set these up, you can set the frequency with which a task appears on the list. For example you can creat an extra job of cleaning the bathroom and set that task to repeat weekly. So when your kid cleans the bathroom this week, it won’t come up again till next week. THE PROBLEM: I have three kids and I set up extra chores in the list that all 3 can do. My daughter did the bathroom and crossed it off. It’s not on her list anymore but my two sons still have it on theirs. This means they can now clean the clean bathroom and check it off on their list too! I set the frequency I want the task done, not based on which kid does it. This definitely needs to change as the alternative is for me to make each kid a list for themselves which defeats the reason I’m paying for this. Hope to see it corrected soon! -
Love the idea - extremely poor execution!
Conceptually I love this idea and I’m generally pretty easy to please with software/apps but, I can not believe how annoying this software is. I signed up for the rooster plus trial with the full intention of keeping the subscription going but, after wasting my time for the last half an hour setting it up, it’s pretty clear I will be closing the account ASAP. This software is not intuitive or user friendly at all. It’s obnoxious how much you have to click around to add basic tasks/chores. It’s absolutely stupid that you can’t see the tasks you’ve created and assigned in a single calendar view or at least in a view that shows frequency/child assignments. Oh, and if you have more than one child that you want to assign the same task on different days...yeah, software can’t handle that. What a total waste of my time. Save yourself the hassles and find another solution. I can not believe this has as high a rating on the App Store as it does?!?
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Nice when it works but constant challenges paying for it since it's located in UK. I've tried to pay for an annual plan at least 10 times and fraud detection at bank flags it. When trying to work with the developers and the bank no one can seem to give me an answer on how to process a payment, each one pointing a finger and the other.
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Paid version is good, but needs improvement
If you pay the premium version, you can set allowance jobs which are a kids regular chores and extra jobs, which are additional tasks that your kids can do to earn extra. When you set these up, you can set the frequency with which a task appears on the list. For example you can creat an extra job of cleaning the bathroom and set that task to repeat weekly. So when your kid cleans the bathroom this week, it won’t come up again till next week. THE PROBLEM: I have three kids and I set up extra chores in the list that all 3 can do. My daughter did the bathroom and crossed it off. It’s not on her list anymore but my two sons still have it on theirs. This means they can now clean the clean bathroom and check it off on their list too! I set the frequency I want the task done, not based on which kid does it. This definitely needs to change as the alternative is for me to make each kid a list for themselves which defeats the reason I’m paying for this. Hope to see it corrected soon! -
Love the idea - extremely poor execution!
Conceptually I love this idea and I’m generally pretty easy to please with software/apps but, I can not believe how annoying this software is. I signed up for the rooster plus trial with the full intention of keeping the subscription going but, after wasting my time for the last half an hour setting it up, it’s pretty clear I will be closing the account ASAP. This software is not intuitive or user friendly at all. It’s obnoxious how much you have to click around to add basic tasks/chores. It’s absolutely stupid that you can’t see the tasks you’ve created and assigned in a single calendar view or at least in a view that shows frequency/child assignments. Oh, and if you have more than one child that you want to assign the same task on different days...yeah, software can’t handle that. What a total waste of my time. Save yourself the hassles and find another solution. I can not believe this has as high a rating on the App Store as it does?!?
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I finally decided to go with a rooster account for my kids, despite it being only app based, without a website. Began to regret when it wouldn't talk to 1password to get my card details. Then it prompted me to scroll through 14 years of calendar, 1 month at a time, to enter my date of birth. At this point I gave up. If the first two UI components are this bad, I fear for what will come next. Sadly going to have to go with a competitor. Please build a functional website.
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App won't open on my Samsung Galaxy 20+. Have used and liked it for a while. Apparently it's not compatible with this phone or the updates are glitchy.
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7.4.0
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