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RoosterMoney: Piggy Bank, Allowance and Chore App
RoosterMoney
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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BEST allowance / kids finances app!!!
Sep 10, 2019 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?”more -
Nov 25, 2020 A fantastic app to introduce children to money management. So frustrating that so few banks allow accounts for very young children. My 6 yo is more than ready to take more responsibility with his money and this app fills that need perfectly. Will definitely be looking at paying for the card option when he is older.more -
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 -
Nov 23, 2020 A brilliant app for tracking the kids pocket money. Rather than having to physically give them the cash, it is recorded through the app. Then when we visit the shops they know exactly how much they have to spend and I can adjust in the app. Has saved so many arguments with my eldest!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
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Nov 9, 2020 Looks like it could be a good app, but this is ONLY for use by people located in the UK. Maybe put that in the description so a zillion people from other countries don't waste time downloading and configuring this thing.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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BEST allowance / kids finances app!!!
Sep 10, 2019 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?”more -
Nov 25, 2020 A fantastic app to introduce children to money management. So frustrating that so few banks allow accounts for very young children. My 6 yo is more than ready to take more responsibility with his money and this app fills that need perfectly. Will definitely be looking at paying for the card option when he is older.more -
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 -
Nov 23, 2020 A brilliant app for tracking the kids pocket money. Rather than having to physically give them the cash, it is recorded through the app. Then when we visit the shops they know exactly how much they have to spend and I can adjust in the app. Has saved so many arguments with my eldest!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
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Nov 21, 2020 Absolutely love this app! The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is that there's no way to track what things have been ignored from one week to the next without going back to that prior week or weeks. Please add week over week tracking so I can see the trend.more -
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 -
Nov 18, 2020 Some difficulties in syncing my bank account to the app, choose your search engine carefully...and VPN...but apart from that it worked well. Asking other people to join was easy peasy. There is a 24 hour reply line that also works pretty well. Some issues you just have to work through yourself though....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
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Nov 4, 2020 I'm liking this app so far, one thing is that the app doesn't let me change the weekly spending limit that's the only problem I have with the app but it's still good!more
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Nov 9, 2020 Looks like it could be a good app, but this is ONLY for use by people located in the UK. Maybe put that in the description so a zillion people from other countries don't waste time downloading and configuring this thing.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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What’s Groovy
We've been using this app for years now and it's fab! I load it up with money from birthday and Christmas, plus extra for jobs or good behaviour etc. Then when the kids want anything through the year they know it will come out of their rooster account. It's taught them the value of money and they always question whether they really want something enough to actually spend some of their rooster money on it. 🐓
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What’s Subpar
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.
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BEST allowance / kids finances app!!!
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?” -
A fantastic app to introduce children to money management. So frustrating that so few banks allow accounts for very young children. My 6 yo is more than ready to take more responsibility with his money and this app fills that need perfectly. Will definitely be looking at paying for the card option when he is older.
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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! -
A brilliant app for tracking the kids pocket money. Rather than having to physically give them the cash, it is recorded through the app. Then when we visit the shops they know exactly how much they have to spend and I can adjust in the app. Has saved so many arguments with my eldest!
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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. ☺️ -
Absolutely love this app! The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is that there's no way to track what things have been ignored from one week to the next without going back to that prior week or weeks. Please add week over week tracking so I can see the trend.
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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! -
Great free app to allow children to see their pocket money. Because its all theoretical money, no bank transfers need to happen, and if the children want to buy something, I just check the app, pay for the item, then remove the 'money' from their account. Less faff overall. Fab app.
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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. -
One stop kids finance shop! 3 tier membership that caters for basic saving at a young age, right up to an active account with debit card for teens. Fantastic, personalised chores list and well laid out user interface with separate pots for savings, spend, goals and charity. Even online resources to teach kids basic financial life skills. Perfect 👍
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Excellent
Easy to use and to configure. Amazing app
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BEST allowance / kids finances app!!!
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?” -
A fantastic app to introduce children to money management. So frustrating that so few banks allow accounts for very young children. My 6 yo is more than ready to take more responsibility with his money and this app fills that need perfectly. Will definitely be looking at paying for the card option when he is older.
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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! -
A brilliant app for tracking the kids pocket money. Rather than having to physically give them the cash, it is recorded through the app. Then when we visit the shops they know exactly how much they have to spend and I can adjust in the app. Has saved so many arguments with my eldest!
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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. ☺️ -
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! -
Great free app to allow children to see their pocket money. Because its all theoretical money, no bank transfers need to happen, and if the children want to buy something, I just check the app, pay for the item, then remove the 'money' from their account. Less faff overall. Fab app.
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One stop kids finance shop! 3 tier membership that caters for basic saving at a young age, right up to an active account with debit card for teens. Fantastic, personalised chores list and well laid out user interface with separate pots for savings, spend, goals and charity. Even online resources to teach kids basic financial life skills. Perfect 👍
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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. -
My son is turning 7 and me and my husband thought it would be a good idea to start giving him pocket money and helping him learn more about managing his money. This app has been really been great the interface for me works well and is user friendly. I particularly like that my son can log into the app on his iPad and get a good summary of his money. The customer service from the Rooster Money team has been great on the phone and via messgener through the app itself. Definitely reccommend.
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Absolutely love this app! The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is that there's no way to track what things have been ignored from one week to the next without going back to that prior week or weeks. Please add week over week tracking so I can see the trend.
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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. -
Some difficulties in syncing my bank account to the app, choose your search engine carefully...and VPN...but apart from that it worked well. Asking other people to join was easy peasy. There is a 24 hour reply line that also works pretty well. Some issues you just have to work through yourself though....
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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.
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I'm liking this app so far, one thing is that the app doesn't let me change the weekly spending limit that's the only problem I have with the app but it's still good!
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Looks like it could be a good app, but this is ONLY for use by people located in the UK. Maybe put that in the description so a zillion people from other countries don't waste time downloading and configuring this thing.
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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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Looks like it could be a good app, but this is ONLY for use by people located in the UK. Maybe put that in the description so a zillion people from other countries don't waste time downloading and configuring this thing.
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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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7.1.0
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