Best reward chart app for kids: seven listings sorted by what the child actually earns

What the best reward chart app for kids has to decide

Before any app, three choices decide which one fits.

• What is the prize? A privilege, points toward something, or money.
• What does the child do? Finish chores, or behave well, which the app logs as it happens.
• What does a year cost? The App Store prints a list of purchases, and the same plan often appears at several prices.

Alpacto is our own app, so it gets no row: our own listing would prove nothing. It appears once, at the end.

The reward chart app for kids, one row each

Prices, ratings and build dates were read from each App Store listing on October 2, 2026. The descriptions of who each app is for were read the same day from the listings.

The seven, one by one

Privilege Points

The second-most-rated app in the table after Chorsee, 4.6 from 3.1K. Its price list is the messiest: four Family Premium lines at $7.99, $9.99, $34.99 and $39.99, two lines marked discontinued, and small packs such as Remove Ads at $1.99.

Points: Kids Behavior Tracker

Two prices, $4.99 a month or $34.99 a year, and the shortest list in the table. Its description frames it as a behavior tracker and a household chores app in one, with rewards the parent sets.

Thumsters

The listing speaks to a parent who is tired of power struggles, not to a parent who wants a chore chart. It logs behavior with a thumbs up or down, and the price list runs from $1.99 weekly to $79.99 for a year of the ThumbsUp full account.

BusyKid

Closer to a bank than a chart. The description offers a prepaid card, charity giving and, for older children, investing in real stocks. Its 3.4 from 1.5K ratings is the weakest score in the table.

Chorsee

The largest audience in the table, 4.6 from 12K. A parent of teenagers describes the loop on its listing as “Chores = points = money added to their debit cards”, and its yearly plan appears at $39.99 and $89.99.

Homey

The most literal about money: allowance can go to a child’s savings or checking account in the US. Its last build is from January 2026, the oldest in the table.

MyChoreBoard

The only listing with a Kids label in its name and no purchases section at all. Built on September 30, 2026, with the smallest audience here, 75 ratings.

What the child earns, and why it decides the app

Privilege Points leads with the prize: its description has you assign “points or cash to every task” and let children earn “screen time, allowance money, a sleepover”. On paper, the same trade is an earn screen time chart with a weekly limit. The listing also says chore charts and point systems are recommended by child psychologists; that is the maker’s claim, and we did not check it.

Points is the plainest ladder: parents award points for behavior, and children spend them on rewards the parent has set. Thumsters moves from chores to behavior, logging a thumbs up or down with a reason, and describes itself as positive reinforcement rather than punishment.

BusyKid is a different product. Its description calls it an app and a Visa prepaid card where kids and teens earn, save, donate or spend, from age 5 to 17. It also has the lowest score here, 3.4, so read the reviews before opening a card.

Chorsee and Homey sit in between: Chorsee gives points, Homey says allowance can go to a child’s savings or checking account in the US. For the full family picture, with a year of each priced from the store lists, see the best chore app for families.

What a year costs

The cheapest yearly line among the paid apps is Points at $34.99. Privilege Points prints the same $34.99 for a Family Premium line, next to $39.99, so check which one you tap.

Chorsee prints its yearly plan at $39.99 and $89.99 on one listing. Thumsters runs from $1.99 weekly to $79.99 for a year of its ThumbsUp full account. BusyKid and MyChoreBoard show no purchases on the listing at all.

If you would rather start on paper, a printed reward chart for kids is free, and for jobs by age see chores by age.