Chores · pocket money · no nagging
ChoreButton turns the family chore chart into big, satisfying buttons your kids actually want to press. They tap the chore where they did it. You approve what needs approving. Pocket money adds itself up.
Android early access today · No card needed · No camera, no microphone
Go on, press one.
How it works
The child
Kids pick their profile on the dashboard, find the chore they've finished and hit the big button. A sound and a burst of confetti confirm it landed — then a green tick stays put so they can see what's already done.
The parent
Chores you trust are logged instantly. Chores you'd rather verify go amber and wait in your Approvals tab. Daily limits and time windows do the policing, so you're not rubber-stamping every toothbrush.
Payday
Open a child's card to see their Savings Vault and what they're owed. One tap marks it paid. No bank card, no account for your child, no monthly fee to move their own money around.
Visual status guide
Kids read colour faster than text. Every button wears its state, so nobody has to ask whether something counted.
Choose your setup
Best for families starting simply
One phone or tablet for everyone. Switch between the parent and child views with the button in the top corner. Nothing else to buy, nothing to mount.
Best for a smoother family routine
Your phone is the Parent Unit. A spare tablet becomes the Family Dashboard, mounted on a wall or stood on the kitchen counter. Kids get a visible daily routine; approvals, settings and payouts stay in your pocket.
For parents
Settings, approvals and payouts sit behind a PIN, so the rules stay yours.
Review anything pending in one list, then approve to release the XP and the money.
Type the chore name and ChoreButton suggests the icon. "Walk the dog" picks itself.
Tap a child's card for their vault and unpaid balance, then Pay Out when you hand it over.
Where a chore happens morning and evening, the first press logs one and the second the other.
No photo proof, no voice recordings, no tracking where your child is. It logs chores. That's all.
Get started
On your main phone, open Settings › Cloud Synchronisation and tap Create New Family. A six-digit code appears — something like 123456. Keep it somewhere safe.
Open ChoreButton on the tablet, go to Settings, type the code and tap Join Family. Chores, profiles, rewards and approvals then appear on every device in the house.
In Settings, tap Launch Wall Dashboard. The screen rotates to landscape. On most tablets you can then swipe up slowly, tap the app icon and choose Pin, which stops small hands wandering off into YouTube.
Questions
No, and that's rather the point. Most chore apps assume every child is carrying a phone. ChoreButton works on one shared device: a phone on the counter, or an old tablet on the wall. A four-year-old can use it without owning anything.
Each child taps their name at the top of the dashboard before they press. Their profile colour stays selected, so the next press is theirs.
It's an honest trade: it's simple enough for a small child, and yes, a determined nine-year-old could tap their sibling's name. That's what parent approval is for on the chores that matter.
Every chore has a daily limit. Once it's reached, the button shows a red ring and stops counting — no XP, no money, no argument.
You can also give a chore a time window, so "bedtime on time" only pays properly if it's pressed at bedtime, and mark any chore as needing your approval before it counts.
Only the ones you choose. Approval is a per-chore setting. Brushing teeth can log itself; tidying a bedroom can wait for you to glance at it.
Anything pending sits in your Approvals tab with an amber ring on the button, so children can see it's been sent and hasn't been forgotten.
No. ChoreButton keeps the running total of what's been earned and what you still owe, and splits it across their spend, save and give jars. When you hand over the money — cash, a transfer, whatever you already do — you tap Pay Out and the slate is clear.
No card to order, no monthly fee for your child to touch their own pocket money.
Create a family on your main phone and you'll get a six-digit code. Enter that code on the tablet and tap Join Family. Chores, profiles, rewards and approvals then appear on every device in the house, usually within a second or two.
Neither. ChoreButton asks for no photo proof, records no audio and has no idea where your child is. It logs which chore was pressed, by whom, and when. That's the whole of it.
Some chore apps ask children to photograph their bedroom and upload it. We think that's a lot to ask for a made bed.
Android 7.0 or newer, on phones and tablets. Any old tablet gathering dust in a drawer will do for the wall dashboard — it doesn't need to be fast.
iOS is on the list. If that's what's stopping you, say so when you email us; it helps us work out what to build next.
Today the buttons are on screen — big, satisfying and already in your kitchen. We're testing whether a real press-it-on-the-wall button earns its keep before asking anyone to pay for hardware.
Early access families are how we find out. No dates promised.
Nothing during early access. We're working with a small number of families to get it right, and you'll hear from us well before that changes — no surprise charges, and nothing to cancel.
Early access
ChoreButton is in early access on Android while we get it right with real families. Drop us a line and we'll send the app and a short setup guide.
Android 7.0 or newer · iOS on the list · We'll only email you about ChoreButton