Just downloaded the app and I can’t wait to introduce it to my two children. I think the concept is awesome. Though there are a couple features that I think may be helpful, because I found myself searching through the app to see if they were an available-I see list by “child”, “chore” and weekly chore view. I would love to have an option to view the whole month laid out like a calendar and show who has a chore in each day’s box of the calendar grid to ensure that I have given both children the opportunity to earn equally for the week and the month. Not necessarily the detailed chore, but just that child A has two today and child B has one-but tomorrow child A has one and child B has two(so it balances out) at a glance. It would also be helpful to have the weekly and monthly allowance total available per child viewable for the parents so that we can anticipate amounts for payday and see how much they could potentially earn per month individually without having to manually click each date and add up myself. (Unless I just overlooked that feature, in which case just omit 😬)Just a few shortcut ideas that I thought may help me and possibly other parents 🤷🏼‍♀️ Hope to rate more accurately once we have used the app!

The cost for Busy Kids is worth it. My 9 yo son and I struggled with our relationship every day. I give him a directive and he didn’t follow through. I repeat myself multiple times a day but it didn’t get me anywhere but frustrated and annoyed. I researched the debit card apps for kids and came across Busy Kids. The price is affordable $20 for the year. It may not have all the bells and whistles compared with other apps” BUT I don’t need the extras, just the basics. It has a share/donate, spend, and save option. It automatically sends a portion of my sons earned income to the above. You can transfer all money into the spend account BUT we decided to donate to an organization. (If the organization isn’t listed, you can send a request to the team). I’ve used the app for 2 weeks now and I can tell you that it has minimized the arguments I’ve had with my son on a regular basis. I remind him: “ Remember , your paycheck is coming up. Make sure you earn that money!” The app is pretty easy to use— and I did have a question , sent an email, and the team responded the same day! So , they are definitely available for concerns.

I was looking for an app for my 14 yo kid that wasn’t too expensive, he could get a spending card, could do stock purchases AND had adequate parental oversight. It was hard to find all of those in one app but this one checked all the boxes! I was thrilled. The set-up process was missing some key steps, info, but i thought it’ll come together in the end once i input the info. Example, it tells you to link a bank account to the BusyKid account. I linked my kid’s account but should have been mine. Instructions didn’t tell you that. Then my kid followed instructions to join the account and it didn’t recognize my email or phone number, even though I had the correct info in my profile. So I emailed BK (only option to get help) and they told me the profile info didn’t match. I sent them back a screen shot showing them it was correct and asked why it wasn’t working and he didn’t answer the question. Then they offered to “change” the email so I said yes put this one in and they never fixed it. I had to contact them about 9 times and the only thing that got addressed was that I got my money back that I had deposited. Thank goodness. It was such a fiasco that I was seriously concerned if never see that money again. I tried multiple times to give them benefit of doubt and do what they said but it just got worse. I was hoping they’d appreciate the detailed feedback but they didn’t seem to care. It was like they weren’t reading my emails or looking at screen shots. Unfortunately this app is a big NO. Concept and design are good, but interface and execution is very flawed. Lots of set-up issues.

We are in the first week using this app. This app has really got my children excited about chores. I also like that they can learn basic financial fundamentals with this app. The children are also excited about being able to make donations to organizations that help make our world a better world! The reasons for the 4 stars (and not 5) are: (1) they cannot trade chores or reading books for screen time (Minecraft). We might have figured a workaround by using the “cashing out” feature and setting a cost for a hour of time, but I would love to see an enhancement related to earning non-payments rewards and (2) does not seem to have a way to mitigate when a child looses their phone as a consequence - they can’t track chores - we have not figured out if the child can print chores out and backenter chores completed or if they just miss out on doing the chores and being compensated. If you are a parent that takes away your children’s electronics…be aware. I am sure we haven’t figured it out yet! Anyway…so far very pleased!