BusyHive
Chores, Allowance, Kid Phones
$4.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Chores and allowance, now with a phone for every kid. No account, no cloud — your family data stays yours.
BusyHive is a native chores and allowance app for iPhone and iPad. Add your kids and their chores, set a reward for each one, and let everyone track allowance together - no account, no cloud, and nothing to sign up for.
NEW IN 2.0: KID PHONES
Give each kid their own iPhone instead of sharing one family device. Pair it by scanning a QR code, and your kid can see their chores and balance and mark chores done right from their own phone. The two devices sync automatically whenever they're near each other with BusyHive open - still no account and no internet required. Kid phones are entirely optional, and BusyHive still works the original way, on one shared iPad, if that's what your family prefers.
HOW IT WORKS
- Add each kid and the chores they're responsible for
- Set a dollar reward for each chore, one-time or repeating
- Kids mark chores done, with an optional photo taken with the camera or chosen from their library, as proof of what "done" looks like
- Balances update automatically, and a full history tracks every completion and payout
WHY FAMILIES CHOOSE BUSYHIVE
- All data - kids, chores, balances, history, photos - stays on your own devices, synced device-to-device with no server in between
- No accounts, no sign-ups, no tracking, no ads
- Fast and responsive: this is a from-scratch native rewrite, not a web wrapper
- Optional cooldowns stop the same chore being marked done twice in a row
- Export a full backup anytime and restore it on a new device, so you never lose your family's history
BUILT FROM PARENT FEEDBACK
BusyHive was built after reading hundreds of reviews from parents frustrated with other chore apps: broken sync, subscriptions, and accounts that added complexity without adding value. Version 2.0 carries that same philosophy into a complete native rewrite, adding the option to give each kid their own phone without giving up the local-first approach that got us here.
Questions or feedback? Email eladio@caritos.com
BusyHive 2.0 is a complete rewrite, built natively for iPhone and iPad.
New in 2.0:
- Kid phones. Give each kid their own iPhone. Pair it by scanning a QR code on your device, and your kid can see their chores and balance and mark chores done. Everything syncs automatically whenever the two devices are near each other with BusyHive open. No account, no internet and no cloud are needed.
- Take a photo with the camera when finishing a chore, or choose one from your photo library.
- A faster, smoother app throughout.
What has not changed: your family's data stays on your own devices. No accounts, no tracking, no ads. Your existing kids, chores and history carry over automatically from version 1.
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
The developer, Eladio Caritos, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Eladio Caritos
- Size
- 5 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Eladio Caritos
