Job Jar - Kids Screen Time
Productivity
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Jobs in, minutes out. Kids prove the job with a photo, you approve from your phone, and their apps unlock for exactly the minutes they've earned.
Do real jobs. Earn real screen time.
Job Jar turns screen time into something your children earn rather than something you argue about. You decide the jobs and what each one is worth. Your child ticks one off when it's done, you get a notification, and one tap puts the minutes in their bank.
IT ACTUALLY LOCKS THE APPS
On iPhone and iPad, Job Jar uses Apple's own Screen Time controls to keep the apps you choose closed until time has been earned. When your child starts a session those apps unlock for exactly the minutes they earned, then lock themselves again when the time runs out. Nothing here runs on the honour system.
HOW IT WORKS
• Set up jobs — homework, reading, tidying up, the dishes, anything you like
• Choose what each job is worth in minutes
• Your child ticks a job off when it's done
• You get a notification and approve it
• The minutes land in their bank, ready to spend
FOR YOUR CHILDREN
• Their own screen, with their time bank front and centre
• A plant that grows as the day's jobs are approved, and flowers when the last one is done
• Nine hand-drawn characters and six skin tones to make their own
• A clear countdown so they always know how long is left
• A gentle warning before time runs out, never an alarm
FOR YOU
• Approve or send back from your own phone, wherever you are
• A PIN keeps the parent area yours
• A daily spending limit, so a quiet Sunday can't become a lost Monday
• A cap on how much time can be banked up
• Add or take away minutes by hand whenever life calls for it
• Pause a job without deleting it
BUILT FOR FAMILIES, NOT FOR DATA
• No accounts, no sign-ups, no email addresses — not even yours
• No advertising anywhere in the app
• Nothing about your children is sold or shared
MORE THAN ONE DEVICE
Pair a parent's phone and a child's device with a short family code. Jobs, approvals and minutes stay in step across both.
A NOTE ON APP BLOCKING
App blocking uses Apple's Screen Time (Family Controls) and is set up on the child's device, in the parent area under Device. You choose which apps and categories are covered. Job Jar never sees which apps your child uses — iOS handles the locking, and only tells the app whether the lock is on.
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App blocking now does exactly what you choose:
• Only the categories and apps you pick are locked. Changing your selection or switching blocking off now takes effect straight away, instead of leaving earlier choices locked
• Apps lock again reliably when earned time runs out, including short sessions and when Job Jar is closed
• A phone left with old locks from an earlier version clears them the next time Job Jar opens
Also in recent updates:
• Photo proof: ask for a photo on any job, and it appears on your approval card, deleted once you decide
• Kids check everything before sending a job in, with a retake button and a note to tell you about it
• Your notification tells you when a photo or note is attached
The developer, paula deng, 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
- paula deng
- Size
- 53.3 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 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 Paula Deng