iRewardChart: Chore Tracker app for iPhone and iPad

I personalised it for each of my children. They love to tip on the stars because the sound is so nice. I am also using it for my bigger child to keep track of his good marks. Sonia (Paris)

This is the best behavior management app for parents and children that I have seen. Ive been using behavior management with my children for years, using the Barclay model with the help of a professional psychologist. I bought this app to update and refresh the token economy weve had running in our family- I found that as our children grew older the poker chips we were using were becoming a little stale. This app refreshed things nicely, and everyone is excited about rewards again, even though our payout rates have remained the same. I think my children like the sophistication of the electronic interface compared to the jars they used before, and the happy/sad sounds the app makes when good/poor stars are awarded. The portability is probably my favorite feature. The only problem I found with the app is that is seems geared more for an end of day accounting, as opposed to more immediate feedback. Each task/responsibility can earn at most 1 star per day. This works great for items such as "Homework", but since I use behavior management more for things like "co-operating with your sister" I need to be able to award stars immediately (making the reinforcement more effective), and multiple times each day. For example, I want to award a star when my son co-operates with his sister on the walk to school, when they clear the lunch dishes together, and when they play together after school. Awarding one star for "co-operation" generally at the end of the day is too diffuse, and doesnt allow me to pin point specific positive and negative choices throughout the day, when they are actually being made. This wasnt difficult to work around- I just made multiple task entries for the same task: co-operating 1, co-operating 2, co-operating 3 . . . Its not exactly elegant, but it does the trick. The only downside to this is it makes it harder for me to show the progress the children are making in a specific area. Where I can quickly see the total for "Homework" and provide appropriate praise (Great job, you did your homework every day this week!"), I have to then mentally tabulate the sum of the different co-operation items to get the total score (Wow! Youve earned 24 co-operation stars this week! Have you noticed that you and your sister seem happier and are having more fun together?") All in all, though, this is a very a small inconvenience. I find that overall, with this app, my efforts with my children are more potent at shaping specific positive behaviors, and the overall supervision effort required of me is decreased, compared to our previous program.

This app is a great way to encourage and track positive behaviour. My children helped create their own rewards and came up with ways of earning stars. It allowed them to be involved and when they arent listening or following rules I just have to remind them of the behaviours that they chose to monitor. This app also makes it super easy to trade stars in for rewards and can all be found at the palm of my hand. As a Mom of 3 I just want to say Thanks for such a useful app!

Great idea. This application is very useful to parents raising kidz.

I like the way you can add rewards easily although it would be nice if we could create one set of chores for a family without having to retype them for each individuals. I love the half star. No kid want a half star but are not always willing to do the full work.

My kids are loving this app and so are we. Todays kids are into computers and video games and this app appeals to them much more than a paper chart fill of stickers. My kids are actually taking the initiative and completing tasks without reminders now. Its even working with my 13 year old! I love it!

In short: - not fully working with iOS9 -> cant take or select images for the child -> Dropbox sync faulty or slow as hell, meaning not usable -> language support for some more regions would be appreciated, but thats up to how the app is also designed. Got some feeling that a lot of stuff is hard coded, as at least "one" predefined entry for behaviour, which I definitely changed, showed up when adding another childs entity and that was not editable at all, meaning a zombie entry - which also does not show good signs of quality assurance. I know what Im talking about, so dont even think about stating "how will you know?" Further more, they do not react in any way when sending feedback. And, as already stated, the app could need a visual overhaul, ideally with iPad support, but hey, Id be happy if they fixed adding pictures and improved the Dropbox sync. In total: try the free version and rather, if possible, code your own version or create an Excel or Google Sheets file that can help doing the same basically than buying the full prices version, which is just FAULTY. Oh, and the editing options, meaning the usability, are far beyond ideal. No catastrophe, but far from user-friendly. The main GUI starts ok-ish, but then the whole rest just goes south, as if the whole functionality was thought of while being coded by at least three different people - in different states.

This app is a good start but needs a few more features. You should be able to add or change task categories. Also it would be nice if you could change the order that tasks display in. It would be great to break down tasks into morning, day, evening, etc. Some colour would be nice. Its annoying that it needs to access the Internet. Im going to keep looking for an app that has these features. Make these changes and Ill keep using it!

I am sure this is a great app, but my pictures wont stay. I load them, save them and then they disappear :-(

I tried to use this app for almost a year. I loved the concept but this app is too buggy. The syncing didnt work properly and my ipad and my wifes iPhone never matched, and when I tried to re-sync it assigned additional stars that were not earned. Experienced other bugs and frequesnt crashing. On a couple occasions I sent suggestions and bug reports to the developers but never heard back. I finally threw in the towel and bought iAllowance which is way more stable, syncs properly, and has many more options and customizations!

Idea is great. Wish you could choose the order the tasks are listed in your childs chart. And icons would be helpful for small children who cant read. The stars, their sound, the ability to earn multi stars for a task or even lose stars is great. Love all that. Negatives: If you add or edit a task it goes to the bottom of the list in the childs chart rather than where you have it in the master chore list. Id give it 4 stars if it didnt keep crashing every time I try and add a photo of my child. I had it all set up & used it for several days then it crashed (?) photos are gone & when I try to take a new one freezes when I press "done".

Great idea and concept was looking forward to using it. I bought the full version. But the app kept freezing while I was trying to do different things. Very frustrating.