Allowance apps
- Primary purpose
- Track chores, allowance, or children's spending
- What families still manage
- The broader household system varies by app
Simple, Honest Pricing
One price. No tricks. No upsells.
Built to Last, Priced to Be Fair
One annual plan for the household system. No feature tiers or add-on bundles.
Annual Plan
$120 / year
Equivalent to $10/month when billed annually.
Additional children: $20/year each.
- Up to 4 children included.
- A reliable record of Credits earned and spent.
- Savings goals to practice saving and planning with household credits.
- Unlimited tasks and templates for clear expectations.
- Multiple parent accounts for family coordination.
- Encrypted backups and email support.
Savings interest requires enabled posting and eligible enrollment.
One simple plan, built to last.
Try Free for 30 DaysNo credit card required to start
If you subscribe, billing renews annually until canceled. Canceling keeps access through the paid period and does not automatically provide a prorated refund. Read the terms.
Different Tools Solve Different Problems
Cash allowance
- Primary purpose
- Give children tangible money
- What families still manage
- Records, recurring responsibilities, and follow-through
Chore charts
- Primary purpose
- Make responsibilities visible
- What families still manage
- Credits, approvals, goals, and history
FamilyRhythm®
- Primary purpose
- Help responsibility move gradually from parent to child through real work, a family economy, and repeated practice.
- What families still manage
- Parents teach skills, set standards, and decide what matters. FamilyRhythm carries the structure and record.
| Approach | Primary Purpose | What Families Still Manage |
|---|---|---|
| Allowance apps | Track chores, allowance, or children's spending | The broader household system varies by app |
| Cash allowance | Give children tangible money | Records, recurring responsibilities, and follow-through |
| Chore charts | Make responsibilities visible | Credits, approvals, goals, and history |
| FamilyRhythm® | Help responsibility move gradually from parent to child through real work, a family economy, and repeated practice. | Parents teach skills, set standards, and decide what matters. FamilyRhythm carries the structure and record. |
Most families don't abandon chore systems because they don't care.
They abandon them because they are exhausting to maintain.
What FamilyRhythm Replaces
- Verbal chore negotiations that happen multiple times per week
- "I forgot" or "You didn't say when" arguments
- Lost paper charts or inconsistent enforcement
- Mental tracking of who earned what and when
- Separate systems for chores, allowance, goals, and family coordination
Outcome
It doesn't remove responsibility. It removes ambiguity.
FamilyRhythm keeps expectations, follow-through, and the credit record in one shared place.
One annual plan supports the whole household rhythm
Regular
responsibilities
Credits, goals,
and Bonus Jobs
Family visibility
and continuity
Designed for the system around family work, not just the payment after it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this just another allowance app?
No.
Allowance apps primarily help families move or track money.
FamilyRhythm uses a household economy as a practice environment for something larger: responsibility, initiative, judgment, and growing ownership.
Children do real work, submit it for review, earn credits, make choices with what they earn, and experience the consequences of those choices.
The goal is not to make children spend more time in an app.
The goal is to help them carry more of real life themselves.
Is there really a free trial?
Yes. Try FamilyRhythm free for 30 days. No credit card required to start. If you love it after the trial, choose your plan. If not, walk away with no charge and no questions.
Is my payment information secure?
We never store credit card details. All payment processing is handled by Stripe, a PCI Level 1 certified payment processor used by millions of businesses worldwide.
Can I add more than 4 children?
Yes. Additional children are $20/year each. We set the default at 4 to keep pricing simple for most families, but you can expand as needed.
What payment methods do you accept?
We use Stripe for all payments. Credit cards, debit cards, and bank transfers (where available) are accepted. You can also pay via Apple Pay or Google Pay.
Can I cancel anytime?
Absolutely. You'll retain full access until the end of your billing period. No cancellation fees, no hassle, no questions asked.
What happens to my data if I cancel?
Account and household information is handled according to our current account and data-retention policies. Export your records before canceling if you want a separate copy.
Do you offer discounts?
We keep one standard plan so pricing stays straightforward. Any available promotion is shown with its terms at checkout.
A framework, not a script.
FamilyRhythm is built around a few clear principles: responsibility should grow with capability, children learn through practice, a family economy can make value and trade-offs visible, and consistent agreements matter.
Your family still decides what work matters, what earns credits, what remains an ordinary family obligation, and what increasing ownership should look like for each child.
Ready to Help Them Carry More?
Start building a household rhythm where children can practice responsibility, earning, judgment, and increasing ownership while the stakes are still small.
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