Easily Accessible
I’ve been using this app for years now to help my teenage son save and invest. And what I love most, is the ease of using this app. I have no complaints so far. Everything is easily accessible. You can move money around, buy stocks, donate to charities, send money directly to the debit card. What more could you ask for?
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here comes the money
I’m an 11 year old child who uses this, and it’s great! The payment and bonus system are great, and has good security, organization, and practice. (Although I don’t feel comfortable handing out my email in public reviews)
On the flip side, there is a MAJOR problem. When you request to move your money to spend, or load your card, if it isn’t approved, the money is stuck in between and can’t be transferred until it was approved. I have lost a lot of money this way.
Something I would suggest is adding a request list for parents in the app, so they can go and look at requests and approve them without having to dig into messages.
Overall, good app.
On the flip side, there is a MAJOR problem. When you request to move your money to spend, or load your card, if it isn’t approved, the money is stuck in between and can’t be transferred until it was approved. I have lost a lot of money this way.
Something I would suggest is adding a request list for parents in the app, so they can go and look at requests and approve them without having to dig into messages.
Overall, good app.
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Looks cheap
It's kinda cheap looking and when you buy things it doesent really describe the object so your just left wondering "what did I spend this on?" or "are they stealing money?" because you can't see what you bought.
Great customer service and the app motivates the kiddos!
Big shout out to Cindy in customer service for assisting with some address change questions. Kids love marking off their chores and the app is super customizable!
Ugj
It is a little confusing and I accidentally set myself up as the parent, is there a way to undo that?
Scammy
Absolutely awful. Works ok unless you want to get money out of the account. Stock trades failed to execute. Terrible customer service. Can’t get cash out except in multiples of $100. Stay away!
Love this app, I want a desktop version
I really like the ease of BusyKid to help my kids manage their money, but I have not been able to teach them to do it themselves because I can only access it on a phone. I’m not giving my kids a phone, so please make a version of the app they can access on their Chromebook’s
Use Something Else
Good idea, with poor execution and supporting technology. The system is rigid, the transfers are slow, their binning and accounting system is not intuitive.
For example, I had circa 100 dollars in my child’s account, but couldn’t load my child’s card because a scheduled payment had not been made. So, essentially they held the 100.00 ransomed in the app. This one small example of many.
After about 45 days of trying to make this app work for my family, I closed the account. Even closing the account was not transparent and clear …the amount scheduled for refund is less than the amounts I transferred in.
For example, I had circa 100 dollars in my child’s account, but couldn’t load my child’s card because a scheduled payment had not been made. So, essentially they held the 100.00 ransomed in the app. This one small example of many.
After about 45 days of trying to make this app work for my family, I closed the account. Even closing the account was not transparent and clear …the amount scheduled for refund is less than the amounts I transferred in.
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Doesn’t work for investing
Tried several times to setup investing and just loads forever. App is just so clunky.
Idk
It’s good app but pLEASE PUT A WAY TO SEE THE CARD INFORMATION !!!
Love
I love this app so much
Great for the whole family
This has been a fantastic tool as a parent to help motivate and teach our kids on how to earn, spend, and save using digital funds. Our kids love having their own pre-paid debit card. I love telling them it’s their choice to buy something or not, as opposed to them begging me to buy something for them. It teaches them how to make financial decisions.
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Starting to have issues
Chores kept duplicating 2,3,4 times. Would delete 1 and then all were gone for same day. Support doesn’t believe the issue and gives instructions on how to delete even though you have told them you have already done the exact same thing. No way to select all and delete all chores. Would be better is there was a desktop version with more control. Should have a better way to setup chores for multiple kids in a calendar type setting.
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Great Financial Tool
This is a great tool to start teaching your kids about financial literacy.
Don’t Sign Up
I used this for my kids when they were little years ago, we have since moved on to real accounts. When I signed up there was only a fee for purchasing cards, but now there is an annual fee that I never agreed to. The account should be inactive as I can’t even login but they are taking my money for something that hasn’t been used in years so frustrating
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Don’t expect a real person to help it’s automated responses
I used busy kid years ago when my were younger. Liked the app back then but haven’t used it in years and don’t even have a login anymore. Back then they did t charge annual fees. I don’t even have the app on my phone anymore and never agreed to annual fees and they charged me $48 and I submitted a request to have it refunded as I don’t have access to the account anymore and never agreed to annual fees. Their response was to log into and cancel. So don’t expect any help if you have issues they clearly do t read what the problem is.
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Feature request!
It’s a fine app, but I would love to specify jobs without a specific date. I don’t care what day my kid cuts the grass. Just a list of open jobs that stay open into they are done. Not a dealbreaker, though.
Like,but needs help
The investment function says that it is not working, but otherwise a great app.
Help
It works well but when you order a new card it does not work please help me fix this
Money Stolen!
I opened this app, saw that it was not what we needed, and requested to close the account immediately. Despite jumping through hoops with customer service, my $50 has not been refunded to this date. Avoid this app!!!
