Comparison

BusyKid vs Tiny Treasury

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BusyKid

This app teaches children and teens valuable money management skills. Kids can earn, save, donate, spend using a prepaid card, and even learn to invest in real stocks. Parents can approve all transactions, making it a safe way to gain hands-on financial experience.

Highlights
  • Chore and allowance tracker
  • Learn to invest in real stocks
  • Personalized prepaid Visa card
  • Save, spend, and donate funds
  • Real-time transaction alerts
  • Charitable giving options
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With BusyKid, kids and teens can now learn important money management skills through our easy-to-use app and BusyKid Visa® Prepaid Card. Due to the lack of financial education in most schools, our app has just about everything any child (5 to 17 years old) could ever need to help build the important money skills they’ll need to be successful adults. From the palm of their hands they can make real-life money decisions with parents serving as a safety net. Teens and kids can earn, save†, donate to charities† or spend on a personalized prepaid card. They can even use the funds to learn to invest* in real stocks. Hand-on experience is the best way for kids to learn, and with parents approving all money transactions leaving the app, it’s safer than giving them actual money. Chores and allowance tracker: Kids can earn an allowance by doing chores based on age and schedule. There are hundreds of chore/allowance combinations available but a parent can also add their own. In addition, the app’s chores and allowance tracker helps kids build important character traits like accountability, dependability, time management and teamwork. Enjoy our easy setup and real-time push notifications on chores and money transactions. Teach Easy Investing: Included in every BusyKid account! No upgrades needed! Teach your kids/teens how to invest from an early age and their potential can be limitless. Think college funds, first car, a home, and more. These valuable skills could help guide them through adulthood and create financial strength you can’t get with a bank alone. Learn to invest on our app and your assets are safe with our integrated investing platform, backed by Apex Clearing Corporation. Families can invest together, and within, just a few clicks make an investment for as little as $10 a transaction (and say goodbye to commissions). BusyPay†: Instead of wasting money on gift cards that could get lost, stolen or leave unused funds, use BusyPay and load money directly to a BusyKid child account. By sharing a BusyPay QR code friends and family can add money to an account for birthdays, holidays, or working for a neighbor. Even use this exclusive feature to BusyKid to send money to others using BusyKid. Being Charitable: BusyKid promotes a balance financial lifestyle and that includes being charitable. Donating is important for more reasons than the tax implications. Our app has more than 60 local and national charities built in to help make sharing easy. Safety First: We use the latest SSL encryption technology, and funds inside the app (child’s accounts) are FDIC Insured. The app and cards require individual PINs for use, and we strongly encourage all PINs be different. Parents receive alerts for any money transactions and card issues. Has all sensitive information stored by partners compliant with all Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards. The BusyKid Visa Prepaid Card is issued by Pathward®,N.A., Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. Card can be used everywhere Visa debit cards are accepted. All cardholder funds are insured by the FDIC in accordance with the FDIC’s applicable terms and conditions. Cliq® is the exclusive and authorized Servicer of the BusyKid VISA Prepaid Card. *BusyKid's provision of access to securities products and brokerage services are offered by Apex Clearing Corporation. Apex Clearing Corporation is an SEC registered broker dealer, a member of FINRA and SIPC, and is licensed in 53 states and territories. FINRA BrokerCheck reports for Apex Clearing Corporation are available at: http://www.finra.org/brokercheck. † - Optional feature is a BusyKid product.

About

Tiny Treasury

This app helps families teach children about earning, saving, and compound interest through a chore calendar and savings tracker. Parents can manage child profiles, chores, and balances, while kids see their earnings and projected growth.

Highlights
  • Child profiles
  • Chore management
  • Savings tracking
  • Interest calculation
  • Deposit/withdrawal tracking
  • Work approval
Features
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Tiny Treasury is a modern chore calendar and family savings tracker that helps kids understand earning, saving, and compound interest. Parents can create child profiles, post chores, track balances, review completed work, manage deposits and withdrawals, and set an interest rate that shows kids how money can grow over time. Kids get a clear view of their balance, available chores, payments, and projected growth without the complexity of a real bank account. Built for everyday family money lessons: • Track savings for each child • Add deposits and withdrawals • Set allowance details • Create paid chores and jobs • Let kids claim work and send invoices • Approve or reject completed work • Show interest earned and projected growth • Keep balances easy for kids and parents to understand Tiny Treasury gives families a practical way to talk about money, responsibility, and patience. Instead of abstract lessons, kids can see their work turn into earnings and watch their savings grow day by day.

Screenshots

BusyKid4 screens
Tiny Treasury4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tiny Treasury at 100% against BusyKid's 50%. Tiny Treasury also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4). BusyKid's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tiny Treasury holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BusyKid has 1.5K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of BusyKid's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tiny Treasury's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BusyKid versus Tiny Treasury: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBusyKidTiny Treasury
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (1.5K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.5K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBusyKid, Inc.EM Management LLC

Customer experience

BusyKid

All ratings1,507 ratings
Positive56.7%
Neutral8.2%
Negative35.1%
Written reviews130 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral8.5%
Negative41.5%

Tiny Treasury

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

BusyKid

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Chores duplicating or disappearing
  • Delayed or missing fund transfers
  • Investing feature not functioning properly
  • Account verification issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to mark chores as incomplete
  • Improve chore scheduling and rotation between multiple kids
  • Provide more customization options for chores and allowances
  • Integrate with other financial apps and services
  • Improve customer support and response times

Tiny Treasury

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BusyKid

No in-app purchases

None

Tiny Treasury

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BusyKid free?
BusyKid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tiny Treasury free?
Tiny Treasury is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BusyKid or Tiny Treasury?
Tiny Treasury is rated higher. BusyKid averages 3.4 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Tiny Treasury averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do BusyKid or Tiny Treasury have ads?
Neither BusyKid nor Tiny Treasury shows ads.

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