Comparison

Chores & Allowance Bot vs AllowMe

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

Head to head
About

Chores & Allowance Bot

This app helps families manage chores, allowance, and savings goals. It allows kids to track tasks and earnings, while parents can monitor progress and manage payments. Features include customizable chore schedules, savings goal tracking, and automatic syncing across devices.

Highlights
  • Chore scheduling (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Automated or approved allowance payments
  • Savings and spending tracking
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
  • Customizable chore rotation
Features
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Chores & Allowance Bot keeps your family's chores, allowance, and savings goals in one place. It's free to use for as long as you like, with no ads, and Premium adds more when you want it. Kids see what to do and check it off. You see what's done and what they've earned. The free version includes: • As many children and chores as you want, with no email needed to start. • Chores that happen once, or repeat daily, weekly, or monthly. • Daily, weekly, or monthly allowance, paid automatically or only after your approval. • Each child's savings and spending: add deposits, deduct purchases, or withhold future allowance payments. • Real money, or pretend currencies like Points, Smiley Faces, and Federation Credits. • Automatic sync across all your family's devices. • Link a child's iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch with a 6-digit code, with no need to share a password. • Apple Watch app and complications: kids see and check off their next chore on their wrist. • Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen, and the desktop on Apple silicon Macs: kids check off their next chore right from the widget. • Siri and Shortcuts: "What's my next chore?", check off a chore, record a purchase or a deposit, and more. • Chores and amounts read aloud for pre-readers. • An avatar or photo for each child. • An optional parental passcode that stops changes without your permission. • Help: ask a question and see, step by step, where to tap. • Dark mode and 11 languages. Premium adds: • Times of day: group chores by when they're done, like Morning, After school, and Bed time. • Homes: if your children live in more than one home, tie chores to a home and set a schedule like every other week or 2-2-3. • Chore pauses for vacations and sick days. • Reward chores that pay an amount for each chore completed. • Up-For-Grabs chores that several children can take, but only one does. • Chores that rotate between children daily, weekly, or monthly. • A photo on each completed chore, so you can see it was done. • A Chore Chart with every chore for all your children, several weeks back and ahead. • Extra accounts and savings goals for each child, with a percentage of payments moved into each automatically. • Allowance paid only when required chores are done, or in proportion to the chores completed. • Unfinished chores that stay on a child's list for extra days. • Chore reminders sent any time or at set times of day, and notifications for many more events. • Child passcodes that protect each child's Chores screen from siblings. • Unlimited history in the Ledger and the Graph. • Your choice of the order of children and chores, and which children each device shows. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

AllowMe

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Easily manage and track allowances for your children. Keep history of every penny. All data stays on your device. Completely private. Enjoy a full-featured 30-day free trial. No credit card required to start.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Chores & Allowance Bot at 3 against AllowMe's —. AllowMe's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.4). On price and in-app purchases 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. Chores & Allowance Bot sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and AllowMe sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Chores & Allowance Bot versus AllowMe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChores & Allowance BotAllowMe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (11K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings11K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better—
Requires iOS17.415.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWingBoat.comBloop Studios AS

Bugs and requests

Chores & Allowance Bot

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Chore amounts randomly changing
  • Connectivity issues and server problems
  • Difficulty setting up and navigating

Requested features

5 requests
  • Calendar view for chores
  • Ability to assign chores to multiple kids
  • Spending history and notes
  • Customizable reward/punishment system
  • Ability to add 'up for grabs' chores

AllowMe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Chores & Allowance Bot

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Monthly Plan7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Premium Semiannual Plan7 Days trial$24.996 Months
  • Premium Annual Plan7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$89.99
2 purchases

AllowMe

One-time2
  • 30-day TrialFree
  • Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Chores & Allowance Bot free?
Chores & Allowance Bot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AllowMe free?
AllowMe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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