Comparison

DooCoins Parent vs Pip Jar

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

Head to head
About

DooCoins Parent

Features
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DooCoins helps families turn everyday tasks into motivation, routines, and responsibility without constant reminders. Designed for parents and kids together, DooCoins creates a simple system where children earn rewards, build habits, and develop independence through positive reinforcement. HOW DOOCOINS WORKS • Add your children to your family dashboard • Create tasks, routines or allowances
 • Kids complete activities to earn DooCoins
 • Approve progress in seconds
 • Rewards and goals keep motivation high FEATURES Parent App
 • Create and manage tasks in seconds
 • Approve completed tasks easily
 • Manage multiple children
 • Track progress and motivation
 • Works offline with no account required
 • Clean, ad-free experience Kids Experience
 • Dedicated kids companion app
 • Visual progress toward rewards and goals
 • Encourages independence and ownership
 • Builds positive daily habits FAMILY+ SUBSCRIPTION Upgrade to Family+ to unlock the full family motivation system for $2.99/month. Family+ includes:
 • Routines for mornings, evenings and weekly habits
 • Weekly Allowances with automatic recurring payments
 • ToDoos - one-off tasks that archive automatically
 • Share children with co-parents and caregivers
 • Sync across all family devices
 • Real-time notifications
 • Unlimited transaction history
 • One subscription works for the whole household via Apple Family Sharing PERFECT FOR • Building daily routines
 • Reducing reminders and nagging
 • Teaching responsibility
 • Encouraging independence
 • Family organisation and teamwork
 • Financial literacy through rewards PRIVACY AND SAFETY • No ads or third-party tracking
 • No social features
 • Parent-controlled experience
 • Secure family data syncing
 • Designed with children’s privacy in mind Start free and bring motivation back to family life. Privacy Policy: https://doo.co/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pip Jar

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Pip Jar gamifies daily routines by turning completed tasks into physical, chunky digital coins (Pips) that drop directly into a beautifully animated jar. Watch the jar fill up as kids build confidence, learn the value of hard work, and earn their favorite rewards. A CHORE CHART THAT TRAVELS WITH YOU Static chore charts only work when you are standing right in front of them. How many times have your kids earned a reward for great behavior at the grocery store, but you forgot to mark it on the fridge by the time you got home? Pip Jar lives on your phone, meaning you can instantly award Pips for good behavior "out in the wild." Anytime, anywhere—your kids will never lose out on their hard-earned rewards again. FOR PARENTS: Chores, Habits & Memories No more nagging about morning routines! Pip Jar lets you assign point values to everyday tasks. Did they make their bed? That’s a Pip. Finished homework? More Pips. You can also monitor long-term goals with a synced habit tracker, and capture those proud parenting moments using the cute built-in daily journal for snapshots. Plus, kids can seamlessly cash out their Pips for the things they actually want—like converting them directly into device time or an allowance. FOR EDUCATORS: Parent Collaboration Made Easy Manage your classroom with a tool students actually love looking at. Ready to assign homework to the parents for once? Pip Jar makes parent-teacher collaboration completely seamless. Say goodbye to lost behavior sheets crumpled at the bottom of backpacks—parents can see daily progress and stay engaged right from their phones! Award Pips for teamwork, reading goals, or a clean desk without relying on disposable physical prizes. THE PERFECT OVERLAP & A SHARED VILLAGE Whether you are teaching 30 students or raising a family, the core magic of Pip Jar remains the same: visual progress. Kids thrive when they can see their success piling up. Pip provides a consistent, reliable framework for positive reinforcement that works universally across both home and school environments. Plus, it is incredibly easy to share access! You can effortlessly sync up co-parents, guardians, and a child’s entire education team—including paraprofessionals, interpreters, and therapists—so everyone is working together to celebrate their success. HOW CASHING OUT WORKS (You Call the Shots!) Pip Jar is your ultimate digital accounting system, but you provide the prizes! The app handles the math and the motivation, but you get to decide what a Pip is worth in the real world. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ 50 Pips = $5 Allowance? You got it. 10 Pips = 30 minutes of iPad time? Done. 100 Pips = A classroom pizza party? You set the rules, you provide the prize, and Pip Jar keeps the score. KEY FEATURES: On-the-Go Tracking: Award points instantly from anywhere, so good behavior is never forgotten. Satisfying Visuals: Watch real, physics-based coins drop and stack inside the digital jar. Daily Journal & Habit Tracker: Sync up routines and save daily snapshot memories. Seamless Collaboration: Keep parents and teachers perfectly on the same page. Flexible Rewards: Let kids cash out Pips for screen time, money, or custom experiences. Download Pip Jar today and start turning everyday tasks into visual, rewarding success! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.pipjar.app/privacy

Screenshots

DooCoins Parent4 screens
Pip Jar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DooCoins Parent at every 2 days against Pip Jar's every 9 days. Pip Jar's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. DooCoins Parent sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Pip Jar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DooCoins Parent ships an update every 2 days, Pip Jar every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
DooCoins Parent versus Pip Jar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDooCoins ParentPip Jar
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB121 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJacob KemsleyLori Civello

In-app purchases

1 purchases

DooCoins Parent

Subscriptions1
  • Family+ Monthly$2.991 Month
2 purchases

Pip Jar

Subscriptions2
  • Parents Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Parents Year$39.991 Year

Questions

Is DooCoins Parent free?
DooCoins Parent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pip Jar free?
Pip Jar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DooCoins Parent or Pip Jar have ads?
Neither DooCoins Parent nor Pip Jar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DooCoins Parent or Pip Jar?
DooCoins Parent ships an update every 2 days, and Pip Jar every 9 days. Most recently, DooCoins Parent was updated on October 16, 2026 and Pip Jar on October 13, 2026.

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