For families
Chores with
actual stakes.
Brownie Points is a household task app where contribution earns points and points buy real rewards — whatever your family actually values. No sticker charts, no preset allowance formulas, no cartoon characters. Just a system that works for teens and adults alike.
No credit card required. Free plan always available.
The problem
Most chore systems stop working
the moment kids are old enough to push back.
Young children respond to stickers and simple charts. Teenagers respond to incentives that feel real to them — later curfews, extra screen time, getting out of something they hate. The trick is having a system with enough flexibility to offer those things, and enough structure that everyone knows the rules.
"Because I said so" stops working
Around early adolescence, compliance-based chore systems fall apart. Kids who are old enough to push back usually do. An earned-reward system gives them a reason that makes sense to them — which is the only kind of reason that works long-term.
Gold star charts are for seven-year-olds
Sticker charts work great for young children. For teenagers? They're embarrassing. Brownie Points has no cartoon characters, no childlike iconography, no 'level up' language. It's a points system — the same logic as a rewards card, just for household contribution.
Parents carry the coordination overhead
Someone has to remember which chores are assigned to whom, check whether they were done, decide what the reward should be, and follow through. That overhead is real. A shared task board automates most of it.
How it works
Post tasks. Earn points. Spend them.
Parents post tasks and set the values
A Giver adds tasks to the household board and decides what each one is worth. Unload the dishwasher — 10 points. Deep clean the bathroom — 50. Effort should be reflected in the earn, so bigger jobs get bigger numbers.
Household members complete tasks and earn points
Anyone in the household can pick up an open task, do it, and mark it done. If approval is turned on, a Giver reviews before points credit. Photo proof is available for tasks where completion needs to be verified.
Spend points on rewards that matter
Rewards are open text — the family writes in whatever has actual value. Extra screen time, skip one chore this week, choose the Friday night film. Points stay permanent until redeemed, so there's no pressure to spend them fast.
Features
Flexible enough for any family dynamic
Rewards that mean something
Rewards are open text — you write in whatever has actual value to your family. Extra screen time, a later curfew this weekend, you pick dinner Saturday. If it motivates your household, it works as a reward.
You control the point values
Unloading the dishwasher is not worth the same as cleaning the bathroom. You set what each task is worth, so effort maps directly to earn. Bigger jobs, bigger payoff.
Photo proof for the sceptical
"I did it" and actually doing it are not always the same thing. Turn on photo proof for specific tasks and members have to submit a photo to get credit. Non-negotiable.
Roles that fit your household
Parents can be Givers (setting and approving tasks), Earners (yes, parents can earn rewards too), or both. Same for teens and adults. No hard-coded parent/child dynamic.
Require approval before points land
Turn on approval mode and a Giver has to sign off before the points credit. Good for households where "done" needs to be verified before the reward conversation starts.
Recurring tasks handle themselves
Weekly bins, daily pet feeding, monthly bathroom scrub — mark them recurring and they come back automatically after completion. Nobody has to put them back on the list.
One thing worth saying
We don't use "Parent" and "Child" anywhere in the app.
The roles are Giver and Earner — and most households set everyone to both. That's deliberate. We're not building a behaviour management tool for children. We're building a household coordination system for adults who happen to live with younger adults.
That framing tends to work better with teenagers anyway. Being treated like someone with agency, rather than someone being managed, makes a meaningful difference to whether they actually engage with the system.
Set it up tonight.
Takes a few minutes. Add your household members, post a few tasks, write in the first reward. Your first 14 days are full Plus — no card required.
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