A chore and allowance app that doesn't make you open a kid debit card
Track chores and allowance in ChoreHub, then pay your kids the way you already do: cash, Venmo, PayPal, or Cash App.
Two kinds of apps, and the gap between them
Most allowance apps are really banking products. To use them you sign your kid up for a prepaid debit card, move money onto it, and usually pay a monthly fee for the card. The chore part is often an afterthought.
Most chore apps are the opposite: good at the chore chart, but when it's time to pay, you're on your own working out what each kid earned and remembering whether you already paid it.
ChoreHub sits in between. It's built around the chores, and it handles the allowance math and the payout record, without becoming a bank account your family has to open. Comparing options? Here's how ChoreHub compares to BusyKid.
How paying your kids works in ChoreHub
- Kids do their chores. They check them off on their own phone or a shared device, and you approve them.
- ChoreHub adds it up. Each kid's weekly allowance and any bonus or bounty chores roll into one amount owed for the week.
- You pay however you like. Hand over cash, or send it with the payment app you already use. Then mark the week paid, so everyone can see it's settled.
With ChoreHub Plus, you can save each kid's Venmo, PayPal, or Cash App handle once. When you confirm a payout, ChoreHub opens that app with the amount already filled in, and you just hit send. Plus also keeps a payout history, so "did I pay you last week?" has an answer.
ChoreHub never holds your money
ChoreHub doesn't move, hold, or process money between family members. There's no card to order, no balance to top up, and no money sitting in an account we control. The payment itself happens in Venmo, PayPal, or Cash App (under their terms and age rules), or in cash. ChoreHub is the record of what was earned and what was paid.
What's free and what's Plus
- Free: unlimited chores and kids, weekly allowance tracking, marking payouts paid, bonus chores, the Rewards Store, badges, and streaks.
- Plus ($4.99/month or $39.99/year, 7-day free trial): one-tap payouts to Venmo, PayPal, and Cash App, payout history and reports, bounty chores, photo-proof, Smart Calendar, and Trusted Households for grandparents or a co-parent.
Good to know
- You don't need any payment app at all. Plenty of families pay in cash and just use ChoreHub to keep track.
- Venmo, PayPal, and Cash App each set their own age and account rules for kids and teens. ChoreHub works with whatever account you'd already send the money to.
- ChoreHub is on the web and on Google Play for Android. An iPhone app is coming; iPhone families can use ChoreHub in Safari today.
