Control screen time, promote healthy behavior.
Kids earn points for good behavior and spend them on rewards you choose. When points run low, the apps you pick shield through Apple Screen Time.
Why PointSprout
Most behavior charts fall apart by Thursday. A sticker means nothing.
PointSprout makes points worth chasing: kids redeem them for rewards you choose — toys, treats, privileges — and device access is tied to their behavior. Points that mean something, and screens that come with limits.
Low balance? The apps you pick shield.
Tie device access to behavior. You choose which apps to limit and set the threshold. When a kid's point balance falls below it, those apps shield at the system level through Apple Screen Time — and the shield holds even if PointSprout was closed.
- You pick the apps and the threshold — nothing is locked you didn't choose.
- Grant timed extensions from five minutes to all day when it's earned.
- Shields re-apply automatically the moment the extension is up.
Points become rewards you actually control.
The carrot is yours to set. Kids spend points on the toys, treats, and privileges you pick — a later bedtime, a trip to the park, the thing they've been saving for. You decide what's on the shelf and what it costs.
- Add earn, lose, and spend activities with kid-friendly icons in seconds.
- Assign an activity to one kid or all of them at once.
- The app suggests fair starter costs during setup, so nothing's overpriced day one.
One shared ledger. Nothing hidden.
Both parents track every point on one shared, live record. See who logged what, the moment it happens. Every change is permanent and attributed by name.
Made a mistake? Undo it — the trail is corrected, never silently rewritten. First answer wins, so nothing gets double-counted. It's a record you can both trust, even on the hard days.
- Two parents, one live record — in sync the instant a point changes.
- A full audit trail: every point is attributed by name.
- Undo a mistake and the trail is corrected — never quietly changed.
The shared ledger
Both parents see the same honest record — who logged what, the moment it happens. No silent edits, no guessing.
Built for real family routines.
The small, daily things that make a points system actually stick — all included, no add-ons.
Scheduled check-ins
Put homework or making the bed on a recurring schedule. When it fires, both parents are asked: "Did this happen?"
Kid Mode
Turn a shared iPad into a PIN-locked, child-facing view. Kids see their balance, redeem rewards, and suggest new ones.
Achievements & badges
A built-in catalog plus custom, kid-proposed, and collaborative badges — each with a progress bar to chase.
Family messaging
Kid-to-kid threads with point gifts, loans that auto-return, and joint rewards two kids chip in for. Parents can observe and require approval.
Make-up challenges
Missed a scheduled activity? Offer a one-time recovery task the kid accepts or declines. Points are awarded on approval.
Apple Watch sync
The Apple Watch and Kid Mode iPad stay in real-time sync with both parents' phones. Log from your wrist; everyone sees it.
History & insights
Filter by earned, spent, lost, missed, or transfers. Per-kid balance charts and completion-rate insights at a glance.
Color themes
Make it yours with color skins — including a 70s Retro look — so the app feels right for your family.
See it the way your family will.
Log it in seconds
Earn, lose, or spend in under ten seconds.
Did this happen?
Recurring check-ins both parents answer.
Gift, lend, team up
Kid-to-kid gifts, loans, and joint rewards.
Badges worth chasing
Built-in, custom, and collaborative.
A space that feels fair
A PIN-locked view just for kids.
A profile for every kid
Each child, their own balance and badges.
Built by a parent, not an ad company.
PointSprout is made by a solo parent-developer. The whole product is shaped by one rule: if a feature compromises your family's privacy, it doesn't ship.
No ads, ever
No ad SDKs, no banners, no upsells in front of your kids. The app is the app.
No tracking SDKs
No third-party trackers following your family around the internet. Nothing to opt out of.
We never sell your data
Your family's information is never sold or harvested. The subscription is the business model — not you.
One subscription unlocks the whole app.
No à-la-carte purchases. No features held behind a second paywall. Just the full app, for the whole family.
- Start with a free trial, then an auto-renewing annual subscription.
- Every feature included — no add-ons, no feature paywalls.
- Cancel anytime in Settings. The subscription funds the app and keeps it ad-free.
Your subscription funds ongoing development and backend costs — so PointSprout never has to answer to advertisers.
Screens should come with limits. Points should mean something.
PointSprout makes both true. Be first to know when it lands.
Coming soon to the App StoreA calmer way to manage screen time — and a points system that finally sticks.