Kid Point Tracking

Kid Point Tracking allows you to use your iPhone to keep track of “points” for your children. Some people use sticker charts to reward their child’s behavior. Some people use points and this would be the app for those people. You’ll want to begin in the setup section of the app. First, add in your children. You can track up to ten children’s points. That’s a lot of children! You’ll be asked to enter their names, age and add a photo if you like. Now back on the setup screen you’ll want to edit the categories. These are the categories for the different “actions” you want your child performing. Kid Point Tracking comes preset with the categories of morning, noon, evening, household and manners. You can change the name of these categories or add in entirely new ones of your own. The last thing to set up are the actions and point values. In this setup you’ll see the actions grouped by the categories I just mentioned. Tap on an action to edit it’s name, change the amount of points it’s worth or the category it’s placed in. Again, if the app doesn’t already list what you’re looking for you can enter in a new action of your own. Make sure you select a category for your action.

Once you’ve finished the setup you’re ready to enter in points. Back on the app’s home screen you’ll want to tap the large button that says “Record Points”. This takes you to a screen listing all of your children along with their daily and weekly balance of points. Tap the child you’re working with and then the category that applies. Now you’ll see a screen with a wheel showing all the actions for that particular category. Spin the wheel until you’ve reached the one you want and then tap “Record Points”. The points assigned to that action will now show up in the child’s point balance. Kid Point Tracking will also provide you with reports outlining how your children are doing with their progress.

I like the way Kid Point Tracking allows you to customize categories, actions and points. I think it’s also important that they allow you to add in your own ideas. This lets you fit the app to your family’s situation. I found the setup to be an easy process and it flowed well. Recording points worked well too but it took me a little longer to get the hang of it. It almost felt as if there was one too many steps to the process but as I think on it I’m not sure what step I’d eliminate. Overall the app ran smoothly, the information is all displayed in a nice, clean design and it does exactly what it says it will.

Price when Reviewed: $1.99

Seller: Juicebox Software

Disclosure: I received a free copy of this app for review purposes.