taskr vs. Carrots&Cake

The short version

Carrots&Cake, from MagicHabits Labs, sells a simple idea: chores first, screen time after. Assign chores once, and the device stays locked until they're finished, with Robux as an optional reward. It also blocks adult sites and restricts browsers, and it's KidSAFE certified. As of November 2026, its listing shows 2.2 stars from 15 ratings and a last update in December 2025. taskr locks less: only the apps you choose, only after a deadline passes, and it needs a photo you've approved to unlock them.

• Pick Carrots&Cake if you want the whole device locked until chores are finished, Robux will motivate your kid, and you want web filtering in the same app.
• Pick taskr if you want proof the chore was done, you only want certain apps locked, and you'd like Messages and school apps to keep working.

Where Carrots&Cake is the better pick

Younger kids and one simple rule. If you want the device off until the jobs are done, Carrots&Cake does that without you choosing apps or setting due times. Its web filtering is something taskr doesn't offer at all.

Robux is a genuine draw for a Roblox-mad kid. Parents assign a Robux value to chores, which gives the app a reward taskr has no version of. Its listing doesn't explain how those Robux are paid for, so check that before you promise any.

Does the app know the chore got done?

This is the question to ask of any chore lock, because locks are only as good as what opens them. Carrots&Cake's listing says kids complete tasks and parents see progress, and that screen time unlocks automatically. It doesn't mention photos. That may suit younger kids who take it seriously, but the classic complaint about chore apps is the kid who taps done and goes back to Roblox.

taskr's unlock is deliberately a person. Your kid sends a photo of the made bed or the clean counter, and the apps stay locked until you've looked at it and tapped approve. It's a little more work for you, and it means the lock can't be opened by tapping a button.

Comparing others too?

See taskr vs. ChoreKey, ChoreLocks, Chore Champ, ScreenTreat, ScreenCoach, Earn Screen Time, Screeni, ScreenChore, Piggy. Or read the full roundup of parental control apps that lock a phone until chores are done, or how taskr works.