taskr vs. Chore Champ

The short version

Chore Champ, by Tyler Yust, is the more playful of the two. Kids earn points, climb a family leaderboard and work toward rewards you customize, with bonus points when everyone finishes on time. Its Screen Time Manager limits device use until chores are complete. As of November 2026, its listing shows 3.75 stars from 16 ratings and a last update in April 2025. taskr is narrower and actively maintained: one rule, one lock, and a parent looking at the photo.

• Pick Chore Champ if you have several kids who'd enjoy competing, and points and rewards matter more to your family than a strict lock.
• Pick taskr if you want a lock tied to a specific due time, and you'd prefer an app that's being updated for the current iOS.

Where Chore Champ is the better pick

Families with more than one kid who like to compete. Leaderboards and team bonuses give siblings a reason to care about each other's chores, and taskr has nothing like that. Rewards you set yourself, including real items, give kids something to work toward beyond getting their phone back.

Short commitments. A weekly plan from $1.19 lets you try paid features for very little, and Away Mode handles kids moving between homes or out sick without you editing a schedule.

A game vs. a rule

Points work for as long as a kid cares about them, and that varies a lot from kid to kid. A lock behind the game helps, and Chore Champ has one, so the two approaches aren't really opposites. The question is what you want at the center of your kid's day.

taskr puts a single consequence at the center. There's nothing to earn and nothing to lose interest in. The chore is due, the apps lock if it's late, and the photo brings them back. It's less fun, and it doesn't depend on your kid staying motivated by points.

Comparing others too?

See taskr vs. ChoreKey, ChoreLocks, Carrots&Cake, 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.