taskr vs. ScreenChore

The short version

ScreenChore, from Schlangen Development, gives each child a screen time allowance and blocks selected apps when it runs out. Kids are then prompted to do chores to earn extra time. Chores are assigned by day of the week, and you can block some apps permanently. In taskr, chores aren't a way to get more screen time. They're something that has to happen by a certain time.

• Pick ScreenChore if you want a daily allowance, and chores to be how kids get extra time beyond it.
• Pick taskr if chores have to get done whether or not your kid wants extra time, and you want a photo to prove it.

Where ScreenChore is the better pick

A built-in allowance. If you want a daily cap and a simple way for kids to earn beyond it, ScreenChore has both in one app, with a lower listed price than taskr Pro. taskr has no daily cap and no way of earning.

It also gives you a simple way to block an app outright, which taskr can't do, and one parent account can set up the whole family.

Chores as a bonus vs. chores as a requirement

In ScreenChore, chores come up when screen time runs out. That's a positive way to frame it, and it works well for a kid who always wants more time. But a kid who's happy with their allowance can skip the chores without anything happening.

In taskr, the chore comes first and doesn't depend on whether your kid wants anything. The trash goes out by 7, or the apps lock. That's firmer, and it's the point if chores are the actual problem.

Comparing others too?

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