Why Achievabee exists

My kids were growing up faster than I was ready for, and they were reaching that age where learning responsibility starts with pretty simple things: making your bed, helping around the house, and following through on the things you said you would do.

Like most parents, I tried nagging. It worked, sort of. The chores got done, but that wasn’t really what I wanted. I wanted them to understand that helping out mattered. I wanted them to feel good about contributing to the family, and eventually, to start taking ownership without me having to ask.

At the same time, I had been wanting to build something of my own. So I decided to combine the two.

This app started at home, with my kids as the first users. Their names were in the database before anyone else’s. That made me care about getting the details right in a way I probably wouldn’t have otherwise.

It started as something to make our lives a little easier. But along the way, I realized there are probably a lot of families trying to teach the same lessons: responsibility, consistency, and the satisfaction that comes from getting something done.

What it is

Achievabee is a simple chores and rewards app for families.

You set up chores for your kids. They mark them done, you approve them, and they earn points. You decide what those points are worth and what they can be used for, whether that’s extra screen time, a treat, or something else your family agrees on.

The points are pretend. There is no real money involved, no card for your child to use, and nothing they can buy from us.

I wanted to keep it that way. The whole idea is to help kids build responsibility and good habits, not to turn chores into a financial product.

What it refuses to do

When I started building Achievabee for my kids, I kept coming back to a simple question: what does this app actually need to know about them?

The answer turned out to be very little.

What happens in your home is your business. An app that helps your kids keep track of chores doesn’t need to follow them around the internet, watch what they do, or send their information to companies you’ve never heard of.

So I made some pretty deliberate decisions about what Achievabee would not do.

And I wanted those decisions to be more than promises. Each one is about how the software is actually built, so you can check it rather than just take my word for it.

Your child’s app doesn’t send anything anywhere.
There are no analytics, ads, crash reporting, or push notification services in the kid app. This isn’t something I simply promise not to use. It’s checked as part of the build. If a tracker ever gets added, the app won’t build.

Your child doesn’t type anything.
I didn’t want to create a kids’ app where children are writing messages, comments, or personal information. There is one text field in the whole app, and it’s for the six-digit pairing code. Anything that isn’t a number is rejected. PINs are entered on a keypad.

Nothing about your child is collected until you give permission.
When you add a child, we show you what information would be kept and then send you an email. The link in that email is what gives permission. If you never click it, what you entered is automatically deleted after fourteen days.

You can take everything with you.
You can download your whole household as one file, children included. And if you decide Achievabee isn’t for your family, you can delete the account from inside the app. Delete means delete, including the photographs.

These aren’t things I added because they sounded good on a website. They’re choices I made because I was building this for my own kids first.

I’ve gone into each of them in more detail, along with five other questions I think are worth asking before you choose any chore app, in What I wish I knew before picking a chore app for my kids.

Where this is right now

Achievabee is small. It’s new, and right now it’s invite-only while a handful of families use it.

That’s why there isn’t a big sign-up button on this site.

I’m not trying to get as many people as possible using it yet. I’d rather have a small number of families using something that works well than a lot of families finding the rough edges for me.

I’m also still learning what families actually need from something like this. Keeping it small gives me room to listen, fix things, and make sure the privacy and safety decisions hold up as the app grows.

You don’t have to take my word for it

Achievabee is made by one parent.

I care about privacy, but saying that doesn’t really prove anything. Anyone can put a sentence on a website saying they care about your data.

What matters is what the software actually does.

That’s why I’ve tried to make the things above statements you can check rather than promises about what I intend to do.

Intentions are hard to check. Software behavior isn’t.

If something I’ve written here doesn’t match what the app actually does, I want to know. Send me an email at support@achievabee.com. I’ll fix it, and I’ll update this page to say what changed.

That’s the standard I’m trying to hold Achievabee to.

Still deciding?

If you’re comparing Achievabee with other chore apps, I think there are nine questions worth asking any of them, especially around your child’s information, whether real money is involved, and what happens when you want to leave.

I’ve answered all nine for Achievabee, including the ones where the honest answer might be a reason to choose something else.

What I wish I knew before picking a chore app for my kids

And if the money question is the one you’re stuck on, there isn’t any.

The points in Achievabee are deliberately just points. No bank account, no debit card, and no real money moving between us and your child. A chore app with no real money in it explains why I made that choice and when that makes Achievabee the wrong app for your family.