Autism app: Chore Pad

This week will be our first week to try Chore Pad to keep track of chores. I will post a review of this app next week.

The twins are 18, but they have developmental delays and need help staying on task. I’m terrible about charts that hang on the fridge. Our lives are so busy that they either get forgotten or fall off. But the twins love their iPads and iPhones and when I stumbled upon this app I was tickled. I introduced it to them today and they already enjoy navigating it and bringing it to me to see what they’ve accomplished.

Description from the iTunes app store:

“Chore Pad HD is a powerful, fun tool for motivating your kids to complete chores. Each child completes their assigned chores to earn stars which are redeemable for rewards that you create! Give bonus stars for a job well done or penalty stars to let your child know they should strive to do better.

Chore Pad HD’s beautiful artwork is fully optimized for the iPad Retina Display. Check out Chore Pad on the iPhone and iPod touch for the same great features in a smaller form factor.”

It has won the following rewards:

Featured by Apple in *Education > New & Noteworthy* in over 20 countries.

148Apps Best App Ever Award
2012 – Won 1st Place in Parenting Category
2011 – Won 2nd Place in Parenting Category
2011 – Received an Honorable Mention in Teaching Category

GeekMom.com
“Chore Pad HD is fantastic for helping organize the family chores around the house.”

AppsForHomeSchooling.com
5 star rating and Golden App Award

A4CWSN.COM
Feature in top 100 favorite apps for 2011

CBS-MONEY WATCH
Money and Kids: Teaching Kids to Earn Money

iPhone Life Magazine
Top pick for most used app by Leigh Shulman, September/October 2011 issue

Other important info:

NO-HASSLE SYNCING
Use a free Dropbox account to sync your data between all of your Chore Pad installations. Syncing happens automatically whenever you open or close Chore Pad, so keeping up to date with changes is effortless.

ENGAGING USER CARDS
Each child has their own card showing their star and checkmark totals under their portrait. Tap a child’s card to show their Chore Chart, where chores are completed to earn stars. Give out bonus stars to acknowledge a job well done or penalty stars to show more effort may be needed. Flip cards over to show stats for today, this week, last week or two weeks ago.

SECURE PARENT MODE
Parent Mode keeps Chore Pad kid-friendly by tucking the important setup features safely away. Use Parent Mode to configure users, chores, rewards, syncing, passcode protection and more!

MOTIVATING REWARDS
Your child earns stars as chores are completed, and uses those stars to redeem rewards that you’ve created! Watch happily as your child learns to save up their stars for long-term goals!

TROPHY COLLECTION
Completing chores unlocks trophies over time, which are displayed on each child’s card and in their Chore Chart. A trophy shelf for each child displays their earned trophies!

BEAUTIFUL THEMES
Each child can select their own theme for their Chore Chart, with nine currently available and more to come!

POWERFUL CUSTOMIZATION
Create template chores that can be copied to any number of children and customized individually for each. Specify a wide range of repeat intervals, star values and select from dozens of available chore icons.

From the Developers:

We’re here to help! Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions, comments or suggestions.

Support Email: support@nannek.com
Twitter: @chorepad
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ChorePad
Website: http://www.nannek.com

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