Bankaroo-virtual bank for kids

Bankaroo

About this app

Bankaroo is a virtual bank for kids, helping them manage their allowance, gifts, and chore money.

Created in 2011 by 11-year-old Dani, Bankaroo is helping hundreds of thousands of kids around the world manage their funds and become money-smart.

Using gamification and a simple, bright interface, Bankaroo helps parents teach their kids the value of money. Both parents and kids have access to the kids’ accounts, where kids can save up for goals and earn badges and parents can track where their kids’ money is invested. Kids can even earn interest on their savings!

Bankaroo Plus (available as a one-time in-app purchase for $4.99) adds features like checking, savings, and charity accounts and gives you the ability to transfer money between siblings and between accounts.

Key features for kids:
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- Get an account where you can make sure your parents routinely give you allowance

- Record every expense you made, and always know how much you have.

- Save up for more expensive goals like games and toys. You’ll get a cool badge when you reach your goal!

- Set recurring payments for things like online memberships.

Key features for parents:
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- Get your kids a recurring allowance or add funds to their account manually.

- Your kids will know if they have enough in their account for the things they want to purchase.

- Deduct their purchases from their account, or better yet – have them deduct their purchases so they can understand the implication of spending money.

- You can use Bankaroo as a point system to encourage good behavior

Bankaroo is used by schools nationwide as part of their curriculum to educate kids about money and its value.

Check members testimonials on https://www.bankaroo.com

Ratings and reviews

I went to download the app, which had 2 versions: Student & Family. Student was free (assuming for the Child or student using the app) & the Family app had $2.99 cost. I did purchase thinking this was the upgrade to Bankaroo Plus Edition. After purchase, I noticed that was incorrect. There is an additional fee of $4.99, for the plus edition upgrade, a total of $8. I knew the upgrade was a cost, but i wish it was more clear on the website.

Good idea but Android app is un-useable. When I open the App 9/10 times it will not allow me to enter a user name or password. I have to close and restart the app and eventually can enter info to log in. Once logged in, do NOT switch to a different app or accidentally click back and close the app or you have to start the log in process again. App was great until a couple months ago.

Used to work well but now has bugs that are been ignored for many months: the app asks for credentials every time! Very annoying! Also, when tapping on the username field it takes many many clicks for the field to become editable and for the keyboard to pop out. for a paid app, the response is very slow...