Cha'Ching!

Down Screen Development Labs

About this app

The screen-time app that rewards kids for choosing to put the phone down.

Cha'Ching isn't a restriction app — it's a choice app. The day's money is your child's from the morning, and screen time is the only thing that spends it — so what they don't spend, they keep. Instead of locking kids out, it hands them the decision: pick up your phone, or keep the reward for stepping away. When the reward is theirs to earn, kids choose to log off, get moving, and make the call themselves — no fights, no lockouts, no nagging.

A CHOICE, NOT A RESTRICTION
• Nothing is forced. Kids decide when to trade screen time for rewards.
• Because the choice is theirs, the habit actually sticks.
• Parents set up the rewards; kids own the decision to earn them.
• The result is fewer power struggles and more genuine buy-in.

REWARDS FOR GETTING ACTIVE
• Kids earn more by getting up and moving, not just sitting still.
• Active-minute bonuses turn a walk, a bike ride, or the backyard into earnings.
• Movement is celebrated, so screen-free time becomes real time — outside, playing, being a kid.

WORKS ACROSS ALL YOUR DEVICES
• iPhone, iPad, and Android — the whole family, on the platforms you already own.
• Kids can earn across multiple devices; the app counts activity wherever they are.
• Parents manage everything from one place, on any phone.
• Everyone stays in sync in real time, no matter what they're carrying.

HOW IT WORKS
1. Create a free parent account and add each child.
2. Set what a day is worth, and how much screen time costs nothing at all.
3. Kids choose to earn — logging off and getting active on their own terms.
4. Watch what they keep, in real time, and celebrate every milestone.
5. Cash out however works for you — allowance, treats, or savings.

FOR PARENTS
• A simple dashboard showing every child's progress at a glance.
• Insights that reveal trends over time, so you can shape rewards that work.
• Add a co-parent or guardian so the whole family stays in sync.
• Adjust rates and rewards any time, from any device.

HOW CHA'CHING USES THE ACCESSIBILITY SERVICE
Cha'Ching uses Android's AccessibilityService API to enforce the focus rules you set on your own child's device. You switch it on yourself during setup, and you can switch it off at any time in Android Settings.

While a focus session is running — and only then — it does two things:
• Reads the address bar of a supported web browser that is open on screen, so websites you have approved keep working even when the browser itself is paused. It reads the address only — never the page, and never what is typed into it.
• Detects split-screen and multi-window, so a paused app cannot be hidden beside an allowed one.

Outside a focus session it reads nothing at all. It never reads messages, passwords, or anything you type, and it collects nothing for advertising.

PRIVACY & SAFETY FIRST
• Built for families and compliant with COPPA, GDPR, and PIPEDA.
• We never sell your data or share it with advertisers.
• Children's profiles are created and controlled only by the parent.
• Delete your account and all associated data any time, right from the app.

Cha'Ching flips the script on screen time: less "get off your phone," more "I chose to, and look what I earned." Give your kids the choice — and watch them make a great one.

What’s new

Clearer earning screens, with your weekly total pinned while you set a budget. Alerts on the home screen now show how many are waiting and let you move through them. Fixes to daily activity counts and to removing a child's profile.