About Pouch and how we write our guides

What Pouch is

Pouch is a free chore chart and pretend allowance tracker for parents. It runs in your browser and can be added to your phone's home screen. You do not need an account.

No real money moves through Pouch. The balances are pretend, and you pay your kids however you like, in cash or by your own transfer.

What it does

• Tracks chores: daily, on chosen days, weekly or one-time, with optional pay per chore.
• Adds a weekly allowance on payday. If a payday is missed, it is added the next time the app opens.
• Keeps one savings goal per kid.
• Keeps a history of what was earned and spent.
• Makes a printable weekly chart.
• Saves a backup file.

Pouch does not have real money, cards, bank links, kid accounts, syncing between phones, jars, interest, multiple goals or reminders. We say so plainly on the comparison pages, where we also describe where other apps do more.

Who makes it

Pouch is made by Rachel Elz Studios, based in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The company is registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KvK) under number 92148956.

How the guides are made

The guides on this site are drafted with the help of AI writing tools. Each page goes through a review before it goes live.

• Sources. Facts and numbers are checked against the named sources listed at the bottom of each page. Every statistic and figure we cite links to where it comes from. Example amounts are labeled as examples.
• Safety. Pages about jobs with knives, stoves, hot water, chemicals, ladders, power tools or big dogs say the child should be with an adult. We do not give minimum ages as safety facts.
• Honesty. We do not invent studies, quotes, experts or personal stories. When we cannot confirm a claim, we leave it out or say it is a common starting point.
• No medical or developmental claims. We say what kids often do, and that kids vary.

Money guides cite sources such as Nibud, the Dutch national budget institute, and the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Where a figure describes what kids typically receive, we say so, because that is different from advice.

No ads, sponsors or affiliate links

The guides contain no sponsored content, no affiliate links and no product placements. When a page compares Pouch with other apps, it uses each company's own page for their details and notes the date it was checked.

Report a mistake

If you spot an error, an outdated number or something unsafe, email thepouchapp@gmail.com. Say which page it is and what you found. We read every message and fix confirmed mistakes.

Privacy basics

• Your data stays on your own device.
• There is no account to create.
• The site uses no cookies and no trackers.

Because data stays on one device, clearing your browser's data can remove it. Use the backup file to keep a copy.