Family Fair Play vs PointUp

Family Fair Play helps households see how their work is divided by measuring physical and mental workload and displaying a Fairness Index. Tasks are scored by time, mental load, criticality, and how easily another person can take them over. Families can choose from more than 150 task templates and agree on a minimum standard for what counts as finished. Parents manage child profiles and can award virtual stars for completed tasks, which children can exchange for family-set rewards. The app supports task assignment, completion tracking, progress history, and reminders. First Look is free forever and covers 20 tasks and four household members. Full Picture costs €1.99 a month or €19.99 a year for the whole family; Forever is €49.99, paid once. Premium supports connecting an AI agent through a remote MCP server, with Claude and ChatGPT named as examples. It is a web app accessible on web, iOS, and Android, can be added to a phone’s home screen, and is not in app stores. Children do not create independent accounts; an adult manages their profiles.

PointUp is a family chore app that turns daily tasks into quests, with children earning XP and Gold toward rewards their parents create. A parent reviews and approves each completed quest before rewards are paid. Families can choose whether photo proof is one-tap, optional or required, and children can spend Gold in a family reward store. PointUp says it is designed for children aged 4 to 16 and includes Focus Mode, Calm Mode, visual timers and step-by-step task breakdowns for neurodiverse children. Quest deadlines can sync with Google Calendar and Apple Calendar. Family data syncs across iOS, Android, Amazon Appstore for Fire tablets and the web. The free plan allows up to five active quests and three family members. Pro costs $3.99 a month and includes unlimited quests and family members, full reward customization, more than 50 templates and Team Quests. Pro includes a 7-day free trial; the pricing page also describes a 14-day trial for families referred by an existing user. Subscribers can cancel from the app. The support contact is listed as [email protected], with typical responses in 48–72 hours.