Know a family who'd love this?
GrowthJar spreads one school-gate conversation at a time — we don't do tracking, so we can't do referral schemes, and honestly we prefer it this way. Here's everything you need to pass it on.
Say this at pickup
When another parent asks "what's that app?", any of these does the job:
It's like a piggy bank, but the money grows if they don't spend it — and it's not a subscription.
My kid does jobs, plants a coin in the app, and wakes up to find it grew. That's the whole thing.
It's the only pocket-money app I've found with no ads, no data collection and no monthly fee.
Or send this
Written for the class WhatsApp group or the family chat. Copy, paste, press send — swap in your own kid's story if you have one, it works better than anything we could write.
Short
We've been using an app called GrowthJar for pocket money — like a piggy bank, but coins the kids "plant" grow while they wait. No ads, no data collection, not a subscription. Search "GrowthJar" on the App Store (iPhone).
With the good bit
Pocket money app recommendation: GrowthJar. Kids earn coins for jobs, then can "plant" a coin they can't spend — and after a few sleeps it grows into a bigger one (you set the rate). Ours now checks the jar every morning before school. Free with one child, no subscription, no ads, everything stays on your phone. Search "GrowthJar" on the App Store (iPhone).
Just the link
https://growthjar.co.uk
The best advert is your kid's coin
When a planted coin matures, the celebration screen offers a quiet "Share this moment" button — for parents, never shown to kids as a prompt. It renders a little card you can drop into any chat: first name only, no links, nothing tracked, nothing uploaded (it goes through the normal iPhone share sheet, so you choose who sees it).
If you saw one of those cards and landed here: yes, this is the growing-money jar thing. Start at the top.
A freebie for the fridge
We made a printable job chart — works with the app or entirely without it. Print a spare for the family you're telling; a chart on their fridge explains GrowthJar better than we can.
Want to gift it?
Here's the honest answer: GrowthJar is free, and Apple doesn't let anyone gift an in-app purchase directly — so there's no "gift the unlock" button, and we won't pretend otherwise. If you want to treat a multi-kid family to the £6.99 unlimited-children unlock, an App Store gift card covers it. But truthfully? The free app with one child is the complete experience. Just send the message above — that's the gift.