Is this free for families?
Yes. House Rules and Allowance are both completely free — no subscription, no account, and no cost of any kind. Both open immediately in your browser.
Free parenting tools for house rules and allowance
Write the rules down before they get broken, and settle the allowance with one number instead of a memory contest — free, private, no account.
About the two apps this page opens
Both came out of the same idea: most arguments with a teenager are not really about the rule, they are about the two of you remembering it differently. Writing it down removes the argument.
House RulesWrite down the rules and expectations in your house so everyone is working from the same page — before something gets broken.Stays on the device you use it on. No account, no cloud.Open it — free, no signup →AllowanceTrack jobs, allowance, and what your kid owes, so the weekly conversation is about one number instead of a memory contest.Stays on the device you use it on. No account, no cloud.Open it — free, no signup →
These tools are free and are designed to support therapy, not replace it. They are not a crisis service. If you are in crisis, call or text 988, or call 911 if someone is in immediate danger.
Write the house rules down
Most arguments with a teenager are not really about the rule. They are about the two of you remembering it differently, or one parent enforcing something the other has never read. House Rules is a place to write down the expectation, what happens when it is not met, and who agreed to it — before the night it comes up.
Both parents working from the same page
A rule one parent enforces and the other has never seen is worse than no rule, because the disagreement stops being about the teenager and starts being about the two of you. Writing the rules somewhere both of you can read them removes the argument about what was actually agreed, which is usually the argument underneath the argument.
Boundary-setting tools
Setting and holding a limit is a skill parents are still developing too. Writing an expectation down alongside what happens when it is not met makes the response consistent instead of improvised in the moment — which is the difference between a boundary and a mood. It also gives a teenager something to read rather than something to relitigate.
Tracking jobs and allowance
Allowance keeps the jobs, the balance, and what is still owed in one place, so the weekly conversation is about one number rather than a memory contest between a parent and a teenager who each remember the week differently. Money is where a lot of household conflict actually lands, and taking the arithmetic out of it removes one reason to argue.
Built for privacy
House Rules and Allowance both store everything on the one device you use them on. There is no account, no login, no cloud copy, and no sync — the data has no path off the phone, so a rule your teenager disputes or a balance he wants to argue about exists only where you wrote it. Both work offline once loaded.
FAQ
Common questions
What age are these tools designed for?
Both are built with older children and teenagers in mind, because that is where written rules and a tracked balance do the most work. They are tools for the household rather than clinical tools, and they do not replace age-specific assessment by a clinician.
Can this help with co-parenting?
Writing the rules down can help any two adults who need to enforce the same expectation, and it removes the argument about what was agreed. Note that both apps store data on the single device you use them on, so each household would keep its own copy. For deeper co-parenting conflict or separation-related challenges, family therapy is the better fit.
Does it work without internet?
Yes. Once loaded, both apps work offline. You do not need an internet connection to read the rules or check a balance.
Do these tools store anything about my family online?
No. House Rules and Allowance both keep everything on the one device you use them on. There is no account, no login, no cloud copy and no sync, so a rule your teenager disputes or a balance he wants to argue about exists only where you wrote it.
How is this different from family therapy?
These are organizing tools, not treatment. They take the disagreement about what was agreed off the table so the family can argue about the thing that actually matters. Family therapy involves a trained therapist who can see the system dynamics, mediate the hard conversation, and adjust to what each family member needs. These work best alongside that, not instead of it.
These tools are designed to complement family therapy — not replace it. Request a consultation to get started with a licensed therapist.