Jarful works by splitting every allowance across three jars – each one building a different life skill at the same time. You set the split once and it applies every month automatically.
🌱 Live – everyday spending. Rent and bills come out of here, so it must be the largest share.
⭐ Give – generosity. Your child chooses the cause.
Suggested split: 65 / 25 / 10. Must always add up to 100%.
🌱 Live%
💰 Build%
⭐ Give%
Total: 100% ✓
🏠 Home (Rent)£
⚡ Food & Utilities£
Odd Jobs are optional tasks your child chooses to do to earn extra money – on top of their allowance. Examples: vacuuming a room, helping cook dinner, washing the car. These are different from Family Duties (things we all do because we care for our home). Odd Job earnings go into the Live jar.
£per job
Fines are issued by a parent when agreed rules are broken. A fine is not a punishment – it is a consequence. It is discussed calmly, accepted, and then the matter is closed. Fines come out of the Live jar.
£per fine
Applied to the Build jar each month. 10% is the suggested default – deliberately generous to make saving exciting.
% per month
Jarful
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Hi there!
Here's your money
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Your Jars
🌱Liveyour life£0.0065%
💰Buildyour savings£0.0025%
⭐Givegenerously£0.0010%
Tap the button to fill the app with 6 months of example data so you can see everything working.
You are saving for…
🎯 Goal
🏆 Congratulations! You have reached your goal!
Don't forget to take your money out of your Build jar.
⚠️ Bills to pay
Tap to pay →
These come out of your Live jar.
Recent activity
🌱Nothing logged yet – the meeting's coming.
🤝 Monthly Money Meeting
Run at the start of each month – allowance in advance, last month settled
Step 1 of 9 – Review
📊 Review the Previous Month
Look back together at what happened since your last meeting. Check the numbers, discuss anything unexpected, then move on.
📋 Review activity
Go through the transactions below together. For each one, ask: do we remember this? Does it match the real money? Discuss anything surprising before moving on.
Transactions this period
Step 2 of 9
💰 This Month's Allowance
Count out the real money together and enter the full amount received.
Enter the full allowance received
£
What happens to it
Live
your life
£0.00
Build
your savings
£0.00
Give
generously
£0.00
Step 3 of 9
🏠 Pay This Month's Bills
Pay all bills above before continuing
Step 4 of 9
💪 Last Month's Odd Jobs
£0.50 per job – tap + for each one
0
= £0.00
Step 5 of 9
⚠️ Last Month's Fines
£0.50 per fine – comes out of Live jar
0
= £0.00
Step 6 of 9
🎁 Extra Money Received Last Month
Birthday money, tooth fairy, gift money – any extra to add? Choose a jar and tap Add.
£
Add to which jar?
Step 7 of 9
💸 Taking Money Out This Month
Taking money from savings or spending? Choose a jar and tap Remove.
£
Take from which jar?
What is it for?
Step 7 of 8 – Summary
📋 Meeting Summary
Before we finish – here's everything that happened this meeting. Check the physical money matches before moving on.
Step 9 of 9 – final step ✨
💰 Last Month's Interest
£0.00
interest to add to Build jar
🏆 Goal reached!
You did it! Take your money out of the Build jar and enjoy your reward.
🎯 What are you saving for?
Choose something that matters to you – a toy, a game, a day out, anything worth waiting for.
Goal name
How much does it cost?
£
Current goal
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🎯
Update your goal:
£
Saving for
–
£0
Saved
–
Target
0%
Done
🗺️ Your journey to the goal
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Start
25%
Half!
75%
Goal!
💰 Your Build jar earns interest
Every month you save, the money grows by itself. This happens at your Monthly Meeting – the longer you wait, the bigger the reward.
£0.00
Build jar
£0.00
Next interest
£0.00
Total earned
10% interest each month. Example: £10.00 → £11.00 next month.
📈 Build Jar History
Save money each month to see your chart grow!
Monthly Build jar balance
✨ Interest payments
🌱No interest paid yet – it happens at each Monthly Meeting.
🏆 Goals Achieved
📋 Transactions
Everything that's been logged across all jars
📋Nothing logged yet – the meeting's coming.
💡 Help & FAQs
Everything you need to know about Jarful
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FAQs coming soon
We're putting together answers to the most common questions and links to research that supports the Jarful approach. Check back soon.
📬 Got a question?
Visit getjarful.com or email us and we'll help you get started.
⚙️ Settings
Currency
Currency symbol
Used throughout the app
Jar Split
Jarful works by splitting every allowance across three jars – each one building a different life skill at the same time. You set the split once and it applies every month automatically.
🌱 Live – everyday spending. Rent and bills come out of here, so it must be the largest share.
⭐ Give – generosity. Your child chooses the cause.
Suggested split: 65 / 25 / 10. Must always add up to 100%.
🌱 Live
Everyday spending + rent & bills
%
💰 Build
Savings – earns monthly interest
%
⭐ Give
Generosity – your child picks the cause
%
Total100% ✓
Bills (paid from Live jar)
These appear as obligations after each allowance. The child pays them actively from their Live jar.
🏠 Home (Rent)
Deducted each week
£
⚡ Food & Utilities
Deducted each week
£
Odd Job Rate
Odd Jobs are optional tasks your child chooses to do to earn extra money – on top of their allowance. Examples: vacuuming a room, helping cook dinner, washing the car. They are not the same as Family Duties (things we all do because we care for our home). Odd Job earnings go into the Live jar.
💪 Per job
Goes into the Live jar
£
FINE AMOUNT
Fines are issued by a parent when agreed rules are broken – for example, not tidying their room, losing something, or breaking an agreement. A fine is not a punishment – it is a consequence. It is issued calmly, discussed briefly, and then the matter is closed. Fines come out of the Live jar.
⚠️ Per fine
Comes out of your Live jar
£
💰 Monthly Interest
Applied to Build jar
%
Transfer to Another Device
Download your Jarful data as a file. Open it on your other device to restore everything – all children, jars, transactions and goals.