BrainCoins
An Android app where kids earn screen time by learning, with the limits set by their parents.
Industry
EdTech & Family
Scope of work
Mobile Development
Duration
Ongoing
Challange
Screen-time fights turn parents into the bad guy.
Limits on phones are easy to set and hard to enforce. Kids see them as arbitrary, and parents end up nagging, while the time kids spend on screens teaches them nothing.
Goal
Make earning screen time the fun part, and keep the rules firmly in the parents' hands.
Build an app where short lessons and real-life habits turn into brain coins that kids spend on screen time or rewards chosen by the family, without ever weakening the limits parents set.
Solution
Learning that pays, rules that hold.
Bite-size lessons by age and interest award coins, and wrong answers come back later until they stick. Real-life quests such as making the bed or reading for 20 minutes pay out through a timer, a photo or a simple tick. Parents set daily limits, bedtime and school hours, and coins only buy extra minutes at the price they choose. Phones pair by QR code or a six-digit code, and a rewards shop covers things like pizza night. A solo mode adds a cooldown on loosening your own rules, for teens and adults.
