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Under a minute
Add your kids
A first name or nickname, a color and an emoji. No sign-up.
Routine and reward chart · iPhone and Android
Gold Star Days
Calmer mornings start here.
How it works
Three steps from setup to a fridge full of stars.
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Morning, After School, Bedtime
Pick their routines
- ~40 picture steps
Brush teeth, get dressed, pack backpack, homework, pajamas, read, and more.
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Every day
Watch the stars add up
Each step earns stars to trade for rewards you set, like “Pick dinner = 20 stars”. Every kept day fills a square on the streak grid.
Features
Quiet tools that make time and progress easy to see.
Kid Mode
A full-screen, big-tap view of one step at a time. Runs on your phone or a spare tablet and only exits through a parent check.
Timers that show time
A countdown ring drains like a pie, which helps kids with time-blindness.
Streak grid
Fresh start today.
A year of small squares in your child’s color. Rest days count as kept, and missed days are shown kindly.
Several kids, one app
Each child has their own color, routines and stars.
Reminders and widgets
Home screen widgets show today’s progress and the streak at a glance.
Works offline
- No accounts
- No ads
- No game
Research
The research behind it
Gold Star Days is built on approaches pediatricians and child psychologists already recommend. These studies cover the methods, not this app.
Routines help kids grow
A 2024 review of 170 studies linked daily routines to better self-regulation, social-emotional and academic skills, and overall health.
Source: Selman & Dilworth-Bart, Journal of Family Theory & Review, 2024
Parent-led strategies come first
For kids 4 to 6 with ADHD, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends parent training in behavior management as the first-line treatment (Grade A, strong recommendation). The CDC notes it has been shown to work as well as medication at that age.
Sources: AAP Clinical Practice Guideline, Pediatrics, 2019; CDC
Pictures make steps clear
Visual activity schedules help children complete tasks and move between activities more independently. A 2022 review of studies in children ages 5 to 12 with ADHD found reduced problem behavior.
Source: J. Korean Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2022
Small rewards, used consistently
Token and point systems “have been found to be very effective in motivating positive behaviors in children with ADHD when they are used consistently over time.”
Source: Cincinnati Children’s
Gold Star Days is a parenting tool, not a medical treatment. Talk with your child’s doctor about ADHD care.
Pricing
Start free. Pay once if you like.
Free
- 1 child
- 2 routines
- The full streak grid
- Kid Mode
Premium
- Unlimited kids and routines
- Rewards
- Step timers
- Widgets
- Themes and export
- Monthly
- $2.99
- Yearly 7-day free trial
- $19.99
- Lifetime Pay once if you like One-time
- $39
Premium plans. Free stays free.
Support
Questions, bugs or ideas? A real parent reads every message.
Email [email protected].
Do my kids need their own phone?
No. Kid Mode runs on your phone or a spare tablet. On iPhone, turn on Guided Access to keep them in the app.
Does it need internet?
No. Everything works offline.
How do I restore a purchase?
Settings > Subscription > Restore purchases.
How do I back up or move my data?
Settings > Backup and export saves a file you can import on another device. Your phone’s own iCloud or Google backup also includes the app’s data.
How do I cancel?
Manage or cancel your plan in your App Store or Google Play subscriptions. Lifetime is a one-time purchase with nothing to cancel.
Effective October 2026
Privacy Policy
In plain language: your family’s data stays on your device.
No accounts, no servers. Gold Star Days has no accounts and no servers that hold your family’s data. Everything you enter (children’s first names or nicknames, colors, emoji, routines, completions, stars and rewards) is stored only on your device.
No collection or tracking. We don’t collect personal information, and we don’t use analytics, advertising or tracking SDKs. We never sell or share data.
Children. We ask for a first name or nickname only, never photos, birthdays or contact details. Kids use the app only in Kid Mode on a parent’s device, behind a parental gate. Nothing about a child ever leaves the device.
Purchases. Subscriptions and the lifetime purchase are handled by Apple or Google through RevenueCat, a payment service. RevenueCat receives an anonymous app user ID and purchase records so your plan can be verified and restored. It receives no data about your children or routines. Apple and Google handle payment details under their own privacy policies.
Backups. If you turn on iCloud or Google device backup, your app data is included in that backup under Apple’s or Google’s terms. Exports are files you create and control.
Reminders. Reminders are scheduled locally on your device; there is no push server.
Deleting. Deleting the app deletes all of its data from your device.
Not medical advice. Medicine can appear as a routine step name only. The app gives no dosing guidance.
Changes. If this policy changes, we’ll update this page and the effective date.
Contact. [email protected]