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🚀 Getting Started

New to PointWiseSystem? Start here!

  • Create your account
  • Add your first earner
  • Award your first points
  • Redeem a reward

⭐ Adding Points

Learn how to award points

  • Quick task buttons
  • Custom point amounts
  • Confirmation process
  • Sound effects & confetti

🎁 Redeeming Rewards

How earners claim rewards

  • Check available rewards
  • Redeem with confirmation
  • Celebration effects
  • Refund if needed

🎨 App Preferences

Customize your experience

  • Sound effects toggle
  • Dark mode options
  • Seasonal themes
  • Confetti animations

🖥️ Kiosk Mode

Set up a tablet display

  • What is Kiosk Mode
  • Enable/disable toggle
  • What's hidden vs visible
  • Perfect for tablets

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Managing Earners

Add and customize earners

  • Add new earners
  • Choose avatars & colors
  • View badges earned
  • Plan limits explained

✅ Custom Tasks

Create your own task buttons

  • Add new tasks
  • Set point values
  • Set cooldowns (daily/weekly/monthly)
  • Organize by category

🎁 Custom Rewards

Set up rewards to redeem

  • Create reward categories
  • Set point costs
  • Small, medium, big rewards
  • Quality time rewards

🎯 Goal Setting

Track progress to rewards

  • Set a target reward
  • Visual progress bar
  • Motivate saving
  • Celebrate achievements

💰 Allowance

Automatic points (Plus)

  • Set up allowances
  • Daily/weekly/monthly
  • Automatic point awards
  • No clicking needed

👨‍👩‍👧 Co-Admins

Share access (Plus)

  • Invite co-parents
  • Full admin or view-only
  • Manage invitations
  • Remove access

📊 History & Insights

Track progress over time

  • View point history
  • Refund mistakes
  • Streaks & analytics
  • Export to CSV

📁 Profiles & Add-Ons

Manage multiple profiles

  • Switch between profiles
  • Profile limits by plan
  • Purchase extra profiles
  • Add extra co-admins

🔄 Recurring Tasks

Daily, weekly & monthly tasks

  • Create recurring tasks
  • Complete tasks for points
  • Track streaks (Plus)
  • Schedule time off

🚀 Getting Started

Create Your Account

🔒 pointwisesystem.com/register

Create Your Account

📧 your@email.com
🔒 ••••••••
🔢 PIN: ••••
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Profile
Create Account →

Visit pointwisesystem.com and click "Get Started Free". Fill in:

  • Email - Your login email address
  • Password - At least 6 characters
  • PIN - 4-digit code to protect settings from little fingers!
  • Profile - Choose Family, Classroom, Sports Team, etc.

Add Your First Earner

⚙️ Settings
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Manage Kids
Emma
+ Add
😊
Emma
0 ⭐

Go to Settings → Manage Kids and add your first earner:

  • Type the earner's name
  • Click "+ Add"
  • They'll appear on the dashboard immediately!

Award Your First Points!

PointWiseSystem
😊

Emma

0 ⭐
🛏️ Make bed (+5)
📚 Do homework (+10)
🧹 Clean room (+15)

On the dashboard, tap any green task button to award points:

  • Tap the task (e.g., "Make bed +5")
  • Confirm "Yes" when prompted
  • Watch the confetti celebration! 🎉
💡 Try it: Click the "Make bed" button above to see a demo!

⭐ Adding Points

Quick Task Buttons

Dashboard
🦁
Jake
45 ⭐
🛏️ Make bed (+5)
📚 Homework (+10)
🧹 Clean room (+15)
🐕 Feed pet (+5)

The fastest way to add points! Just tap the green button for the task they completed.

💡 Tip: Customize these buttons in Settings → Quick Add Tasks

Custom Points

Dashboard
✏️ Add Custom Points
Helped neighbor with groceries
25
+ Add Points

For one-time tasks not in your quick list:

  • Type a description of what they did
  • Enter the point amount
  • Click "+ Add Points"

The Confirmation Dialog

🛏️
Add 5 points to Emma
for "Make bed"?
No
Yes! ✓

Every point addition requires confirmation. This prevents accidental clicks!

🎉 Fun Feature: When you confirm, you'll hear a "cha-ching" sound and see confetti (if enabled in App Preferences)

🎁 Redeeming Rewards

Check Available Rewards

Emma's Rewards
75 ⭐
Available to spend
🧸 Small Rewards
🍦 Ice cream (25 pts)
📺 30min TV (30 pts)
🌈 Medium Rewards
🎮 1hr games (75 pts)
🎬 Movie night (100 pts)

Rewards are color-coded so earners know what they can afford:

  • Blue = Can afford (enough points)
  • Gray = Not enough points yet

Tap to Redeem

🎮
Emma wants to redeem
"1hr games" for 75 points?
No
Yes! 🎉

Click the reward button, then confirm. Points are automatically deducted!

🎊 Celebration: Big confetti burst + triumphant fanfare when rewards are redeemed!

Need to Refund?

Settings → Redemption History
Emma - 🎮 1hr games
-75 pointsToday 3:45 PM
↩️ Refund

Made a mistake? Go to Settings → Redemption History and click "Refund". Points are returned automatically.

🎨 App Preferences

Find App Preferences

Settings
🎨
App Preferences
Sounds, themes & display options

Go to Settings and find the 🎨 App Preferences section to customize your experience.

🔊 Sound Effects

🔊

Sound Effects

Click to hear a demo!

When enabled:

  • Adding points → "Cha-ching!" ascending tones 🎵
  • Redeeming rewards → Triumphant fanfare 🎺
🔇 Quiet Mode: Toggle OFF for silent operation (classrooms, nighttime)

🌙 Dark Mode

☀️ Light
🌙 Dark

Three options available:

  • Light - Default bright theme
  • Dark - Easy on the eyes at night
  • Auto - Follows your device's system setting

🎄 Seasonal Themes

❄️ January
💕 February
🐰 April
☀️ Summer
🎃 October
🦃 November
🎄 December
🌸 Spring

A festive floating emoji appears in the corner based on the current month!

📍 Location: Bottom-right corner of the dashboard with a gentle floating animation

✨ Confetti Animations

🎉 Click for Confetti Demo!

See the celebration effect

Celebration effects when points are added or rewards redeemed:

  • Points → 40 colorful confetti particles (1.5 seconds)
  • Rewards → 100 particles + golden stars (3 seconds)

🖥️ Kiosk Mode

What is Kiosk Mode?

Normal Mode
PointWiseSystem ⚙️ ❓ 🚪
😊 Emma
45 ⭐
Kiosk Mode
PointWiseSystem 👀 View
😊 Emma
45 ⭐

Kiosk Mode is perfect for tablets that stay mounted in your home. Kids can view their points and add tasks without accessing settings or logging out.

How to Enable

Dashboard
PointWiseSystem
🖥️ Kiosk Mode
⚙️ ❓ 🔄

Click the 🖥️ Kiosk Mode button in the dashboard header. It turns green when active.

🔐 Exit Kiosk: Click the button again and enter your PIN to exit

What's Hidden vs Visible

Feature
Normal
Kiosk
View points
Add points
Redeem rewards
✅ (PIN)
Settings button
Logout button
Custom points

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Managing Earners

Add a New Earner

Settings → Manage Kids
New kid's name
+ Add
😊
Emma
45 ⭐
🦁
Jake
120 ⭐

Personalize with Avatars & Colors

🎨 Personalize Emma

Choose Avatar
😊
🦁
🐱
🦊
🐼
🦄
Theme Color

Click on an earner's avatar on the dashboard to personalize them! (Basic & Plus plans)

Plan Limits

Free
2 earners
Basic
3 earners
Plus ⭐
Unlimited!

Need more earners? Upgrade your plan in Settings → Your Subscription.

✅ Custom Tasks

Find Quick Add Tasks

Settings
Quick Add Tasks
Chores & activities

Add a New Task

Settings → Quick Add Tasks
🧸 Small Tasks (1-10 pts)
🛏️ Make bed
5
🗑️
New task name...
pts
+ Add Task

Tasks are organized by point value:

  • Small (1-10 pts) - Quick daily tasks like making bed
  • Medium (11-25 pts) - Bigger chores like homework
  • Large (26+ pts) - Major accomplishments
💡 Auto-Save: Changes save automatically - no save button needed!

Task Cooldowns

Settings → Quick Add Tasks → Edit Task

Limit how often tasks can be completed with cooldown settings:

  • Daily - Resets at midnight (your timezone)
  • Weekly - Resets Monday at midnight
  • Monthly - Resets on the 1st of each month

Scope Options:

  • 👥 Everyone - Once any earner completes it, it's done for ALL earners. Great for shared tasks like "Take out trash".
  • 👤 Per Earner - Each earner can complete once per period. Perfect for individual tasks like "Practice piano".
💡 Tip: When a task is on cooldown, the button turns gray and shows when it will be available again!

Dashboard View

Dashboard
Quick Add Points
🛏️ Make bed (+5)
🗑️ Take out trash (+10)
⏰ 6h 23m (Resets Mon)
Done by Emma
🎹 Practice piano (+15)

On the dashboard, tasks on cooldown appear grayed out with:

  • Time remaining until reset
  • Reset day note (Mon for weekly, 1st for monthly)
  • Who completed it (for "Everyone" scope tasks)

🎁 Custom Rewards

Reward Categories

🧸
Small
10-50 pts
🌈
Medium
75-200 pts
🏆
Big Goals
300-800 pts
💖
Quality Time
Special moments

Rewards are organized into four categories to help earners set goals at different levels.

Reward Ideas

Add rewards that motivate your earners! Ideas:

  • Small: Extra screen time, special snack, stay up 15min late
  • Medium: Movie night, friend sleepover, new book
  • Big: Theme park trip, new toy, special outing
  • Quality Time: Baking together, game night, park trip

🎯 Goal Setting

Set a Goal

Settings → Goal Setting
😊 Emma
🎮 New video game (500 pts)
Set Goal

Track Progress

🎮

Emma's Goal

New video game

325 / 500 pts 65%

A visual progress bar shows how close the earner is to their goal. Great for motivation!

🎯 Available on: Basic & Plus plans

💰 Allowance

What is Allowance?

📅

Automatic Point Awards!

Points are added automatically on a schedule - no clicking needed.

Perfect for:

  • Weekly allowance - 50 points every Sunday
  • Daily good behavior - 5 points automatically
  • Monthly bonus - 100 points on the 1st
⭐ Plus Feature: Allowance is available on the Plus plan

👨‍👩‍👧 Co-Admins

Invite a Co-Parent

Settings → Co-Parents & Admins

Share access with a spouse or caregiver!

spouse@email.com
Full Admin
Send Invite

Admin Roles

👑
Full Admin

Add points, redeem rewards, manage all settings

👀
View Only

See points and rewards, but can't make changes

⭐ Plus Feature: Co-Admins are available on the Plus plan

📊 History & Insights

View Transaction History

Settings → Manual Points History
Emma
🛏️ Make bed
+5 pts
Today 9:30 AM
Jake
📚 Homework
+10 pts
Yesterday

Analytics & Streaks

🔥
7
Streak
🏆
14
Best Streak
85
This Week
📈
+15%
vs Last Week

Track progress over time:

  • Streaks - Consecutive days earning points
  • Weekly comparison - See improvement trends
  • Top tasks - Most completed activities
📤 Export: Basic & Plus users can export history to CSV for spreadsheets!

📁 Profiles & Add-Ons

What are Profiles?

📁

Separate Reward Systems

Profiles let you manage completely separate groups of earners, tasks, and rewards - perfect for multiple families or classrooms!

Each profile has its own:

  • Earners - Different kids or students
  • Tasks - Custom chores and activities
  • Rewards - Unique reward options
  • Settings - Independent preferences

Profile Limits by Plan

Free
1 profile
Basic
1 profile
Plus ⭐
2 profiles

Plus plan users get 2 profiles included. Need more? You can purchase additional profiles as add-ons!

Switching Profiles

Settings → Manage Profiles
📁 Your Profiles
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family
3 earners • Active
Current
🏫 Classroom
12 earners
Switch →

Go to Settings → Manage Profiles to switch between your profiles or create new ones.

Purchase Extra Profiles

📁

Extra Profile Add-On

Need more than 2 profiles?

$1.99
/month
$19.99
/year (save 17%)
+ Add Extra Profile

Each extra profile add-on gives you one additional profile. Purchase as many as you need!

💡 Where to buy: Go to Settings → Manage Profiles → "Add Extra Profile"

Co-Admin Add-Ons (Plus Plan)

👥

Extra Co-Admin Add-On

Plus plan includes 2 co-admins. Need more?

$0.99
/month
$9.99
/year (save 16%)
+ Add Extra Co-Admin

Co-admins can help manage your reward system. Great for:

  • Co-parents - Both parents can add points
  • Grandparents - Let them participate too!
  • Caregivers - Babysitters or nannies
💡 Where to buy: Go to Settings → Co-Parents & Admins → "Add Extra Co-Admin Slot"

Managing Your Add-Ons

Settings → Your Subscription
📦 Your Add-Ons
📁 Extra Profiles
2 purchased
$3.98/mo
👥 Extra Co-Admins
1 purchased
$0.99/mo

View and manage all your add-ons in Settings → Your Subscription. Add-ons are billed alongside your main subscription.

🔄 Recurring Tasks

What are Recurring Tasks?

🔄

Tasks That Reset Automatically!

Create daily, weekly, or monthly tasks. Complete them to earn points, then they reset for the next period.

What this looks like for you:

  • 👨‍👩‍👧 Family: Chores - "Make Bed", "Brush Teeth", "Clean Room"
  • 🏫 Classroom: Assignments - "Homework", "Reading Log", "Participation"
  • ⚽ Sports: Practice - "Attend Practice", "Conditioning"
  • 🎨 After-School Program: Activities - "Complete Project", "Help Clean Up"
  • 🎯 Personal: Habits - "Exercise", "Meditate", "Journal"
  • 💼 Workplace: Goals - "Daily Standup", "Weekly Report"

Frequencies: Daily (reset at midnight) | Weekly (reset Monday) | Monthly (reset on 1st)

Recurring Tasks on the Dashboard

Dashboard
📋 Chore List
Daily Tasks
🛏️ Make bed +5 ⭐
📚 Homework
🧹 Clean room ⏭️

Recurring tasks appear above the Quick Add Points section. Task states:

  • Green = Available - tap to complete and earn points!
  • Gray = Already completed this period
  • Yellow = Skipped for this period

Completing Tasks

🛏️
Emma completed
"Make bed" for +5 points?
No
Yes! ✓

Tap any available (green) task to complete it:

  • Points are added immediately to the earner's balance
  • Task turns gray to show it's done for this period
  • Confetti celebration! 🎉
  • Task will be available again when the period resets

Skipping Tasks

Skip Task
⏭️

Skip "Make bed"?

Select a reason:

🏖️ Vacation
🤒 Sick Day
🏫 No School
🎄 Holiday
📝 Other

Need to skip a task? Click the skip button (⏭️) next to any available task:

  • No points - Skipped tasks don't earn or lose points
  • Streaks preserved - Skipping doesn't break your streak (Plus)
  • No penalties - Skipped tasks are exempt from missed task penalties

Streaks (Plus Plan)

Dashboard
🔥 7 streak!
😊

Emma

145 ⭐

Plus subscribers get streak tracking for recurring tasks:

  • Streak count - Shows consecutive completions on earner cards
  • Milestone bonuses - Earn bonus points at 7, 30, and 100 streak milestones!
  • Skips don't break streaks - Vacation or sick days preserve your progress
🎯 Milestone Bonuses: Configure bonus amounts in Settings → Recurring Tasks → Streak Settings

Time Off / Vacation Mode

Settings → Time Off
🗓️ Schedule Time Off
😊 Emma
🏖️ Family vacation
Feb 10 - Feb 17, 2026
Upcoming
+ Schedule Time Off

Going on vacation? Schedule time off in advance:

  • Auto-skip - All tasks automatically skipped during time off
  • Streaks preserved - No penalty for being away
  • Schedule ahead - Plan multiple vacation periods in advance
  • Dashboard indicator - Shows "🏖️ On Vacation" on earner cards
💡 Quick Access: Admins can also set vacation from the dashboard by clicking the vacation button on an earner's card (not visible in kiosk mode)

Managing Recurring Tasks

Settings → Recurring Tasks
🔄 Recurring Tasks (Chore List)
🛏️ Make bed
Daily • Mon-Fri • 5 pts
Edit 🗑️
+ Add Recurring Task

Create and manage recurring tasks in Settings → Recurring Tasks:

  • Task name - What the task is called
  • Points - How many points earned on completion
  • Frequency - Daily, Weekly (Plus), or Monthly (Plus)
  • Active days - For daily tasks, which days it's available
  • Earner - Which earner the task is assigned to

Plan Limits

Feature
Free/Basic
Plus
Daily tasks
3-5 per earner
Unlimited
Weekly tasks
Monthly tasks
Streak tracking
Milestone bonuses
Penalty system
✅ (optional)

Recurring task limits by subscription tier:

  • Free - 3 daily tasks per earner
  • Basic - 5 daily tasks per earner
  • Plus - Unlimited tasks + weekly/monthly + streaks + penalties
⭐ Upgrade: Go to Settings → Your Subscription to unlock all recurring task features!
🎯 Tasks done. Habits built. Family organized. Start Free →