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Questions
This page answers the questions parents usually ask when a number looks wrong, a chore paid nothing, or the daily maximum has done exactly what it said it would do.
“Used says 0 minutes.”
Used is 0 when screen time is not being counted yet. The usual reasons are that limited apps have not been chosen, or counting is switched off on the child’s phone.
The parent’s app says this on the child’s day. Check the limited apps and the missing phone setup items shown there.
“My child did a chore and got no minutes.”
A chore can pay 0 minutes when the day’s chore minutes were already earned, or when the chore was added after those minutes were already earned. The child’s screen says this plainly.
If approval is on for that chore, the minutes wait for your yes. If you choose “Not yet,” the chore goes back on the list and can be done again the same day. If you never answer, the chore approves itself after the following night, and its minutes go to “Saved up” rather than into the new day’s chore share.
“Why can’t they earn more?”
Your child can earn up to the amount you allow, in the same day. Never more. A day never goes past the time you give plus that amount, and saved-up minutes never raise the Daily max.
If you set You give to 60 min, your child can earn up to 60 min more that day. The Daily max is 120 min, even if they have minutes saved up.
- You give
- 60 min
- The most they can earn today
- 60 min
- Daily max
- 120 min
- Savings added to Daily max
- 0 min
“They failed the episode test.”
The daily episode test has one attempt a day. At ages 7‑8 it has eight questions and needs five right; at 9‑11 it has ten questions and needs six right. During the test, the text and audio are closed.
If your child fails, they get no minutes for that episode. That episode does not come back; a new one arrives tomorrow. Every question is explained afterwards either way, with the right answer named and the part of the text it came from.
“I added a chore and the others became worth less.”
The day’s chore minutes are split between the chores on the list in proportion to the time you expect each one to take. Adding a chore divides the same chore minutes differently; it does not add minutes to the day.
With You give set to 60 min, and the puzzle, episode and chores all available, the day’s chores together are worth 20 min.
- Before: dishwasher, 15 min expected
- 10 min earned
- Before: trash, 15 min expected
- 10 min earned
- After: dishwasher, 15 min expected
- 5 min earned
- After: trash, 15 min expected
- 5 min earned
- After: vacuum, 30 min expected
- 10 min earned
“Why is a new app still open?”
On Android, a new app is not left open: it arrives limited, spends minutes and closes at bedtime until you untick it in Apps, even if it was installed while the phone was offline.
On an iPhone, KidCommit cannot see what your child installs. Ask to Buy on your Apple account is the way to know about new apps. On Android, KidCommit reports new apps to you as they appear.
What KidCommit does not check for chores
KidCommit does not ask for proof that a chore was done. There is no photo, no video and no automatic checking.
Chores run on trust, which is how many household systems run until someone claims the dishwasher was “basically done.” You get a notification when your child starts and when they finish, with the actual time it took shown first.
What KidCommit does not read
KidCommit does not read messages, browsing or anything inside apps. On Android, the blocking service sees only which app is in front.
You choose which apps are limited. KidCommit enforces those limits; it does not inspect what happens inside the apps.