Pocket money

Pocket money is your family's pocket money book: for each child you see three jars – Spend, Saving goal and Long-term – and what was paid out, spent and saved. Hüsli never moves real money. On payday Hüsli reminds you; you pay in cash or into the child's account and tap Paid out.

How to switch it on

1. Tap your profile picture at the top right and open Settings › Add-ons.
2. Find the add-on Pocket money under More.
3. Switch it on.
4. Open More › Pocket money.

How it works

1. Tap Set up pocket money for Noah on a child's card.
2. Enter the Amount (CHF) and choose Every week with the day or Every month with the day of the month. From says when it starts.
3. Under Split you decide how much goes into each jar (default 50 % Spend, 30 % Saving goal, 20 % Long-term). Tap Save.
4. On payday Hüsli books the pocket money itself and sends you «Pocket money today: Noah CHF 5». Once you've paid it out, tap Paid out.
5. With Spent you note what money from «Spend» was used for. Extra money adds e.g. birthday money, Move shifts money from one jar to another.
6. Tap Add a saving goal and enter a name, the price and an emoji or picture. Hüsli shows the progress and «4 more weeks». When the money is there, tap Bought.

What the children see

• On their own device children see only their own jars and saving goals – big and simple, with a picture.
• With Move money they send you a request; you tap Allow or No.
• If you allow it, they note under Spent on … what they used money for.

Settings

Under Rules at the top of the page:

• Children may log «spent»: children note their spending themselves.
• Sternli for pocket money: you swap collected Sternli for money in the «Spend» jar, e.g. 10 Sternli = CHF 1. Off by default.
• Show on the wall tablet: the children's jars and the payday as a tile.

Good to know

• Each payday is booked exactly once, even when several devices are open. Hüsli catches up missed paydays (up to 35 days) without a notification.
• Made a mistake? In the History every entry has Undo – it stays visible, crossed out. CSV downloads every entry.
• Turn notifications about payday and reached saving goals on or off under Settings › Notifications with the topic Pocket money: payday and saving goals.
• Saved and spent per child also show in the Weekly look back.
• Pocket money is part of Pro (free during the beta).