iReward app for iPhone and iPad

4.0 ( 4960 ratings )

Lifestyle Education
Developer: Grembe Inc.

2.99 USD

Current version: 4.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 30 Jul 2009
App size: 5.9 Mb

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iReward is a motivational tool for your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. You can create a star chart or token board to help reinforce positive behaviors using visual rewards. Use of motivational charts is not limited to any one group. We all benefit from motivation to achieve our goals! This type of praise or approval will help parents of typically developing children, children with autism, developmental delays, ADHD, and anxiety disorders. Weve updated the app to support multiple users and added more customizable options.

-Organize by name for families, classrooms, or patients
-Custom color backgrounds and tokens(gold and red stars, smileys, check boxes, and gold coins)
-Use camera, pictures loaded on device, or image search to add pictures
-Use two pictures to reinforce a first-then reward
-Record custom audio and/or play keyboard cat video when reward completed
-Ability to lock app from changes and unlock by shaking device and entering password
-Options for larger images and text, and for playing sound when adding a token
-Share Children and Rewards thru email and iTunes File Sharing

"My students love this app the best because they get to earn stars! I am an SLP who uses iReward to help my students with autism anticipate the end of an activity or to provide incentive to complete a difficult task. It is very easy to customize" miker1972

"I use this with a child who has high functioning autism, but many parents have seen me use it, and been inspired. I think its a great concrete way to encourage kids with positive discipline - its especially good for preschoolers. My son loves that he can take a photograph of the reward hes going to earn" uumomma

"This app is wonderful. I use it for my autistic son. We have used a token board for a while and this replaces that. I dont have a clipboard with velcro all over it and tokens that can be a choking hazard. That is a thing of the past. This is fantastic. It still gives him something tangible when he completes a task and he loves it" Ruperto

"I used this for the first time last night with my 19 year old autistic son. He was more interactive with me as he counted down the remaining stars with each completed task. And he knew all along he was working for 1 hour of computer time so there were less protests when his time was up on the computer" Michele G

"I was very pleased with this app! It is easy to use & individualize for my childs goals. She has Aspergers so use of a token economy such as this is very helpful. Not to say it could not be used for any child, because it can. My daughter loves setting a goal, picking out the reward, & placing a star each time she completes a task on the list. It is also helpful as it is portable; imagine carrying a sticker chart everywhere you went (no fun)" RNTP

"I use this application daily within my clinical treatment environment!! It has been EXTREMELY effective in helping children stay on task while providing clear feedback. Its very easy to use and can be customized to the likes of each child individually. I also find that children like that they can interact with it by placing the smiley face, check mark, star, etc. It also has a component that helps some to transition to the next activity since they know they are done with the current task when the cat plays the piano. I would highly recommend this application to all parents, not just parents of children with special needs. GREAT APP for a GREAT PRICE!" MAustin

Pros and cons of iReward app for iPhone and iPad

iReward app good for

This is a bargain of an app for those in need of a way to provide a visual reward schedule on the cool iTouch or iPhone! So easy to customize and use every single day! Every parent should get this, but especially those with special needs children! ( I am a speech/language pathologist and use it in my clinic!)

I cant say enough about iRewards! It is absolutely the best thing Ive found for my son (and my own sanity)! His behavior issues, lack of self control, his "learned" shirking of responsibility, inability to understand that his choices = consequences, as well as his processing and memory problems are some of the biggest issues we face all day, every day, in our home. However, iRewards is quickly beginning to help us with these issues! One of the greatest benefits for us while using iRewards is that it is helping my son control his behavior when we are out in public, running errands, etc. For example, if he sees something in a store that he wants and cannot have, all I have to do is pull up the app on the phone, show him the stars he needs to earn (and keep) and he sees the picture of the reward right there below the starts and immediately he either calms down, or at the very least I can see him trying desperately to control himself. Before we found iRewards, he would go straight into a total meltdown. What is even better is that we are focusing on positive reinforcement and he feels SO PROUD when he earns a reward! (I do take away stars for serious issues but I try to focus on the positive). It is building his self esteem and teaching him that he CAN do things he didnt think he could. Anyone who has a child with a disability such as autism (especially at this age), would probably agree that is is SO difficult to find a tool, teaching method, etc., that actually works for more than a day or two, or at all! Ive become so disappointed over the years with failed methods or tools that may work for some but just didnt work for Ty and now, the fact that I can see how using iRewards with my son is actually helping HIM learn, change and control himself, is a huge victory for us. One of the best features is the ability to completely customize the app for yourself. So no matter what age or skill level someone is at, you can choose the behavior or action you want, how many stars will be needed to earn it and use any picture you want to show the reward! It is great that you can go in and change one if it needs tweaking too! While I use this mainly for my son with autism, Ive also started to use it with my (neurotypical) teenager just so I can keep track of whether or not he has done his chores before letting him go out, etc. It truly can be adapted to be used by anyone! If you get creative, I would imagine that you could even use it to motivate a spouse (lol). Seriously though, I am so grateful for this app and cannot wait to share it with other parents that I know. I will say that the most difficult part for me was being creative and coming up with behaviors/actions that I wanted Ty to learn and choosing how many times (stars) he needs to do something to earn a reward. Also, choosing a reward that is fitting and interesting to him at his age is challenging for me because everything he wants costs money. I highly recommend this app for both children with autism, ASD, ADHD, etc. If at first you think it looks like it was created for only younger children, dont let that stop you from trying it! There is absolutely nothing like it out there for persons with a disability such as this. Kudos to the creators of this app! I would love to talk to others who use it to share ideas for rewards at different age levels, etc.

I use this application daily within my clinical treatment environment!! It has been EXTREMELY effective in helping children stay on task while providing clear feedback. Its very easy to use and can be customized to the likes of each child individually. I also find that children like that they can interact with it by placing the smiley face, check mark, star, etc. It also has a component that helps some to transition to the next activity since they know they are done with the current task when the cat plays the piano. I would highly recommend this application to all parents, not just parents of children with special needs. GREAT APP for a GREAT PRICE!

iReward is a great, easy-to-use reinforcement chart. Its a time saver because its so much easier to create than a paper chart with symbols, lamination, and velcro. I recently created a paper chart, and the whole time I was thinking, "I wish an iPhone or iPod touch was available for this student to use iReward." Whenever a device is available, I highly recommend iReward for charting and reinforcing appropriate student behaviors.

What a great tool for use while working with special needs children so they can see the progress toward a goal while they are completing their work (ie time on the swing once math is finished). Can also be used at home for your own children (if you make your bed every day for 7 days we get to have family game night). Very simple and easy to customize to whatever needs you have.

Love it! My kids love seeing there tasks turn into rewards. Have not used it with my husband yet... Lol. That could get interesting! Great pictoral and the kids really love it.

Some bad moments

The app crashes a lot particularly when trying to add a photo.

I was little disappointed to find that I cant track rewards for multiple kids. I wish I could get my money back.

...or even any feedback when a reward has been earned. Lousy. WHO is giving all these good reviews?

Highly disappointed! I cannot edit old info already on there, nor edit pictures and rewards. Cant use it and want money back!

This app continually freezes and crashes. Great concept but doesnt work! Please fix this or offer refunds.

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