Everything you need to get started and get the most out of Bloomly
Bloomly is a family finance and tasks app. Parents create tasks and reward children with virtual coins when they complete them. Children can save towards goals, request withdrawals (converting coins to real money at a rate you set), and track their progress with achievements, streaks, and a leaderboard. Everything runs in your browser — no app store required.
Tap Get Started on the welcome screen. The setup wizard has four short steps:
After setup you will see the member selection screen. Tap your name to enter the app. Any member who has a PIN set will be asked for it.
Parents create tasks and assign them to a child with a coin reward. The child marks the task as done; the parent approves it, and the coins are transferred automatically. Tasks can be one-off or set to recur daily, weekly, or monthly.
Task scheduling: Tasks can have an optional start date — useful for setting up future tasks in advance without cluttering the child’s current task list.
Task instructions: Parents can add optional instructions (e.g. “Make the bed and put clothes away”) so the child knows exactly what “done” looks like.
Claim notes: When marking a task complete, children can add an optional note to the parent (e.g. “Done, but couldn’t hoover — the hoover was in your room”). The parent sees this at approval time.
Child-proposed tasks: Children can suggest new tasks using the 💡 button. They can optionally suggest a reward amount and add a reason. Proposed tasks appear highlighted for the parent to review, edit, and accept or reject.
Bulk assignment: When assigning a task, parents can choose “All children” to create the same task for every child at once — useful for shared household tasks.
Task reminders: For recurring tasks, parents can set an optional reminder time. If the task is still pending at that time, a push notification is sent to the assigned child.
Every member has a coin balance shown on the dashboard. Parents start with a balance they can distribute. Transfers between members are tracked in the transaction history.
Parents can set up automatic allowances — a fixed number of coins paid to a child daily, weekly, or monthly. Overdue allowances are flagged on the dashboard so parents can pay with one tap.
Children can set savings goals (e.g. “New bike — 500 coins”). A progress bar on the dashboard shows how close they are. Parents can contribute to a goal as a bonus. A percentage of every reward can be auto-saved (set in Parental Controls).
A leaderboard shows children ranked by coins earned, badges collected, and current streak. A streak is the number of consecutive days with at least one completed task — streaks show on the leaderboard and feed into streak achievement badges (see Achievements).
Family-wide challenges with a shared target — for example, “Complete 20 tasks this month as a family” or “Earn 500 coins this week.” Progress is tracked automatically. Challenges can have a reward (coins distributed on completion) and an optional due date. Parents create and manage challenges; children see progress and can contribute.
Children unlock badges automatically as they reach milestones:
Children (or parents on their behalf) can add items they would love to have — a new game, bike, toy, or anything else. Each wish can optionally include a coin target and a note. Parents can mark a wish as granted, triggering a celebration.
Wishes support an occasion tag (Christmas, Birthday, Easter, Holiday, Graduation, or a custom label such as Eid or Diwali) so items can be filtered and grouped by event. An optional event date enables a one-tap archive of ungranted wishes once the occasion has passed.
A Copy list button lets parents copy the current filtered view as plain text — handy for sharing with extended family.
Parents can make a promise to a child: complete a goal or challenge and earn a reward. The reward can be coins (transferred automatically when fulfilled) or a real-world item or treat (e.g. cinema trip, special dinner). Promises also support an occasion tag and an optional due date.
A summary of coins earned, spent, and transferred over the last 7 or 30 days, per member. Transaction history can be exported as a CSV file from Settings → Export CSV, or as a full JSON backup from Settings → Export my data.
Children can request a withdrawal — converting coins to real money at the conversion rate you set (e.g. 10 coins = £1.00). Parents approve or decline the request. This is handled entirely within your family; Bloomly does not process any payments.
Link your family with up to 3 other families — extended family members, relatives, or close friends. Linked families can send coin gifts to your children. Gifts appear as pending in your dashboard; the parent approves before any coins are credited. This keeps children’s balances fully under parental control.
Only your family — the one creating the link — needs Premium. The relatives you link to can use Bloomly on the free plan and still send gifts.
To link a family: Settings → Extended family → Invite a family → share the 6-character code.
Enable push notifications to be alerted when a child completes a task, a withdrawal is requested, a gift is received, or a task reminder fires. You can enable or disable this from Settings.
Birthday reminders: If a family member has a birthday set in their profile, parents receive a push notification the day before.
Weekly digest: A weekly summary notification showing family highlights — top earner, tasks completed, and current streaks.
Bloomly uses a single shared family account rather than individual accounts for each member. This keeps things simple — children do not need an email address, and no one needs to remember multiple passwords.
There is one cloud account per family, created by one parent with their email and password.
After the app loads, the member selection screen shows everyone in the family. Each person simply taps their own name. Any member who has a PIN set will be asked for it at login.
To load the family on a second phone, tablet, or computer:
Each code is single-use, but you can generate as many as you need.
The app syncs your family data automatically across all devices in real time. Every change is saved to your device immediately and pushed to the server in the background — your data is never lost even if you go offline.
To create an account (if you haven’t already): 1. Go to Settings → Account → Create account. 2. Enter an email address and password (minimum 8 characters).
To sign in on another device: 1. Go to Settings → Account → Sign in. 2. Enter your email and password. Your family data downloads automatically.
Forgot your password? Go to Settings → Account → Forgot password. A reset link will be emailed to you.
To delete your account and all server-side data: Settings → Account → Delete cloud account. Your data on this device remains intact.
Bloomly has a free tier and a Premium plan.
Free includes: Up to 5 family members, unlimited tasks and allowances, savings goals, the family market, push notifications, achievements and badges, wish lists, promises, parental controls, and PIN lock.
Premium adds: Leaderboard and rankings, family challenges, reports and analytics, cross-family gifting, and unlimited family members.
To upgrade, go to Settings and tap the Upgrade to Premium banner, or tap the ⭐ button shown next to any Premium feature. If you have a promo code, tap “Have a promo code?” during upgrade.
English, French, Hindi, and Bengali are supported. Switch languages in Settings → Language. When using Hindi or Bengali, you need to enable the appropriate keyboard in your device settings separately — Bloomly cannot switch your keyboard automatically.
Found something not working as expected, or have an idea you’d like to share? Tap the 💬 button in the bottom-right corner of the screen, or go to Settings → Send feedback.
At the top of the feedback form, choose the type that best fits:
We read every message and use it to prioritise fixes and new features.
Your family data belongs to you. You can download a full JSON copy at any time from Settings → Export my data, or a CSV of your transaction history from Settings → Export CSV. To delete your cloud account and all server-side data, go to Settings → Account → Delete cloud account.
Bloomly is suitable for children aged 6 and over, used together with a parent or guardian. Children under 6 can still enjoy the app but will need a parent alongside for most interactions. There is no upper age limit — older children and teenagers are well suited to the full feature set including goals, savings interest, streaks, and the leaderboard.