A child can arrive tonight. The routine can be ready by bedtime.
Placements happen with no notice, and the family builds structure from zero. KudoKids is live in early access now on web, iOS, and Android, so a caregiver can set up a visible morning and bedtime routine in minutes — free for every family, with no financial relationship for your org and nothing to disclose.
Tasks, Coins, Games — That's the Loop
Parents set routines and tasks
Chores, reading goals, wellness habits — configured once.
Kids earn Kudo Coins
Completed tasks earn coins. Educational games earn them back.
Screen time self-regulates
Fun games cost coins. No timers, no fights — kids budget themselves.
Free plan available for families — tasks, games, wellness tools, and the parent dashboard cost nothing.
What You're Recommending
A child arrives overnight, often with belongings in a trash bag, and a tired family starts building structure with no budget and no answers for days — the gap where too many families stop in year one. KudoKids gives them a predictable routine they can stand up that same night, free forever, and your org never has to buy, host, or disclose a thing.
Ready the night a child arrives — set up in minutes on the device the family already has
Every first-week guide says the same thing: keep it simple and build a predictable routine right away. KudoKids is live now on web, iOS, and Android, so a caregiver can stand up a visible morning and bedtime routine in minutes — no new device to buy, no tech afternoon. Mood check-ins and sleep sounds meet the real first-week struggles: sleep and big feelings. The same holds for a grandparent raising a grandchild or an adoptive family settling in.
The free plan is the whole product, so it goes on a resource list — not a budget line
Free Explorer includes the routines and tasks, the full library of games, the wellness tools (mood check-ins, meditations, sleep sounds), the parent dashboard, and the first companion, Cosmo, the astronaut kid. A family with no budget gets the real thing, forever. Premium ($11.99/mo or $99/yr) only unlocks the other themed worlds, companions, backgrounds, and companion looks and extras — it never puts a wall in front of the learning, and it never pressures a child. Families sign up directly: no license, no procurement, no case data, no committee.
Earned, private, and in the caregiver's hands — never posted, never public
Kids earn Kudo Coins by finishing the routines and tasks the caregiver sets, and the caregiver decides what coins buy, including off-app screen time they configure. Nothing is posted publicly and no chart is displayed to anyone outside the family. KudoKids doesn't claim to treat trauma and isn't a behavior-modification program — it's a structure tool that layers under whatever framework your trainers teach, and your trainer decides how and whether it fits a given family. The screen moves inside the routine instead of against it.
Join as a Founding Partner During Beta
Beta
Founding partner benefits
Early access + discounted licenses
Public Launch
Standard partner benefits
New partners only
What You Get as a Partner
Free Premium Passes to Share
Give the families you serve full Premium access at no cost to them — a real gift for caregivers starting from scratch, not a discount code.
A One-Page Safety Facts Sheet
Plain-language answers for your vetting file and your trainings — ready to hand a caregiver or drop into a packet.
Nothing to Disclose
Community partners have no financial relationship with KudoKids — no commission, no referral fee. Recommending it never breaks a no-soliciting rule.
A Ready-Made Handout & Pass-Along Paragraph
A printable, brand-clean handout plus three sentences you can paste straight into a newsletter, training packet, or closed group.
A Partner Listing
Your organization listed as a KudoKids community partner, so families see a recommendation that's been vetted — not an ad.
Reach the Founding Team
Vetting questions from a coordinator get a real human at support@kudokids.org, not a support queue.
Three Steps to Get Started
Apply
2-minute form.
Get Your Materials
Receive your Letter of Understanding, disclosure materials, and referral link.
Start Recommending
Introduce KudoKids to the families you work with.
Help Us Reach One Million Families
Every child deserves screen time that builds something real — not just families who can afford it. Every Premium upgrade and Lifetime purchase directly funds keeping core features free for every family. That is how we reach one million families together.
Apply as a foster & kinship organization
Apply in two minutes to get Premium passes to share, a one-page safety facts sheet, and a ready-to-forward handout — you'll sign a short Letter of Understanding, with no financial relationship and nothing to disclose.
Common Questions
KudoKids doesn't claim to treat trauma and isn't a behavior-modification program. It's a structure tool that stays entirely in the caregiver's hands — visible routines, earned Kudo Coins, and rewards the family defines, all private to the household. It layers under whatever framework your trainers teach, and your trainer decides how and whether it fits a given family.
Agreed, and there's nothing to sell. Community partners have no financial relationship with KudoKids — no commission, no referral fee — and nobody markets to families inside your groups. The free plan is the full product minus the other themed worlds, companions, backgrounds, and companion looks and extras. Premium exists ($11.99/mo, $99/yr), but a family that never pays a cent keeps everything that matters, and no ads are ever shown to kids.
It's built to shrink screen fights, not grow them. No ads shown to kids, no contact with strangers, no child data sold, no AI on kids' screens — and kids earn toward off-app device time the caregiver configures, so the screen moves inside the routine instead of against it. It's a tool for ages 3–12 that stays in the caregiver's hands.
Fair question. Honest answer: KudoKids is live in early access now on web, iOS, and Android, founder-funded with no venture capital, and recommended by child-development experts — therapists already recommend it to families they work with. No inflated numbers. The ask is that one coordinator try it free, no card, the way a caregiver would, before it goes on any list. support@kudokids.org answers directly.
Yes. It's free, there's no new device to buy, and setup takes minutes on whatever phone or tablet is already in the house. A grandparent raising a grandchild gets the same visible routine, mood check-ins, and sleep sounds — plus a parent dashboard, with CSV export, they can choose to share with a caseworker or therapist.
No. No procurement, no contracts, no case data, nothing to host. Families create their own accounts directly at kudokids.org and the core app is free to use. For your org it's one line on a resource list or one handout — the way a foster closet sits on that list.
Ready to partner with KudoKids?
Apply in 2 minutes. Sign your Letter of Understanding and start recommending KudoKids to the families you serve.