The pocket money app that turns chores into money skills
The pocket money and chore app for South African families with kids aged 8 to 18.
- No bank card for your child
- R39.99/mo for year one if you join now
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How it works
Follow one chore all the way to a goal
Meet Zola. She is 10, and she is saving R450 for soccer boots. Keep scrolling to see what one Saturday chore does to that plan.
Zola and her numbers are an example. The screens and steps are the real app.
A chore gets done
You add the chores and set what each one pays, so Zola knows that washing the car is worth R40. When she has finished she taps “I did it”, and the chore waits for you to check it.
Play both sides, or just keep scrolling.
You approve it, and the money lands
One tap on Pay R40 adds it to her balance, which goes from R55 to R95. Savella never holds the money. It keeps the tally between you and Zola, and you pay her on payday the way you already do.
She decides what it is for
Earning gives her a choice, and that is where the real lesson starts. She can put the R40 towards her boots or keep it for payday.
Make the call for her, and watch the app follow.
The goal fills up, week by week
Her goal sits on her home screen, with a jar that fills a little every time she saves. Small amounts add up faster than kids expect, and watching it happen is what makes saving stick.
Tap once for each week, or scroll and watch.
Goal reached, promise kept
When the jar is full, you buy the boots together and tap “We bought it”. Zola has learned that effort turns into money, and that something she waited for feels properly hers. It is a habit you can start from age eight, one small step at a time.
Zola dropped five coins on her way. They are hidden further down this page.
Play a real lesson
These are the opening steps of five lessons your kids would get, from needs and wants for 8-year-olds to investing for teens. Pick one and play it the way your child would.
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Needs vs Wants · Ages 8 to 10
Needs vs Wants
6 quick steps, about two minutes. Play it the way your child would.
No card, no bank
Real money, without handing over your bank details
A kids’ card means FICA, ID documents and an account tied to your bank. Savella needs none of that. It keeps the running tally between you and your child, and you settle it the way you already do. Want a bank account for them as well? Here is how the kids’ accounts at SA banks compare.
- Savella never touches your money
- Two minutes to set up, on the phone you already have
- Chores pay real pocket money the moment you approve
- Savings goals with a bar that fills up
Two homes? Both parents see chores and progress. Neither sees the other’s wallet.
See the 48 lessons they work through→Free tools, no account needed
Work out pocket money, print a chore chart or put a date on a savings goal. They all work right now, without signing up.
- Pocket money calculatorGet a fair amount for your child’s age, with a spend, save and give split.Open it →
- Chore chart generatorPrint an A4 chart with jobs that suit their age and what each one pays.Open it →
- Savings goal calculatorSee the exact day they reach their goal if they save a little every payday.Open it →
Questions parents ask
What does Savella cost?
Nothing during beta. Every feature is free while we build alongside our first families. When paid plans arrive, Savella will be priced per family rather than per child, with multiple kids and both co-parents included, and beta families will hear first with founding-member pricing.
Does Savella touch real money?
No. There is no bank account, card or ID document involved. Pocket money in Savella is a running tally of what you owe your child: the app tracks chores and allowance in rand and shows what is owed on payday, and you pay it out however your family already does, whether that is cash, EFT or a bank app.
Compare the kids’ bank accounts at South African banks →How does Savella work across two households?
Savella is built for co-parenting, including split households. Invite your co-parent by email and they get full access to your kids’ chores, goals and progress from their own phone. Chores and pocket money stay visible to both of you, so the same chore never gets paid twice.
Is my child’s data safe?
We collect the minimum: a first name, an age and progress in the app. No surnames, no school, no location, no ads, and we never sell data. Kids sign in with a PIN under your account.
More questions about chores, lessons, allowances or co-parenting? Read the full FAQ or browse the money guides for parents →
Psst. Zola dropped five coins further up this page. Find all five for an earlier invite.
Their first payday is one setup away.
Join the beta waitlist. Set up chores the evening your invite lands, and your kids start their first quest at breakfast. Free during the beta. Join the waitlist now and you pay R39.99/mo for your first year once paid plans start, instead of R59.99.
Free during the beta. Join now and pay R39.99/mo for your first year after launch, about R1.30 a day. No payment details to join.
POPIA-compliant. We never sell your data. How we protect kids’ data