A hand holds a large phone over a toy box; on the screen a purple monster is cheering. Behind it, a boy is laughing as he puts toys away.

How often do you nag your children each day?

I can do it on my own!
Without someone always telling me how.

Let me prove that you don’t have to think of everything all the time – and that I can get on top of school by myself. A family app for fewer arguments, more independence and better marks.

Developed with an educator from after-school childcare.

No pressure, no punishments
30-day money-back guarantee
Works without their own phone

For you: hand over the reminding A photo of the mess is enough. Your child chooses what to take on.
For your child: an adventure Monsters, puzzles and songs of its own. Your child joins in because they want to.
For all of you: a team again In the evening you see who did what – and say thank you.

How has it been going so far?

A mother reminds her child about an unfinished task

You say it nicely once. By the third time, you’re shouting.

“I did hear you. I just didn’t feel like it – and then Mum was suddenly cross and I got banned from something.”

A boy sits with a tablet and doesn’t look up

You limit screen time, and every ending turns into a battle.

“Nobody asks me how long I want to play. So I play until I get told off.”

A thoughtful mother, with her quiet son beside her

In the evening you’re tired from managing – not from your family.

“I laid the table. I didn’t feel any thanks for it at all.”

You both want the same thing. You don’t want to give orders – you want more family feeling.
Your child doesn’t want orders – they want you. ❤️

Imagine an afternoon when you don’t have to say a thing.

Your child comes home from school, checks what needs doing and gets started. You finish your coffee. “I’ll do the yucky job first, then it’s done.”
After an hour, they put the tablet down by themselves. “I wanted 45 minutes. It was 50. Nearly!”
In the evening someone says thank you. And this time it isn’t you. “Dad saw that I laid the table.”

Mother and son high-five and laugh — Team Home ♡

More independent children
Fewer arguments
More time together
A calmer home

A family sits at the dining table around a tablet with the Haushelden app

Small tasks.
Big impact.

More family time for what matters ♡

Sounds too good to be true? Then read on. Because most parents start out trying something quite different.

What most parents try next

That’s not a mistake. It’s what we were taught – and for a few days it even works.

A chart on the fridge.

After a week, only one person still looks at it: you.

A lock on the tablet.

Then you stop arguing with your child – and they argue with the clock instead.

A reward for everything.

Things get done for as long as there’s something in it.

Getting stricter.

It works – and it feels bad for both of you.

Your child isn’t lazy. They’ve just never practised what you’re doing for them.

As long as you plan, remind and check, your child doesn’t have to do any of it – so they never learn how. Every reminder takes away exactly the practice that matters: noticing they don’t feel like it, and starting anyway.

So the answer isn’t more control, but less – step by step. Planning, reminding and checking move from you to your child. You go from pushing to talking.

“I notice what is happening inside me – and decide for myself how I enable myself to make my own contribution to us.”
That is the goal Haushelden works towards with your child.

Why pressure and bribes aren’t enough – a child works it out for themselves

In Haushelden’s first adventure, a little monster won’t give up a sock. Children start the way we grown-ups do: with an order. Then with a reward. Both fail. Only when they work out that the monster simply needs some peace does it hand over the sock of its own accord.

In the 3D bedroom Leon demands (in German): “Give me that sock right now!” The monster’s eyes peep out from under the bed. — “Give me that sock right now!”

Leon offers (in German): “You’ll get a biscuit if you hand it over!” — “You’ll get a biscuit if you hand it over!”

Leon asks (in German): “You want a safe place to sleep, don’t you?” — “You want a safe place to sleep, don’t you?”

Your child learns to listen for what someone else needs. And you see why pressure doesn’t work at home.

The first adventure: Leon discovers a monster under his bed and works out what it needs — A look inside the app: the first adventure **“The Mystery of the Missing Sock”**

How it works

At first the app helps a lot. Over time it steps back – exactly as far as your child can manage on their own.

Window “Pick 3 tasks for yourself”: take small ones you feel like doing.

One photo, three tasks

Your child experiences: “Pick 3 tasks for yourself. Take small ones you actually feel like doing.”
What you get: No chart to write, no overload: only when something works does another task get added.

A vacuuming task with the note “Dad is wishing for this” and his reason

A wish instead of an order

Your child experiences: The task says “Dad is wishing for this – because …”. Saying no is allowed.
What you get: Your child understands why something matters to you.

After the task: how does it feel? Fun, no feeling at all or frustrating

Saying how it went

Your child experiences: Fun, nothing at all or frustration, from 1 to 10. Only they can see the answer.
What you get: Instead of “Have you done it?” you ask: “What’s going well with it now?”

Your screen time: plan for yourself how long

Estimating screen time themselves

Your child experiences: They plan how long they’ll play. No alarm, no punishment – just an honest question afterwards.
What you get: You don’t have to switch it off any more.

“You’re a Tradesperson now!” – tasks now show ? instead of ice cream

Rewards that step back

Your child experiences: At first, ice cream for every task. Later the ice cream numbers disappear.
What you get: At some point your child helps because they want to, not for the points.

Evening summary: today went really well, with a thank-you button

In the evening: thank you

Your child experiences: They see who did what, and the shared house grows.
What you get: The summary shows how many reminders you’ve been spared.

Without Haushelden

Only you see what needs doing
You remind
You argue
You check up

With Haushelden

You take a photo
Your child chooses
Your child says how it went
You thank each other

Two sides, one home

For you as a parent

You’re not the inspector. Done means photographed. You don’t have to go and check.
Two views instead of a row. “Estimated: 3 · Mia says: 9” – the difference turns into a conversation.
Advice before it tips over. If you want to make a task compulsory, the app asks whether care might suffer – and suggests doing it together.
No guilty conscience. If something gets left, night monsters take an ice cream. That’s all that happens. You don’t have to tell anyone off.

Parents and children build a model house together, with the purple monster right in the middle

For your child

Your feelings belong to you. What you say after a task, nobody else sees.
No is allowed. If you don’t want a task, you don’t get into trouble.
Your ideas count. What you suggest becomes a task with your name on it: “Mia’s idea”.
You have a say. For some tasks the children vote – including on what Dad takes on.

What you get

Included

The game world with monsters, adventures and songs of its own
Tasks from a photo, for everyone in the family – as many as you like
Their own access for every child, with no email address and no phone of their own
Screen time your child estimates themselves
The shared house that grows with you
Runs in the browser on phone, tablet and computer

Haushelden Family

€11.95

a month · cancel any time
Final price including VAT. Paying a year in advance is a little cheaper.

All about the plan →

Deliberately not included

No adverts, no in-app purchases
No reading along: what your child says about their feelings, only they can see
No punishments, no alarm clock, no alert when time is up
No reselling of your data
No substitute for you: the app sparks conversations, it doesn’t have them for you

30-day money-back guarantee. If it isn’t right for you, send us an email. No reason needed, no form.
Cancel any time. No annual contract unless you want one.
Your child loses nothing. Anyone who stops simply stops. There’s nothing to be ashamed of.

Title screen of the times tables game in pixel style

Not sure yet? Try it out – with the times tables game. No sign-up.

Pig on TNT? That makes 42! 💥 In the times tables game, your child learns their tables with pictures from their favourite games like Minecraft. No cramming – and you don’t have to explain a thing.

First, test what they already know. Then it carries on with pictures and memory stories.
Six missions, one ice cream each. It’s redeemed in the app – so you get to know it straight away.
A code is the saved game. No account, no name. Carry on playing on any device.

Start the times tables game As a printable workbook →

What families experience

A twelve-year-old decided to get his tasks done without his parents reminding him. When he was offered an easier task, he turned it down.

Aug 2026launched
50families
200+tasks completed in the first month

First observations in practice: Children who practise with Haushelden also stick with other learning apps for longer and more independently.

Lucian Katzbach

Founder and gamification designer. Designs the game mechanics to get children acting in real life, not glued to the tablet.

Sabrina Katzbach

Educator in after-school childcare. Brings the perspective of primary school children every day.

Frequently asked questions

Isn’t this just more screen time?

With Haushelden, the tablet isn’t where learning happens – it’s the nudge towards it. The learning happens while tidying up, laying the table and doing homework. And your child estimates their own screen time instead of having it limited only from outside.

Do I see everything my child says in the app?

No – on purpose. What your child says about their feelings after a task, only they can see. That’s the only way they’ll answer honestly. You see what’s been done and how much reminding it has saved you.

My child can’t read well yet. Will it still work?

Yes. The monsters talk to your child in simple language – and, if you like, in your family’s language too.

What if my child loses interest after a few weeks?

That’s part of it and doesn’t mean it isn’t working. The app scales back the rewards step by step anyway – that’s exactly when you see what has already become a habit.

How long does it take for things to change?

Things usually start moving straight away. Turning it into a habit takes longer: a study by University College London found an average of 66 days – with a wide range of 18 to 254 days.

Do my children need their own email address?

No. Children get access within your family – even without their own email address or smartphone.

What makes Haushelden different

A game world that leads into real life.

Other apps want your child to keep playing. Haushelden wants them to get up and do something.

Rewards with a built-in end.

Most reward systems never stop. With Haushelden, the numbers disappear as soon as your child is ready.

Your child’s feelings belong to them.

No monitoring, no reading along. That’s the only way they learn to be honest with themselves.

What works at home carries over to school.

Focus, starting when they don’t feel like it, keeping going – your child needs all of that for homework too.

In the browser on every device
Even without their own smartphone
No adverts
Servers in Frankfurt am Main

The purple monster with an ice cream in its hand

Hello, you! Read along.

Monsters live at Haushelden.
They like ice cream. And they need you.

You choose what you do.
You’re allowed to say no.
Nobody gets into trouble here.

When you manage something, you get ice cream.
And in the evening, someone says thank you.

Want to get going right away? In the times tables game you get an ice cream for every mission.

Start the times tables game

🎵 The Haushelden song (in German) – “Sehen! Schnappen! Selber machen!”

You don’t have to get stricter. Just a little quieter.

Hand over the reminding. Your child is ready to take it on.

From just €11.95. Cancel any time. 30-day money-back guarantee.

It takes 66 days on average for helping out to become a habit. Start today and you’ll be there in just over two months.