A Long Island parent of two turned a fridge points chart into RankPop, the family app where the grown-ups in a kid's life — coaches, teachers, dentists, grandparents, anyone they look up to — hand out digital stickers with one scan.
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RankPop (rankpop.app) is a family behavior app for children ages 6–17. Kids earn Aura points for everyday wins — first-try wake-ups, homework blocks, handing the tablet over calmly — and spend them on rewards their family chooses — treats, toys, experiences, privileges, and screen time only if the parents say so — ranking up through eight levels that never drop. Families sign an "Official RankPop Family Pact" generated from pediatric and school behavior frameworks (AAP, PBIS, CASEL), and the grown-ups in a kid's life — coaches, teachers, dentists, grandparents, babysitters, librarians, anyone they look up to — can give a digital sticker with one scan from a free Sticker Station: no app, no account, and they never see a child's name. RankPop installs from the web in ten seconds, stores only a child's first name and age, and shows no ads. It was built on Long Island, New York, by a parent of two. A free 7-day trial, then $4.99 per month or $44.99 per year; $49.99 once for the first 300 Founding Families.
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A Long Island parent of two built RankPop for their own kids. "Every parent I know is the referee in the same nightly argument. I wanted my kids to hand the iPad over before I asked — and to hear 'good job' from their coach, not just from me."
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Tweens (8–12) average about 5½ hours of entertainment screen time a day (Common Sense Media, 2021). 71% of parents of under-12s worry about their child's screen time (Pew, 2020). "Brain rot" was Oxford's 2024 Word of the Year. Sources and the full evidence base: available on request through the contact form (choose Press).
