Your E-Piggy Bank for Teaching Kids About Money
El Cochinito is a comprehensive iOS application designed to help parents teach their children financial responsibility through virtual money jars and automated allowance tracking. The app (Spanish for "piggy bank") makes it fun and easy to manage allowances, track savings goals, and teach valuable money management skills.
Manage money jars for all your children in one convenient location. Each child gets their own profile with their name and age automatically tracked.
Create unlimited money jars per child for different purposes: savings, spending, goals, charity, and more. Perfect for teaching kids about balanced financial planning.
Set it and forget it! Create recurring allowances with weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly schedules. Never forget allowance day again.
Quickly add or subtract money with simple taps. Track allowance payments, chore rewards, purchases, and expenses effortlessly.
Edit kid names, ages, jar names, and schedules anytime. Everything stays flexible as your family and their goals evolve.
Your data automatically syncs across all your Apple devices. Start on iPhone, continue on iPad—always up-to-date and backed up securely.
A singleton class handling all data operations with JSON-based file storage, automatic migration to iCloud, and NSMetadataQuery for monitoring file changes.
No account required—your family's financial data stays private and secure on your devices and iCloud. No third-party tracking or analytics.
Clean, intuitive interface designed specifically for parents. Intuitive forms with date pickers and amount inputs, real-time iCloud sync notifications, and confirmation dialogs for important actions.
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