Dinner Table Economy

Even though there’s been several updates, it’s apparent that GravyStack is committed to solving the problem parents have. How do I motivate my kids? How do make money a connector and not a conflict igniter? I love the focus on creating value first above all things.

After they collect a bunch of your personal information to set up, I can’t it get to work. Log a support ticket they tell me to come back in a few weeks after the next release.

I was so excited about this app. Like others, my kids did not enjoy the text heavy games and clunky operations. While the concepts are great, they are only great if the kids are engaged. It became solely a payment system which would have been much simpler to do through our own bank where the kids could reimburse us if we had to pay for something and they didn’t have their card. Last week my kid tried to make a purchase with their debit card and it wouldn’t work. I emailed customer service and was told there was an issue with the bank transfers with their vendor and they weren’t sure when it would be functional again. A few days later I get a message saying “they are currently transitioning to a virtual ledger system”, but we have decided to go in a different direction. Another reviewer said (and I agree)…it seems we were paying to beta test the app. That is incredibly frustrating. While I have had good success with hearing back from customer service, we do not want to continue using this service. We have cancelled our subscription. I have been told I will receive a check in the mail. Which is odd because all our transfers were electronic to begin with. But I will update when/if we receive our $ back in hand.

As of today, the app hardly ever works, tons of bugs, super frustrating. I would recommend a different program.

Me like app

Has been over a month and a half with half broken email responses from customer support to try to get my balance back via check in the mail. No customer support to actually talk to. Scott the owner doesn’t answer messages, can’t email customer service back. This company is a joke. Don’t sign up unless you like losing your money.

New version required & now all the games are gone

We have been using GravyStack For a bit now. It is definitely motivating for the kids to get them involved in household chores. That part has been great. The educational part is geared towards older kids. My second grader was frustrated and stopped using the app entirely. I let him use my phone to mark off his gigs. I like how the app is laid out but there are a bunch of annoyances. It is very slow to load. Text entry and such is also very annoying and awkward (though don’t use that often… mainly when having to message support or create/edit gigs). One of the biggest frustrations for us is that one child received his card while the other has not (well over a month). Hoping the company gets this all resolved and improved… Meanwhile, we are also evaluating some of the other choices out there that seem to have better apps and more reliable card delivery.

Love everything about the vision and the philosophy laid out by the founder. It’s simply not a well developed app. We’re sticking with it for now, but are really hoping to see more intuitive functionality, less glitches, quicker load times, visibility into kids notes, etc.

I never had any financial literacy as a child. My parents were young when they had me and I had to learn all this stuff the hard way. I met one of the founders at an event and spoke to him about this and loved the concept. I just started using it and it’s exciting to start teaching my son how to use it and to earn money. The app is a little clunky but they are working away to update it and make it better for us. Don’t knock it because it isn’t perfect - the concept is amazing.