New apps turn chores into a game, with digital rewards for kids FEW parents see digital games as a promising way to pry kids off the couchmuch less inspire them to be useful around the house. But a new generation of chore apps, designed primarily for the under-12 set, aims to turn kids into bed makers, laundry folders and toy picker-uppers by offering rewards ranging from funny collectible monsters to redeemable digital coins.