Dekipon
Dekipon is a tablet app that helps children around age four finish their daily routine on their own. Turn a tablet into a "get-ready station": a timer that makes time visible, plus rewards for beating your own best, so children can get through the morning routine without being told to hurry up.
There are no ads, no in-app purchases, and no sign-up — records stay on the device.
Four mechanics kids can run by themselves
01 Choose it yourself
- Tasks appear as large picture cards, so children can choose and start even before they can read
- 16 cards are ready from the start (getting dressed, meals, bath, tidying up, and more)
- Everything is written in hiragana, and negative wording is never used
- Finished cards become that day's stamps
02 A timer you can see
- A time-timer style circle fills up (or empties), so "how much longer" is obvious at any age
- There is only one place to press: the big circle in the middle is also the "done" button
- Parents choose between counting up and counting down (1–60 minutes, in one-minute steps)
- When the time is up it switches to elapsed time rather than showing a negative number
03 Compete with yourself
- The comparison is not with other children, but with yesterday's self
- Beating a personal best is celebrated in a big way, with a star badge
- No comparison with others, rankings, gacha, or penalties
- Finishing "without timing it" is recorded just the same
04 Keep going, and a present arrives
- Every completed task is worth one point
- As points add up, five presents arrive in order: sun → rainbow → star → moon → sky
- The reward design has an ending: once everything is collected, it closes with "you got them all"
- The stamp book lets children look back at the days and stamps they earned
For parents
Children never see scores or comparisons. Progress records live behind the parent gate.
- Streaks and monthly summaries: days completed and tasks completed by month, with calendar dots that make habits visible
- Daily review: completed tasks, time taken, whether a task was interrupted, and personal-best updates
- Undo a record: parents can remove a record tapped by mistake (history is append-only)
- Present settings: choose the point thresholds and the kinds of rewards
- Sound and timer settings: toggle button sound effects, and pick the counting direction and duration
- CSV export and delete-all: export records or wipe all on-device data — both require a parent action
Requirements
- iPadOS or Android tablets
- Designed to sit where the morning happens, such as the bathroom or living room
Website
Screens, FAQs, and setup instructions are published on the Dekipon website.