Streak Bonus

A real reward for staying under the limit, not just a restriction

Reward your kid for staying under their screen time limit, automatically — every day they stay under it builds a streak, and the reward grows as it holds, without a parent having to approve anything.

Consistency, rewarded automatically

Screen time limits usually feel like pure restriction — a wall the phone hits, with nothing on the other side of doing well. The streak bonus is Paxio's answer to that: staying under the daily limit for a run of days earns real bonus minutes, automatically, so good habits get a visible, positive payoff instead of just an absence of punishment.

Paxio streak bonus card showing a day count and milestone rewards of +15, +30, +45, and +60 minutes at 3, 7, 15, and 30 days
The details

How it actually works

The milestones

The bonus grows the longer the streak holds — each threshold unlocks automatically.

  • 3 days under the daily limit, running: +15 minutes
  • 7 days running: +30 minutes
  • 15 days running: +45 minutes
  • 30 days running: +60 minutes

Automatic, not approval-based

This is different from a manual extra-time request.

  • Bonus minutes from a streak milestone are added automatically the moment it's reached — no parent approval step.
  • A manual "ask for more time" request (unrelated to the streak) still goes to the parent for a one-tap approval, exactly as it does elsewhere in the app.

What breaks the streak

Simple and predictable, no hidden rules.

  • Going over the daily screen time limit on any day resets the streak to zero.
  • The next day under budget starts a new streak counting up toward the same milestones.
  • The current streak and the next milestone are always visible on the child dashboard — no guessing where they stand.
FAQ

Streak Bonus — common questions

How does the streak bonus work?

Every day your child stays under their daily screen time limit counts toward their streak. At 3, 7, 15, and 30 days running, they automatically earn +15, +30, +45, and +60 bonus minutes.

Does going over the limit reset the streak?

Yes — going over the daily limit breaks the streak, and it starts counting from zero again the next day under budget.

Do the bonus minutes need parent approval?

No — streak-bonus minutes are added automatically once a milestone is reached, without a separate approval step. This is different from a manual extra-time request, which does go to the parent for approval.

Can my child see their streak?

Yes — the child dashboard shows the current streak and the next milestone, so the reward feels like something they're building toward, not a surprise.

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