MoneyOrc started in 2012 as a weekend project for our own kids. It is still made by a small team, it is still free, and it still has exactly one goal: children who feel at home in the world of money long before it can hurt them.
The financial world is complex. Funds, investments, loans and mortgages, insurance and liabilities, stock markets. It is easy to get lost in any one of these topics.
It is sad but true that most schools fail to provide an adequate financial education. As a result, a shocking number of adults find themselves in all sorts of trouble: late payments, credit card debt, foreclosures, bankruptcies. Many treat the stock market as a lottery without understanding the basic principles of how it operates.
Our mission is to patch that hole. We took the financial system apart, extracted the fundamentals, and rebuilt simplified, child-sized versions of each piece: a loan with a weekly schedule, an insurance policy for a broken tablet, a stock market with play money and real prices. Then we wrapped it all in something a family can actually use every day: allowance, chores and a very good memory.
We don’t expect our children to become financial analysts or bankers. But regardless of who they choose to become, they will deal with bank accounts, credit cards, home mortgages, car insurance, investment funds and retirement plans. Together, let’s make sure they are ready to make educated decisions about their financial future.
Despite being all kinds of species, everyone here shares the same goal: bringing a little more success into children’s lives. (Any resemblance to actual humans is, naturally, purely coincidental.)
Mr. Daggerfal is well known far outside of MoneyOrc for his strong leadership. Authoritative and fair, with excellent organizational skills and the ability to define company goals and actually stick to them, he has earned the respect of everyone who has ever worked with him.
Creativity, constant experiments with new technology, a very hands-on personality and outstanding leadership: that is Ogol. Always up to date and deeply involved in every engineering activity, Mr. Kaboomhack does not mind rolling up his sleeves and joining the crew in any kind of work. His number one rule: “Do it right the first time.”
Excellent communication has always been the key to sales, and we thought we knew what that meant. Until we met Balagog. He can explain anything to anyone. Versatile, erudite, a master of compliments with a great sense of humor, he becomes everyone’s best friend within minutes and is highly respected for his out-of-the-box ideas.
Having worked with confidential financial data her whole life, Mrs. Shadowkey is rarely seen outside her office. Exceptionally pedantic and detail-oriented, she never lets a mistake into a report. Apart from keeping MoneyOrc in good financial shape, Voltha brings her unique accounting experience into the product itself.
A warrior by nature, Karthurg has always been on the front line of defense. Countless cyber-battles made him strong and cold as ice. “Don’t just fix problems. Prevent them,” was the first policy he established at MoneyOrc, and with him on board our families can rest assured that their data is protected and watched over.
A troll not only by nature but also by profession, Shaktilar is an excellent psychologist. Four-time winner of the Golden Troll Face award and eighteen-time Troll of the Year, he spends most of his time in a comfortable place under the bridge, constructing psychological games and analyzing behavioral patterns. “Trolling is my second nature,” he says. “My first nature is being a troll.”
Like most elves, Ms. Folred is closely connected to countless communities. A passion for travel, extraordinarily sharp hearing, night vision and an exceptional ability to stay on top of every trend make her the best market researcher we have ever met. Since she joined the advisory board we have not missed a single important occasion.
After more than a century in the gold mines, where Whumrud started as a miner like any other dwarf, he realized he was capable of something much higher. Well, at least above ground. After another extraordinarily successful century, Mr. Treasurewealth is Chief Treasurer at Global Treasury Bank and advises MoneyOrc on accounting and the occasional legal matter.
Using his outstanding brute-force intuition, Mr. Dumpgleam was one of the Famous Four goblins who designed and seamlessly executed the Great Stock Crush of 982. “We learned a lot,” Krushkonk comments reticently. It is unclear whether this refers to the crush itself or to what happened afterwards, but we are very proud to have such a knowledgeable goblin on the board.
MoneyOrc is built and operated by MoneyOrc LLC, a small company in California. We don’t take investor money, we don’t sell data, and we don’t run ads. We would rather have a product our own kids use than a growth chart.
Questions, ideas or a bug report? Write to support@moneyorc.com. A real person reads every message.
First a web app, then iPhone and Android apps in 2014. Still here, still free.
Every module started as a problem at one of our kitchen tables.
Our second app, for ages two to six: printable skill charts that end the bedtime battles. littleorc.app