Family chores

A chore list the whole family can see

Give each job to someone, set the weekly ones to come back by themselves, and stop keeping the list in your head. Everyone sees what is theirs and what is overdue.

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A House jobs list with weekly jobs assigned to Jamie and You, and an overdue job
Shared lists showing counts of open, assigned and overdue jobs

How a family chore list looks

Split jobs by how often they come round. Weekly jobs repeat by themselves; one-off jobs get a date.

  1. 1Make a jobs listOne list for the house, with a category for how often each job comes round.
  2. 2Add the jobs and who does themGive each job a person, and a repeat for the ones that come back every week.
  3. 3Invite the familyEveryone joins with the link and sees their own jobs, and what is overdue.

Free on iPhone, Android and the web.

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In the app

What makes it work

A House jobs list with weekly jobs assigned to Jamie and You, an overdue boiler service and important flags

Jobs that are someone’s, and come back on their own

Assign jobs to people, set them to repeat daily, weekly, monthly or on chosen days, or a set time after they were last done. Overdue jobs turn red and important ones are flagged.

Why a shared list helps

Everyone knows what is theirs

Assign a job to a person and it shows with their name. Your own jobs are counted on your lists, so you can see at a glance what is waiting for you.

Jobs that come back on their own

Set a chore to repeat daily, weekly, monthly or on chosen days. Tick it off and the next one appears with its new date. You can also repeat from when it was last done, for jobs like changing the bedsheets.

Nothing quietly forgotten

Overdue jobs turn red and important ones are flagged. Add a reminder and your phone nudges you at the time you set.

How to share chores fairly as a family

Most arguments about chores are not about the work, they are about who was supposed to do it. Writing the jobs down in one place everyone can see, with a name against each, takes most of that away. Nobody has to remember the rota, and nobody has to be the one who reminds everyone else.

Start with the jobs that come round every week, like bins, bathroom and hoovering, and set them to repeat. When someone ticks one off, next week’s appears on its own with the new date. Then add the one-off jobs as they come up, with a date if they need one and a flag if they are important.

Review it together now and then. If one person’s name is on everything, the list makes that easy to see and easy to change. Older children can have their own account and tick off their own jobs; younger ones can have theirs assigned to a parent.

Reviews

Loved by the people who use it

4.8from 94 ratings on the App Store
“It takes the stress out of shopping and my family love it too! The categories are really useful for navigating the supermarket … This has also been really great for the family chores... especially because you can assign tasks to individuals on your list (no excuses!).”
App Store review, December 2020

Questions

Can I give chores to different people?

Yes. Anyone on the list can be assigned an item, and their name shows under it. Each person can see how many items are assigned to them.

Can chores repeat every week?

Yes. Items can repeat daily, weekly, monthly or yearly, on chosen weekdays, or a set time after they were last completed.

Do children need their own phone?

Each person on a list needs their own account, on a phone, tablet or the web app. Younger children can have their jobs assigned to a parent instead.

Also good for

The weekly shopOne list the whole house adds to, sorted by aisle, ticked off live.FlatmatesA cleaning rota nobody can claim they didn’t see.CouplesTwo phones, one list. No more “did you get the milk?”

Start your chore list

Free on iPhone and Android, and in your browser. Everyone you share with is one invite away.

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