The best chore app, but…
I read an article online about how this was one of the best tour apps, so it was the first one I downloaded. I started filling it with tasks and assigning points and adding rewards. It was everything I wanted it to do. The scheduling was great with the ability to reschedule after a certain amount of days rather than a set schedule. My daughter loves it too, and has been looking for chores to do to gain points. The problem is sometimes it can’t make a connection with the server and it says no Internet connection. This happens even on a computer using the Web app and being connected with a cable – – that is not using Wi-Fi. This makes it very frustrating and they have not had an update in two years. Then proceeded to download lots of other chore apps, but none of them did all of the things that this app does. A lot of them are fancier, and have some great features, but they just don’t do what this one does. For now, I will continue using it because nothing else meets my requirements. I’m hoping they come out with an update soon, but seeing as how this is completely free, and does not have any ads, they are probably not making any money off of it and therefore we won’t see any more updates. IMO
EDIT: Is it dead? I’m logged out and can’t login via app or website. Such a tease. I struggled to use it with its poor connectivity, but I stayed with it because it was so good.
EDIT: Is it dead? I’m logged out and can’t login via app or website. Such a tease. I struggled to use it with its poor connectivity, but I stayed with it because it was so good.
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So far I’m liking it
Just got this today to help myself and my husband not get upset when one reminds the other of something. The only thing I’m having an issue with is the repeat scheduling feature. To get a weekly task scheduled I have to select daily or monthly first and save. Then go back into the repeat menu and then select weekly. This is the only way I can seem to get the weekly schedule options to appear. I can not toggle correctly thru the three repeat scheduling options without closing the menu and going back in to an option I didn’t not previously have selected. It’s a smidge hard to explain.
I do have a feature idea that I think would be good. Have a way to tie a specific task to a specific reward. For example I want to work on writing in my journal more but I know I’m slowly running out of room. My reward for writing in my journal x number of times/minutes could be buying a new pretty journal.
I look forward to using this app and it’s reward system even more when we have children.
I do have a feature idea that I think would be good. Have a way to tie a specific task to a specific reward. For example I want to work on writing in my journal more but I know I’m slowly running out of room. My reward for writing in my journal x number of times/minutes could be buying a new pretty journal.
I look forward to using this app and it’s reward system even more when we have children.
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Great app to motivate the whole family!
I really like using this app. It helps my performance around the house because I can create the tasks for throughout the week and it feels great to check off the items as completed. The kids stay motivated because they don’t want the other one to have more points. Nothing like a little competitiveness to get them to happily complete their chores. Oh, and if they forget a chore the nudge option is a nice way to let them know without feeling like s nag. I also like the grocery list, it’s helpful to have the whole family have access and add things as they think of it. The only thing that I don’t like is how encouraging good behavior and disciplining bad (and the option responsibility, but mostly behavior) shows up as a task. For whatever reason I don’t understand how to use that on a case by case basis as the kids do or don’t follow those expectations. For now I’ll just add or subtract the points manually and create a note but if I can find a way to use the other options I’d like that for ease of use. Everything else feels very user friendly. The best house management app I’ve used.
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I really love this app
I’ve been looking for something to keep us all organized and up to date on all the day to day things as my husband and I work opposite schedules so there’s very little in the middle time for organizing our life. I searched through a lot of different apps that weren’t really what I was looking for. I’m a list person so this really appealed to me and I tried it. It’s been a fantastic tool for our day to day. I love the points system, I love the nudge option, I love the shared grocery list. I’m really just getting a lot out of this app.
I would say my only issues with it are that it can be quite slow at times which can be frustrating in the busy day to day when I just need to pull something up really quick.
I would also love to see a calendar that isn’t related to the to-do list. I don’t necessarily want to add birthdays and such to my task list.
If you felt like really exceeding the mark, a budget tool would be wonderful!
But I do highly recommend this app, far above others. It’s super simple, easy to delegate when I need extra help and helps bring some organization to the chaos of our life.
I would say my only issues with it are that it can be quite slow at times which can be frustrating in the busy day to day when I just need to pull something up really quick.
I would also love to see a calendar that isn’t related to the to-do list. I don’t necessarily want to add birthdays and such to my task list.
If you felt like really exceeding the mark, a budget tool would be wonderful!
But I do highly recommend this app, far above others. It’s super simple, easy to delegate when I need extra help and helps bring some organization to the chaos of our life.
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Has promise but poor functionality
My wife signed us up for the our home app and it looks wonderful and like it would really help us stay on top of things. I got links sent to my phone and email to login and complete my profile but when I click both links on multiple different devices it comes up to a blank page. We had to uninstall, reinstall and recreate the entire household of tasks and profiles. I was never able to actually login to the app with my email or contact information so had to create a totally different profile and am not even able to use my own email. Then when in the app itself there are a lot of connectivity issues when saving tasks or saving in general. It seems to disconnect from the internet a lot which is not an issue we have with any other apps. All in all I think it’s a step up from our excel sheet but will know more after we actually get to use it. Stay tuned for review part two. So far, the UX has been lackluster
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Was awesome until I woke up and it no longer works
We used this app for years. It was perfect for motivating the whole family to do their to do list with points and what not. And kept us organized. Woke up this morning after using this as my sole organizational tool with things scheduled months in advance that I never had written on paper all gone! Clearly they stopped updating it. I checked on all of my family members apps. Our Wi-Fi and our 5G is working perfectly and the app will not open. If you click their app support it brings you to a page that doesn’t load. If you check out their social media and what not their last posts were years ago. And they have not updated the app on here in a year. I wish they would have notified people before they discontinued this because now I’m trying to re-create my schedule/tasks for the next 4 months for my whole family. Going back to pen and paper going forward because obviously these apps are not reliable! Disappointing!
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Great App
It has the basic functions I need. Great app! It's clean and easy to use. The only problem I have is when you go to the Rewards tab, go to any tab, then come back again to the Rewards tab, the progress bar appears to be just loading. It gets fixed when I restart the app. I can live with it but it's good when that can be fix without restarting.
For future versions, I suggest to have the tasks due based on specific time rather than based on dates only, then add sorting of tasks based on date/time.
Overall, I'm happy with it and plan to continue on using it. Thanks for making this great app!
For future versions, I suggest to have the tasks due based on specific time rather than based on dates only, then add sorting of tasks based on date/time.
Overall, I'm happy with it and plan to continue on using it. Thanks for making this great app!
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Hoping for some improvements
My family of 5 enjoys using the app but there are a couple of things I find frustrating. Unfortunately, this one is a biggie and I may have to change apps to resolve the issue. We’ve found that when claiming a reward, you can undo it. Which is fine if it was a mistake or you change your mind, however, in the main feed it shows that it was claimed twice instead of one claim and then an undo. So for instance, my kids can claim Xbox time as a reward, but if they claim it, then undo it, it shows it claimed twice but their points haven’t changed and I have no way of knowing. The other issue is really more of a preference but it looks like others would benefit also... it would be nice to have a “behavior” tab at the bottom between rewards and groceries. This way I could have a quick way to add or takeaway points for behavior, such as being kind, helpful, talking back, being unkind, or whatever. Otherwise I would rate 5 stars as it’s easy to use once you customize it.
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A lifesaver for having to move back in with parents!
My brother & I (both in our mid 20’s) have had to move back in with our parents in light of the pandemic, and your app has been so helpful in creating positive structure around sharing household opportunities.
This is the first time all four of us have lived here in many years and we were all feeling a little nervous about how it might go.
This app has made it much easier for us to live together harmoniously in this time.
The scheduling and reminders especially have helped to foster a better relationship of trust and relaxation because tasks without having to pester each other.
I do have some ideas!
It would be extremely helpful to have a tab where you could have shared documents. That way we could keep separate list for things like “If you happen to be at the hardware store” or be able to reference things like shared living agreements.
Also the ability to have multiple message threads, that way you could have different threads for different subjects or including only certain members of the family.
Thank you again for all you do, your hard work has helped to make life better for our family in this difficult time.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Drew C.
This is the first time all four of us have lived here in many years and we were all feeling a little nervous about how it might go.
This app has made it much easier for us to live together harmoniously in this time.
The scheduling and reminders especially have helped to foster a better relationship of trust and relaxation because tasks without having to pester each other.
I do have some ideas!
It would be extremely helpful to have a tab where you could have shared documents. That way we could keep separate list for things like “If you happen to be at the hardware store” or be able to reference things like shared living agreements.
Also the ability to have multiple message threads, that way you could have different threads for different subjects or including only certain members of the family.
Thank you again for all you do, your hard work has helped to make life better for our family in this difficult time.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Drew C.
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Great app, but wish there was more sharing
Literally everything I want in app. My wife and I had a hard time getting motivated to do chores (and had a hard time tracking who did what), but this app took care of that.
The only thing I wish we could do was split the points on a chore rather than separate into the same chore twice (like if we both helped make the bed, split the 20 points into 10 for each of us instead of making it into two duplicate chores of 20 points for each of us.
Plus I’d also like if we could pool points for a dingle reward. Like let’s buy a family movie, but each of us has to put up half the cost to redeem it. It’d be less like one of us has to give up our personal rewards for a communal reward.
The only thing I wish we could do was split the points on a chore rather than separate into the same chore twice (like if we both helped make the bed, split the 20 points into 10 for each of us instead of making it into two duplicate chores of 20 points for each of us.
Plus I’d also like if we could pool points for a dingle reward. Like let’s buy a family movie, but each of us has to put up half the cost to redeem it. It’d be less like one of us has to give up our personal rewards for a communal reward.
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A necessity to EVERY family!!
We used this app a few years ago and it was quickly a hit. After life changes and more kids in our chaotic home we decided to come back to it and I love all the updates I’ve noticed including adding and removing points.
Our children love it and it does turn into a friendly completion/passive aggressive way to address behaviors without having to nag. Total WIN/WIN!
There are eight total we have participating in our app. My husband and myself and six children ranging from 11 to 17 and everyone can’t wait to help out. I truly have to ask for virtually nothing to get done. They are racing each other to cook dinner, do the dishes, exercise, helping each other, giving compliments, and even not use all of their allotted screen time to get points.
Taking on each other’s tasks and I have two suggestions that I wish was different then and now and that would be to have “behavior” in its own tab. We have things like “talking back” “lying” and “helping others” on “always available” but we have to move past the home tasks to see them and I do t know if I’d consider behavior a task.
Also, it would be pretty awesome when I’m approving or after they have completed the tasks I can modify the points they earned for it. :)
Just a couple thought.
Our children love it and it does turn into a friendly completion/passive aggressive way to address behaviors without having to nag. Total WIN/WIN!
There are eight total we have participating in our app. My husband and myself and six children ranging from 11 to 17 and everyone can’t wait to help out. I truly have to ask for virtually nothing to get done. They are racing each other to cook dinner, do the dishes, exercise, helping each other, giving compliments, and even not use all of their allotted screen time to get points.
Taking on each other’s tasks and I have two suggestions that I wish was different then and now and that would be to have “behavior” in its own tab. We have things like “talking back” “lying” and “helping others” on “always available” but we have to move past the home tasks to see them and I do t know if I’d consider behavior a task.
Also, it would be pretty awesome when I’m approving or after they have completed the tasks I can modify the points they earned for it. :)
Just a couple thought.
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A fun app! Very useful!
Honestly, while this app seems to be made for kids, I use it for just myself. I love the system of doing things you don't feel like doing and trading them for rewards. It's made me more productive around the house and not forget what there is to do.
I also use it to track if I've taken my vitamins each day (but it would be great for a prescription medicine).
I wish that there was a lock button that makes certain tasks unable to be rescheduled. It would be nice to be able to press "reschedule all" and it would exclude certain locked tasks. I have one task called, "get to work early" with a fairly high amount of points set to it, but each day I don't do it, it decreases the points I would receive upon completion as a penalty. I never want to reschedule tasks with penalties, but currently the "reschedule all" button does reschedule tasks with penalties.
As one other suggestion, I would love if the behavior tasks weren't intermingled with the others. It would be nice if they were completely separate.
Aside from this, I've told all my friends about how much I love this app, telling them they have to try it out. I like the positive reinforcement behind the reward system. It's excellent for encouraging me to workout. I love the free reign I have in setting tasks and rewards. I wish there was more in terms of personalization (backgrounds, profile characters, etc.), but what they have is cute. This app is one of the best to-do list apps I've ever seen.
I also use it to track if I've taken my vitamins each day (but it would be great for a prescription medicine).
I wish that there was a lock button that makes certain tasks unable to be rescheduled. It would be nice to be able to press "reschedule all" and it would exclude certain locked tasks. I have one task called, "get to work early" with a fairly high amount of points set to it, but each day I don't do it, it decreases the points I would receive upon completion as a penalty. I never want to reschedule tasks with penalties, but currently the "reschedule all" button does reschedule tasks with penalties.
As one other suggestion, I would love if the behavior tasks weren't intermingled with the others. It would be nice if they were completely separate.
Aside from this, I've told all my friends about how much I love this app, telling them they have to try it out. I like the positive reinforcement behind the reward system. It's excellent for encouraging me to workout. I love the free reign I have in setting tasks and rewards. I wish there was more in terms of personalization (backgrounds, profile characters, etc.), but what they have is cute. This app is one of the best to-do list apps I've ever seen.
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Family of 7 approved!!!
As the dad of a conjoined family consisting of my wife, our 3 kids, and a live-in MIL and nephew....this is the app I’ve tried to find for a long time. I’ve used multiple other apps, but this one has everything I’ve wanted. Easy to use color-coding interface, assignment and creation of chores, points tracking, and notification system of when chores are complete. The groceries tab adds even more usefulness, and makes it easy for the whole family to submit ideas, while it also makes it easier for me to check things off (and verify which item belongs to whoever submitted the idea!).
LOVE the app. My highest recommendation!!!
LOVE the app. My highest recommendation!!!
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Grocery’s
As a kid the chore aspect works great! But the grocery list is the most useless part yet, the navigation is pretty clunky. It also took me forever to figure out how to add a custom item and the whole suggestions and categories thing or whatever just kinda added to the confusion. When I said useless though it was more of an overstatement and once you figure things out it ain’t half bad. Really the worst problem is the fact that I can check off my brother’s chores and vice versa it also seems to be weird that I can assign my parents chores, the app just kinda gives kids more control than needed which just adds to the confusion. As a kid I really do recommend the app, but it definitely has it problems.
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ALMOST PERFECT!!!
My family and I use this app every day! The chore tracker is great for our family dynamic. We’re all on different schedules and it helps to have one place to go for household information. The points system is an awesome motivator and it encourages us to stay on track. We use the grocery list often and everyone can add to it to make sure no one is left out.
The only improvement I’d love to see is in the calendar portion. There isn’t a week view or a way to easily move from one day to the next (a swipe function would be nice). It’s the only part of the app that I feel like I need something supplemental to keep track. If this were tweaked a little it would be the perfect app for my family! Maybe in the near future???
The only improvement I’d love to see is in the calendar portion. There isn’t a week view or a way to easily move from one day to the next (a swipe function would be nice). It’s the only part of the app that I feel like I need something supplemental to keep track. If this were tweaked a little it would be the perfect app for my family! Maybe in the near future???
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The kids love it!
This app is FANTASTIC! 2nd day in and the kids are obsessed. They already love games where they can score points and save up for rewards. So this was an easy sell! My kids are currently 9, 7, and 5. This will be great to keep using as they get older and more responsible.
Everything works very well and it’s easy to understand. If you don’t understand a feature, their “help” section is very easy to read.
If I had a suggestion for the developers, it would be to offer different types of point systems. For instance I would love for the kids to be able to earn stars for certain tasks and points for others. Then they can redeem two different kind of rewards. The points I’m currently using to redeem for an allowance, but stars would be for the tasks they could redeem for a trip to get ice cream.
But, again, I love this app! Thank you for offering it for free!!!
Everything works very well and it’s easy to understand. If you don’t understand a feature, their “help” section is very easy to read.
If I had a suggestion for the developers, it would be to offer different types of point systems. For instance I would love for the kids to be able to earn stars for certain tasks and points for others. Then they can redeem two different kind of rewards. The points I’m currently using to redeem for an allowance, but stars would be for the tasks they could redeem for a trip to get ice cream.
But, again, I love this app! Thank you for offering it for free!!!
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OurHome
I’ve used this on and off over the years, but after having my son, my husband and I found we needed something to help us keep up on chores around the house so one of us wasn’t doing more than the other. My husband and I both work home home full time so it can get messy very quickly and while one would think working from home means you have more time to get things clean, it also means if you get behind you are left to stew in the mess you’ve created.
So far we only use OurHome for the cleaning tasks we need to get done, but it’s great for me to be able to see what I need to get done in my day and it works for him because he can see what we all do and it gives him peace of mind that he is not the only one cleaning. No bugs so far and the app works great!
So far we only use OurHome for the cleaning tasks we need to get done, but it’s great for me to be able to see what I need to get done in my day and it works for him because he can see what we all do and it gives him peace of mind that he is not the only one cleaning. No bugs so far and the app works great!
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Great for my partner and me
My partner and I are just moving in together, and we’re the kind of couple who love to give each other positive feedback and encouragement! So this is a great way for us to do so while tracking daily tasks and shared responsibilities. I also really love how customizable the different features are, for example, I changed the grocery categories to reflect the different stores I shop at, rather than product categories.
My one request is that once I complete a task, it be permanently crossed off in the task list for that day. That just seems logical so you can more easily see which you have done and how many you have left to do. Unsure if this is a bug or just an opportunity for improvement of user interface but I’d like to see that implemented!
Thanks for a cool app, I look forward to using it!
My one request is that once I complete a task, it be permanently crossed off in the task list for that day. That just seems logical so you can more easily see which you have done and how many you have left to do. Unsure if this is a bug or just an opportunity for improvement of user interface but I’d like to see that implemented!
Thanks for a cool app, I look forward to using it!
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Almost great, but I’m sticking with it
There’s a bit of a learning curve with the features of this app, but it’s helpful, and my kids are very motivated to do chores and school work for points. The one (major) quirk that I haven’t overcome is that when I tap to complete a task that appears on each kids list (i.e. music practice), the drop down list pops up for me to click which kid to reward even if I’m checking off on a specific child’s list, and then it checks off ALL of the kids as having completed the task. If I hit the undo button, then it takes it off of everyone’s charts... so that part is really broken. Also it doesn’t seem to update completely on tasks? It will put chores in the completed section even if they are set to repeat daily.
In a few words, really buggy but still helpful. I’m not sure if I’d recommend to a friend, but I would if these quirks improved.
In a few words, really buggy but still helpful. I’m not sure if I’d recommend to a friend, but I would if these quirks improved.
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Habit-Points Bank
This is the best points tracker/bank I have tried. I don’t use it in the family capacity but to keep track of earning and spending points for my habit-points system.(I assign my recurring habits points based on difficulty and importance and cash in the points for guilty pleasures or splurges. This helps motivate me to complete the habits and also places a higher value on pleasures and splurges to ensure I don’t overindulge.) One of my frustrations with comparable apps was that many of them lock into using it strictly as a family/chore tracker, so task details such as due date as well as building out a “family” are all required to use the app, which is fine for the designated purpose but obviously that doesn’t suit my use-case. This app allows those customizations without requiring them. It also easily functions as a true points “bank,” allowing you to add task completion and points redemption as transactions.
Over all, love the app. Frankly I need all the help I can get in staying motivated and this app has been a godsend in that regard.
Over all, love the app. Frankly I need all the help I can get in staying motivated and this app has been a godsend in that regard.
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