Comparison

Chore Chart vs ChoreStar

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Chore Chart

Organize household cleaning with a smart, shareable chore chart system. Assign tasks, set reminders, and track progress to reduce stress and ensure fairness among family members, partners, or roommates. Achieve a tidy home with consistent routines.

Highlights
  • Customizable chore chart
  • Assign chores to household members
  • Recurring task reminders
  • Visual progress dashboard
  • Fair task sharing
  • Household routine system
Features
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Chore Chart: TidyPal Planner helps you take control of your home cleaning schedule by turning chaos into calm with a smart, shareable chore chart system. Whether you're a parent managing family routines, a couple dividing tasks, or a roommate trying to keep things fair, TidyPal is your complete solution for organizing home cleaning with less stress and more consistency. Stop relying on memory or messy whiteboards. With TidyPal, you’ll always know what needs to be done, who’s doing it, and when. *Key benefits: - Build a customizable chore chart for your household - Assign chores to family members, partners, or roommates - Stay on track with recurring task reminders - Track progress with a clean visual dashboard - Reduce stress and share the load fairly Designed to make home cleaning feel manageable and motivating, TidyPal isn’t just a chore planner... it’s your new household routine system. Whether your goal is a cleaner space, fewer arguments, or better habits, Chore Chart: TidyPal Planner helps you stay consistent, accountable, and in control. Download now and experience the peace of a tidy home, one chore at a time. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, please email us at hello@applostudio.com *Access to all of TidyPal's features requires the user to purchase a paid subscription. Terms of Use: https://applostudio.com/tidypal-terms-of-use Privacy policy: https://applostudio.com/tidypal-privacy-policy

About

ChoreStar

Organize household tasks and reward children for completing them. Assign chores, set point values, and approve work from a central dashboard. Define custom rewards and track all point transactions.

Highlights
  • Assign tasks daily, weekly, monthly, or one-off
  • Set point values for chores
  • Approve or decline tasks in one tap
  • Create custom reward lists
  • Track point history and export data
  • Invite co-parents to manage the household
Features
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ChoreStar is a household organiser for the jobs that need doing and the rewards they earn. You set the tasks, decide what each is worth, and approve work when it's marked finished — so the running total lives in the app instead of in your head. MANAGE THE HOUSEHOLD FROM ONE DASHBOARD - Assign tasks daily, weekly, monthly or one-off, to one person or everyone - Set point values, with optional reminder days - One review queue for everything waiting on you - Approve or decline in a tap; balances update instantly REWARDS YOU DEFINE - Build the reward list and price each one in points - Redemption requests come to you for approval, not spent automatically - Full history of every point earned and spent, filterable and exportable as a spreadsheet NO EXTRA ACCOUNTS TO MANAGE Household members join by scanning a code you generate. No additional email addresses, no passwords for you to reset. SHARE THE LOAD Invite a co-parent to manage the household with you. Both of you can assign, approve and adjust, and everyone stays in sync. ADS THAT STAY OUT OF THE WAY The free version shows one small banner on the dashboard. No pop-ups, no full-screen takeovers, nothing between screens, and no advertising on the household member's own view. Every ad is non-personalized and capped at a "G" content rating. CHORESTAR PREMIUM A one-time purchase, not a subscription. Removes advertising for everyone in the family and lifts the free limits on tasks, rewards and members. Bought once, applies to the whole household, nothing to renew or cancel. PRIVACY No behavioural profiling and nothing sold to advertisers. Delete your account and all of its data from inside the app at any time. Free version: 2 members, 8 tasks, 5 rewards. Terms: https://chorestar.cloudmigrationconsulting.net/terms/

Screenshots

Chore Chart4 screens
ChoreStar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: ChoreStar at free with in-app purchases against Chore Chart's subscription. ChoreStar also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Chore Chart's advantage is ratings volume (36 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chore Chart sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and ChoreStar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ChoreStar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chore Chart has 36 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Chore Chart's written reviews are positive against 100% of ChoreStar's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Chore Chart versus ChoreStar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChore ChartChoreStar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (36 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings36 — better5
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApploCloud Migration Consulting LLC

Customer experience

Chore Chart

All ratings31 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.9%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

ChoreStar

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Chore Chart

Subscriptions2
  • PRO Subscription3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • PRO Subscription$39.991 Year
1 purchases

ChoreStar

One-time1
  • ChoreStar Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Chore Chart free?
Chore Chart is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChoreStar free?
ChoreStar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chore Chart or ChoreStar?
ChoreStar is rated higher. Chore Chart averages 4.5 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while ChoreStar averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Chore Chart or ChoreStar have ads?
Neither Chore Chart nor ChoreStar shows ads.

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