Comparison

Chore Chart for Roommates vs Take Thursday

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

Head to head
About

Chore Chart for Roommates

Features
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The chore chart that ends the whose-turn-is-it argument. Chore Chart splits housework across your family, flatmates, or partner, rotates the rota automatically, and keeps score โ€” so the person who actually scrubbed the bathroom gets the credit. Most chore apps stop at a checklist. Chore Chart is built around fairness: every chore carries points, a scheduling engine hands the heavy jobs around evenly, and over a full rotation everyone ends up carrying exactly the same load โ€” not roughly the same, exactly. A fairness meter shows how evenly this week's work actually landed. WHAT YOU GET โ€ข A rota that runs itself โ€” mark a chore as rotating and it moves to the next housemate each day or week, no redrawing the chart โ€ข Points that settle arguments: "you never do anything" meets a bar chart of who did what since Monday โ€ข A live fairness meter โ€” see at a glance whether this week's split is 94% even or one person is carrying the house โ€ข A leaderboard with all-time scores, trophies, and a feed of every chore ticked and by whom โ€ข Daily and weekly chores that uncheck themselves at midnight or on Monday โ€” nothing to reset, ever โ€ข Starter sets that put a whole household routine on the board in under a minute PERFECT FOR โ€ข Flatshares tired of the passive-aggressive kitchen note โ€ข Couples splitting housework without keeping mental score โ€ข Families getting kids to own their jobs through points and trophies โ€ข Anyone running a weekly cleaning routine who wants receipts, not memory WHY NOT JUST A SHARED TO-DO LIST? A list tells you what needs doing. It doesn't decide who, doesn't rotate the jobs nobody wants, and doesn't remember that you did the dishes nine days straight. Chore Chart does all three โ€” assignment, rotation, and a scoreboard โ€” on one screen you check in seconds. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Everything stays on this iPhone. No account, no sign-up, no cloud, no tracking. Your household's data is nobody's business but the house's. FULL ACCESS Chore Chart Full Access unlocks unlimited housemates and chores, automatic rotation, complete starter sets, and the daily reminder. Choose a weekly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Put the chart up tonight โ€” tomorrow's dishes already have a name on them. The weekly and yearly plans are auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. The lifetime plan is a one-time purchase and does not renew. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia

About

Take Thursday

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Take Thursday is the app for the parent who carries the whole invisible schedule โ€” and for everyone who helps carry it. Once a week, it surfaces the few things that actually need an owner and lets you route each one โ€” "drive to practice, both ways" โ€” to whoever can take it. They claim it with one tap. Whoever claims a thing gets the morning-of reminder, so you can finally stop being the only one who remembers. And it's grown into the whole family's home base: โ€ข TODAY โ€” your family at a glance: what's handled, what's still waiting, chores, dinner, and who's got the kids. โ€ข ROUTE & CLAIM โ€” hand off a complete responsibility in one tap; if no one takes it, it comes right back to you. Nothing drops. โ€ข KIDS & CHORES โ€” daily and weekly chores, checked off in one tap, with optional points and allowance. โ€ข EVERYONE HELPS โ€” add the co-parent, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends. A grandparent can help three families and see it all in one place. โ€ข LISTS & MORE โ€” a shared grocery list, dinner tonight, a family board for notes and birthdays, coverage for who's watching the kids, and medication check-offs. โ€ข CALENDAR SYNC โ€” connect Google Calendar and your week drafts itself. What Take Thursday is NOT: a scoreboard. It never compares the caregivers โ€” no tallies, no points between grown-ups, no guilt. Saying "can't this time" is as easy as saying yes. Your data is yours: export it or delete your account anytime, right in Settings.

Screenshots

Chore Chart for Roommates4 screens
Take Thursday3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Take Thursday at every 4 days against Chore Chart for Roommates's every 4 months. Take Thursday also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chore Chart for Roommates ships an update every 4 months, Take Thursday every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Chore Chart for Roommates versus Take Thursday: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChore Chart for RoommatesTake Thursday
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.6 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLEAN ASIA CO., LTDGrant Doepel

In-app purchases

None

Chore Chart for Roommates

No in-app purchases

None

Take Thursday

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chore Chart for Roommates free?
Chore Chart for Roommates is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Take Thursday free?
Take Thursday is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chore Chart for Roommates or Take Thursday have ads?
Neither Chore Chart for Roommates nor Take Thursday shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chore Chart for Roommates or Take Thursday?
Chore Chart for Roommates ships an update every 4 months, and Take Thursday every 4 days. Most recently, Chore Chart for Roommates was updated on October 19, 2026 and Take Thursday on October 14, 2026.

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