Help and getting started

Start here: sign up with Google or an email and password. It is free during our family pilot, no credit card.

Just their names, an emoji, and a color. Kids never need email addresses or accounts of their own.

Browse ready-made chore templates by age, set anything to repeat, then name the perks and prizes your kids will work toward. The setup wizard walks you through all of it.

Open ChoreTown on a tablet or phone and use "Add to Home Screen" to make it an always-on family board. Kids tap their own chores done from there.

Out of the box, stars land the moment a chore is checked off. Prefer to okay things first? Turn on approval in Settings, for the whole family or per child.

Earned for doing chores. Kids spend them on Perks and Prize Box prizes.

Consecutive days a child has done at least one of their chores, it rewards showing up, not a perfect day. One grace day is built in, so a single off day won't reset it. It shows on the board once a streak gets going.

Consecutive weeks a child has hit their weekly goal (see below).

Today's progress, it fills as a child finishes today's chores. To see a child's full streak and a calendar of recent weeks, tap their card on your Dashboard (see "Seeing how it's going").

Specific treats and privileges you name, bought with stars. E.g. extra screen time, pick the car music, a friend playdate.

Physical surprise prizes from a real bin, organized by tier, bought with stars. E.g. a small toy, stickers, a treat.

Special experiences that can't be bought, the only way to reach them is by being consistent. Best saved for memorable things like an outing or movie-night pick.

Stars reward doing the work. Streaks reward showing up reliably. The Prize Box is just for fun.

One child's job. It earns them stars and counts toward their daily streak.

Unassigned, any child can claim it for the stars, first come first served. Great for optional or bonus tasks. Grabbing one still counts as showing up that day, but leaving one unclaimed is never held against anyone's streak.

A shared chore like "Make your bed" can go to more than one child at once. Pick the kids under "Assign to" and each gets their own copy to finish and earn stars on their own.

Short on ideas? In Chores, tap Templates to browse ready made chores grouped by age and room. Pick one and the form fills itself in, then you just choose who it is for.

When you add or edit a chore, choose how often it repeats. Pick Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or every few days, or leave it as a one time task.

A repeating chore has no end date by default, so it keeps going until you change it. You can add an end date if a chore should stop on a certain day.

Children only ever see what is due today. The repeat schedule stays on the parent side, so their board stays simple.

Out of the box, stars are given the moment a kid marks a chore done. Approval is something you choose to turn on, not something you have to manage.

Turn this on in Settings to okay chores before stars are given. When it is on, a child marking a chore done sends it to the "Pending approvals" list on your Dashboard instead of paying out right away.

Approve adds the stars and celebrates on the kiosk. Send back returns the chore so the child can try again, with an optional kind note like "Almost, give it another go."

You can trust an older kid with the honor system while still approving a younger one. Set this on each child's profile, or leave it on "Family default."

Any single chore can be set to "Always require approval," even when the rest of your family is on the honor system. Handy for things you want to check yourself, like homework or taking medicine.

When chores are waiting on you and you're away from the app, ChoreTown emails a short summary so nothing sits forgotten. It gathers everything into one note, sends no more than about once an hour, and stays quiet overnight.

Tap any child on your Dashboard to open their streak view: current and longest streak, this week's days, and a calendar of the last ten weeks showing every day they showed up.

The History tab is a full log of every star earned, spent, and adjusted. Filter by child, by type, or by date range to see exactly what happened and when.

Each child has a private goal for how many days a week counts as a win. Set it in Profiles, either the slider when adding a child, or the − / + control on their profile. Pick what's genuinely doable for that child; younger kids do great with a lower bar. Hitting it is what builds the weekly streak.

When a habit becomes automatic, open the chore and turn off "Counts toward daily streak." It stays a normal chore but stops driving the streak, freeing the streak to focus on something newer. That's the goal: habits that outlast the app.

Use it sparingly, as a calm correction (like undoing something marked done that wasn't) rather than a punishment. Removals show a red confirmation with an Undo, so an accidental tap is easy to reverse.