How ChoreTown works
ChoreTown is a web app that turns your family's chores into a shared board kids actually use: set it up once, and every finished chore earns stars, builds streaks, and grows each child's own little town. Here is the whole flow, start to finish.
Set up your family in about five minutes
Create your account with Google or an email and password, add your kids, and pick how rewards should work for your family. Kids don't need email addresses or their own accounts: you add them by name, and they use the shared family board.
Add chores from templates, set them to repeat
Start from a library of common chores organized by age, or write your own. Any chore can repeat daily, on certain weekdays, weekly, monthly, or every few days, and can be assigned to one child, several children, or dropped into a shared "up for grabs" pool that anyone can claim for bonus stars.
Kids check off their own work on the family board
Open ChoreTown on a tablet or phone and add it to the home screen: it becomes an always-on family board. Kids tap their own chores done. You choose the trust level: on the honor system, stars land instantly; with parent approval on, finished chores wait for your okay first. You can set this per family or per child, and change it anytime.
Consistency earns more than stars
Stars buy the rewards you define: perks and privileges, or a physical prize box. Some rewards can't be bought at all: streak rewards unlock only by showing up day after day (with a built-in grace day so one busy afternoon doesn't wipe out a good run). And as each child stays consistent, their own little town grows on the Town tab, a picture of their progress that is never lost and never taken away.
You stay as involved as you like
The parent dashboard shows what's done, what's waiting for approval, streaks, history, and each child's progress. Invite a partner, co-parent, or caregiver to help manage things. As habits stick, you can graduate a chore so the app steps back, because the goal is a kid who no longer needs it.
Common questions
What is ChoreTown?
ChoreTown is a family chore tracker that runs in your web browser. Parents set up chores and rewards, kids check off their own work on a shared family board, and consistent effort earns stars, streaks and a growing town.
Does each child need an email address or their own account?
No. A parent creates the family account, then adds each child by name with a color and an emoji. Kids use the shared family board and never need email addresses, passwords or accounts of their own.
Can I create recurring chores?
Yes. Any chore can repeat daily, on specific weekdays, weekly, monthly, or every few days. It appears on the board automatically when it is due, and you can add an end date if a chore should stop.
How do stars and rewards work?
Each chore has a star value you can adjust. Kids spend earned stars on the perks and prize-box rewards you define. Streak rewards are different: they cannot be bought with stars and unlock only by showing up consistently.
Do I have to approve every chore?
Only if you want to. Out of the box, stars land the moment a chore is checked off (the honor system). You can turn on parent approval for the whole family, for individual children, or for specific chores, and change it anytime.
Can more than one adult help manage the family?
Yes. You can invite a partner, co-parent, grandparent or caregiver by email, and they get their own sign-in to manage chores, approve work and keep things running.
Does ChoreTown work on phones and tablets?
Yes. ChoreTown runs in any modern browser. Many families set up a tablet as an always-on family board using "Add to Home Screen", and parents use their phones for quick check-ins and approvals.
Is ChoreTown free?
ChoreTown is $4.99 a month or $39 a year for the whole family, however many children. Every family starts with a 30-day free trial, and no credit card is needed to begin - we ask for one only when you choose a plan. Cancelling during the trial costs nothing.
Ready to try it with your family?
30 days free, no credit card, and about five minutes to set up.