How to complete chores and tasks

Kids and parents check off chores from the Home tab. Each chore has one or more tasks, and the chore is done when every task is checked off.

Complete a chore

1. Open the Home tab.
2. Check the name at the top of the screen. It shows whose chores you're looking at. To change it, tap the name and choose from Select Member.
3. The calendar shows today by default. Below it are the chores due that day.
4. Tap a chore.
5. Check off each task as you finish it.
6. If the chore needs a photo, tap Take Photo and add one.

When everything is done, a celebration plays and any reward is added to the balance.

If there's nothing to do, you see "You're all caught up! No chores for today."

Finish a one-task chore in one tap

On today or an earlier day, a chore with just one task, like "Brush teeth", shows an empty circle on its card instead of an arrow.

1. Tap the circle. On a parent's profile, a shared chore asks Who did it? first: pick who gets the credit, or tap Several people if more than one person did it.
2. The chore is done, and a message says so, with what it earned. Tap Undo in that message right away if you tapped it by mistake.

If the chore needs a photo, the task is checked off and Add a photo to finish opens. Tap Take a photo or Choose a photo, or tap Later: on today's list the card then shows a camera button, and the chore counts once its photo is in.

The circle also shows on a one-task chore in From earlier days. When a chore can't be finished from its card (its time window is closed, it needs a before photo, or it's someone else's turn), it shows the arrow, and tapping it opens the chore so you can see why. A Household Manager can still finish a chore outside its time window.

Who can complete a chore

It depends on how the chore is assigned:

• Shared: anyone assigned can complete it for everyone. If no one is assigned, anyone in the home can complete it.
• Individual: each person has their own copy. Only that person can check it off, so switch to their profile to do it for them.
• Rotate: only the person whose turn it is can complete it. A Household Manager can complete it on anyone's turn.

On the Home tab, a Household Manager sees everyone's chores. Other members see their own chores and chores that aren't assigned to anyone.

When several people did a task together

On a Shared chore, more than one person can get the credit for the same task, like two kids emptying the dishwasher together. They share that task's part of the reward equally.

• On a parent's profile, checking off a task on a shared chore asks Who did it?. Tap one name, or tap Several people, pick everyone who did it, and tap Save.
• On a kid's profile, the first kid checks off the task as usual. The other kid opens the chore, taps the checked task and taps I helped.
• Next to a checked task you see the faces of everyone who did it. Tap them to add or remove people: a parent can change anyone, and a kid can add or remove only themselves.

Parents who don't earn rewards can be picked too, and they don't take a share. On an Individual chore each person already has their own copy, so this isn't needed.

Completing a chore late

You can complete a chore on a past day. Pick the day on the calendar, or tap the chore in the From earlier days section on today's date. See How to handle overdue chores.

Finishing a chore early

You can finish a chore before the day it's due, and it counts for that day.

1. On the Home tab, pick the chore's due day on the calendar.
2. Tap the chore and check off its tasks.

The one-tap circle doesn't show on a future day, so open the chore to finish it early.

When you open a chore from a reminder or from the Chores tab on a day it isn't due, it opens on its next due day. A chore can only be checked off on a day it's due.

Unchecking a task

Tap a checked task to uncheck it. A kid with Limit Access can only uncheck tasks they checked off themselves. When several people did a task, a kid unchecking it removes only themselves, and a parent unchecking it removes everyone.

Parents can also flag a task as not done properly. On a shared task several people did, the flag removes only the kid you're looking at. See How to flag a task as incomplete.

Photos

Some chores need a photo before they count as complete. You see "A photo is required to complete this chore" until one is added.

1. Tap Take Photo.
2. Choose Camera or Gallery.

Adding photos is a premium feature. On the free plan, a parent sees Add a photo with a Premium badge under the tasks instead of Take Photo. See How to require photo proof for a chore.

Troubleshooting

• "Select a member to complete tasks": no member is selected on this device. Tap the name at the top of the Home tab and pick one.
• "It's not your turn to complete this chore.": it's a rotating chore and it's someone else's turn.
• "You are not assigned to this chore.": the selected member isn't assigned, or it's someone else's copy of an individual chore. Switch to the right member.
• "You can't complete this chore yet.": you picked a day after the chore's due date. Go back to the due date or today.
• "This chore isn't due on ... Its next due day is ...": the chore doesn't repeat on the day you picked. Pick its next due day on the calendar to finish it early.
• "You can't uncheck this chore because someone else completed it.": only the person who checked the task, or a parent, can uncheck it.
• "That didn't save. Open the chore to try again.": the one-tap circle couldn't save; open the chore and check off the task there.
• "That can't be undone here anymore. Open the chore to change it.": open the chore and uncheck the task there.
• "This chore is closed right now.": the chore's time window closed before the photo was saved.
• The chore isn't on today's list: check the date on the calendar, and check that the right member is selected at the top of the Home tab. Chores can also be in a different home, see How to switch between homes.