Small app.
Big weekly difference.
A look inside the Chore Bear beta. Den labels describe the planned paid plan, not a purchase available in the current beta. Features may vary by build.
Chores that run themselves. Den
Set a chore once and Chore Bear keeps the schedule: daily dishes, trash on Monday and Thursday, a closet dig once a month. Start from the template library or write your own, and pause or skip a single occurrence when the week goes sideways.
- Daily, weekly, monthly, or only the days you pick (Den)
- A template library, plus chore zones with their own icon and color
- Filter by Today, This week, Upcoming, or Anytime, or narrow to one kid
Rotations that pass the baton. Den
Some chores belong to everybody, which usually means they belong to nobody. Put trash night on a rotation and Chore Bear hands it to the next kid on a daily, weekly, or monthly turn. Look at the preview before you commit to it.
- Rotate daily, weekly, monthly, or on the days you choose (Den)
- A schedule preview, so you can see whose turn falls where
- Pause over a holiday, resume after, with a summary card on the dashboard
Rewards that feel earned.
Points come from finished chores. You decide what they buy: a privilege, a treat, some money, a thing, or a day out. Kids claim from the catalog, you approve or turn it down, and they mark a reward used once they have cashed it in.
- Categories, point costs, limited quantities, and which kids can see a reward
- Gift a reward straight to a kid (iPhone and iPad)
- Adjust points with a reason, plus optional allowance and penalty settings
Photo verification, gently. Den
Turn photo proof on for the chores where it actually helps. A kid snaps a picture when the chore is done, you approve with a tap or send it back for a do-over, and the points land on approval.
- Optional per chore, so it is not hanging over everything (Den)
- Approve or send back, one at a time or in bulk
- Photos stay inside your family
Tap a tag, done.
Stick an NFC tag where the chore actually happens: on the bin, the dishwasher, the litter box. A parent sets the tag up for a chore zone, and a kid taps a phone on it to mark that chore done.
- Create and manage tags per zone from inside the app
- Works on iPhone and Android
- Scan history, so you can see what got tapped and when
One family, all the profiles.
A parent creates the family. Kids join with the family join code, or you build a child's account yourself from the Family tab with a name, email, password, and age range. Kids never sign up on their own. On iPhone and iPad a parent can also promote, demote, or remove a member.
- Parent and kid roles, each with their own view, avatars, and a leaderboard
- Owner controls: transfer ownership, or close the family with a typed confirmation
- One family across iPhone, iPad, and Android, mixed however you like
Missed chores without the meltdown.
Set the family clock once: your timezone, the daily reset time, and which day the week starts on. Anything still unfinished when the clock rolls over moves to Missed, and you decide what that means.
- Waive it, apply a points penalty, or reassign it to another kid
- Reassign in bulk on iPhone and iPad
- A reset time that matches your house, not a server somewhere
Progress you can see.
Kids get the parts that feel good: a progress ring, a streak, and an achievements catalog that runs from common all the way to legendary. Parents get the parts that are useful: charts, a leaderboard, and a timeline of everything that happened.
- Completion trends by kid, by category, by week, month, or year
- Achievements with rarity tiers, streaks, and per-kid dashboard cards
- A family history of chores, rewards, point adjustments, and misses
Weekly wrap-up.
At the end of the week, Chore Bear tallies it up: what got done, who kept a streak alive, where the points went. A calm little summary instead of a group-chat rundown.
- Per kid totals and streaks for the week
- Points earned and rewards claimed
- One place to look before you plan the next week
Reminders, not nagging.
Pick a time for the daily chore reminder and only the kids with chores left will hear about it. Parents get a push when something is waiting on them, and the notification center keeps the rest in one place.
- A daily chore reminder at a time you choose
- Push for approvals, reassignments, and reward claims
- An in-app notification center, with clear all when it piles up
Private by design.
No ads, no data selling, and nothing collected that the app does not need to run. Lock Chore Bear behind Face ID or Touch ID on iPhone and iPad, or a fingerprint or face unlock on Android.
- System, light, or dark appearance, whichever your phone is set to
- Read chores and rewards offline, though changes need a connection
- Delete your account, or the whole family, from inside the app