A free chore chart maker that keeps chores fair
The Chore Chart Maker builds a weekly chore chart for your kids, your whole family, a couple or a house full of roommates. Add the people, add the chores and decide how often each one happens. The chart then works out who does what on every day of the week. Chores can stay with one person, rotate automatically so nobody gets stuck with the trash forever, be done by everyone, or be left to whoever gets to them first. Tap a circle when a job is done, earn points towards a weekly goal or an allowance, and print the chart for the fridge or send it to everyone with a link. It is free, needs no account, and your charts are saved in your own browser.
How to make a chore chart
- Add the people. Type their names in the Add a person box. You can add several at once by separating them with commas: Emma, Leo, Mom. Tap a name later to rename it, pick one of 10 colors or add an emoji.
- Add the chores. Type a chore, choose How often and Who, set the points and press Add chore. An icon is picked automatically from the name. To add many at once, open 💡 Chore ideas by age or start from one of the 7 templates.
- Check the week. The 📅 Week view shows every chore against every day. Use ‹ and › to look at next week — turns rotate on their own.
- Tick chores off. Tap a person’s circle when the job is done. Progress bars, points and 🏆 badges update straight away.
- Print or share it. Use Print / Save as PDF, Copy as text, Share link or add the chores to a calendar.
📖 Want the full method? Our step-by-step guide How to Make a Chore Chart That Actually Works explains how to list every job in your home, define what “done” means, match chores to ages, weigh the work so the split is fair, choose a reward system and review the chart each week, with real examples.
Four ways to assign a chore
The Who setting is what turns a simple list into a chart that runs itself.
| Who | What happens | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| One person | The chore always belongs to the same person. Choose Not assigned yet to decide later. | Personal jobs: make your bed, feed your fish |
| 🔄 Take turns — new person every week | One person has the chore for a whole week, then it passes to the next person. | Feeding the pet, taking out the trash, cleaning the bathroom |
| 🔄 Take turns — new person each time | The chore moves to the next person every time it comes up — for a daily chore, that means every day. | Setting the table, doing the dishes, cooking dinner |
| 👥 Everyone does it | Each person gets their own circle and earns their own points. | Making beds, tidying rooms, putting away laundry |
| 🙋 Anyone — whoever does it | The chore is up for grabs. Tap ＋ when it is done and choose who did it; they get the points. | Watering plants, emptying a full bin, shared roommate jobs |
For turns and “everyone” chores you can tick exactly who takes part — for example only the two older kids, or only the adults.
How often a chore repeats
| How often | Where it appears on the chart |
|---|---|
| Every day | All seven days |
| Weekdays (Mon–Fri) or Weekends (Sat & Sun) | Only on those days |
| Specific days… | The days you tick, for example Monday and Thursday for trash day |
| Once a week (any day) | An Any day column — it can be done whenever it suits that week |
| Every 2 weeks (any day) | The Any day column every other week, starting with the week shown when you add it |
| Once a month (any day) | The Any day column in the first week of each month (the week that starts on the 1st–7th) |
Weeks can start on Monday, Sunday or Saturday; the default follows your region, and you can change it under Charts, week start & backup without changing whose turn it is.
A rotating chore chart that does the switching for you
A rotating chore chart (or chore rotation schedule) makes sure the least popular jobs are shared. Instead of spinning a chore wheel every week, set a chore to take turns and the chart works out the order forever: go forward a few weeks with › and you will see exactly who is up next. Turns follow the order of the people at the top of the chart.
- A fair start. A new chore that takes turns starts with whoever has the fewest points planned in the week you are looking at, so two rotating chores don’t both land on the same person.
- Shift turns ⟳. Want someone else to go first? Tap ✎ on the chore and press Shift turns; everything after that moves along by one person.
- 🔁 Swap a day. Someone is away or has practice? Turn on Swap a day and tap a circle to give that one day to someone else. The rest of the rotation stays the same, and the swapped day is marked ⇄.
- ⚖️ Share out fairly. Gives every unassigned chore to the person with the least to do, based on how many points each person has in an average week (a daily 2-point chore counts as 14, a weekly one as 2). If nothing is unassigned, it re-shares all the chores that belong to one person. You can undo it.
Points, rewards and allowance
Every chore is worth 0 to 20 points, so a big job like cleaning the bathroom can count for more than feeding the cat. Under ⭐ Points, goal & allowance you can:
- set a weekly goal per person and a reward such as “movie night” or “extra screen time” — a 🏆 appears when someone reaches it;
- pay an allowance per point in any of 21 currencies — the By person view shows how much each person has earned this week;
- switch points off, so every chore simply counts as one.
The progress bar on each name fills up as chores are ticked off, and a message pops up when someone finishes all of today’s chores or reaches the weekly goal.
Three views: week, person and today
| View | What you see |
|---|---|
| 📅 Week | The whole family chore chart: chores down the side, days across the top, today highlighted. Best for planning. |
| 👤 By person | A separate chore chart for each person with their own chores, points, goal, allowance and all-time points — plus cards for “anyone” and unassigned chores. |
| ✅ Today | A big, simple checklist of today’s chores for each person, with any-day chores for the week underneath. Ideal on a phone or a tablet on the kitchen counter. |
Tap 🔒 Lock before handing the tablet to the kids: all editing buttons disappear, but they can still tick their chores off, switch views and look at other weeks. The lock has no password — it simply prevents accidental changes.
Printable chore charts and PDF
Click Print / Save as PDF and only the chart is printed. Choose “Save as PDF” as the printer to create a PDF. In Print options you can pick the layout:
| Layout | What you get |
|---|---|
| Week grid | All chores and all people in one landscape chart, with each person’s name and a checkbox wherever a chore is due, plus a color key |
| A chart for each person | A portrait chore chart per person with large checkboxes, a points column and a line for the week’s total — optionally one person per page |
| Blank template | An empty printable chore chart with 6 to 20 rows and columns for the chore, who and each day, to fill in by hand |
Leave the dates on to print the week you are looking at, including the chores already done. Untick them for an undated, reusable chart you can laminate and use with a dry-erase marker; chores that take turns then get a blank line for the name. You can also hide the points and print in black and white to save ink.
Ready-made chore charts
Pick a template from Start from a template… or from the buttons on an empty chart. Each one adds placeholder people (such as “Kid 1”) and a set of chores with sensible days, turns and points — tap a name to rename it.
- Young kids (ages 4–7) — make the bed, tidy toys, set and clear the table, feed the pet
- Kids (ages 8–12) — load and empty the dishwasher, trash day, vacuum the bedroom, help make dinner
- Teens (13+) — own laundry, clean the bathroom, cook a family dinner, mow the lawn every two weeks
- Whole family (2 adults, 2 kids) — the adults share cooking and dishes, the kids share table duty, and bills are paid once a month
- Roommates (3 people) — a roommate chore chart where bathroom, kitchen and floors rotate weekly and supplies are bought every two weeks
- Couple — whoever doesn’t cook does the dishes, and the weekly jobs alternate
- Daily routine (1 child) — a morning-to-evening routine chart with teeth, homework and reading
If the chart you are on already has people or chores, the template is saved as a new chart, so nothing is overwritten.
Age-appropriate chores for kids
💡 Chore ideas by age contains 89 chore ideas in eight groups, each with a suggested frequency and points. Tick the ones you want, choose who they are for and add them in one go. Here is a sample:
| Age | Chore ideas |
|---|---|
| Ages 2–3 | Put toys in the toy box, put dirty clothes in the hamper, put books back on the shelf, match socks |
| Ages 4–5 | Make the bed, set the table, clear their plate, sort laundry by color, dust low shelves |
| Ages 6–7 | Pack the school bag, fold towels, empty small trash cans, sweep the kitchen floor |
| Ages 8–9 | Load or empty the dishwasher, walk the dog, take out the trash, vacuum their bedroom |
| Ages 10–12 | Wash the dishes, do a load of laundry, clean the bathroom, change their bed sheets |
| Teens (13+) | Do their own laundry, cook a family dinner, mow the lawn, clean out the fridge |
| Adults & roommates | Wipe counters and stove, clean the kitchen, buy shared supplies, pay shared bills |
| Pets & outdoors | Clean the litter box, clean the fish tank, water the garden, weed the garden |
Children develop at different speeds, so treat the age groups as a starting point. A younger child can do part of a bigger job with help, and older kids can keep doing the chores from the younger groups.
Share the chart and add it to a calendar
- Share link copies a link that contains the whole chart — people, chores, turns and goal. Whoever opens it can save a copy with one tap; nothing is uploaded. The link is a snapshot: checkmarks and one-day swaps are not included, and later changes are not synced, so send a new link after big changes.
- Copy as text creates a checklist per person for the week shown, ready to paste into WhatsApp, a text message, an email or your notes. On phones, Share opens your phone’s share menu.
- Add chores to a calendar downloads an .ics file for everyone or for one person, covering 1 to 12 weeks from the week shown. Each chore becomes an all-day event with the person’s name, and any-day chores span the whole week. Open the file or import it into Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook.
Private by design
Your chore charts are stored in your browser on this device, not on a server, and there is no sign-up. They survive page refreshes and closing the browser, and changes made in another tab appear automatically. Keep up to 30 charts — one per child, one for the kids and one for the adults, or one for each home — with up to 12 people and 80 chores each. To move charts to another device, use Export backup and Import backup. 🧹 Clear chart removes the chores and checkmarks but keeps the people, ↺ Uncheck this week resets only the checkmarks, and Erase all charts & data deletes everything the tool saved. Each of these can be undone for a few seconds.
Tips for a chore chart that actually works
- Name chores precisely. “Clear the table and wipe it” works better than “help in the kitchen” — everyone knows when it is done. Use the note field for details such as “include the litter box”.
- Start small. Two or three daily chores per young child is plenty at first. Add more once the routine sticks.
- Rotate the jobs nobody likes. Trash, bathrooms and dishes are where arguments start; let the chart take turns so it is never personal.
- Make the points match the effort. A 1-point chore and a 4-point chore should feel different. Agree on the weekly goal and reward together.
- Review it once a week. Look at By person on Sunday, celebrate the 🏆, and adjust what isn’t working. Our chore chart guide has a simple weekly review routine and the most common mistakes to avoid.
- Connect it to your other plans. If “Grocery shopping” is on the chart, make the list with our Grocery List Maker and share it with whoever’s turn it is.