Your chores don’t have to live in your head
FreshChores is a gentle, shared task system for households that don't run on rigid schedules. No guilt. No falling behind. Just a living pool of things that need doing when you're ready.
For individuals, families, couples, roommates, and neurodivergent households who want less pressure and more flow.
This isn't a chore schedule.
Most chore apps assume everyone lives the same kind of life — evenly spaced days, predictable energy, constant motivation.
Real life doesn't work like that.
FreshChores keeps a shared pool of household tasks that gently flows over time. Tasks don't disappear because you missed a day. Nothing yells at you for falling behind. The system waits for you.
When you have energy, you pick something up. When you don't, the list is still there tomorrow.
Designed for real households
A living task pool
Tasks are always available based on how often they actually need to be done. Recently completed tasks rest. Older ones rise naturally.
Shared responsibility
If one person completes a task, it's done for everyone. No double work. No silent resentment.
A short list of your own
Notice something you want to get to? Put it on My List and it stays in view. It doesn't get a deadline — it just stops slipping your mind.
Ask for help
Ask someone in your household to handle a task. It turns up alongside their other tasks — nothing gets assigned, and anyone can still pick it up.
Tasks fit people
Some tasks are better for certain people. FreshChores lets you reflect that without judgment or rules.
Atomic and low-friction
Everything is broken down into small, doable actions. A few minutes here and there adds up to a healthier home.
When you want to steer things a little
FreshChores decides what's relevant on its own. These are the two places you can say what matters to you — without turning any of it into a schedule.
Keep a short list of what matters right now
When something catches your eye, put it on My List and it stays where you can see it. Nothing about the task changes — no deadline, no due date, same rhythm as before. FreshChores just takes the hint, and works one of them into what it suggests next.
Ask for help without managing a chore chart
Ask someone to take care of a specific task and it simply shows up with the rest of theirs. It doesn't become theirs to own — anyone can still do it, and whoever does settles the ask. If nobody gets to it, the request quietly steps aside after a week.
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Chores don't happen one at a time.
You start a load of laundry, wipe the counter, move to the living room, come back to swap the laundry, and sweep the kitchen floor on the way.
Most chore apps ignore this. They give you a checklist and expect you to work through it top to bottom.
FreshChores works the way chores actually happen.
Start a few things. Move between rooms. Finish what you can. Come back to the rest later. The app holds your place and keeps everything together until you're done.
A workspace for getting things done
Start a few tasks and FreshChores creates a simple session workspace so you can move through them without losing track.
Perfect for
- Cleaning multiple rooms
- Doing a kitchen reset
- Tackling weekend maintenance
- Quick evening resets
Start a few things at once
Work through them together
Finish naturally
Keep the task at hand close by
On iPhone, the tasks you've started can stay on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Glance down to see what you were in the middle of instead of reopening the app.
On iOS 17 and later, you can check something off right from there.
Live Activities require iOS 16.1 or later. The Dynamic Island is available on iPhone 14 Pro and later.
Wipe down countersKitchen
Start a load of laundryLaundry
Tidy up couch/seatingLiving Room
Tasks have a rhythm.
Some things happen daily. Some weekly. Some only when you notice they need doing.
FreshChores keeps track of each task's rhythm and surfaces it when it's relevant again. No rigid schedules, no due dates — just a natural cadence that adapts to how your household actually works.
Weekday tasks show up on weekdays. Weekend tasks wait for the weekend. Infrequent tasks stay in the pool until the moment you have energy for them.
If it helps, FreshChores can send a few quiet notifications through the day — a task that suits today, one that only comes around this time of year, one you rarely get to. You pick the window they arrive in, and you can turn any kind off.
Once you start or finish anything, they stop for the rest of the day.
Track earnings for chores
Some families want to connect chores to allowance or other recognition. FreshChores can (optionally) help with that.
Assign a dollar amount (or points) to any task. When kids complete those tasks, the earnings add to their balance. Parents can settle balances whenever it makes sense — weekly, monthly, or on request.
There are no leaderboards, no badges, no streaks. Just a quiet ledger that tracks contribution and lets you honor your commitments.
This feature is off by default. Enable it in settings if your household wants it.
A calmer household starts with less pressure.
