Do my kids need their own phones to use ChoresFlow?

No. The app works great on a shared family iPad or phone — kids switch profiles with a 4-digit PIN. If they do have their own device, that works too.

How are Islamic prayer times calculated in ChoresFlow?

You pick your city and a calculation method (ISNA, MWL, Egyptian, Umm Al-Qura, and more). Times are computed on-device — we don't send your location to a server.

Do my kids need their own email accounts?

No. Each child logs in with their own 4-digit PIN right on the family screen — no email, no app-store account. It works great on one shared tablet.

What happens after the 14-day free trial ends?

You are never charged automatically. We will ask if you'd like to continue — pick a plan or stay on Free with one child. No surprises, no credit card required to start.

Is my family's data private on ChoresFlow?

Yes. No ads, no third-party trackers, and no profiling of your kids — ever. ChoresFlow uses only essential session cookies and never sells your data.

Chore Chart by Age: What Kids Can Do From 4 to 16

Updated July 2026.

Quick answer: a 4-year-old can put toys in a bin and clothes in a hamper; a 7-year-old can make a bed and set the table; a 10-year-old can vacuum and run the dishwasher; a 13-year-old can cook a simple meal and clean a bathroom; a 16-year-old can run a full laundry cycle and cook a family dinner. The chart below breaks it down, and the second half covers the part most articles skip: how to keep the chart alive after week one.

Age	Independent chores	Chores with help	Suggested points per chore
4–5	Toys in bins, clothes in hamper, napkins on table	Feed a pet, wipe small spills, match socks	5
6–8	Make bed, set/clear table, pack school bag, water plants	Sort laundry, empty small bins, fold towels	5–10
9–11	Vacuum a room, load/unload dishwasher, take out trash, fold own laundry	Simple breakfast prep, rake leaves, walk the dog	10–15
12–14	Cook a simple meal, clean a bathroom, mow the lawn (after instruction), wash the car	Help plan groceries, watch a sibling briefly with an adult nearby	15–25
15–16	Full laundry cycle, cook a family dinner, deep-clean the kitchen, run errands	Basic home maintenance — bulbs, filters, assembling furniture	20–30

Point values assume a scale where a routine chore is worth about 10 points — the default in ChoresFlow. Any consistent scale works; consistency matters more than the numbers.

Ages 4–5: build the habit, not the output

At this age the goal is identity ("I help my family"), not clean rooms. Keep chores physical, visible, and finishable in under five minutes:

Put toys back in labeled bins
Put dirty clothes in the hamper
Carry their plate to the counter
Put napkins or spoons on the table
Feed a pet — with you watching
Match socks from the clean-laundry pile

Expect to re-do the work. Don't re-do it in front of them.

Ages 6–8: first real responsibilities

Kids this age can own a short daily list and follow a two-step instruction:

Make their bed (imperfectly — that's fine)
Set and clear the table
Pack their own school bag the night before
Water plants
Sort laundry into lights and darks
Empty small trash bins
Fold towels and washcloths

This is the best age to start a points system: the cause-and-effect between "I did my chores" and "I earned my reward" is finally concrete.

Ages 9–11: real work, real standards

Now the work should actually help the household — and it's okay to have a quality bar:

Vacuum a room properly, corners included
Load and unload the dishwasher
Take trash and recycling out on collection day
Fold and put away their own laundry
Make a simple breakfast (cereal, toast, eggs with supervision)
Rake leaves, pull weeds
Walk the dog on a familiar route

Ages 12–14: kitchen, bathroom, lawn

Teens can handle the chores adults actually dislike:

Cook one simple meal per week for the family
Clean a bathroom top to bottom
Mow the lawn after proper instruction
Wash the car
Help build the grocery list and put groceries away
Watch a younger sibling for short stretches with an adult nearby

Money starts mattering more than points here. A hybrid works: points for routine duties, cash for bigger jobs.

Ages 15–16: run-the-house skills

The last two years before driving age are for adult-life rehearsal:

Run a full laundry cycle start to finish
Cook a family dinner weekly
Deep-clean the kitchen, fridge included
Run errands on foot or by bike
Change light bulbs and furnace filters, assemble furniture

At this age the reward conversation shifts from toys to autonomy — later curfews, use of the car when licensed, budget ownership.

Why most chore charts die by week three

Paper charts fail for predictable reasons: nobody resets them, nobody tracks points honestly, the reward feels infinitely far away, and the parent becomes the chart's unpaid accountant. The fix is the same regardless of tools — automatic reset, honest scorekeeping, and rewards close enough to taste. A first reward should be reachable within one week of normal effort.

Setting this chart up in ChoresFlow, step by step

Here's exactly how this looks in ChoresFlow — the flow below matches the real app:

Create the chores. In parent settings (behind your 6-digit parent PIN), open Chores and add each one: name it, pick an emoji from categories like Cleaning, Kitchen & Cooking, Laundry & Clothing, Garden & Yard, and School, and set its point value — the default is 10, so scale the table above around that.
Set the schedule. Each chore repeats daily, on specific weekdays (trash night = Tuesday), monthly, or runs once. The daily list resets automatically at midnight — nobody has to wipe a whiteboard.
Make deadline chores time-sensitive — sparingly. A time-sensitive chore has a start and end window; if it isn't done inside the window, it scores 0 points that day, no partial credit. Great for "backpack packed by 8 pm." Harsh for a 5-year-old — skip it under age 6.
Assign chores to each child so a 7-year-old and a 12-year-old see completely different lists.
Add cash to the big jobs. Any chore can carry a real-money reward on top of points. The cash accumulates toward the child's savings goal, and you approve the payout when the goal is reached.
Stock the rewards store. Add rewards with point costs — 30 minutes of screen time for 50 points, a trip for ice cream for 150. Kids claim rewards themselves and watch the status flip from "waiting" to "delivered" when you hand it over.
Let kids run their own side. Each child taps their name on the family screen and enters their own 4-digit PIN — no email, no account, works on one shared tablet. They check off chores, points land instantly, and they spend them in the store.

A concrete starter setup for a 7-year-old: four daily chores at 5–10 points each (make bed, pack bag, feed cat, clear plate), one weekly at 20 (fold towels, Saturday), and a 50-point reward reachable by Friday. For a 12-year-old: three daily at 10, two weekly at 25 (bathroom, one cooked meal), with a $5 cash reward on the bathroom feeding a savings goal.

The free plan covers one child with everything above; the Family plan ($4.99/mo or $39/yr) covers unlimited kids — see pricing.