HomeCrew
A parent and two children doing chores together in a bright, calm home
A private family chores & goals app

Helping at home feels good together.

Chores and encouraging personal goals in one calm routine. Children contribute, parents approve the effort, and progress becomes rewards your family chooses.

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Use it in any browser today. iPhone & iPad app coming soon.

Private by default No advertising No sibling leaderboards
How it works

The same calm loop, every time.

Three steps a seven-year-old understands and a parent never has to police.

1

A parent sets it up

Pick chores from a ready-made library or write your own, add goals, and set what each one is worth. Recurring routines repeat themselves.

Empty the dishwasher10 pts
Read for 20 minutesGoal
2

A child does it and marks it done

Each child sees only their own list — no rankings, no comparing. They tick the task off and can add a photo if your family wants one.

Make the bed
Marked done · 8:12
Done
Walk the dog
Due after school
3

You approve, points become rewards

Nothing is awarded without a parent's nod. Points turn into rewards your family agreed on — pocket money, a treat, extra time together.

Pocket money120 pts
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Chores & goals

Two things to track. One place to do it.

Chores build contribution at home. Goals recognise effort beyond it — always effort, never grades, winning or popularity.

Chores

Everyday household responsibilities, from the dishwasher to the laundry basket — one-off or recurring, with point values you set.

Set the table Take out the bins Feed the pet Fold laundry + 30 more

Goals

Encouraging personal-development steps across four areas — private to each child, parent-approved, and focused on what they can influence.

LearningRead, prepare, focus
SocialHelp, include, share
SportPractise, try, recover
PersonalMusic, routines, making
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Effort over outcomes

Thoughtful effort, courage and steady progress are what earn points — not results.

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Parents stay in control

A parent sets each task, defines a good effort, and approves before any points are awarded.

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No comparing siblings

Every list is personal. There are no rankings and no public leaderboards — ever.

Why chores matter

Children who help at home do better later in life.

A long-running University of Minnesota study followed young people into their mid-twenties. Taking part in household tasks from an early age was the single best childhood predictor of later success — in education, careers, relationships and self-reliance.

Source: Rossmann, M. (2002), University of Minnesota — longitudinal study of 84 young adults, often popularised as the “Harvard study on chores”.

Ages 3–4 The age at which starting to help at home most strongly predicted later success.
#1 predictor Early involvement in household tasks outranked every other childhood factor studied.
For families

Good for children, reassuring for parents.

  • Children get a space of their own that feels encouraging, not supervised
  • Parents assign, approve and decide the rewards — nothing happens without you
  • Cooperation instead of competition: no scoreboards between siblings
  • One family account across iPhone, iPad and the web, always in sync
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Privacy & trust

Made for children, private by design.

Four promises, in plain language.

No profiles, no strangers

No public profiles, no messaging outside the family, and no sibling leaderboards. Each child has a protected personal space.

No ads, no data selling

HomeCrew carries no advertising and never sells family information. Photos are used only for your family's own chore workflow.

Your data stays close

Information lives on your device unless a parent turns on browser access. Codes, PINs, photos and history are never shown publicly.

Honest about what it isn't

HomeCrew doesn't move money or control Apple Screen Time. It records the rewards your family agrees on — you apply them.

Read the Privacy Policy in plain language, or ask support.

Pricing & download

Free during early access.

Every feature, your whole family — no ads, no card, no charge per child. Start in the browser today; the iPhone and iPad app follows.

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Family Guides

Practical, honest help for family life

Short reads on chores, goals and rewards — written in-house and checked against primary sources.

Browse all guides
Family Guide

Age-appropriate chores at each age (2–16)

What children can realistically do at each age — matched to readiness, focused on effort.
Family Guide

Should you pay children for chores?

Both sides of the debate, what the research says, and a calmer middle way.
Family Guide

Screen time as a reward: does it work?

Why making screens the prize can backfire — and how to handle it calmly.
HomeCrew

One calm routine — at home and beyond.

Children contribute, parents notice the effort, and steady progress leads to rewards your family chose together.

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