Chores

A chore app for kids, with parents in charge.

Chortal is a chore app and chore chart for kids that keeps parents in control of every reward. You set up the chores once, your kids see exactly what's expected, and nothing pays out until you approve it. No nagging, no paper chart on the fridge that everyone stops updating by Wednesday — just a shared list that stays current on whatever device is nearby.

One family list — and a list for each kid.

Most chores apply to everyone: feed the dog, clear the table, put the laundry away. Chortal starts you with a shared family chore list, so you set those once and they show up for every kid. But kids aren't identical, so each child also gets their own list. A teenager can have “mow the lawn” while a five-year-old has “put toys in the bin” — same app, different expectations, no awkward one-size-fits-all chart. The family list is a starting point, not a straitjacket.

You decide what counts — and what it pays.

Every chore is one you chose. You pick which jobs count, and you set what each one is worth. Use the suggested defaults to get going fast, or set custom amounts for the chores that matter more in your house. A quick bed-making might be worth a little; a full-on garage clean-out can be worth a lot. Because Chortal is a tracker and not a debit card, those amounts are numbers you control — you decide what they mean when real payday happens at home.

Kids tap to submit. You approve from anywhere.

When a kid finishes a chore, they tap to submit it and the chore moves to “Pending.” It lands in your approval queue — phone, laptop, tablet, work browser, all the same queue — and one tap confirms it. Approval is the throttle: nothing turns into earnings until you say so, so there are no surprises and no arguments about what “counts.” If a chore got done but your kid forgot to mark it, you can submit it from your side too; it goes straight to your own queue, ready to approve.

Why a chart on the screen beats one on the fridge.

A paper chore chart starts strong and fades fast. Someone forgets to update it, a sticker peels off, and by the weekend nobody quite trusts what it says. A chore app for kids keeps the chart current without anyone having to police it. The list travels with your kid on whatever device they're using, so it's there at grandma's house too. The reward is attached to each chore instead of living in your head, so there's never a debate about what a job was worth. And finished work is logged the moment you approve it, which means you get a chore chart for kids that's still accurate on a Tuesday afternoon — not just the day you printed it. Over time, that record also shows you who's actually pulling their weight.

Chores are one half of the loop.

Chores are the individual, do-a-job-earn-an-amount half of Chortal. The other half is a weekly allowance shaped around a routine and a quota. See the whole picture on the How It Works page, or read how the recurring side works on the Allowance page.