RIP week two
Fridge chore charts
Became fridge wallpaper by week two.
For parents who are done nagging
Your kid does their chores. Without being asked.
SmartChores turns the daily routine into a game kids actually want to play. They earn XP, level up, and evolve a sidekick by doing real chores. You set the rules. The game does the asking.
Free for 7 days. Cancel anytime. No charge today.
Five stars on the App StoreBuilt by a 6th degree black belt dad of two
- NO MORE NAGGING
- XP FOR REAL CHORES
- STREAKS THAT STICK
- EVOLVING SIDEKICKS
- 5 MINUTE SETUP
- PARENT PIN LOCKED
- 4 MINUTES A DAY
- NO CASH FOR CHORES
- NO MORE NAGGING
- XP FOR REAL CHORES
- STREAKS THAT STICK
- EVOLVING SIDEKICKS
- 5 MINUTE SETUP
- PARENT PIN LOCKED
- 4 MINUTES A DAY
- NO CASH FOR CHORES
- NO MORE NAGGING
- XP FOR REAL CHORES
- STREAKS THAT STICK
- EVOLVING SIDEKICKS
- 5 MINUTE SETUP
- PARENT PIN LOCKED
- 4 MINUTES A DAY
- NO CASH FOR CHORES
The 6:13 PM Tuesday
You've asked ten times. It is still not done.
The bedroom is a war zone. The sports bag is in the doorway. Bedtime is in twenty minutes. And you are the only one who seems to care. It is not that your kids are lazy. It is that every system you have tried was built for adults, not for them.
Inflation
Cash for chores
Now brushing teeth costs a dollar. The rate only goes up.
Nightly standoff
Bribes and threats
"No iPad until you" works once. Then it is a nightly hostage negotiation.
Burnout
Yelling and nagging
Exhausting. And nobody wants that relationship with their kids.
Press start
So we turned chores into a game.
You know the loop that hooks your kid on Pokemon. Collect, level up, evolve, repeat. We pointed it at beds, dishes, and dog bowls.
XP, levels, and evolving sidekicks
Every chore feeds their sidekick. Streaks earn bonus XP. Hit a milestone and the creature evolves to a stage they keep for good.
AI chore builder
Answer six quick questions. The app builds a starter plan around your kid's age and your house rules. Edit anything in seconds.
Streaks that stick
Daily streaks light up the calendar. You set the grace rule. Kids learn that consistency beats perfection.
Parent admin, locked down
Rewards, chores, and XP sit behind a parent PIN. Kids request changes. You approve them. No gaming the system.
Five stages. Real chores.
Watch what a few weeks of follow-through actually builds.
Kit
0 XP
Their first chore unlocks the Kit. Tiny, scrappy, asleep most of the day.
Apprentice
500 XP
About a week of consistent chores and the Kit grows up. Kids start checking in unprompted.
Warrior
2,000 XP
Two to three weeks in. This is usually when parents notice the nagging stopped.
Knight
5,000 XP
A multi-month commitment. Real ownership has set in.
Champion
12,000 XP
The legendary stage. A symbol that says: I built a habit and I kept it.
Their pick.
Who built this
A dad. At 2 a.m. Because he was sick of nagging too.
Josh Dumoulin is a 6th degree black belt who has spent 20 years teaching kids discipline. He built SmartChores for his own two boys after the fridge chart failed one too many times. His 7-year-old, Rocky, helped design it. The "feed your sidekick with SmartCoins" feature was Rocky's idea. The morning Nicole caught Rocky making his bed without being asked, she told Josh to put it out there for other parents.
We want them to be grown-ups in the world. Not adults who never grow up.
What parents say
Real reviews. Real rooms getting cleaned.
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grandmaluig4
App Store review · Five stars
A fun and exciting way to get your kids helping out and learning responsibility. They look forward to the new characters at each level. I am just as excited as they are, and their rooms are getting cleaned.
The fine print, minus the spin
Real questions. Real answers.
The chore takes longer than the app does. About four minutes of taps a day. The rest is real-world habits.
7-day free trial on every plan
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Monthly
Try it, love it, keep it month to month.
$4.99/ month
- 7-day free trial
- Every feature included
- All kids, all sidekicks
- Cancel anytime in the App Store
Best value
Annual
Just $3.33 a month, billed yearly.
$39.99/ year
- 7-day free trial
- Every feature included
- All kids, all sidekicks
- Save 33% vs monthly
Free for 7 days. Cancel anytime in the App Store. No charge today.
Google Play coming soon
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