Chore Split
Who does what, settled in a minute. Add your kids, pick the family chores, and get a printable weekly chart for each child, balanced by effort and age. Drag any chore between kids until it feels right for your home.
Add your kids
Age matters: the split only hands out chores each child is ready for, and older kids carry a little more.
Pick the chores
Tap to select. On selected chores, tap the frequency pill to cycle daily → 3×/week → 1×/week. Chores marked each kid are own-responsibility: every child old enough gets their own.
Free, no signup, no email gate. The names and ages you enter stay on your device.
Your family's week
Balanced by effort, leaning gently on age, not just an even count.
How the effort splits
Effort points = chore weight (light 1 · medium 2 · big 3) × times per week. Older kids are expected to carry a little more. That's the fair part, not an equal count.
↕ Drag a chore chip onto another child's card (or tap it) to hand-tune the split. Dashed chips are own-responsibility: they don't move between kids, but tap one to remove it for that child.
Want the follow-through handled too? See how Twiggly works →
How the split works
The chores come from the same research base as our chore list builder and our guide to age-appropriate chores for 6–14 year olds: the same chore set, each with the age it usually starts making sense.
Three rules make the split feel fair rather than mechanical. First, chores are weighed, not counted: emptying the dishwasher three times a week is not the same as matching socks once. Second, age carries weight: an 11-year-old is expected to shoulder a bit more than a 7-year-old, which is what kids themselves tend to consider fair. Third, own-responsibility chores (own bed, own school bag, own laundry) are never traded away: each child owns theirs, at every age.
Age minimums are guidance, not gates. You know your kids best. If nobody has reached a chore's usual age yet, it still goes to your oldest, gently marked with the usual age. The only exceptions are safety-sensitive chores (hot appliances, strong chemicals, babysitting): those stay with the grown-ups until someone is genuinely old enough.
And because no algorithm knows that one kid has hockey on Wednesdays, everything stays draggable. The tool proposes; you decide.
Frequently asked questions
How does the tool decide what a fair split is?
Every chore has an effort weight (light, medium, big) multiplied by how often it repeats in a week. The tool balances that weekly effort across your kids, leaning gently on age. A fair split isn't an equal count of chores; it's an age-proportionate share of the actual work.
Why do some chores land on every child's chart?
Own-responsibility chores (making their own bed, packing their own school bag, folding their own laundry) aren't split, because each child should own theirs. They appear on every chart for kids old enough, and they still count in the effort bars.
Can I change who got what?
Yes. Drag any chore chip from one child's chart to another's, or tap the chip and pick which child it moves to. Own-responsibility chores can't be traded, but if one doesn't fit a particular child yet, tap it on that child's chart to remove it just for them. The effort bars update as you go. Shuffle deals a fresh split if you want to start over.
Do you collect the names and ages I enter?
No. There's no signup, no email gate, and no account. The names and ages you type never leave your device; the split is computed entirely in your browser. The page runs the same standard, anonymous visit analytics as the rest of the site (only if you accept cookies), and those events carry no form data.
What ages does it cover, and why 6 to 14?
Ages 6 to 14, the same band as our chore list builder. Below 6, chores are best done together rather than assigned. Above 14, the goal shifts from assigned chores to standing responsibilities that teens manage themselves.
Will a printed chart actually keep the split alive?
It's a genuinely good start: the split is visible, agreed, and on the fridge. If paper charts have quietly died on you before, that's normal, and it's usually a design problem rather than a discipline problem. We wrote up why chore charts fail and the fixes that make them stick.
The plan is the easy part. The follow-through is the hard part.
The split is the plan. Twiggly is the follow-through: points your kids earn toward real rewards, streaks they don't want to break, and a quick parent approval instead of one more reminder.
