I'm in my early 20's, so my perception of my childhood chores: * We had a paper & pencil chart with the shared chores. The chart was because my sister and I al

I'm in my early 20's, so my perception of my childhood chores: * We had a paper & pencil chart with the shared chores. The chart was because my sister and I alternated dishwasher unloads, and that didn't happen every day. At some point we switched to the calendar already on the fridge, you just write your name down (different colored pens) * Generally accepted chores (room clean, bed made, vacuum or dust on the weekends) that didn't alternate weren't written down. I agree that chores are required. In some sense, you could create a point system if the kids were saving up or working towards something, in the sense that your parents might "pay you" for extra stuff (washing the car, mowing the lawn, painting the spare room). At the end of that there might be a reward as a sort of appreciation, but for me it wasn't expected. For your app, something like this last piece might be a bit more dynamic. Parents can load up tasks that need to be done and the kids could work towards them at their own pace. If they run out of tasks they run out of them for the time being. Another thing parents might really like - a quality indicator (5 stars?) or accept/reject. If you do a crappy job you've got to redo it, and any sort of goodwill you might have just accumulated is null and void.