Rotate the repeat offenders
Put trash, floors, and the bathroom on repeating schedules, then send each new occurrence to the next roommate instead of relying on memory.
A chore app for roommates who are done renegotiating the sink.
ChoreKeep gives a shared apartment one chore list, clear ownership, fair rotation, and a history everyone can see. The routine lives in the app instead of in one roommate’s head.
One invite code puts every roommate in the same household.
A real apartment routine
Monday morning, without group-chat archaeology.
Imagine three roommates sharing a kitchen, bathroom, living room, and entryway. Each space gets its own list, while the home feed pulls today’s work together.
- 01
The bathroom clean rotates weekly
Alex gets this week’s occurrence, Sam gets the next, and Jordan follows. The repeating chore carries the schedule and order.
- 02
Open chores stay genuinely open
A quick job such as bringing in a package can be left unclaimed for whoever reaches it first, while larger jobs keep a named owner.
- 03
Completion settles the question
When someone finishes, the shared feed and activity history update. The useful question becomes what is next, not who insists they did the last one.
Feature evidence
Fair enough to trust. Flexible enough to live with.
Keep a neutral record
The activity feed records completions and can be filtered by person, room, or chore type. Nobody has to reconstruct last Tuesday from chat messages.
Nudge the owner, not the group
Scheduled reminders stay attached to the chore. The whole apartment does not need another blanket message about the recycling.
Count effort, not just checkmarks
A five-minute wipe-down and a full bathroom clean do not have to count the same. Effort levels make that difference visible when points are enabled.
The house rules stay human
You do not need to gamify your lease.
Some apartments love points; others would rather never see a leaderboard. ChoreKeep lets the household turn gamification off. Assignments, due dates, reminders, and activity history still work without a competition attached. Fair round-robin rotation is available with ChoreKeep Pro.
Start with the recurring chores that cause friction, not every tiny act of adulthood. Agree on that short list together first, then put it in the app — a shared chart nobody argued about is the part that makes the reminders stick.
Questions, answered
Roommate questions before everyone joins.
- Does every roommate need an account?
- Yes. Each person signs in with their own account and joins the same household using its twelve-character invite code. That keeps ownership and completion history tied to the right person.
- Can a chore belong to more than one roommate?
- Yes. A chore can be assigned to one person, several people, or left open for anyone. ChoreKeep Pro adds round-robin for repeating chores when you want one owner at a time in a fair sequence.
- What if one roommate is away?
- With ChoreKeep Pro, Vacation Mode can pause one person for a date range. Pro round-robin skips them while they are away and resumes when they return.
- Do all roommates have to pay for Pro?
- No. One subscription unlocks household features for every active roommate. The ability to create or join additional households stays with the account that bought Pro. Your app store shows the exact price before you confirm.
Stop keeping the list in your head.
ChoreKeep is available free on Google Play and Apple's App Store. Set up your household and let the app keep track.