Comparison Of Various Chores App In The Appstore
Managing household chores is one of the most hectic tasks for the parents. To help them, there are a lot of applications available in the AppStore for family chores management. These Chores apps will help parents reduce the burden of household chores and to teach the children a good principle of keeping their home neat and clean.
But what makes an application best among the others in the AppStore? Clearly, it is the requirements of the users, which differ from each other. Hence, we will compare the features of various chores app and let the readers determine what application best suits them.
1. S’moresUp:
S’moresUp was developed by the X adventures and was published in 2017 Otherwise referred as the parents’ Swiss knife, Smores Up app is one of the newest additions for kid’s chores management application and one of the highest rated apps (5 out of 5) in the AppStore. It features a wide range of options which are as follows.
Features:
ü Separate parent and children login
ü Point values for each listed chore
ü Rewards can be either a future goal or a real-time award.
ü Easy and interactive chores chart
ü Private social networking within the family members
ü An Elegant and colorful user interface
ü Can share parenting tips with their friends and family
ü Inbuilt calendar for event reminders
ü Free to use.
2. Chore Monster:
Chore Monster is yet another most talked application with a decent rating. It is targeted majorly for kids between 4 and 12 years of age. Chore Monster is available in different languages such as English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. The major features of the application are mentioned below:
Features:
ü Separate parent and children login
ü Rewards and point values after completing each chore
ü No charts for listing the chore
ü Parents can monitor whether the chores have been completed or not in real-time
ü Free to use
ü Kids will get random monsters along with the completion chores which adds more fun
3. Chroma For Chores:
Chroma for chores is a clean and simple application that lists the chores that are to be completed. It can easily connect the family members with a simple signup. Though it is free to use, its paid version comes with extended features and customized individual rewards. Chroma has the rating of 4.1 out of 5 in AppStore. Following are the list of the features that Chroma has.
Features:
ü Synchronizing between devices is possible so the chores can be easily coordinated among members
ü Can organize a group activity after reaching a certain point value.
ü Can set permissions for house members in the paid version
ü The paid version costs $1.99/month or $19.99/year.
4. Chore Pad:
The chore pad application was published in 2017 by Nannek is one of the finely tuned applications specially designed for enhancing the interactions between parents and children. With a rating of 4.5, this app is admired for its distinct features.
Features:
ü Parents can see the progress of their kids in the start screen itself.
ü Kids can earn rewards for their completed chores
ü Intriguing charts templates which are customizable and can be shared among the children.
ü Parents can sync their data in all of the chore pad installations using a separate Dropbox account.
ü Parent mode is available where certain settings features are locked away from the kids
ü Free to use and contains no in-app purchases and ads.
5. Home Routines:
Home routines application was developed to ease the household chores for users by organizing the list in a simple and easy way. One of the important features of “Home Routines” app is that it contains an option called “Focus Zones” where a detailed list of chores for each room in the house can be organized.
Though the number of rooms varies from one house size to the other, the app allows a user to create a maximum of seven zones. Each created zone handles each day of the week. The rest of the features are mentioned below.
Features:
ü Can create a separate routine checklist and the list will be reset everyday morning
ü Built-in calendar for remainders of the events
ü Calculate the time taken to clean the room using an inbuilt timer.
ü Built-in simple to-do list for one-off jobs
ü No need for the internet for daily use and can even share your data via email.
ü Free to use