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Welcome, future Chores Machine sensei. Everything the app can do, a few calm lines at a time. The same help lives in the app, under You, Help.

What's this?

Chores show up here when they are due. A due chore is a reminder, not a deadline.

Add what comes back
Add the recurring things you mean to get to: watering plants, bins, bills, the cat.
Hidden until it's due
A chore stays out of sight until it is due. When it is, it appears here and one tap marks it done, which sets the next time it comes around.
No pressure
Nothing is late, and nothing nags you. Get to it when it suits you.

A chore reminds you at the time you usually do it.

At your usual time
When a chore comes due, the reminder arrives at the hour you last completed it. If you always water the plants at 7, that is when it asks.
Once, never at night
One reminder per chore, no repeats, and never during the night.

For things that happen on a day, like bin collection.

By the calendar
Most chores come back a while after you do them. Some follow the calendar instead: under Repeats, pick "On set days", like every other Thursday, and which one is next.
Shows up early
Shows up lets a chore appear early, say the evening before the bins go out. You still get the usual reminder when it is due.
If nobody gets to it
If not done is for when nobody gets to it. "Keep it" leaves it on the list until someone does. A skip lets it go after a while, and it comes back on its next day. Nothing piles up, and nothing is held against anyone.

Pin a chore to keep it at the top of the list.

Keep it on top
Open a chore and turn on "Pinned to top". Pinned chores sit above a thin line.
No priorities
There are no priority levels on purpose: a list of "low priority" chores is just a backlog to feel bad about.

Small extras that come along with a chore now and then.

Now and then
Some things only need doing every few times, but always together with something else. Empty the robot vacuum every week, refill its water every other time, put in a new bag every fourth.
Add an extra
Add them under "Also, every few times" on a chore. When it is their turn they show on its row, and one tap does the chore and them together.
Counted in rounds
They count the times the chore is done, not the days, so they never drift out of step. If a round is skipped, they wait for the next one.

Tick things off one at a time, then mark the chore done.

A list on a chore
Some chores come with a list: the groceries for a shopping trip, what goes in the gym bag, the steps of putting up a shelf. Add items here, and the chore on Today shows how many are left.
Tick as you go
Tap an item to tick it. It slides down to the ticked ones, so what is left stays on top. Everyone who shares the chore sees each tick at once, so two of you can shop together.
When the chore is done
The chore sits on top with its stamp, so marking it done is one tap away. A repeating chore unticks everything when it is done, ready for next time, like a checklist. A one-off chore, like a single shopping trip, leaves the list with its items.
Move and change
Hold an item to move it. Swipe it left to remove it. The pen on an item renames it or removes it.

When a chore is done, the next one in its series shows up by itself.

What comes next
Some chores lead somewhere. Someone starts a wash, then it needs hanging up right after and folding the next day. Add what comes next under Then on a chore.
Each step waits its turn
Each step is set up like any chore: who it is for, a time, a note. Instead of a date it has a wait, right away or a few days after the one before. It shows up when the one before is ticked, and from then on it is an ordinary chore.
Each tick starts it over
Every tick of the first chore starts the series again, so two washes means two loads to hang up. Change the steps from the first chore or from any step; chores already there stay as they are. Deleting the first chore ends the series.

Things with no date. They wait here, off Today, until you get to them.

No date, no reminders
Add one with + on this screen, hold a chore and pick Whenever, or set its Repeats to Whenever. It never shows on Today and never reminds you.
Done sinks to the bottom
Mark it done and it moves down to Done. Its items are unticked, ready for next time.
Back up again
Tap the round arrow on a done one, or hold it and pick Needs doing again.

Hold + or the cup to add something in a second, straight to your top list.

Hold + for today
Type a name and press return. It shows on Today, just this once.
Hold the cup for Whenever
The same, but it waits in Whenever with no date, ready for next time too.
Your top list
It goes to the first of your lists. Want a rhythm or items? Tap + instead.

A shared list is one everyone in it can see and tick off.

One list for everyone
Everyone in a shared list sees the same chores and anyone can tick anything off. No owners, no permissions.
Free while it's yours
Lists are free while they are just you. Sharing one is Pro, and a list that is back to just you always works, Pro or not.
Who it's for
You can mark who a chore is for, and let people take turns, but that only changes who gets reminded.

Let a chore go round the people it is for.

In order
In a shared list, pick two or more people under "Who's it for?" and turn on "Take turns in order". It goes round in the order you set.
Whoever's turn is reminded
Whoever's turn it is gets the reminder. Anyone can still tick it off, and when someone does, the turn moves on, whoever did it.
Away is stepped over
Someone who is away is stepped over until they are back. No points, no scores, no keeping track of who did more.

Say "seen it" or "thanks" with one tap.

Pick one
In a shared list, long-press a chore and pick ❤️ 👍 🙌 or 😂. On a chore's own page, tap the smiley. A 👍 on a chore you were given says you have seen it. A ❤️ on one someone ticked off says thanks.
One each
You have one reaction per chore. Pick another to swap it, or tap yours again to take it back. It shows on the chore for a day, and stays in its history.
A quiet notification
The person it is for gets a quiet notification, with no sound. You can react straight from a notification too, and turn reaction notifications off under Notifications.

Shared lists need one member with Pro.

One Pro covers everyone
A shared list stays unlocked while at least one member has Pro. One subscription covers everyone in it, however many lists you share.
Read-only, nothing lost
If nobody has it, the list becomes read-only: nothing can be ticked off, added, edited or invited. Nothing is lost.
Anyone can unlock it
Any member can subscribe to unlock it again for everyone, and nothing is lost in the meantime.
Or keep it for yourself
Or its creator can keep it just for themselves: everyone else is taken out, and the list works again with every chore and its history.

A read-only link to what is due, for dashboards and scripts.

Your own link
Pro includes a personal link that answers with your due chores, across every list you are in.
On a wall screen
Point a home dashboard, a wall tablet or a small script at it and it can show what needs doing without opening the app.
It only reads
It only ever reads. Nothing out there can tick a chore off or change your lists, and you can replace the link whenever you like.

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