Household Chores vs PointUp

Household Chores is an iOS app for families, kids, teens, and roommates sharing a home. A house can invite up to six members by email, with live shared task lists. Daily and weekly task groups reset automatically according to the house timezone. Completing tasks earns points, and weekly leaderboards and result announcements show rankings. Optional notifications tell the household when a chore is completed. Owners control who may add or rename tasks. The Free plan costs nothing and includes six members, daily and weekly groups, seven tasks per group, points, weekly leaderboard, and push notifications. Premium Monthly costs €1.99 a month and adds five groups, 12 tasks per group, editable group names and reset types, custom point values, monthly rankings, and six months of history. Premium Yearly costs €19.99 a year. One Premium subscriber unlocks premium features for the whole house.

PointUp is a family chore app that turns daily tasks into quests, with children earning XP and Gold toward rewards their parents create. A parent reviews and approves each completed quest before rewards are paid. Families can choose whether photo proof is one-tap, optional or required, and children can spend Gold in a family reward store. PointUp says it is designed for children aged 4 to 16 and includes Focus Mode, Calm Mode, visual timers and step-by-step task breakdowns for neurodiverse children. Quest deadlines can sync with Google Calendar and Apple Calendar. Family data syncs across iOS, Android, Amazon Appstore for Fire tablets and the web. The free plan allows up to five active quests and three family members. Pro costs $3.99 a month and includes unlimited quests and family members, full reward customization, more than 50 templates and Team Quests. Pro includes a 7-day free trial; the pricing page also describes a 14-day trial for families referred by an existing user. Subscribers can cancel from the app. The support contact is listed as [email protected], with typical responses in 48–72 hours.