Upkeep

Chores

Chores are the jobs that happen on set days each week: trash night, watering plants, vacuuming. They sit in a weekly grid that shows who does what each day, and what got done. Each week starts empty.

Chores are shared. Both of you see the same grid and can check off any chore.

When to use it

• Jobs on fixed days, like trash on Tuesday night.
• Splitting housework between two people and seeing it at a glance.
• Daily jobs, like feeding the dogs, where you want to see a missed day.

For jobs that repeat every few weeks or months, use Upkeep instead.

Open Chores

1. Open Upkeep (the Upkeep tab on a phone, the app bar on a computer).
2. Tap Chores under the title.

Add a chore

2. Type its name under Chore, like “Take out the trash”.
3. Pick Who does it: one of you, or both.
4. Under Which days, tap the days it’s on, or use Every day, Weekdays or Weekends.
5. Add notes if it helps.
6. Tap Add chore.

Check off a chore

1. Find the chore’s row and today’s column.
2. Tap the circle. It turns into a green check.
3. Tap it again to clear it. Each tap shows a message with Undo.

What the circles mean

• Green check: done.
• Ring in the accent color: due today.
• Plain ring: due later this week.
• Red ring: missed.
• Small dot: not on that day.

The line under the title counts it up: missed in red, left today in amber, and how many are done this week, like 13 of 27 this week.

Look at other weeks and people

• Use the arrows by the week to go back or forward. Another button next to them brings you back to this week.
• Use the person filter to see one person’s chores. A chore for both shows under either person.

Reorder, change or delete

1. Press and hold a chore’s name (or press and move with a mouse), then drag it up or down. The order is shared.
2. Tap a chore’s name to open it. Change anything, then tap Save.
3. To remove it, tap Delete chore in the same sheet and confirm.

On a computer, the right side shows today’s chores and Maintenance · next 30 days.

Questions

Still stuck? Send feedback from the ? menu at the bottom of the app bar on a computer. Back to the help center