A chore chart the kids can read without you
Paper charts fail in the same two ways: somebody has to redraw them every week, and nobody looks at them after the third day. This one redraws itself and hangs where the family already walks past.
Last checked September 2026.
Why paper charts stop working
The chart on the fridge starts well. By week three somebody has stopped filling in the stickers, the six-year-old has noticed, and the whole thing quietly becomes decoration.
The failure is administrative, not motivational. A chart that needs an adult to reset it every Sunday will eventually meet a Sunday where no adult does. Nido's chores repeat on their own, carry over when they are missed, and are still right on the Sunday everybody forgot.
Rewards children actually want
Chores pay eggs. Children bank them and spend them on the rewards shelf — and you decide what is on the shelf. Thirty minutes of screen time, choosing Friday's film, staying up half an hour later, picking what is for dinner.
It works because the currency is privileges rather than pocket money, and because the price list is visible. A child who wants the film pick can see it costs forty eggs and can work out how to get there, which is a more useful lesson than being told to tidy their room.
Where the chart lives
On the kitchen screen, where the whole family sees it, and on each child's phone if they have one. Hand a younger child a tablet and kid mode shows their chores and nothing else — a PIN gets you back out, so the device stays a chore board rather than becoming a games console.
Tick a chore off anywhere and every other screen catches up immediately. No refreshing, no arguments about whether it was done.
Streaks, and knowing when to stop
Finished days build a streak, and a day that comes out clean celebrates itself. That is most of what keeps a chart alive past week three.
It also knows when to stop. Vacation mode pauses chores for the whole family or one child — a school trip, a sick week, a bad patch — without breaking their streak or leaving a wall of red on the board when they get back.
Questions people ask
- What age is this chore chart for?
- It works from about four upwards. Younger children get a kid view showing only their own chores as big tappable rows; older ones tend to use the phone app and care mostly about the eggs.
- Do chores repeat automatically?
- Yes. Daily and weekly chores come back on their own, and a missed chore can carry over to the next day rather than quietly disappearing.
- What are eggs?
- Eggs are Nido's points. Each chore is worth a number of eggs, and children spend what they bank on the rewards shelf — screen time, picking the film, a later bedtime, whatever you choose to stock.
- Can I pause chores during a holiday?
- Yes. Vacation mode pauses chores for the whole family or for one child, without breaking their streak.
- Is there a free version?
- Yes — up to 2 kids and 10 active chores, with no ads and no credit card.
Try it on the tablet in your drawer.
Free for 2 kids and 10 chores, no credit card, nothing to deliver.
Build your nest — free