Write it down
“What needs doing?” and, if it matters, when: whenever, today, tomorrow, this weekend or a date. A family job rarely needs a time picker, so there is not one.
To-dos & chores
Share the load, not the reminders.
Jobs around the house, and who has them. Put a job up for grabs and let someone take it, or put it straight on a person’s list. Either way, when it is done there is a quack and a coin.
How it works
Three small steps.
Up for grabs, or on a list
“Up for grabs” is the first choice, and anyone can take it with “I’ll do it”. A grown-up can also put it on someone’s list, and the button changes to say so.
Tick it off
The finisher collects whatever the job was worth. Ticks are undoable, and the Duck Bucks go back with them.
What you can do
The little things, in detail.
Whose it is, at a glance
Each row is washed in the colour of the duck who has it. Up for grabs is white: nobody’s colour, rather than a colour that means nobody.
Worth something
A grown-up makes a job worth 0 to 10 Duck Bucks. Whoever finishes it collects them.
Comes back on its own
Daily, weekdays, weekly, every two weeks or monthly. The next one appears when this one is ticked off, or when it comes round again.
Grown-ups only
Mark a job for grown-ups and the kids can see it but not take it. A child sees “Not yours to take” instead of a button that errors.
The coin and the quack
Finish a job worth Duck Bucks and a coin flips over the whole screen while the app quacks. If it went into someone else’s wallet, it says whose.
It reaches the chat
Every to-do posts itself into the family chat as a live card, with “I’ll take it” right there.
Decisions, not preferences
Claiming is the default. Assigning is deliberate.
The list says who has what, never who was told to do what.
- No “overdue”, ever; a late job simply says “yesterday” or the date
- Claimed work reads “You”; assigned work reads “Sarah asked you”
- A grown-up ticking a job for someone else is asked first, and the pay goes to the owner
- Editing a job is a grown-up’s, and only while it is unfinished
Who does what
Grown-ups
- Add jobs, set what they are worth, assign or leave them up for grabs
- Tick a job off for a child who has no login
- Edit or delete an unfinished job
Kids
- Take anything up for grabs and finish it
- Hand a job back if the day changes
- Collect the Duck Bucks and hear the quack
Good questions
Asked about to-dos & chores.
What does “up for grabs” mean?
A job without an owner is up for grabs, and anyone in the flock can choose “I’ll do it” to take it on. A grown-up can also put a job straight on someone’s list. The app never scolds: there is no “overdue” and no “you failed to”.
What are Duck Bucks?
A grown-up can make a job worth one to ten Duck Bucks, and whoever finishes it collects them. They are spent in the duck builder on hats, glasses and the like; every colour is free. Duck Bucks are earned, never bought, and there is nothing to purchase anywhere a child can reach. If you like, a grown-up can turn on the Exchange and say what Duck Bucks are worth at home; the app keeps a note of what you agreed and never moves any money.
Do children need their own account?
No. A child gets a profile, their own duck and jobs to claim without a login or an email address. When they are older you can invite them to sign in, and their whole history of claimed chores comes with them.
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