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Why a chore wheel works
Arguments about chores are rarely about the work itself. They are about fairness: who did the dishes last time, and why someone always gets the easy job. A chore wheel solves that by making the assignment random and visible. Everyone sees the spin, so nobody can say it was rigged.
This wheel starts with 22 common household jobs, from washing dishes and vacuuming to feeding the pets and tidying the toy box.
Setting up a weekly rota
Here is a simple way to run it at home:
- Edit the list so it matches your home and the ages of the people in it.
- Switch to Elimination mode in Settings.
- Each person spins in turn until every chore has an owner.
- Copy the results from the Results tab and stick them on the fridge.
Next week, reset the list and spin again. Over time, the jobs spread out evenly.
Making it work for kids
For younger children, keep the wheel short and simple: feed the pets, tidy the toy box, put shoes away. Let them press SPIN themselves, as the moment of suspense makes even small jobs feel like a game. You can use weights, such as 3.Tidy the toy box, to make age-appropriate jobs come up more often.
Shared flats and holidays
Housemates can save the wheel and share the link, so everyone spins from the same list. It also works well at the end of a group holiday, when a cottage needs cleaning before checkout and nobody wants to volunteer for the bathroom.
Tip: give harder jobs a lower weight and quick jobs a higher one, so the wheel balances effort over time, or pair one big chore with one small chore for each person to keep the share even.
Copy the week's assignments from the Results tab into a family chat so nobody can say they missed it.