Chore Chart Generator

How to use the chore chart generator

1. Type the people in the household, one per line, and the chores, one per line. Keep chore names short so they fit in the table.
2. Choose Rotate each week to move every chore to the next person each week, or leave the Who column blank to fill in by hand.
3. Set how many weeks to print and, if you like, the date the first week starts so each page shows its dates. Tick Monday to Friday only for a school-week chart.
4. Check the preview, then press Download PDF or Print. Each week is one landscape page with a tick box for every day.
5. Tick Remember my entries in this browser to keep your names and chores for next month.

How the rotation works

The chores are numbered in the order you list them, starting at zero, and so are the people. In week zero, chore number c goes to person number c. Every week the whole pattern shifts one place, so chore c in week w goes to person number (c + w) divided by the number of people, keeping the remainder. With three people and five chores the first week reads Alex, Sam, Jordan, Alex, Sam. The second week reads Sam, Jordan, Alex, Sam, Jordan, and the pattern repeats every three weeks.

This simple shift has two useful properties. In any single week, the number of chores per person differs by at most one, so nobody gets stuck with a much heavier week. And over a full cycle, which is as many weeks as there are people, every person does every chore exactly once, so the unpopular chores are shared and nobody keeps the easy ones forever.

It does not weigh chores by effort or age. If vacuuming takes an hour and watering the plant takes a minute, list the long one twice with different names or split it into smaller parts. Chores that a child cannot do safely should simply be left off a child's chart, since the rotation is blind to ability.

Making a chart that gets used

Keep the chart short. Five to eight chores per week are easier to follow than twenty. Put the chart where people pass it, such as the refrigerator, and agree on a time each day to tick boxes. Younger children do better with a few concrete jobs, like feed the pets or set the table, than with broad ones like clean your room.

Printing four weeks at a time lets you hang the next page when the week turns. If you track rewards or allowances, keep that on a separate sheet or add a chore line such as Bonus job for a place to tick.

Privacy and what is not included

Names and chores are processed in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, and nothing is stored unless you tick the remember box, in which case it stays in this browser on this device. The tool does not track completion over time or send reminders, and it does not handle allowances, points or rewards. It prints a clear paper chart, which is often all a household needs.

Assumptions and limits

• Rotation shifts assignments one person per week in the order you list them. It does not account for how long a chore takes or what a person is able to do.
• Up to 12 people, 20 chores and 12 weeks per print. Long chore names are shortened with three dots to fit.
• Week dates are counted forward from the start date you enter in seven-day steps. The tool does not know holidays or school calendars.
• Chore and people names must be different from one another, ignoring capital letters, for the rotation to make sense.
• Only characters the built-in print font can draw appear on the PDF. Emoji and non-Latin scripts print as a question mark.

Formulas reviewed October 10, 2026. See the calculation methodology for how SumPanda rounds, tests and sources its formulas.

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