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Household chores cause more arguments than almost anything else in a shared home. Not because the chores are hard, but because the split feels unfair. One person always seems to cook, another always seems to avoid the bathroom, and everyone remembers their own chores while forgetting everyone else’s. A random, fair assignment removes the argument at its root. The Chore Picker shuffles the chores and deals them round-robin, so the counts stay as equal as possible and nobody can claim the split was rigged.
This tool is for families, flatmates, and shared houses. It is not a cleaning service, it does not check whether the chores were done, and it does not settle old scores about last week’s washing up. It simply gives you a fair split for today or this week, which you can then agree to and get on with. Fairness here means equal counts, not equal effort, and that distinction is worth stating openly before you start.
To use it, type one person per line in the People box, then one chore per line in the Chores box. The sample lists show the shape: four people and six chores. Press Assign chores and the tool shuffles the chores, then deals them one at a time to each person in turn. With six chores and four people, two people get two chores and two people get one chore. That is the fairest possible split of six items between four people, and the tool never gives one person four chores while another gets none.
If you want a repeatable split, type a seed number before assigning. The same seed, people, and chores always give the same assignment, which is useful if you need to rebuild a list after closing the page. If you want a fresh split, leave the seed blank and the tool shuffles freely. Either way, the result appears as a simple list: each person’s name followed by their chores. Screenshot it, write it on the fridge, or copy it into a group chat so everyone has the same version.
A few tips make the split work in real homes. First, agree the chore list before you press the button, because adding a hated chore after the draw looks like cheating. Second, remember that chores differ in effort: cleaning a bathroom is not the same as taking out the trash. If your household cares about effort, split the list into quick chores and big chores and run the picker twice, once for each list. Third, rotate the picker weekly rather than daily, because a daily redraw means someone can get the bathroom three days in a row by pure chance, while a weekly split feels stable.
Here is a worked example. Four flatmates and six chores: wash dishes, vacuum living room, take out trash, clean bathroom, cook dinner, do laundry. A shuffled deal might give Ana two chores, Luis two, Marta one, and Pedro one. If the bathroom lands with the same person every week, that is still randomness, not unfairness, but it will feel unfair. The fix is simple: rerun the picker next week, and over a month the counts even out. Randomness is fair over time, even when a single week looks lopsided.
People often ask whether children can be included. Yes, with a sensible chore list. Give children age-appropriate chores, such as tidy toys, set the table, or feed a pet, and keep their list separate from adult chores like cleaning the bathroom. Run the picker once for adults and once for children, and everyone gets a fair share of their own list. The tool does not know ages, so the adults must build lists that are fair before the draw, not after it.
The tool runs entirely in your browser, so your household’s names and chores never leave your device and nothing is uploaded anywhere. Try it tonight: agree the list, press the button, and put the result on the fridge. A fair split, made in seconds, will not clean the house by itself, but it removes the argument that usually comes first, and that is half the battle.
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