Household Chores

The Chores module helps you easily keep track of your daily household tasks and lets Busy Days schedule them for you automatically.

Creating Chores

Create a New Chore

You can add new chores from the Home, Calendar, or Chores views by clicking the + button.

Add Chore

  • Category: You can create new categories (e.g., for different rooms) using the + button.
  • Group: If you belong to a group that uses shared chores, you can share the chore with your group. See more details under Groups

Add Chore

  • Effort Points: How much work the chore requires.
  • Recurring: Select this if the chore repeats regularly.

Effort Points

Point Goal

You can set daily point goals from the settings icon (⚙️) in the Chores view. If you wish, you can adjust today’s goal using the – and + buttons.

Daily Goals

Estimate the difficulty level of each chore:

  • ⭐ 1 point: Quick and easy
  • ⭐⭐⭐ 3 points: Moderate effort
  • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 points: Major project

Using effort points, Busy Days can automatically schedule chores based on your daily goals.

Recurring Chores

For recurring chores, you can choose between automatic scheduling or setting a fixed recurrence interval.

Next Due Date

Busy Days automatically calculates when each chore should be done next.

  • Automatic Scheduling: The app learns your habits and considers your daily goals when planning chores.
  • Manual Scheduling: The chore repeats at the interval you specify.

Chore Rescheduling

Chores are rescheduled based on the day start time you’ve selected in your settings. If any chores were left incomplete from the previous day or completed ahead of schedule, this will be taken into account when adjusting the schedule.

Completing Chores

When you mark a chore as completed, its effort points are added to your daily total. You can also mark upcoming chores as completed through the Chores view — their completion will be recorded for the current day.

Chore Details

You can open a chore’s details to view its settings and average completion interval. Under the Show History button, you can view the completion history and edit past entries by clicking on the calendar.

Completion History