Nobody has to police it.
The turn moves on by itself, so nobody has to play referee.
A roommate chore schedule where nobody has to play referee
Whose turn was it to clean the bathroom this week, again? Same question in the flat group chat, every week. Someone has to ask. Someone feels called out. Nobody enjoys it.
How it works
- Create a chore in Cleaning ("Clean the bathroom," "Kitchen," "Take out the bins") and set how often it repeats.
- Assign it to two or more flatmates.
- Turn on "Rotate between members." Done.
From then on, the turn moves automatically every time someone marks the chore done. Whoever is up is shown first on the chore, with a darker ring around their avatar: no group-chat nagging, no spreadsheet someone has to maintain.
Why it works for a shared house
See what's falling behind.
"Tackle today" at the top shows what's yours right now, and whatever is falling behind sits first in its room. Open a chore to see its status: red, amber or blue.
Works per room.
Set up a separate chore per space (bathroom, kitchen, hallway) with its own interval. Not everything needs the same frequency.
In turn. Everyone sees it. Nobody has to say it.
Set it up with your flatmates
Creating and using a chore schedule yourself is free. Sharing it with your flatmates, so the rotation actually works across the group, needs Premium: that applies as soon as more than 1 person is in your household. Premium costs €3.99 per month or €39.99 per year (incl. VAT), for the whole household. New households automatically get 14 days of Premium free, with no payment details, so you can try it with your flatmates. After that it is your choice; nothing is charged automatically.
Get started with JiaLiving with family or a partner instead of flatmates? Also read: fair chore division