Coming soon to the App Store
The chore chart that actually locks the iPad — and unlocks it the second you approve.
Kids earn screen time by finishing chores and proving it with a photo. You approve from anywhere. No nagging, no negotiating — the deal enforces itself.
Their side
Do the chore, snap the photo, watch the minutes land.
Your side
Approve from anywhere. Lock or unlock in seconds.
How it works
Four steps, then it runs itself
Step 1
Assign a chore
“Make your bed — worth 15 minutes.”
Step 2
They prove it
Photo taken inside the app — no camera-roll tricks.
Step 3
You approve anywhere
One tap from work, the store, or the couch.
Step 4
Apps unlock in seconds
And lock again when the time runs out.
Why Chore Lock
Built to be trusted, priced to be fair
Reliability you can see
If enforcement ever drops on the kid's device, your dashboard says so and we alert you. We never fake a green light.
Instant unlock
Approve from work, the store, or the couch — the apps unlock in seconds, not "sometime soon."
Fair for siblings
Assign chores to one kid, put them in a shared pool anyone can claim, or mix both. No more "that's not fair!"
Honest pricing
Your whole family for what the market leader charges for one kid — and the free plan is the real thing, not a demo.
- No ads. No trackers. Ever.
- Photos auto-delete after 7 days
- Built on Apple's official Screen Time technology
- No cookies on this site either
Simple pricing
The free plan is the real thing
Free
$0
forever
One kid, one device, up to 8 chores — and the full locking engine: locking, photo proof, and approvals.
Premium Solo
$4.99
per month · or $49.99/year
One kid with everything unlocked — unlimited chores and devices, AI photo checks, Chore Bucks, and the school calendar.
Premium Family
$11.99
per month · or $119.99/year · whole household
Up to 10 kids, shared chore pools, family leaderboard, grandparent access.
The honest math: Premium Family covers your whole household for what the leading chore app charges for a single kid. Prices final at launch.
Questions parents ask
Straight answers, no fine print
What devices do we need?
A parent iPhone and a kid iPhone or iPad, all running iOS 18 or newer. You run everything from your phone; the kid's device is where chores get checked off and apps lock and unlock.
Do we need Apple Family Sharing?
Yes — your kid needs their own Apple child account in your Family Sharing group. That's how Apple lets an app lock and unlock things the official way. Never set one up? The app walks you through it step by step.
Can my kid get around it?
Honest answer: we use Apple's official parental controls — the same system behind Screen Time — and we block everything Apple lets an app block.
For the things no app can block, like deleting the app or switching off its permission, we do the next best thing: the app tells on itself — you get a tamper alert on your phone, and your dashboard shows enforcement has stopped instead of pretending everything is fine. Anyone who promises "unhackable" is selling you a story. We'd rather tell you the truth.
Is there an Android or web version?
Not yet — we're building for iPhone and iPad first, and building it properly. If enough families want it, Android and a web dashboard are next on the list.
What happens when the time runs out?
Your kid gets a 5-minute heads-up — no surprise cut-offs mid-game. At zero, the apps they earn time for lock again. Emergency calls always work — the iPhone itself guarantees that — and you choose which apps stay always free, like Phone and Messages. Chore Lock reminds you to keep them free and never locks anything you didn't pick.
What does the free plan include?
Real app locking, photo proof, approvals, and schedules for one kid on one device, with up to 8 chores to get going. No ads, ever. Premium Solo and Premium Family add more kids and devices, unlimited chores, AI photo checks, Chore Bucks, and the school calendar.
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