01 — Reminders
The reminders aren't yours.
Push notifications remind the person responsible for each chore, on their schedule. You stop repeating yourself. They stop tuning you out.
A family chore & allowance app
Less reminding.
More parenting.
Xtra Hands runs your household's chores and allowance — on a shared tablet, personal phones, or no device at all. Reminders fire on each person's schedule. Turns rotate fairly across the household. The chores that matter carry forward; the ones that don't, expire. A real ledger keeps the numbers honest.
01 · How it shows up
One household, three surfaces.
Parents set up mostly in the app, with the web for deeper bulk work. Members check in from a phone, a shared tablet, or no device at all. Use whatever fits your family.
Web admin · setup, ledger, reports · desktop browser
Kitchen tablet · tap or PIN to switch members
Personal phone · their list, their balance
03 · Launch list
Want the launch note? Drop your email.
Skip the beta, wait for v1. We'll send one note when it ships — no marketing series, no follow-ups, nothing else.
You're on the list.
We'll send one note when v1 ships — and nothing else. Promise.
02 · What's inside
Six small, quiet ideas that change the whole house.
Built by a parent of three. Used in our own house before yours. The features it doesn't have are ones we tried, didn't help, and removed. The data it doesn't ask for — ages, birthdays, schools — is data it doesn't need.
02 — Rotation
Fair turns, no arguments.
Daily, weekly, biweekly, or monthly rotation across the household. "Whose turn is it?" has an answer before anyone asks.
03 — Grace
Missed it? Another chance.
Mowing the grass shouldn't expire overnight. Turn on carry-over per chore and it rolls forward until it's done. Dishes don't need it.
04 — Allowance
A real ledger, not a sticker chart.
Choose who earns for chores. Earnings post automatically as chores get approved. Parents handle payouts and optional monthly expenses on top — balances stay honest.
05 — Devices
One tablet, six phones, or none.
A shared household tablet with quick switching (tap for PIN-less members, PIN for the rest), personal phones, or no device at all — parents can still check chores off for anyone without a device.
06 — Vacation
Away? The app knows.
Mark someone as away and their chores simply don't happen. No guilt trip, no catch-up queue waiting when they get home.
04 · FAQ
Things parents ask before signing up.
What does Xtra Hands cost?
Pricing and the 30-day trial live in the mobile app stores. Every household tier starts with a 30-day trial; pick the tier that matches your member count when you install the app.
What happens after the trial?
The household renews automatically on the tier you picked unless you cancel it in your mobile app store subscription settings.
Why no debit card like Greenlight, Acorns Early, or BusyKid?
Those products earn a cut on each transaction; we charge a flat household subscription, regardless. Xtra Hands is about the work and the follow-through — when earnings are turned on, payouts post to the ledger automatically as chores get approved. We never touch the money itself.
Can two parents share one household?
Yes. Pricing is per-household, not per-user. Add a co-parent for free. They get full admin rights — same picture of the household, same ability to approve chores and manage the ledger.
What about split custody or blended families?
A parent can belong to multiple households with separate PINs and separate chores — typically by being invited into a co-parent's household. Members can also be represented separately in each household, with no shared state forced. Whichever shape your family is, the app accommodates.
Does this work for roommates or a shared apartment?
Yes. A "member" is anyone in the household with a chore role — the engine doesn't care about ages or relationships. Skip the earnings and allowance features and you've got a chore tracker that splits the work fairly with rotations and a real ledger. The same primitives that run a four-person family run a four-roommate apartment.
Do members see ads or upsells in the app?
Never. No coins, gems, or rewards-store gimmicks. No ads. Members just see their list, their balance if earnings are enabled, and a small celebration when they finish.
What do you collect about household members?
Names (or nicknames — your call), an avatar color, an optional PIN, and what they've checked off. We never ask for ages, birthdays, schools, or anything else that identifies them outside the app. A "member" is whoever helps run the household — a parent, a grandparent staying for a season, a sibling home for summer, or whoever else has a stake in the chores list.
Is my family's data private?
PINs are hashed, never stored or sent in plaintext. Parents fully control the account. Mobile devices revoke cleanly from the web. Account deletion is parent-only and removes the household plus all chore and ledger data.
A calmer household is a tap away.
Install Xtra Hands on iOS or Android to set up your household and start your 30-day trial.