Chore rotation generator

Enter who shares the chores and what the chores are. Add roughly how many minutes each one takes, and the schedule shows how much time each person carries every week, so nobody is stuck with the long jobs.

People, one per line Chores, one per line, minutes per week at the end (optional)

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How the rotation works

Chores are sorted from longest to shortest, then dealt out like cards, back and forth: whoever got the longest chore in the first round gets the shortest one in the second, so each week's minutes come out close. Each week, every chore moves to the next person on the list. After as many weeks as there are people, everyone has done every job once, so the long and unpopular chores are shared evenly over a month.

The minute totals under the table show how fair each single week is. If one week is lopsided, move a short chore from the busiest person to the least busy one, or split a big chore in two ("dishes after dinner" and "dishes after breakfast").

Making a rotation work for a family

Not every chore rotates to everyone. A six-year-old should not be on the bathroom rota. List younger kids' chores separately, or make a second rotation just for the kids.
Estimate minutes honestly. The grocery run is not 20 minutes once you count the list, the drive and putting it away. Time it once.
Count the planning, too. Deciding what to cook, booking appointments and remembering the permission slip take time even though nobody sees them. Add them as chores with minutes, or they will quietly land on one person.
Switch on the same day every week. Sunday evening works for most families: look at the new week, check who has what, done.

For roommates

The same generator works for a shared apartment: list the housemates and the shared chores only, leave personal rooms out, and agree on what "done" means for each job before the first week. A printed schedule by the door settles most "I thought it was your week" conversations.

When the paper schedule stops working

A printed rotation is perfect until someone is away for a week, a chore is added, or a child spends half the week at another home. That is the point where an app that rotates chores on its own, and keeps the minutes each grown-up puts in, saves the Sunday recount.