Printable Chore Chart

Printable chart options

• A4 or US Letter — pick what your printer takes.
• Portrait or landscape — landscape works well for table-style charts with many people.
• Colour or B&W — B&W mode is optimised for ink-saving printers.
• Group by person, room, or table — choose the layout your household will actually read.

Best practices for fridge-printable charts

• Big text. Don't squeeze 30 chores onto one page — split into weeks if needed.
• Stick at adult eye-level. Or kid eye-level if it's for them.
• Use a magnet, not tape — you'll be replacing the chart weekly.
• Keep a pen nearby. Tick or cross things off.

Other formats too

The generator also exports PNG (for sharing or embedding), CSV (if you want to track data), plain text, and a one-tap WhatsApp summary you can drop in your house group chat.

Why print at all in 2026?

Apps demand attention; paper waits patiently. A printed chart on the fridge is read in passing by everyone in the household, with zero friction. There is no app to open, no notification to dismiss, no debate about whose phone to put it on. For shared spaces, paper wins — even if you also keep the live tool bookmarked for editing.

Print tips that actually matter

• A4 portrait for fridge magnets; US Letter landscape for clipboards and pinboards.
• Print in black-and-white where possible — colour ink is wasted on something that gets a tick mark and replaced next week.
• Laminate one master copy and use a dry-erase marker for ticks if you plan to keep the same rotation for a season.
• Print two: one for the kitchen, one for the bathroom door. People only look at the chart in front of them.

The fridge / pinboard / clipboard test

• Fridge: portrait, magnet at top, eye level for adults.
• Kids' chart: bedroom door, lower height, pictograms if pre-reading.
• Cleaner / property manager: clipboard with the week's chart, reset weekly.

How fairness is calculated

Behind the scenes, every chore gets a numeric weight from its effort (small / medium / large), frequency, and a difficulty modifier for the genuinely unpleasant tasks. The algorithm distributes weight across people, not chore counts — three counter wipes do not equal one toilet scrub, and the schedule respects that. Annoying tasks rotate separately so the same person never gets the bin two weeks running. Full details on the methodology page.

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