ChoreGate uses Apple's built-in parental controls to lock your child's apps until their daily chores are done. No nagging. No arguments. No workarounds.
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ChoreGate uses Apple's Family Controls framework to manage app access directly on your child's device — enforced at the operating system level, not through a VPN, browser filter, or anything a kid can turn off.
Create a profile for each child in the app. Set their daily lock time, bedtime schedule, chore list, and whether tasks need your approval.
ChoreGate requests Apple Family Controls permission on your iPhone. You choose exactly which apps and websites to restrict for each child. Takes 30 seconds.
At your set lock time, your child's selected apps are shielded by iOS. When they complete all their chores, the restrictions lift automatically.
Override the lock anytime from the app. Review task completions, approve or reject, and see exactly what each kid has done. Both parents can manage independently.
Built by parents, for parents. Every feature solves a real problem.
ChoreGate uses Apple's ManagedSettings framework — the same technology behind Screen Time. Restrictions are enforced by iOS itself. Kids can't bypass it by switching apps, using a different browser, or any workaround short of jailbreaking.
Unlike VPN-based solutions, ChoreGate never routes, intercepts, or sees your child's internet traffic. We don't know what apps they use or what websites they visit. We only know if their chores are done.
When enabled, apps only unlock after you personally approve each completed chore. No slipping through — you decide what counts as "done."
A clean iOS app shows you every child's status at a glance. Lock or unlock manually, assign chores, and approve tasks from anywhere.
Get notified the moment a child finishes all their chores, submits a task for approval, or gets locked. Always know what's happening.
Set chores as daily, weekly, or on specific days of the week. Checklists reset automatically — no manual management needed.
Add a second parent so both of you can manage the family from your own phones. Both get notifications and can approve tasks independently.
Set a lock time and bedtime per child. Their apps automatically lock each day until chores are done, and again at bedtime. Wake time unlocks them in the morning. No reminders needed.
See each child's task completion percentage, lock status, and recent history. Know at a glance who's on track and who needs a nudge.
Define named zones — home, a second home, school, tutor, anywhere. Each Place gets its own radius, so you can be precise at home and generous around a campus. Split custody? Add two homes. More features coming (arrival/departure alerts).
Chores with dollar values auto-credit each child's balance. When you cash out or record spending, attach a note — "Cashed out $40 to Brooklynn," "Birthday money from Grandma" — and every entry is date and time stamped. A real paper trail you and your co-parent both see.
Kids with an iPhone AND an iPad? See both under the same child with their own last-known location, battery, and last-seen time. Tap any device to open Apple Maps at that specific location. Runs on our own protocol — no Apple ID, no Family Sharing, no Find My entanglement. Your data, your family, your rules.
We went from arguing about screens every single night to just… not. My 12-year-old does his chores without being asked now because he knows exactly what's at stake.
My daughter tried every trick to get around screen time limits — changing the clock, deleting apps, everything. ChoreGate uses Apple's own controls so there's literally nothing she can do to bypass it. First thing that's actually worked.
The approval mode is genius. I can see a photo of the clean room before the apps come back on. No more "I did it" when they clearly didn't.
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