Arguments about whose turn it is to scrub the toilet tend to last longer than the job itself. This chore wheel hands out household tasks at random, and because it starts in remove-the-winner mode, every job comes off the wheel once it has an owner, so the list shrinks until the whole house is covered.
When to use it
Roommates sharing an apartment can sit down on Sunday evening, spin once per job, and screenshot the result for the group chat. Nobody chose the vacuuming for you, so there is nothing to resent.
Couples who have drifted into one person doing most of the housework can use the wheel to reset the balance for a month and see which tasks each of you actually minds.
Families with teenagers often get further with a random draw than with a parent assigning work, because a spin feels like the rules rather than a judgement about who is lazy.
Ideas
- Weekly rotation for a four-person flat with trash, recycling, bathroom, kitchen floor and the grocery run as the core jobs.
- A quick Saturday morning blitz where everyone spins three times and the house is done before lunch.
- A pet care list on its own wheel, with feeding, walks and litter duty, when the animals keep getting forgotten.
Variations
- Weight the unpopular jobs with Scrub the toilet*2 when you have more people than chores, so the hard work is more likely to come up early.
- Put names on the wheel instead of jobs and spin once for each chore, or use the team generator to split the household into two crews.
- Switch to count wins mode and spin a month of assignments in one sitting to check that the random draw really does spread the work evenly.
Tips
- Agree on what done means before anyone spins. Wiping kitchen counters should include the stovetop, or someone will argue that it does not.
- Press Start over each week so the full list returns, then save the wheel on your device so the house uses the same set every time.
- Let people trade jobs after the spin if both agree. The wheel exists to be fair, not to stop two adults from swapping dishes for laundry.
- Put the shared link on the fridge or in the group chat so anyone can open the same chore list from their phone.
Make it yours
Change any entry, weight or color above, or open a copy of this wheel to edit and share as your own. This page always keeps its original entries.