Family Command Center

Family Command Center · for families of any size

Home base for the whole household.

Every kid checks off their own chores on a view simple enough for a six-year-old, and you see the whole household’s week in one chart — so running the house stops living in your head.

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One calm place the whole household runs from — on the kitchen tablet and every phone, always in sync.

You became the system — and no one told you.

You’re the dispatcher, the reminder service, and the memory for who’s supposed to be doing what. Every kid, every day. You’ve said “I already told you three times” so often it’s lost all meaning — and the fridge chart went stale back in March. It all falls back on you.

Family Command Center’s whole job is to take that out of your head.

The first week

What actually changes by next Sunday.

This week, without it

  • ✕You ask three times, then do it yourself.
  • ✕Nobody agrees whose turn the bins were.
  • ✕The fridge chart is two months out of date.
  • ✕Allowance is a guess made on Sunday night.

This week, with Family Command Center

  • ✓Kids check their own list, without being asked.
  • ✓Shared chores rotate on their own — turns are settled.
  • ✓One chart shows the whole week, always current.
  • ✓Sunday’s tally is already done for you.

How it works

Set it up once. Then the house tells you where it stands.

1

Add your kids and their chores

List each child and what they’re responsible for. It takes a few minutes, and starter chores are already there to edit.

2

Kids check off their own list

Each kid taps in with their emoji and a PIN — from the kitchen tablet or their own phone — and marks what’s done. Even the little ones.

3

You glance at the week

One chart shows the whole household, live. Catch what’s slipping and give a nudge only where it’s actually needed.

Hi, Etta! Tap a chore when you finish it.
🦊Feed the chickens
🧺Put your laundry away
🍽Clear the table
📚Reading, 20 minutes
Your week, all six kids
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24 of 30 done1 needs you

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Any size

Two kids or a houseful — it stays just as calm.

Family Command Center works beautifully whether you’ve got two kids or nine. Everyone gets their own list, and the whole week stays readable no matter how many names are on it — it simply doesn’t cramp or cap out as your family grows.

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Everything a household needs, kept in one place.

Every kid’s own list

A tap/PIN view built for the youngest reader in the house.

The whole week, one chart

Who’s done what, always current, at a single glance.

A chart for the fridge

Print a fill-in wall sheet for the door — screens optional.

On every device, in sync

The kitchen tablet and everyone’s phone — one live picture, nothing to install.

Your Sunday recap

A short weekly “settle the week” email so nothing slips.

Fair by default

Shared chores rotate on their own so turns even out, quietly in the background.

Points and allowance, optional

Switch on paid extras and a rewards board whenever you want — off by default.

A homeschool record, if you need it

An optional transcript-and-credits ledger, kept right alongside the chores.

The money question

Not a money app. A household you can trust.

Family Command Center starts as a plain did-it / didn’t-it tracker, and most families happily leave it right there. Want to tie chores to allowance? You can — add pocket money and reward points whenever they’d help. It stays off until you choose it.

And Family Command Center never holds a cent. It keeps an honest tally of who’s earned or is owed what; you hand out the cash or the reward yourself.

No bank accountNo cardNo feesNo money held
Owed this week
🦊Extra: raked leaves+30 points
🐻Allowance$5.00
🐰Reward: movie pickclaimed

The questions every parent asks.

Do you hold our money?
Never. Family Command Center records the tally and reminders; you hand out cash or rewards yourself. No bank account, no card, no fees, nothing to link.
Is this an allowance app?
No — it’s a chore tracker first. Tracking allowance and reward points is entirely optional, and most families leave it off.
Do we have to install anything?
No. It runs in the browser on your kitchen tablet and everyone’s phones — no app store, no download.
Is my six-year-old too young?
No. The kid view is a big-button, tap-and-PIN screen designed for exactly that age — no passwords to fumble.
Does it work for a lot of kids?
Yes, and it stays readable no matter how many — everyone gets their own list and the week still fits on one screen.
We’re a small family — is it still for us?
Absolutely. It works exactly the same, and it’s just as happy with two or three kids.
Is our family’s information private?
Yes. No ads, and we never sell your data. Kids sign in with just an emoji and a PIN — they don’t need an email or an account of their own.

What it costs

Free to start. One household, every kid.

No per-child pricing, no seat count, no trial clock ticking in the corner. Add everyone in the house, use it for as long as it’s useful, and decide later whether the extras are worth paying for.

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Why we built this

We have eight kids and homeschool. Me being the one who remembered everything got unsustainable — and nothing we tried fit a house this size. So we built Family Command Center for our own kitchen first.

— the family behind Family Command Center · eight kids, homeschooled

Give the whole family one command center.

Free to start. Set it up in an evening, and let the family start running itself the next morning.

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