I'm a dad of five, and I built ParentPulse because nothing else survived contact with an actual household. I didn't set out to make one more chore app or organizer. I wanted a whole family ecosystem, where everyone takes part and works together. It's a kids chore chart, a behavior clip chart and a reward chart in one family app. Kids earn stars, not money.

▸ Chore chart with stars

- Run chores by day of the week. Assign one child, a pair, or the whole crew as a Clan chore.
- Give each chore its own star value, so bigger jobs earn more.
- Kids mark chores done, with an optional photo, and stars land after a parent approves. Mark a child Trusted and their own chores count when they tick them.
- Snap a paper chore chart to add its chores, or give a new child three starter chores in one tap.
- Kids can set a daily reminder (3 to 7 PM) for chores still left, on their own device.
- Approved chores build a daily streak; at 7, 14 and 30 days there's a card to share with grandparents.

▸ Behavior chart that resets every week

- A six-level clip chart, like the paper one many of us grew up with. It resets every Monday and never touches earned stars.

▸ Reward chart your family actually wants

- Each child has a star wallet. You stock the Reward Shop, set prices and approve every redemption. Stars are held when a child asks and refunded if you say no.
- Tap a reward idea (later curfew, friend over, gas money) and set your price.
- Blue Ribbons for the things no chore list captures. Kids can give them too.

▸ Their own look

- Everyone picks a bubble picture (24 animals, 12 icons or their letter), a color, and a celebration: confetti, stars, fireworks, an emoji, or quiet.

▸ One calendar for the family

- Color-coded by family member, with multi-day events and US holidays.
- Add events from a photo of a flyer or appointment card, or from a PDF. A school's yearly calendar becomes its days off and breaks.
- Share a read-only link to a grandparent's Google Calendar or iPhone. They see titles, times and who it's for, never your notes.
- Parent-only notes on events.
- An evening summary of tomorrow's events, by email or notification, and a heads-up before timed events.

▸ To-dos, projects and requests

- To-dos with due dates, sorted into Overdue, Today and This week. Give one to anyone, schedule it, or make it a chore with stars.
- Projects with steps, a finish-by date and parent-only notes. Any step can go to a kid as a chore.
- Kids send requests like "can Kayla come over Friday after soccer," and the app suggests the event, waiting on your Home screen.
- Partner Notes: a chat only the adults see. Kids sign in on their own device with a PIN.

▸ For a shared family tablet

Kiosk Mode turns one device into a chore station: kids tap their name, mark work done and send requests. Leaving it takes the parent PIN.

▸ Plans

ParentPulse is free, and everything above is included, with 10 photo or PDF imports a month. ParentPulse+ adds an AI coaching briefing every Sunday, behavior trend insights, Family Goals, North Star Goals for each child, a synced caregiver prep sheet, adding events by forwarding an email, 100 imports a month and priority support. Your first coaching report is free.

▸ What to know before you start

- ParentPulse needs an internet connection.
- Photos, PDFs and forwarded emails you import go to our AI provider, Anthropic, to be read. ParentPulse doesn't keep them; only what you add is saved.
- One family per account: up to four adults on their own phones, in one home or two, and ten children.
- Most notifications report something that just happened. Timed ones: calendar reminders (each parent can turn them off), a kid's chore reminder (off until the kid turns it on) and, on ParentPulse+, the Sunday briefing.
- Emails: a welcome, up to two setup reminders, the evening events email and, on ParentPulse+, the Sunday briefing, each with a stop link.
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