For Two-Home Families
A co-parenting chore app that follows your kid, not the address
When your child splits the week between two homes, keeping chores, routines, and rewards consistent is hard. Pumpkin is a co-parenting chore app built around custody schedules, so the system stays the same no matter whose house it is.
For custody-week & two-home families
If you are searching for a co-parenting chore app, you already know the real pain: the routine that works beautifully at one home quietly falls apart at the other. Bedtimes drift. Chore charts live on one fridge. One parent is the strict one, the other feels like the fun one, and your kid learns to shrug and wait it out. None of that is anyone failing. It is just what happens when a child lives across two homes and the tools were only ever built for one.
Pumpkin was designed for exactly this. It is a custody schedule chore app that keeps one set of routines, one reward system, and one wallet with your child wherever they wake up. Both parents see the same plan, and your kid gets the consistency that actually builds habits. No bank account required, and no assumptions about what your family should look like.
How Pumpkin helps two-home families
Custody-week scheduling
Set which home your child is in each week, and chores and routines follow the schedule automatically. No more redoing the chart every handoff.
Consistent routines across both homes
Morning and bedtime routines, recurring chores, and habits stay identical whether it is Mom's week or Dad's, so your kid always knows what is expected.
One wallet that travels with your kid
Points, stars, screen time, and any money rewards live in a single wallet on the child's profile, so earnings never reset just because they changed houses.
Both parents stay in sync
Each parent sees the same tasks, approvals, and progress. Approve a completed chore from either home and everyone is on the same page.
No bank account needed
Rewards can be screen time, points, treats, or money. Money is just one option, so you can start today without linking any financial accounts or coordinating a shared card.
Age-adaptive for every kid
From Seedling (4-6) to Independent (13+), the app grows with each child, so one household setup works even if your kids are years apart.
What consistency across two homes actually looks like
Here is what changes when the system travels with your child instead of living on one fridge:
- The same chores, the same week. Recurring tasks are set once and repeat on schedule, so "make your bed" and "pack your bag" happen at both houses.
- Rewards that carry over. Screen time or points earned on Tuesday are still there on Sunday, even after a handoff. Effort is never lost in transit.
- No renegotiating the rules. Because both parents see the same plan, your kid cannot play one home against the other, and neither parent has to be the enforcer alone.
- A shared source of truth. Instead of texts and screenshots, there is one place both parents can check to see what got done.
- Room for two parenting styles. You can still run your homes your way. Pumpkin just keeps the core routine steady underneath.
If you want to see the full reward system, take a look at how screen time as a reward works, browse the full feature list, or read our roundup of the best chore apps for kids.
A note for co-parents
A note for co-parentsYou do not have to agree on everything to give your kid consistency. Start with just one shared routine, like a morning checklist that stays the same at both homes. When your child sees the same small expectation everywhere they go, the habit sticks, and the daily friction between houses starts to fade. That is the Pumpkin Effect: small tasks, big life skills, no bank account required.
Frequently asked questions
One routine that follows your kid between homes.
Pumpkin is live on iOS. 7-day free trial, then 30% off your first year with code SUMMER30.
No bank account required · No ads, ever · COPPA-compliant