Chorebound
Make everyday chores fun RPG quests with XP, gold and loot
About
Chorebound is a gamified productivity app that turns everyday chores, habits, routines, errands, and personal goals into RPG-style quests. It is built for families, couples, roommates, and individuals who want a more motivating way to make progress and share responsibility.
Create a hero, set up or join a shared realm, and complete real-life quests to earn XP, gold, loot, streaks, and level-ups. Difficulty-based rewards make bigger tasks feel more meaningful, while optional random encounters and monster battles add surprise without punishing missed work. Quests stay available until they are completed or skipped.
Shared realms make household work visible and fair. Parents can assign chores and manage younger players, couples and roommates can coordinate recurring responsibilities, and solo players can build better habits. Each realm also has a custom rewards shop where earned gold can be exchanged for real-world rewards such as treats, privileges, movie nights, or date-night perks. Progress and heroes sync across devices.
The base app is free, with optional premium upgrades for expanded features and deeper customization. Chorebound is available on both the App Store and Google Play.
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1Hi, I’m Luke, the founder of Chorebound. I built it because ordinary chore lists rarely make people want to come back. Chorebound turns real-life tasks into RPG quests with heroes, XP, gold, loot, sha