Chore wheel: spin to assign chores fairly
The chore wheel assigns housework fairly: put the chores on the wheel, take turns pressing SPIN, and each person owns whatever lands. No negotiating, no "I always get the bathroom." Twelve everyday chores come preloaded, every one holds an equal slice, and picked chores leave the wheel so nothing is assigned twice.
Anything can win. That's the deal.
- Wash dishes
- Take out trash
- Vacuum
- Clean bathroom
- Laundry
- Tidy kitchen
- Mop floors
- Dust
- Make beds
- Wipe counters
- Clean fridge
- Water plants
How do you assign chores fairly?
Go around the room, one spin per person, and repeat until the wheel is empty. Because "Remove the winner after each spin" starts switched on here, every chore is dealt exactly once, and because every slice is equal, the dishes are just as likely to land on the person who claims they always do them. The wheel takes the blame, which is precisely its job.
Every spin is decided by a random seed drawn when the button is pressed, and the seed lives in the share link. If a housemate cries "rigged," send the link: it replays the identical spin, in front of witnesses, as many times as they need.
Who does the dishes tonight?
The fastest version flips the wheel around: type the people instead of the chores, spin once, and the wheel names tonight's dishwasher. Two seconds, one answer, dinner stays pleasant. Keep both setups saved by using this page for chores and the name picker for people, since every wheel on the site remembers its own list.
Call it a chore wheel, a chore picker, or a random chore generator: whatever it's called in your house, the deal is the same, equal slices and a result nobody chose. Kids tend to accept a wheel's ruling far more gracefully than a parent's, which parents figure out quickly.
How do you run a weekly chore rotation?
Pick a reset night, Sunday works, and respin the whole wheel: one spin per person until the chores run out, then share the results to the house group chat and live by them for the week. Your chore list stays saved in your browser, so next Sunday the wheel is loaded and ready.
The quick fills in Wheel settings cover the usual setups: Roommate split for shared flats, Kids' chores for make-your-bed-sized jobs, Daily resets for the every-evening basics, and Weekend deep clean for the jobs everyone has been sidestepping since March.
Fair questions
- Can I change the chores on the wheel?
- Yes, completely. Remove any preset chore with the × on its chip, type your own into the box, up to 52, and your list saves in your browser for next time. The quick fills load ready-made sets for roommates, kids, daily resets, and deep cleans.
- How do I make sure no chore is assigned twice?
- That's the default here: "Remove the winner after each spin" starts on, so each landed chore leaves the wheel until it's empty. Reset wheel brings the full list back for next week.
- How do we share one wheel with the whole household?
- Send any replay link: it carries the full chore list, so whoever opens it gets the same wheel on their own phone, plus proof of the spin you just made them watch.
- Is the chore wheel actually fair?
- Every chore holds an exactly equal slice and every spin uses a fresh random seed, so nobody can steer the vacuuming toward you. Over the weeks the boring jobs spread themselves evenly, which is the whole point.
- Does it work for kids' chores?
- Very well. Load the Kids' chores quick fill, let them press SPIN themselves, and the argument usually ends there: a wheel's ruling lands softer than a parent's assignment, and pressing the button is half the fun.