# Our Family Habits

> A family habit tracker app for parents who care more about character than checklists — with the shared rewards, routines, and visibility of a family operating system.

## Pages

- [Our Family Habits — A gentle habit tracker for families](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/): Track meaningful actions, celebrate growth, and build lifelong rhythms together. Warm, private, and made for parents.
- [Mobile app — Family habits in your pocket](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/app): Native iOS and Android app. Award points fast, get push notifications when a co-parent acts, kiosk mode on a spare tablet. Android beta open on Google Play.
- [Features overview](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/features): Five interlocking pieces — Actions, Rewards, Kiosk, Insights, Power-ups — that together make habit-building feel light.
- [The family operating system](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/family-operating-system): How a points-based habit system became the way our family of seven runs. Replaces allowance, travels in our pocket, and lets each kid work the system on their own terms — without playing favorites.
- [Actions — earning points for the things that matter](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/features/actions): Define habits, categorize them, set point values. Designed around meaningful daily actions, not generic chores.
- [Rewards — meaningful, not transactional](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/features/rewards): A reward catalog that builds with the kid. Spend points on experiences, time, and tangibles — without turning effort into a bribery loop.
- [Family kiosk — a shared screen the whole house can see](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/features/kiosk): Park the kiosk view on a tablet or TV. Everyone sees today's habits, points earned, what's next. Great on the kitchen counter.
- [Insights — see how your family is changing](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/features/insights): Weekly digest, growth stages (Seedling → Garden), per-kid trends. The long view of habit work, made visible without grading.
- [Power-ups — the paid bundle of small joys](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/features/power-ups): Streaks, kiosk themes, weighted age tiers, bulk apply, weekly digest email, custom avatars, higher limits. One paid bundle, everything included.
- [Pricing](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/pricing): Free forever for the basics. Power-ups one paid bundle with monthly and annual options, 7-day free trial.
- [For your family](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/for): Landing pages tailored to specific family contexts: homeschool, Charlotte Mason philosophy, multi-kid households.
- [Homeschool families](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/for/homeschool): A gentle anchor for the rhythm of a home that schools, learns, and grows together.
- [Blended families](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/for/blended-families): A shared family across step-parents and co-parents, so every adult sees the same picture and every kid lives by one consistent system.
- [Traditional families](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/for/traditional-families): A family habit app for the everyday routines, chores, and character work you already do — without the sticker-chart fatigue.
- [Charlotte Mason families](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/for/charlotte-mason): Built around the slow, steady habit-formation philosophy you already practice.
- [Multi-kid families](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/for/multi-kid): A way to honor each child's pace while keeping the whole household in rhythm.
- [Articles index](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles): Essays on habit formation, gentle parenting, and the philosophy behind the app.
- [Free printable family habit chart](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/free/family-habit-chart): A free, kid-friendly weekly habit chart printable PDF for the fridge. Six kids, seven days, category color rows. Drop your email, grab the file.
- [Changelog](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/changelog): Product updates, new features, and notable improvements.
- [About](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/about): The story behind Our Family Habits — why a tool for family rhythms, what we believe about kids and growth.
- [Contact](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/contact): Get in touch, request features, report issues.
- [FAQ](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/faq): Common questions about how the app works, pricing, privacy, and family setup.
- [Privacy policy](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/privacy): How we handle family data. No ads, no third-party tracking.
- [Terms of service](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/terms): The legal agreement for using Our Family Habits.

## Articles

- [The $0 family command center: turn a spare tablet into your household's home base](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/spare-tablet-family-command-center): Smart family displays want $300–$600 plus a subscription to put your family's day on the kitchen wall. The tablet in your junk drawer does the job free—chores, routines, and rewards included. Here's the honest comparison and the 20-minute setup.
- [Screen time as a reward for chores: smart currency or slow-motion mistake?](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/screen-time-as-a-reward-for-chores): Should kids earn screen time by doing chores? It's the most powerful reward currency in your house—and the easiest to get wrong. Here's when the earn-your-screens loop works, where it quietly backfires, and how to run it so screens don't become the only reason anything happens.
- [What is a family operating system? (And why yours is currently a person)](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/what-is-a-family-operating-system): Every family already runs on an operating system—the question is whether it's a shared, visible set of rhythms or one parent's exhausted memory. Here's what a family operating system actually is, what it isn't, and how to install one without buying a $600 display.
- [How to get kids to do chores without nagging (stop being the reminder)](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/how-to-get-kids-to-do-chores-without-nagging): You're not a nag—you're the only reminder system your house has. That's the actual problem. Here's how to move the reminding out of your voice and into something kids can see, so chores happen without you narrating them.
- [What is a family habit? (It's not a chore list)](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/what-is-a-family-habit): Search 'family habits' and you'll get lists: eat dinner together, go for walks, drink more water. Fine lists. But a family habit isn't an item on a list—it's a behavior your family runs on autopilot, together, without one parent carrying it. Here's the real definition, and how to build one.
- [Cozi vs Our Family Habits: a great calendar isn't a habit system](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/family-habits-vs-cozi): Cozi runs your family's schedule beautifully. But if you came looking for chores that stick and a reward loop kids actually chase, you've hit Cozi's edge. Here's the honest comparison — and why many families end up running both.
- [OurHome Alternatives: which one actually fits your family](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/ourhome-alternatives): OurHome is free and it works — until you need a shared kiosk, a real approval flow, or chores tied to something other than a checkmark. Here's an honest look at OurHome's edge, and the alternatives worth trying instead.
- [Should You Reward Kids for Doing Chores?](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/should-you-reward-kids-for-chores): The intrinsic-motivation argument against rewarding chores is real — and mostly right, about the kind of reward most families use. Here's the honest answer, and what to build instead of a sticker chart or an allowance.
- [The Best Chore Apps for Families in 2026 (Honest Comparison from a Family of 7)](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/best-chore-apps-for-families): We're a homeschool family of seven and we've run chores through most of the apps on this list. Here's an honest comparison of the best chore apps for families — allowance apps, gamified trackers, and the ones built for character instead of cash.
- [How a shared family kiosk makes chores visible — and the whole day easier](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/make-chores-visible-with-a-family-kiosk): The exhausting part of chores usually isn't the chores. It's that the entire list lives in your head, and you're the only one who can see it. A shared family kiosk moves that list out where everyone can read it — so the day runs on what's on the screen instead of on you remembering.
- [What is a family habit tracker? The shared system that ends the chore power struggle](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/what-is-a-family-habit-tracker): A family habit tracker is a shared, visible place where the habits your family wants to build actually live — so the expectation stops living in you. Here's what it is, how it works, and why it turns nagging into ownership.
- [Why is everything a fight? How to end the daily power struggle over chores](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/why-is-everything-a-fight): When every chore turns into a negotiation, it isn't a willpower problem in your kid. It's that the rule lives in you — so you're the thing they push against. The fix is to move the expectation out of your hands and into a system the whole family can see.
- [How to be consistent with chores when you're the one holding it all together](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/how-to-be-consistent-with-chores-when-it-all-depends-on-you): Every chore system we tried worked — until the day I couldn't run it. The fix wasn't more discipline. It was building a family operating system that remembers so a tired parent doesn't have to.
- [FamiLAMI vs Family Habits: the game layer, or the calm one?](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/family-habits-vs-familami): FamiLAMI turns chores into a quest with a virtual pet and a game world. Family Habits does the opposite — it stays deliberately quiet. Both build habits; they just bet on different engines. Here's how to tell which one your kid (and your house) actually needs.
- [Summer routines that survive when school structure disappears](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/summer-routines-without-school): School gives the day its skeleton. When it goes, June feels free for about a week — then the bickering starts. Here's how to keep a light rhythm without turning summer into a second classroom.
- [The 8 best family habit tracking apps in 2026 (tested with real kids)](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/best-family-habit-tracking-apps): We tried the leading family habit and chore apps with our own kids. Here's an honest comparison of HabitShare, Joon, Habitica, FamiLAMI, OurHome, Cozi, Samsung Family Hub — and Family Habits, which we built ourselves.
- [How a family habit tracker builds strong families and lasting rhythms](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/family-habit-tracker-build-strong-families): A family habit tracker turns good intentions into daily rhythms kids can see. Here's how shared visibility builds the habits — and the family — you want.
- [Our Family Habits App is here — Tending the small things](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/our-family-habits-tracking-app-is-here): After months of building in the open, Our Family Habits 1.0 is live on iOS, Android, and the web. A quiet habit tracking app that helps families cultivate lifelong rhythms.
- [How to introduce a habit chart your kids actually engage with](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/introducing-a-habit-chart): Most habit charts fail in the first two weeks. Here's the gentle way to start so your family stays with it past the novelty.
- [Charlotte Mason on habit formation: a parent's primer](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/charlotte-mason-on-habit): Mason wrote that habit is ten natures. Here's what she meant — and how it lands in a 21st-century home.
- [Why sticker charts stop working (and what to do instead)](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/why-sticker-charts-stop-working): Sticker charts work brilliantly for two weeks and then stop. Here's why — and how to build something that lasts.
- [From chore wars to teamwork: how shared visibility changes a family](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/from-chore-wars-to-teamwork): When everyone in the house can see the same picture, the conversations change. Here's the small shift that makes a big difference.
- [Setting up a family kiosk in 10 minutes](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/articles/setting-up-a-family-kiosk): A practical, step-by-step guide to turning a spare tablet into the family habit hub.

## Changelog

- [Smoother sign-up, sturdier resets, and a real contact form](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/changelog/2026-06-14-smoother-sign-in-and-contact): Finishing sign-up is now a quick 6-digit code instead of an email link. Password reset links stopped getting 'used up' by accident. And the contact page now has a proper form with a subject picker.
- [Undo a tap, or start everyone fresh](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/changelog/2026-06-11-undo-and-start-fresh): Awarded the wrong points or redeemed the wrong reward? There's now an Undo button on every entry in History. And when you just want a clean slate, you can reset points for one child or the whole family — without throwing the old history away.
- [Kid-Powered Taps and the Parent Approval Queue](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/changelog/2026-06-08-kid-powered-taps): Kids can now tap their own actions and reward requests on the kiosk. Everything lands in a new Approvals inbox where parents review one at a time or in bulk. Available on Power-Ups.
- [Accurate balances and a tidier history](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/changelog/2026-06-08-balance-and-history-fixes): Two bug fixes: point balances now stay accurate for busy families, and the History page sorts its day sections in the right order with correct Today and Yesterday labels.
- [1.0 — Our Family Habits on iOS and Android](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/changelog/2026-05-29-1-0-launch): Our Family Habits 1.0 is here. The iOS app is live on the App Store and the Android app is live on Google Play, alongside a friendlier onboarding flow, a simpler mobile dashboard, in-app subscriptions, account deletion, and a weekly digest email for Power-ups families.
- [Referral links + weekly digest in-app](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/changelog/2026-04-27-referrals): Share Our Family Habits with friends through your own short link, and read the weekly digest right inside the app.
- [Bulk apply on edits](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/changelog/2026-04-15-bulk-apply): When you edit an action or reward's point value, choose whether the change ripples back through history or applies only going forward.
- [Five growth stages, recalibrated](https://www.ourfamilyhabits.com/changelog/2026-03-20-growth-stages): Seedling, Sprout, Bloom, Harvest, Garden — recalibrated to the weekly point ranges most families actually hit.