Release notes
What's new in Chorzle
Every shipped update, newest first. We log them here so it's easy to see what we've been working on.
- Web app
Share a care plan with another calendar
Parents can send an email invitation for a saved childcare plan. Later saved changes send updates for the same event, and parents can cancel the invitation when plans change.
- Open a saved plan and choose Send to another calendar
- Share each plan separately, including plans already on your calendar
- Send just the schedule, or choose to include the plan name, caregiver and location
- Handoff notes and selected children's records stay out of invitations
- The recipient may need to accept the invitation in their mailbox
- Web app
Kids can see who's with them
Children can open Calendar in their own account to see the caregiver and times for care plans that include them. Parents keep the full private plan and all editing controls.
- A read-only summary of their own caregiver and schedule
- Includes relevant care plans parents have already saved
- Private names, places, handoff notes and other children's assignments stay hidden
- Children cannot send invitations or edit a plan
- Web app
Childcare plans, alongside the family week
Parents can keep the when, where and who's-with-the-kids details in Calendar. Saving a plan doesn't contact anyone or book a caregiver. Parents choose separately whether to share a calendar invitation.
- Choose the children, caregiver, place and dates or times
- Plan timed, all-day or overnight care with optional handoff notes
- Open a saved plan to edit or remove it
- Full care details and editing are parents-only
- Web app
A view that fits each family member
Parents can choose Young kids, Big kids, Teens, Young adults or Adults in each member's profile. Pictures help younger children find their way; older views bring personal planning forward. You choose when to change the view.
- No birthday entry, fixed age cutoff or automatic upgrade
- Earned bees, balances and history stay with the member
- Stages change presentation, never parent permissions
- Web app
A clearer plan for the household
One-off to-dos and recurring chores now fit together more comfortably. Find the next task, change a plan from the calendar, and keep the week readable on your phone.
- Today includes overdue tasks, with Upcoming, Anytime and Done views for the rest
- Search tasks, filter by family member, and change due dates and priorities
- Parents can complete tasks and reopen them while any earned Chorzles can still be reversed
- Plan with Week, Month and a seven-day agenda, including tasks that still need a date
- Add and edit a task directly from a selected calendar day
- Beta
The Hive: see every bee you've earned
Badges used to be a number that went up. Now every rung you climb sends a bee out to your own meadow, and so does every look you unlock in the Boutique, so what you've earned is something you can point at and count. It fills the screen, and every so often one bee takes off for a lap.
- One bee per badge rung earned, plus one for every Boutique look you own
- Everyone opens their own hive, and can wander over to anyone else's
- The page that tracks your balance and level is now called Chorzles
- Nothing is ranked against anyone else, as always
- Beta
Returns and refunds keep their history
When a grown-up sends a chore back or refunds a reward, the activity feed now shows the whole round trip instead of quietly erasing it. Your lifetime total stays honest either way, so a returned chore never leaves credit behind.
- Beta
Everything a parent set up can be changed
Rewards can now be edited in place, so changing what something costs no longer means deleting it and starting again. New families also get a short setup checklist that quietly disappears once you're up and running.
- Beta
Three looks to choose from
Pick the classic honey theme, a glowing night one, or pink and purple with a little rainbow. You choose by tapping a picture rather than reading a label, so a child who isn't reading yet can pick their own. Text can be sized up too, and a calm mode stills the ambient movement for anyone who finds it distracting.
- Beta
Forecasts, printing, and a look at the money
A new Forecast page stretches everyone's pace a month and a year ahead and puts two savings futures side by side, built to be readable by a curious kid rather than only an adult. You can also print a day sheet for anyone in the family, for the fridge or for a grandparent minding the kids.
- Forecast, trends, activity, and a family money view
- Printable day sheets for any person and any day
- A savings goal now shows roughly when you'll reach it
- Beta
The Bee Boutique is open
Chorzles now have somewhere fun to go. Sixteen looks to buy for your bee, from a lucky clover to a crown, and once you've got one your bee wears it everywhere it turns up. Fixed prices, you buy exactly what you pick: no packs, no surprises, no gambling.
- Beta
Chorzle is now a web app
Chorzle runs right in your browser, on any device: phone, tablet, or computer. There's no app store and nothing to install, and you can add it to your home screen if you like. It's in early beta while we welcome families in a few at a time. The points kids earn are called Chorzles, and the whole family stays in sync through one shared account.
Older builds aren't listed here. Curious what's coming next? The Buzz is where we write about it as we go.
