For Two-Home Families
A chore app that flexes around your custody schedule
When your child splits the week between two homes, a chore-and-streak app can quietly punish them for a schedule they didn't choose. Pumpkin gives the parent running it simple controls to keep things fair.
For custody schedules & two-home families
If you are looking for a co-parenting chore app, here is the honest picture. Pumpkin is built around one shared household - a Patch. The primary parent can invite a co-parent (or a grandparent or caregiver) into it, so you both see the same routines, chores, and approvals. What it isn't is two separate homes running their own apps that sync - there's one shared Patch, not a merged view of two households.
For a lot of two-home families, that's genuinely enough: one shared Patch, chores scheduled around the days your child is actually with you, and paused thoughtfully when they are not. No bank account required, and no assumptions about what your family should look like.
How Pumpkin helps a two-home kid
Schedule chores by day or alternating week
When you set up a chore, you choose the days of the week it recurs - or set it to alternating weeks. So home-specific chores can land only on the days your child is with you, matching a week-on, week-off rhythm from the start.
Pause in a tap when plans change
Swapped weekend, holiday, or trip? Pause a chore (and the earning attached to it) without breaking your child's streak, then restart it when they're back. Away days simply don't count against them.
Keep the habits that travel
Habits that go wherever your child goes - brushing teeth, reading, homework, practicing an instrument - can stay on every day, because they don't depend on a house or ask anything of the other home.
Invite a co-parent to your Patch
Pumpkin organizes your family into a shared 'Patch.' The primary parent can invite a co-parent, grandparent, or caregiver, so everyone sees the same routines, chores, and approvals - one shared household, not two separate apps.
No bank account needed
Rewards can be screen time, points and stars, treats, or money - and money is just one option. 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.
How Pumpkin fits
Pumpkin is built around one shared Patch that the primary parent can invite a co-parent into, so you both work from the same routines, chores, and approvals. It's one shared household, not two separate homes syncing. Flex it around the custody calendar with day and alternating-week scheduling plus one-tap pause, and for a lot of families that's genuinely enough.
If you want the step-by-step, our blog on using a chore app across custody weeks walks it through, and you can see the whole system on the how Pumpkin works page.
A note for co-parents
A note for co-parentsYou don't need both homes on the same app to give your kid consistency. Start with one travel-friendly habit - a morning checklist, brushing teeth, a nightly read - that runs every day no matter whose house it is. When your child sees the same small expectation wherever they go, the habit sticks. That is the Pumpkin Effect: small tasks, big life skills, no bank account required.
Frequently asked questions
One home base that flexes around your custody weeks.
Schedule what fits your days, pause the rest, keep the habits that travel. 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