Repeated daily up for grabs chores start unassigned every day
David Weller
I want any of my three children to be able to compete for a single chore. A repeated up for grabs chore that is assigned specific amount on completion, such as dishes, that is a repeating chore but only allows to be selected and completed by one child each day, first come first served. Today one an up for grabs repeating chore is selected by a child, all reoccurrence are assigned to that child. If a daily repeating chores has all three children assigned, all three can mark as done and get paid, it should only be paid for the first child to make it.
David Weller
Checking in - any chance this has been vetted, groomed and on a roadmap yet ;)
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Jeep Hauser
YES YES YES! Detach "Up for Grabs" chores from any 'assignment' or schedule.
I want to create a list of chores, give a dollar value to each one, and then be done. No schedule, no assignment to kids.
If a chore is done, it should remain available to the other kids. Even minimally setting "Daily" as a schedule is not enough--I have three and the loads of laundry needing to be done in one day alone, or walking the dog multiple times a day cannot be assigned to a single child.
Make it simpler! List of chores, dollar value per chore. No scheduling, no assignments. When a child does a chore, they submit they've done it, and it remains in the list available to all the other kids.
I can't tell you how disappointed I was that "Up for Grabs" really means "Some presets that then get permanently assigned to a single child until you manually reset the chore and schedule it again."
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Damian
Jeep Hauser: Thank you for sharing this with us, Jeep. We’re always working to improve the Greenlight experience and will be sure to share your feedback with the team.
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Aron Kerr
100%. Without this, I can’t use Greenlight to manage the chores for my kids. I assumed I wasn’t u errands g how to use it but, with how it is today, it is unusable.
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Damian
Aron Kerr: Hey Aron, we really appreciate you taking the time to provide us with your feedback. We’re always looking for ways to improve, and your input is valuable to us.
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Damian
Merged in a post:
Up-for-Grabs Chores Not Resetting After Completion
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Myranda McDonald
Hello Greenlight Support Team,
I’m writing to report an issue with how “Up for Grabs” chores function in the app.
For chores that are set to repeat (weekly), once a child grabs the chore the first time, it appears to remain assigned to that child permanently instead of going back up for grabs for the next cycle. This defeats the purpose of using the “Up for Grabs” option.
The intent is for these chores to reset and be available for competition each time they repeat. When they stay assigned after the first grab, one child ends up holding all the chores, motivation drops, and other children begin skipping or avoiding the most important household tasks.
To work as intended, repeating “Up for Grabs” chores need to:
• Reset after completion
• Return to the Up for Grabs pool each cycle
• Not stay permanently assigned once claimed the first time
Please let me know if this is a known issue, a setting I’m missing, or a feature that can be updated. This functionality is critical for keeping chores fair, motivating, and completed consistently.
Thank you for your help,
Myranda
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Myranda McDonald
Same!!!!$ I just sent this email in to Greenlight. Hello Greenlight Support Team,
I’m writing to report an issue with how “Up for Grabs” chores function in the app.
For chores that are set to repeat (weekly), once a child grabs the chore the first time, it appears to remain assigned to that child permanently instead of going back up for grabs for the next cycle. This defeats the purpose of using the “Up for Grabs” option.
The intent is for these chores to reset and be available for competition each time they repeat. When they stay assigned after the first grab, one child ends up holding all the chores, motivation drops, and other children begin skipping or avoiding the most important household tasks.
To work as intended, repeating “Up for Grabs” chores need to:
• Reset after completion
• Return to the Up for Grabs pool each cycle
• Not stay permanently assigned once claimed the first time
Please let me know if this is a known issue, a setting I’m missing, or a feature that can be updated. This functionality is critical for keeping chores fair, motivating, and completed consistently.
Thank you for your help,
Myranda
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Damian
Myranda McDonald: Hi Myranda, we’re so grateful for your feedback! We’re always looking for ways to improve, and your input is valuable to us.
James Burkett
Hi Jackie - any help you can provide getting this feature prioritized would be really helpful. The current state of “up for grabs” is pretty useless for daily things, like feeding the dog, that either of my kids should be able to claim and do.
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Damian
James Burkett: Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us, James! We’ll pass this request along to the team.
Adam Nason
Another vote from me! I assumed this is how it would work when I set it up, but was disappointed to find out that all recurring chores were assigned to the first child to claim it. Please update this feature!
Jackie
Thanks for your feedback, Adam! We’ll pass this along.
Kristin Lester
100% on this feature. It’s essential and I’m really surprised that it’s not automatically how repeating up-for-grabs chores work. I can’t imagine preferring for it to be permanently assigned. PLUS, I would say the parent should be able to unassign and put a chore back up for grabs if the situation warrants it or the parent just prefers to be up-for-grabs going forward.
Jackie
We hear you, Kristin. Thank you for sharing this with us.
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Billy Dodson
Agree. I was chatting with support because I assumed thats how up for grabs chores worked, but it is not.
Jackie
We hear you, Billy. Thank you for sharing this with us.
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Amy Heckman
I agree! I love the up for grabs chores, but in our house, I prefer that repeating up for grabs chores aren’t permanently assigned to one child. So that one child can claim one occurrence and another a future occurrence. I typically use this function for paid chores.
Jackie
Amy Heckman: We hear you, Amy. Thank you for sharing this with us.
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