Chores teach competence, not punishment
We build for parents who see chores as the way kids learn to be capable adults — not as a way to punish or control. The whole product orients around making real-world skills feel rewarding.
About ChoreSplit
Why I built a chore app for real families
I'm Morgan Kotter — a parent, a full-stack developer, and the founder of ChoreSplit. This page is the story of why ChoreSplit exists, what we believe, and how we build.
The story
Most chore-chart apps look like a school assignment grid. Most kids' debit-card apps assume kids already have money to manage. The gap between "I want my kid to do chores" and "I want my kid to learn money" was where I lived as a parent — and where every available tool fell short.
ChoreSplit started in early 2025 as a tiny side project: a weekly chore board for my own family that paid out real dollars on real cards. The thing that made it stick wasn't the tracking — it was the gamification. Streaks, points, family leaderboards. My kids competed to do dishes. I couldn't un-see how well that worked.
A few months later, with help from Morgan Kotter's years of building family software, ChoreSplit became what you see today: a chore app that takes responsibility seriously, gamifies it without being cynical, and pays out in real money kids can spend on what they actually want.
ChoreSplit is built and operated by Modlific LLC, a solo-founder studio focused on family-facing software. It's not VC-backed. We don't need to be — $5/month from real families pays the bills, keeps the lights on, and means we answer to you, not investors.
What we believe
Four principles that shape every product decision. They show up in pricing, in defaults, in what we add, and — more often — what we leave out.
Real money, real responsibility
Kids learn money habits with real money, not virtual coins. ChoreSplit pays out via gift cards through Tremendous so the reward is something a kid actually wants — not a leaderboard badge that loses meaning by week three.
Privacy first, especially for kids
We collect the minimum data to make the app work. We don't sell data. We don't run ads inside the app. COPPA-aware design means kids' personal info never goes to third parties unless required to deliver a reward they chose.
Boring software, surprising behavior
The best family software is invisible — it just works, quietly, every week. We obsess over reliability and predictable defaults. The 'wow' should come from your kid's behavior, not a flashy onboarding flow.
What we build
ChoreSplit is the headline product, but Modlific runs a small portfolio of family-and-productivity software:
- →ChoreSplit — family chore management with gamification and real-money rewards (this app).
- →Pathalize — the same gamification engine, repurposed for service teams running client projects through branded portals.
- →ToonyStory— AI-illustrated personalized children's storybooks (separate brand, same studio).
Same underlying philosophy: software that respects your time, treats privacy as default, and earns its keep monthly without trying to lock you in.