Weekly Targets
Some chores aren't owed on a particular day — they're owed by the end of the week. Practise the piano three times. Read on four evenings. Get out for a run twice. A weekly target says how many times this week, and lets the child pick the days.
New in v5.8.0 (#904)
Set Weekly target on a chore to any number above zero. The chore is then offered on its usual days until the child has done it that many times this week, and stops being offered once the quota is full. The week is Monday-anchored, the same as Challenges.
Progress shows on the chore's row in the child card from the first tick — 2/3 this week — and the row dims once the target is met.
The count is worked out from completions every time it's needed, never stored. Nothing has to reset on a Monday, and if you raise the target mid-week the chore simply becomes available again.
TaskMate panel → Chores → edit a chore → Weekly target
| Field | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly target | 0 |
How many times a week this must be done. 0 = off, the chore behaves exactly as before. |
That's the whole feature — one number. Everything else about the chore stays as it is.
A weekly target is not a scheduling mode. It sits on top of whichever schedule the chore already has, which means you can combine the two:
| Setup | Result |
|---|---|
| Days: all, target 3 | Three times this week, any day at all |
| Days: Mon–Fri, target 3 | Three times this week, but only on weekdays |
| Days: Mon, Wed, Fri, target 2 | Two of those three days — the child picks which |
Leave the target at 0 and nothing changes: the chore is due on every day you chose, as always.
A completion waiting for your approval counts toward the target straight away. A slow approval never hands out a spare go, and the numbers a child sees always match what they've actually done.
If you reject a completion, its slot is freed again — the record is deleted, so the count drops back.
| Feature | Behaviour |
|---|---|
| Daily limit | Today's allowance is capped by what's left in the week. A chore with a daily limit of 5 and one tick left in its quota offers one more, not five. |
| Mandatory chores | A mandatory chore with a filled quota doesn't raise a nightly miss. It isn't owed today — it's owed by Sunday. |
| Perfect weeks | With perfect week requires all chores enabled, a weekly chore isn't counted as "due today". It has the rest of the week to be done. |
| Rotation / first-come | Unchanged. The target applies to whoever the chore lands on. |
- Instrument practice — "three times a week", not "every Tuesday"
- Reading — four evenings out of seven
- Exercise — twice a week, whenever it suits
- Helping with dinner — two nights, child's choice
Anything where the requirement is a weekly minimum rather than a particular day.
- Chores — creating and configuring chores
- Chore Scheduling — specific days, recurring, rotation and first-come
- Mandatory Chores — must-do chores with late penalties
- Challenges — the other Monday-anchored weekly system