Built from a door-to-door hustle.

Johnny Spicer

Founder & CEO

At 14, I wanted to build a gaming computer. My parents had a simple answer: if you want it, go earn it yourself. So I went door to door through my neighborhood, knocking on strangers' doors and asking if there was anything I could do to make a few dollars.

Six months later, I had enough to build it. But something stuck with me. Going door to door worked. But it was inefficient and awkward, and honestly, I was doing work for neighbors who felt sorry for me, not people who genuinely needed help.

I knew there had to be a better way. A way to connect people who truly needed tasks done with people who genuinely wanted to work. Real pay, real accountability, none of the awkwardness.

“There had to be a better way to earn money while actually helping people who needed it.”

That idea became Chores, and it sat for a while as a general, open-to-anyone version of exactly that. The harder problem turned out not to be the matching, but the trust: would a family really let an unverified stranger into their home to watch their kids, or trust a teenager they'd never met with their yard and their money? The version of Chores worth building had to solve that first.

That's what this is now: Chores runs inside school communities that license it. Students verify with a real school email, families join through their district, guardians can monitor their student's activity, and every job builds a real track record through reviews. Same original idea. Just built on a foundation that actually earns a family's trust, not just their download.

— Johnny Spicer

Founder & CEO · Chores App LLC

Our Mission

Why Chores exists.

We're building the infrastructure for trusted local work inside school communities: matching, safety, and accountability, all built in from the start.

Real Community

Chores isn't a faceless gig platform. It's your actual school community, students and families helping each other with tasks that genuinely need doing.

Fair & Direct

Workers set their own rates, families set their own budgets, paid directly between you, however works best. No service fee sitting in the middle.

Built-In Trust

School-verified accounts, guardian consent and monitoring, and a rating system that holds everyone accountable. Trust is a foundation here, not an add-on.

What We Stand For

Our values.

Honesty first

Accurate listings, fair reviews, real pay. No inflated expectations, no misleading descriptions. What you see is what you get.

Work is dignity

Every job on this platform, from babysitting to yard work, deserves to be treated as legitimate, valued work done by real people.

Safety by design

School verification, guardian monitoring, and a real reporting process aren't features bolted on after the fact. They're the foundation everything else is built on.

Community over clicks

We're not optimizing for engagement or time in the app. We're optimizing for jobs done well, students treated fairly, and families who trust the people they hire.

Join the community.

Whether you need help or want to earn, Chores is free to join. It takes less than two minutes to get started, if your school is licensed yet.

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