HouseChores Open the board

A walkthrough

The wall tablet

An old tablet on the kitchen wall. One screen the whole house reads without asking anyone.

Five minutes to set up. Nothing to install.

H HouseChores Everyone
Sam9 of 12
Alex7 of 10
Jo6 of 9
Nia4 of 8
Kitchen after dinnerSam3
Bins to the curbAlexDone
Bathroom, upstairsJo5

07:12

Nobody has to ask

Every house runs on one question: what’s mine today? Usually one person answers it, out loud, on repeat.

On the wall, it answers itself.

Everyone sees the same list No app to open. No login at the wall.
Shared by what each person can carry Capacity is a setting, not a score. A heavy week means a lighter board.
H HouseChores Everyone
Sam9 of 12
Alex7 of 10
Jo6 of 9
Nia4 of 8
Kitchen after dinnerSam3
Vacuum throughAlex2
Feed the dogNiaDone

Readable from across the kitchen.

Setting it up

Add ?kiosk to the address

Sign in onceThe wall stays signed in.
Load housechores.app/?kioskThat is the whole switch.
Hang it upRemembered on that device. Your phone is unaffected.

?kiosk=0 turns it off again.

H HouseChores
Sam9 of 12
Alex7 of 10
Jo6 of 9
Nia4 of 8
Kitchen after dinnerSam3
Bathroom, upstairsJo5

Sign-out and settings are gone — a wall-height tap can’t wander into them.

What changes

Three things, all about being a wall

The chrome goes Sign-out, settings and footer hidden. What’s left is the board.
The screen stays awake No lock screen mid-morning. Kiosk view only — your phone never does this.
It updates itself Reloads quietly while idle. Never while someone is typing.

22:04

At ten, it sleeps

A bright panel in a dark kitchen is a nuisance. From 22:00 to 06:00 the board goes near-black.

Tap for ten minutes of light Enough to check the board on the way to bed.
The words drift Burn-in insurance for a panel that never turns off.
HouseChores The board is asleep — tap for ten minutes of light.

Brightened here so you can read it. On the wall it’s barely a glow — and it runs on your household’s clock, not the tablet’s.

Getting out

Hold the logo

Kiosk browsers often hide the address bar, so the way out lives on the screen.

Press and hold for two and a half seconds — long enough that a passing hand won’t trigger it.

H HouseChores
Sam9 of 12
Alex7 of 10
Jo6 of 9
Nia4 of 8
Kitchen after dinnerSam3

Leave kiosk view on this device?

LeaveStay

This device only. Nobody else’s screen changes.

What you need

Probably a drawer

✓Any tablet that opens a modern browser
✓A charger it can stay plugged into
✓A stand, a mount, or a picture hook
✓A HouseChores board — free, and it stays free
Open your board Then add ?kiosk and hang it up.