ChoreKey is now in Spanish. If your iPhone is set to Spanish, the whole app shows in Spanish: onboarding, chores and start times, the lock screen, notifications and permission prompts. Language follows each phone, so update ChoreKey on your child's phone too. Also in this version: times follow your phone's 12/24-hour setting.

Chore start times. Give a chore a time of day, like 3:30 PM, and it won't lock the phone until then. Turn it on in Settings, under Locking. On ChoreKey+, set it when you create or edit a chore. Update ChoreKey on your child's phone too.

New guided setup for parents using ChoreKey Plus. Before you set up your kids' phones, ChoreKey walks you through checking that each kid is in your Family Sharing group and that Purchase Sharing is on, so their phones don't ask you to pay again. Setup steps are clearer throughout, and the pairing screen now fits smaller iPhones.

Fixes a bug in the approval list. When several chores were waiting, only the last one responded to Approve or Send back. Every submission can now be reviewed in any order.

ChoreKey has a new dark look on every screen: kid home, chore completion, parent home, approvals, chores, settings, add chore, pairing, onboarding, the tutorial, ChoreKey Plus, and the Screen Time block screen. A new week view shows your child's chore history at a glance. Tap targets are bigger, text scales with Dynamic Type, and VoiceOver reads every toggle. iPad layouts are centered for the larger screen. Bug fixes, including a parent PIN lockout timer that now holds across a restart.

• Chores now belong to a kid, not a phone — assign once and it follows them across their iPhone and iPad. • Photo proof: require a photo before a chore counts as done. • Monthly chores, with month-end handled properly. • A rebuilt walkthrough that shows how ChoreKey actually works. • A new Setup Health screen that tells you exactly what's left to finish. • Blocked apps now show a ChoreKey screen instead of the plain gray one. • Fixed: ChoreKey now notices when Screen Time permission gets turned off. • Fixed: recurring chores no longer count an earlier day's completion toward today. • Fixed: moving a kid between devices applies right away, and unpairing clears cleanly.

• Newly assigned chores now lock the device right away, even in the background. • New setup guidance helps you set a Screen Time passcode so locks can't be bypassed. • Fixes a case where a removed chore could keep a device locked.

ChoreKey now has both sides of the family in one app. Set up your child's phone in two minutes — or unlock ChoreKey Plus to pair with your own phone and assign, approve, and verify chores remotely (photo proof included). Plus: a redesigned first-run setup, QR pairing, and fixes throughout.

Refreshed App Store presence with a new 30-second preview video and cleaner screenshots. Privacy policy moved to chorekey.app. Same kid-friendly experience — no app changes.

• Big Lock button at the bottom of parent mode — clear exit when you're done reviewing. • ChoreKey+ upgrade now opens a clean benefits page instead of a banner ad. • Apps unlock the moment you step outside the home geofence — no more force-quit refresh. • Web browsing (Safari, Chrome, Firefox) blocks alongside the apps when chores are pending. • New Lockdown mode: block everything except the apps you allow (Messages, Maps, school apps). • "Hand the phone to a parent" prompt when all chores are submitted, with a one-tap path into review. • Photo Send screen no longer disappears before you can tap Send. • Added a "Skip photo" option for chores where a photo isn't needed.

Reliability and performance improvements under the hood. Same privacy promises: data stays on the kid's device by default.