Contribution rules

Use the token value on the task once it is completed. Do not increase or decrease it based on whether that particular occasion felt easier or harder.

Use a rolling 7-day total. Some days will naturally be uneven because of work, sleep, appointments or caring responsibilities. The weekly pattern matters more.

Fair Nesting compares each person’s share of recorded tokens with their expected share—usually an equal split, or adjusted when someone was Away. Use the label as a starting point for discussion. Recorded totals may not capture everything affecting your household.

How the labels are calculated: With at least three recorded tasks in the period, the label is Balanced when the combined difference is within your household’s tolerance (default 10 percentage points—about 45–55% each for two people with an equal target), Slightly uneven up to twice that tolerance, and Worth checking in above that. Households with two or more members use the same labels. The household owner can change this under Settings → Fairness settings.

If the same task was completed several times, set Count (1–20) so one record covers the total. Tokens = listed value × Count, then split if the work was shared. Confirm carefully when Count is greater than 1. Only count the times you actually completed the task. Care tasks that ask how long you spent (Childcare, Take children out, Support someone receiving care, Help with homework / reading) always use Count 1 — choose the duration when recording; one record is one session.

For ordinary tasks, complete the task and record the fixed tokens. Do not measure whether dinner took 28 minutes or 42 minutes. For Childcare, Take children out, Support someone receiving care and Help with homework / reading, open the single task and choose the duration that matches the whole continuous session.

On Record tasks, select one or more tasks and set quantities, then choose who and when once for all. Use a saved routine to quickly select tasks you often do.

If people genuinely do one task together, use Done Together or select everyone who contributed. Tokens are split equally from the total (listed value × Count). Example: a 4-token grocery trip done together = 2 each. A 5-token shared task = 2.5 each. A 2-token task recorded with Count 3 and shared by two people = 6 tokens total, then 3 each.

If one person makes dinner while another actively looks after the baby, both can record their respective tasks.

Routine steps that are naturally part of a task are included in its score. For example, putting cooking ingredients away is part of making dinner.

Review household investments is the normal weekly check. Manage household investment administration is for a genuinely substantial admin or rebalancing session. Do not record both just because a weekly review included a tiny change.

A normal clean is routine tidying/wiping/vacuuming. A deep clean involves more thorough work, such as moving items, detailed scrubbing, corners, fixtures, buildup or equivalent.

Use the 2-token planning category for household coordination such as arranging appointments, organising schedules, or managing shared admin — not every quick thought or message.

Listed Other tasks: Other small task = 1, Other medium task = 3, Other large task = 5. Custom tasks suggest a score from duration and complexity (typically 1–8) and keep that value once created. Prefer a listed task when one fits. Avoid using Other or custom scores to override a listed task because its fixed score feels too low.

Home may suggest Weekly and Monthly tasks that look due from recorded household activity. A suggestion can appear even if the work was done but not logged. Remind in a week hides that suggestion for the whole household for one week.

Each task shows how often it would normally be expected or can reasonably recur. That is guidance only — it does not create an obligation. You can still record a task each time you actually do it (use Count when several happened).

Undo removes the whole record, including multi-count and shared entries. On entries you can change, Edit opens the same questions as when you first recorded the task — Count, who contributed, Done Together, when, and note — so you can correct them and confirm. Shared records can only be changed by the person who saved them; a task record that lists just one person can be changed by anyone listed on it. Fair Nesting may also ask you to confirm if the same task was recorded around the same completion time; you can still proceed when it is genuine.

If another member’s recording looks wrong, you can ask them to review it from History. Only you and the person who saved the record see that request. They can correct the record or reject the request; the request itself does not change tokens. For more on how reviews work, see How it works.

Childcare and Take children out cover babies, toddlers and older children. Record once for children cared for together, not per child.

When recording, choose one duration that covers the whole continuous session. Do not split one session into shorter recordings for extra tokens. One recording represents one session — Count does not represent minutes or the number of children.

Routine feeding, changing, bathing, dressing, teeth brushing, settling and associated bottle or drink preparation are included in a care session or responsibility duty you record. You can record breastfeeding separately.

Each caregiver may record their own active contribution; merely being present does not qualify. A person who steps in for an individual activity may record it even if another caregiver is recording the care session or duty. When caregivers take turns, each records their own period.

A brief interruption or someone falling asleep does not end care responsibility by itself. If neither person covers a whole responsibility duty, each records their own care duration instead of both recording a full duty.

Separate household work, such as laundry or distinct batch food preparation, can be recorded while care responsibility continues.

School drop-off, school pickup and appointment accompaniment use their specific tasks. Do not also record an outing for the same trip.

Estimate width × height of the whole window opening. Small is up to and including 1 m²; Medium is over 1 m² up to and including 2 m²; Large is over 2 m². These are Fair Nesting size guides — estimate is fine; no measurements are required.

Several panes within one surrounding frame count as one window. Routine frame and sill wiping is included. Detailed track cleaning, restoration and repairs are outside this routine scope.

The household agrees whether its usual clean includes inside, outside or both. Cleaning both sides of a window still counts as one window.

Set Count to the number of windows cleaned, not panes or sides. Examples: three small windows = Small × 3 (9 tokens); one medium window with four panes = Medium × 1 (5 tokens); both sides of one large window in one session = Large × 1 (7 tokens).

Include setup and cleanup in the time. Don’t include time spent waiting, such as waiting for paint to dry.

Record full one-hour blocks with the 5-token task first. Remaining time over 0 through 30 minutes uses the 3-token task; remaining time over 30 but under 60 minutes uses one additional 5-token task. An exact number of hours has no remainder. Do not record two 3-token half-hour tasks for one continuous hour, and do not count the same time twice.

Use these examples for gardening and home-maintenance sessions. Partial blocks round up under these rules (for example 61 minutes earns 8 default tokens; exactly 60 minutes earns 5).

Windows, gardening and home maintenance keep Count available for windows cleaned or work blocks — pick size or duration when recording. Care tasks that ask how long you spent (Childcare, Take children out, Support someone receiving care, Help with homework / reading) stay at Count 1 — one record is one session.

If a specific task matches the work—such as Maintain dishwasher or Maintain washing machine—use that instead of the general maintenance task. Don’t record the same work under both. Houseplant watering and maintenance stay separate from garden maintenance.

Record Feed pets / refresh water once per feeding and water round, not per bowl or animal. Feeding and refreshing water in the same round count as one completion.

Record once per walk, not per dog walked together. Routine preparation and picking up waste during the walk are included — do not also record Clean up pet waste for that pickup.

Record full one-hour blocks with Walk dog — over 30 minutes–1 hour first. Remaining time over 0 through 30 minutes uses Walk dog — up to 30 minutes; remaining time over 30 minutes uses another one-hour block. An exact number of hours has no remainder. Do not record two half-hour tasks for one continuous hour.

Routine waste removal during Clean pet living area is included. Do not also record Clean up pet waste for the same clean. Do not record the same pet-care work under more than one task.

The person responsible for the after-midnight night duty receives 8 tokens even if the baby sleeps well. The token recognises interrupted-sleep risk and being on call. Routine care and resettling during that duty are included.

Breastfeeding earns 2 tokens per feeding session and can be recorded alongside childcare, an outing or a responsibility duty because it is an additional physical task.

Prepare a child's meal and Feed baby / help baby eat are separate when that work is distinct. Do not also record them for routine care already included in a childcare session, outing or responsibility duty. A distinct batch of food preparation can still be recorded separately. Milk or bottle preparation can be recorded separately when it is not already included in a care session, outing or responsibility duty.

Prepare baby milk / bottle covers measuring, warming or assembling a feed — not feeding the baby, and not bottle cleaning. Prepare child's water bottle / cup is separate again. Do not record routine bottle preparation separately when it is already included in a care session, outing or responsibility duty.

For Childcare and Take children out, choose the duration that matches the whole continuous session — not several shorter recordings stacked together. Do not also record childcare for an outing already covered by Take children out, or for a period already covered by a responsibility duty.