FAQs

Your questions, answered.

Why TagTeam works the way it does — and what to expect when you join.

Your Questions Answered

Why the approach

Why zones and not tasks?

Tasks tell you what to do. Zones tell you who owns it — including the planning and anticipating. That's how invisible labor finally gets shared.

Planning work is often more harmful to wellbeing than physical chores, precisely because it goes unrecognized.USC / Archives of Women's Mental Health, 2024
Ownership of a task — from conception to planning to execution — is the key to removing invisible labor from one partner's plate.Eve Rodsky, Fair Play

Why energy distribution?

Balance isn't 50/50. It's matched to who has real capacity this week. TagTeam asks both partners to name their energy before the plan is built.

40% of productive capacity is lost to task-switching when effort isn't matched to mental energy.Idle / Moyal, Evans & Rubinstein
Cognitive performance declines predictably across the day — assigning demanding tasks at the wrong time costs quality, not just speed.PNAS / neuroscience of scheduling

Why a weekly rhythm?

Life changes week to week. A weekly cadence means the plan always reflects real life — and the Debrief means you're always improving.

Couples with shared rituals — including weekly planning — report more positive emotions and greater relationship satisfaction.Journal of Consumer Research, 2019
Regular structured check-ins help couples address issues before they escalate.Gottman Institute

Additional Questions

The practical stuff

TagTeam is built for two — both partners need to join to unlock Weekly Planning and the Debrief. You can set up your account and invite your partner before anything goes live.
There will be dedicated prompts in the app explaining when things are together or separate. For example, you'll each prep privately to share your energy levels and guardrails — but once you're ready to sit down, you'll work through the Weekly Balancer together.
You can set each zone as Typical, Backlog, or N/A, and adjust relative weight per zone. Full custom zone creation is coming in a future update.
The plan isn't a contract — it's a starting point. Flag things for the Debrief and recalibrate for next week. TagTeam gets better the longer you use it. We also have a long-term goal to add Minimum Viable Household — a quick 'minimum mode' for emergencies so you can cut the noise when you need to shift gears.
You can add kids' names and ages in your Family Profile — and the algorithm factors in family context. Active planning is between the two partners for now. Extended family features are on the long-term roadmap.

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