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Set up recurring family tasks

Writing the same task again can lose earlier completions and leave its ownership unclear.

See the example

A familiar family moment

From a daily problem to a clear plan

Before

The starting point

Writing the same task again can lose earlier completions and leave its ownership unclear.

Recurring task — End date — Water the plants is assigned to Daniel and Sofia and ends on 24 September 2026. Illustrated with fictional example data.

Everyday life

A practical next step

Watering the plants comes around every week. A recurring task keeps the description and people together.

Recurrence is enabled for every Thursday, with reminders switched off.

After

Tasks with Best4Family

In the task form, open More settings and enable Recurring task. Choose a pattern, such as Weekly on Thursday. Return with Done, check the end date and save. After completing an occurrence, the details show its history and the next date.

Recurrence history — The 17 September occurrence has been completed in the app. Its history names Daniel and the next date is 24 September. Illustrated with fictional example data.

Get organised in a few steps

1
Prepare the task and people
Create a task with the plus, or open an existing task and choose Edit. Enter Water the plants and assign Daniel and Sofia.
2
Set the recurrence
Open More settings, enable Recurring task and choose Weekly. Select Thursday, then use Done to return to the main form.
3
Check the end date and save
Check End date in the main form. Use Date to choose the end of the series, 24 September 2026 in this example. Check the weekday in More settings again, because changing a date can change the suggested day. Save the task.
4
Complete one occurrence
Open the task and choose Complete. Select the pending date shown in Recurrence to complete, add a comment if needed and confirm with Complete task. Open the task again to see the saved history and next date.

What helps along the way

The essentials at a glance

Part 01

Android offers daily, weekly, monthly and yearly recurrence.

Part 02

A weekly task uses one selected weekday.

Part 03

The history records a completed occurrence with its date, person and completion date.