Munus

Latin|mu·nus·moo-noos·n.
pl. munera · moo-neh-rah

A duty owed to the people around you and a gift given in return for showing up.

In ancient Rome, a munus was both at once.
In your household, it still is.

Join the founding cohort
First 1,000 households · $99/yr locked for life* See pricing for details
01 · What it is

Not a chore app. A household operating system — and your teenager holds the controls.

They open it and see their day laid out: what's expected, what's optional, and how much of the afternoon is theirs if they knock it out now. Responsibilities are placed first — non-negotiable. Everything else, they arrange themselves.

01

They see the day

An editable timeline they own. Munus never schedules over practice, and leaves an hour to breathe after they get home.

02

They choose the work

Responsibilities are the deal. Munera are optional and earn real value toward something they picked themselves.

03

They keep the time

What's left over is theirs, without negotiation. The free time isn't a feature — it's the whole point.

02 · Inside the app

Every screen, one idea: make the expectation visible.

A teen can't meet a standard nobody made visible. A clean room to them isn't a clean room to you — so Munus makes you say what done means, once, and then stops the argument forever.

Munus
01 / The Day08:42 AM
07:00
Feed the Dog
Daily
Status: Done.
08:00
Room Reset
Daily
Due before free time
09:00
History Project
Plan
30 min/day · til Friday
10:00
Sovereign
Open Time
Yours until 3:00
MuneraDaySocial
The Day · PlasterTheir plan. Their call.
Munus
01 / The Day08:42 PM
07:00
Feed the Dog
Daily
Status: Done.
08:00
Room Reset
Daily
Due before free time
09:00
History Project
Plan
30 min/day · til Friday
10:00
Sovereign
Open Time
Yours until 3:00
MuneraDaySocial
The Day · FogWarm grey. Never black.
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Munus
Room Reset04:12 PM
Room Reset
Daily
Proven by photo · due before free time
Clothes off the floor
Trash out — bin and desk
Bed made
Desk clear
Dishes to the kitchen
MuneraDaySocial
The ChecklistThis is what done means.
Munus
03 / On the board04:12 PM
Resp.MuneraBank
Wash the Car
$15 · Cash
Anyone · first to claim
Garage Clean-Out
$25 · Cash
Anyone · this weekend
Costco Run
45 min · Screen
Assigned to you · Sunday
MuneraDaySocial
MuneraOptional. Earns real value.
Done.
· felt, not seen ·
CompletionNo confetti. One heavy haptic.
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03 · The contract

What Munus will never do.

The restraint is the product. Every one of these was a decision, and none of them are up for negotiation.

Munus
Setup1 of 8
Here's how this works.
You
Take on your munera.
Your household
Holds up its end.
That's it. That's the whole thing.
SetupThe deal, stated once.

No tracking. No location, no browsing, no reading their messages. Ever.

No streaks or badges. Nothing engineered to make a kid feel bad for stopping.

No parent override. A completed munus stays completed. Done means done.

Photos verify, then vanish. Capture-only, and deleted once you've seen them.

No writing to their calendar. You propose. They accept. Their time is theirs.

The contract runs both ways. When your teen earns it, you owe it.

04 · Munus + School

School is a munus too — planned, prepared, theirs.

Munus + School adds the study layer inside the same Day they already run. Class schedule, offered study time, notes and cards through Munu — not a second app to ignore.

Munus
01 / The Day05:12 PM
15:30
Soccer Practice
Activity
Ends at 4:30
16:30
Open — after practice.
Left alone unless you say otherwise.
17:30
Biology — Run the cards
Study
Test Friday · 25 min · fits before dinner
Block itMove it
19:00
Sovereign
Open Time
Yours for the evening
MuneraDayStudy
Offered study timeTest Friday. They decide.
Munus
Schedule / You confirm04:18 PM
Here's what we read
Nothing lands on the Day until they say so.
Biology
Mon–Fri · 8:00–8:50
Edit
English
Mon–Fri · 9:00–9:50
Edit
Geometry
Mon–Fri · 10:00–10:50
Edit
History
Mon–Fri · 12:00–12:50
Edit
Spanish
Mon–Fri · 1:00–1:50
Edit
Dates we pulled
Syllabus
Biology — test · Fri Oct 9
History — essay · Mon Oct 12
MuneraDayStudy
Class scheduleScan it. They confirm it.
Munus
Biology · Chapter 3+ Study
Cell Energy & the Mitochondria
Test in 6 days · 4 photos processed
NotesCardsGuide
01 · Big Idea
Cells need energy to move, grow, and divide. The mitochondria converts food into ATP — usable fuel.
02 · Branches
What is ATP
Branch
Energy currency the cell spends to do work. It doesn't store much — it makes it constantly.
Munu says
Analogy
Think of mitochondria as a power plant that runs on groceries, not coal.
MuneraDayStudy
Notes & MunuScaffold. Not a tutor.
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05 · Research

What sets Munus apart?

Built on thirty years of developmental research.

Every design decision in Munus is traceable to peer-reviewed findings in Self-Determination Theory, executive function development, and autonomy-supportive parenting.

See the research
Full brief · citations · differentiation · market

The citations are public. The design decisions follow them.
Open the brief for the household science and the study science.

83%

of teens say their family does not understand how much they already manage

Pew Research, 2024
4.9%

unique executive-function variance explained by offering meaningful choice alone

Meuwissen et al., 2022
7.4%

unique inhibitory-control variance from family-care contributions

Tepper, Howell & Bennett, 2022
06 · Pricing

Two tiers. One household.

Annual plans include two months free. Founding member pricing is available to the first 1,000 families only — annual only, locked for life* as long as the subscription stays active.

Tier 1

Munus

The household OS. Munera, day view, calendar, plans. Up to 4 teens per household.

Monthly

$12.99

per month

Annual

$129

$10.75/mo · 2 months free

Founding Member

$99

per year · limited availability

Annual only. Limited to the first 1,000 families. Rate is locked for life* as long as the subscription stays active. 30-day grace period on lapsed renewals.

Tier 2

Munus + School

Everything in Tier 1, plus the Study Companion — note processing, flashcards, study scheduling, and Google Classroom sync.

Monthly

$25.99

per month

Annual

$249

$20.75/mo · 2 months free

Founding Member

$199

per year · limited availability

Annual only. Limited to the first 1,000 families. Rate is locked for life* as long as the subscription stays active. 30-day grace period on lapsed renewals.

For context

Kumon runs $150–400/month for two subjects, twice a week. Munus + School is always on, in every subject, inside the app your teen already uses.

Per household

All pricing covers the full household — both parent accounts and up to 4 teen profiles. Not per user.

* “Locked for life” means the founding rate never increases for as long as you stay continuously subscribed. If a renewal lapses, a 30-day grace period preserves the founding rate; after that, standard pricing applies.

14-day free trial. Cancel anytime. One subscription covers every parent and teen in the household.

07 · Privacy Policy

We collect as little as we possibly can.

08 · Support

A real person answers.