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iPhone. iOS 17 or later

How it works

From group chat to agreement in three steps

No setup, no admin panel, no training the house. You bring the people you already live with.

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01

Make a room

A room is a home. Name it, pick a colour, and it exists. Everything inside it stays inside it: its own list, its own people, its own history.

The create room sheet, with the name filled in and a colour chosen
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02

Share the code

Six characters is the whole invite. Text it, read it out, or let people scan the QR. Turn on approvals if you would rather check who comes in.

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QR code for the room
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03

Write the first thing down

Two taps. The plus, then the title. Who it is for, when it is due and which kind of job it is are all optional, and you can add them later or never.

The composer open, a title typed, everything else untouched

That is the whole setup. Everything after this is the house using it.

Features

One stream, one plus button

Tasks, house notices and polls arrive in the same place, in the order they happened. Nothing is filed in a tab nobody opens.

What needs doing

A title is enough

Give it to someone, or leave it open so whoever gets there first takes it.

What needs doing

This week is a deadline. So is Thursday at ten

Rough by default, exact when it matters, like the landlord inspection.

What needs doing

Late is still done

A task nobody got to is marked missing, in words. Doing it afterwards still counts.

What needs doing

Undo puts it back exactly

Ticked the wrong thing. Untick it and it returns to the same state and the same deadline.

The whole house

Everything in one stream

Tasks, notices and polls in the order they happened, not filed in tabs.

The whole house

One pinned notice per room

So a pin still means something when you see one.

The whole house

Settle cleaning day in a minute

Polls with two to six options and bars that move as people vote.

The whole house

Say you are on your way home

Without starting a conversation about it. Statuses clear themselves after an hour, four hours, or at the end of the day.

The people in it

Six characters is the whole invite

Text it, read it out, or let people scan the QR.

The people in it

Children join by scanning a parent's code

They sign in with a four digit PIN. No email address, no phone number, and no photograph of a child.

Pro
The people in it

Private messages inside the room

Pro starts a conversation, and anyone in the room can reply to one.

Pro
The people in it

A record you can hand over

Who had what, when it was assigned, when it was done. Share it as a PDF.

Pro
A parent's phone showing a QR code, beside a child's row on the list with an illustrated avatar
For families

A child can be on the list without being on the internet

A parent invites a child by showing a QR code on their own phone. The child signs in with a four digit PIN they choose together. We never ask a child for an email address or a phone number, and we never store a photograph of one.

  • A parent approves every child, and is the only person who can reset a forgotten PIN.
  • A child can tick things off and vote in polls. They cannot buy anything, change who is in the room, or be made an admin.
  • Analytics are switched off entirely on a child account, and nothing about a child is ever sold or shared for advertising.

Child accounts need an active Pro subscription, and a parent gives permission before the account is created.

Read how we handle children's data
Pricing

Free covers a flat. Pro keeps the record.

Everything a house needs to run is free. Pro is for people who want the history to go back further, the reports to prove it, and children on the list.

Free

$0

No card. Nothing expires.

  • 2 rooms, which covers a flat and a family home
  • Tasks, notices, polls and statuses, all of them
  • Nine kinds of job to pick from
  • 30 days of feed and status history
  • 90 days of completed tasks
  • Reply to any message
  • One daily summary per room
Get the app

Pro

$9.99a month

Per person. 30 day free trial on both.

Student rate, once your student status is verified.

  • Unlimited rooms
  • Unlimited history, the whole record kept
  • Reports, with PDF export
  • Child accounts
  • Start message conversations
  • Your own templates, with any icon
  • A Pro badge on your profile
Start the 30 day free trial

Students save 30 percent

$6.99 a month or $62.99 a year, once your student status is verified. Verification is handled by a specialist service, so we never see or keep your student ID.

Pro is per person, not per house. Four flatmates who all want Pro pay four times, and a house where only one person wants reports pays once. Prices shown in US dollars, and your store may charge the local equivalent. Subscriptions renew until you cancel them in the App Store.

Questions, answered

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What happens when someone moves out?

Their open tasks go back to the room so nothing quietly disappears, and the history stays. Their past entries show as a former member. If they set the room up, admin passes to someone else, because a room is never left without one.

What if something gets done late?

Nothing happens. A task nobody got to is marked missing, in words, and doing it afterwards still counts as done. No red badges, no penalty, no mark against anyone.

Does everyone in the house have to pay?

No. Everyone can use Housemates free. Pro is per person, so one person can have reports, unlimited history and child accounts while the rest of the house carries on free.

Who can see our room?

Only the people in it. Rooms do not overlap, and nothing you write in one appears in another.

How do I cancel Pro?

In your App Store subscription settings, not here, because the store holds the subscription. Cancelling stops the next payment and Pro stays on until the period you paid for ends.

Can I delete my account?

Yes, in the app, and it happens immediately. Deletion is permanent and there is no recovery, so take a room export first if you want a copy. Your past tasks stay in your rooms as a former member so the house history is not torn apart.