A family chore and grocery list app

The chore chart and the grocery list are the same problem: things the household needs done, that someone has to notice, that nobody wants to nag about.

Why one app instead of two

A chore app and a grocery app split a household in half. The person who noticed the dishwasher tablets ran out is the person who just emptied the dishwasher — one thing goes on a list, the other on a chart, in two apps with two logins. Put them together and the household has one place to look, one invite to send, and one habit to build.

Home List holds lists, chores and a calendar for a household, on every phone in it and in any browser. The grocery half reminds you at the store; the chore half keeps its own schedule; the calendar holds the rest. Nothing in it is for one person.

Chores that keep their own schedule

Set a chore to repeat — weekly bins, sheets every two weeks, daily feeding — and when it is ticked it reschedules itself instead of disappearing. Assign it to someone, or leave it open for whoever is around and let it be claimed with one tap. The household page shows who did what and when, which settles most arguments before they start.

There are no points, badges or allowances. Chores are a calendar of things that need doing, and anyone who can read a list can use it. If you want a reward system, this is not it; if you want the chart on the fridge on every phone, it is.

Premium adds chore insights: each person’s share of the work over the last six months, month by month, with a plain verdict on whether it is fair.

A grocery list that reminds you at the store

Everyone adds to the same list from their own phone, it sorts itself into departments, and whatever gets ticked off in the aisle vanishes from everyone else’s list. Pin the stores you use and your phone reminds you when you arrive with items unchecked — one store free, every store with Premium — and can tell the rest of the household you are there, so the thing someone forgot gets added while you are still inside. How the store reminder works.

Scan the receipt on the way out and Home List reads the items and prices on your phone, so the household can see what it actually spends without anyone keeping a spreadsheet. Receipt scanning explains what it reads and what stays private.

And the calendar, since a family has one

School dates, appointments, who is where on Saturday: a shared calendar everyone can see, with reminders before events. It publishes into the calendar apps you already use — Google, Apple or Outlook — so it appears alongside your own, and the phone app can pull in events from calendars already on the phone so the family sees them without retyping.

What it costs

Lists, chores, the calendar, receipt scanning, the household alerts and the reminder at one store are free, on iPhone, Android and the web, with no ads on any tier. Premium is $2.99 a month or $24.99 a year for the whole household, and adds reminders at every store, restock predictions, spending insights and the chore fairness report.