Family organiser and chore apps, compared
Every family organiser makes a different bet about what the hard part of running a home actually is. These pages set out what each rival does well, what it costs, and where Equal House is — and is not — the better answer.
Who writes these: Equal House publishes these comparisons, and Equal House is one of the apps being compared. We have an obvious interest in you choosing us — so each page also says plainly who the other app suits better.
Maple is closing: what UK families should move to
Maple shuts down on 31 December 2026. Here's what it did, what to export before you lose it, and how Equal House compares if you want the household split fairly rather than just listed.
Maple is closing, so there is no version of this where staying put is the answer. If all you want is a shared list and calendar, almost anything will do — pick on price. If the reason you liked Maple was that it tried to redistribute the work rather than just record it, that is the specific thing Equal House is built for.
Read the comparisonCozi vs Equal House: an honest comparison for UK families
Cozi is the biggest name in family organisers and the free tier is genuinely generous. Here's where it's still the right choice, and where a chore-splitting app does something Cozi doesn't try to.
Cozi is the better choice if you want a big, proven, free shared calendar and lists for a large family, and you are happy for the app to show the work rather than share it out. Equal House is the better choice if the problem in your house is not visibility but distribution — one person doing most of it.
Read the comparisonOurHome alternatives: chores, points and pocket money after it closed
OurHome was the chore-and-rewards app a lot of families ran on, and it was pulled from the Play Store in 2023. Here's what replaced it, and what to look for if points-and-pocket-money was the bit you actually used.
OurHome is gone, so this is only a question of what replaces it. If what you loved was the points-and-rewards loop for children, look for an app with a proper Kid Mode and real pocket money attached — that is the feature to shop for, and plenty of general family calendars do not have it at all.
Read the comparisonFamilyWall vs Equal House: which family organiser suits your house?
FamilyWall is one of the most feature-complete family apps in the UK store, with location sharing and a family budget. Here's where that breadth wins, and where an app built around splitting chores fairly does something it doesn't.
FamilyWall is the better choice if you want the widest feature set in one app — location sharing, a family budget and messaging alongside the calendar — and you are content to assign chores yourself. Equal House is the better choice if you want the household's split measured and rebalanced rather than manually divided.
Read the comparisonSkylight Calendar vs Equal House: a wall display or a fairer split?
Skylight is a touchscreen calendar for the kitchen wall, and it's very good at being that. Here's the honest comparison with a phone app built to share the household load — including what the hardware costs in the UK.
Skylight is the better choice if the problem is that nobody looks at the calendar — a screen on the kitchen wall solves that in a way no phone app can. Equal House is the better choice if everyone can already see the plan and the problem is who is doing the work in it. They are not really competing for the same job.
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Equal House splits chores by effort, keeps the family calendar in one place and puts pocket money on autopilot. Free to start — no ads, no trial to cancel.
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