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 app does well, what it costs, and where the Equal House app is — and is not — the better answer, with the Cozi and FamilyWall features checked row by row against their own pages.
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.
Cozi vs FamilyWall vs Equal House
The calendar, lists, meals, kids' chores, school, AI, location, chat and price, side by side — each Cozi and FamilyWall entry linked to its source.
Maple is closing: what UK families should move to
Maple shuts down on 31 December 2026 and deletes its data. Here's what to save before then, how to bring your calendar across, and how the Equal House app compares.
Maple is closing, so staying put is not an option. If all you used was a shared list and calendar, almost anything will do, so pick on price. If you want a calendar, meal plans, kids' chores and the school run in one place, with the work redistributed rather than just recorded, that is what the Equal House app is built for.
Read the comparisonCozi vs Equal House: a UK family organiser comparison
Cozi and the Equal House app both give a family a shared calendar, lists and meal planning. Here is how they compare feature by feature, where Cozi is ahead, and how to switch.
Cozi is the better choice if you want a free shared calendar that looks 30 days ahead, a web app, or several named lists. The Equal House app is the better choice if you want the calendar, meal plans, kids' chores with pocket money and the school run in one app with no ads, and the household work shared fairly between the grown-ups.
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 children's 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: a UK family organiser comparison
FamilyWall and the Equal House app both cover a family's calendar, lists, meals and documents. Here is how they compare feature by feature, where FamilyWall is ahead, and how to switch.
FamilyWall is the better choice if you want location sharing, a family chat, photo albums or a budget in the same app, or a web app. The Equal House app is the better choice if you want meal plans from 6,031 recipes, kids' chores with pocket money and their own sign-in and the UK school run, with the household work shared fairly between the grown-ups, for less than FamilyWall Premium.
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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