The best chore app for roommates.
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Pick an app that lets you assign each chore to one person, repeat it on a schedule, remind them, and add every housemate without charging extra. Avoid anything that ranks roommates with points.
The app matters less than the agreement behind it. Write down the list, who does what, how often, and what happens when someone skips. Then put it all in one shared place.
We Both lets you add every housemate for free and assign chores to named people with repeats and reminders, with no points or scoreboard to fight over.
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Set up a roommate chore system in one evening
- List every recurring job in the place: trash, recycling, dishes, bathroom, kitchen floor, vacuuming, common-room tidy, fridge clean-out.
- Decide how often each one really needs doing. Weekly is enough for most. Daily jobs like dishes need a rule, such as “whoever cooked does not wash”.
- Assign each chore to one person, not to “everyone”. A chore with one name gets done more often than one that is shared.
- Swap assignments on a schedule you all agree on, for example every month, so nobody is stuck with the bathroom for a year.
- Agree on what happens when someone is away or skips. Handing a chore to someone else, with their yes, should take a few seconds, not a group chat.
- Put the plan in an app that everyone has on their phone, with reminders for the person who owns the chore, not the whole house.
Fair assignment without keeping score
Fair does not have to mean equal minutes. It means everyone agrees the load is about right. Mix easy and unpleasant jobs, and rotate the unpleasant ones.
A points system can look fair, but it turns chores into a ranking, and a ranking turns a missed Tuesday into an argument. We Both has no points, streaks or leaderboard on purpose. It shows what is due and who owns it, and nothing else.
One honest limit: We Both does not rotate chores automatically. You assign a chore to a person, and when the month turns you reassign it. To pass on a single occurrence, hand it to someone in a few taps. If you want chores to rotate by themselves, see the table below.
How to divide household chores fairly →What to look for in the app
- Assign to a specific person. Some apps only make a shared to-do list.
- Flexible repeats: daily, certain weekdays, every two weeks, monthly, or “the first Saturday of the month”.
- Reminders sent to the person who owns the chore, at a time they choose.
- No fee to add the next housemate. Some apps charge per person or per household size.
- An easy way to skip one week or move a chore without breaking the schedule.
- Nothing that exposes a score to the rest of the house.
Chore apps roommates consider
Prices are from each app’s own pages, read on October 11, 2026. They change, so check before you commit.
| App | Free | Paid | Good to know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tody | A cleaning plan for one person, with chore assignment or automatic rotation | Household sync is in Premium+: Duo (2 people) $25 a year, Family (6) $40, Team (12) $80 | Strong on auto-rotation and a 30-day free trial. Sharing the plan with housemates is a paid tier. |
| Sweepy | Free to download | App Store: $3.99 a month or $19.99 a year, with a 3-day trial | Tasks carry points and the app has a family leaderboard. Reviewers on the App Store say adding someone to your family costs extra. |
| Flatastic | Free to download | Premium exists, price not listed on its site | Built for shared flats: chore reminders, a score system, and expense splitting that shows who owes whom. |
| We Both | Chores, repeats, reminders, shopping list, bills and calendar, for every housemate | Premium is one subscription for the whole house, and members never pay | No points. No auto-rotation. iPhone only. |
Where We Both fits, and where it does not
We Both is a household app, so the chore list sits next to a shared shopping list, a shared calendar and the bills. That helps if you also want to know whose turn it is to buy toilet paper.
It does not split bills between roommates or track who owes whom. We Both keeps one shared ledger for the house. If your main problem is dividing rent and utilities to the dollar, a split-tracking app like Flatastic is a better fit, and you can still use We Both for chores and the list.
Free to start. Premium is one subscription for the whole house: $9.99 a month in the US, less on the 3-month plan. Chores do not need it.
Keep track of bills with roommates →Questions people ask
Is there a free chore app for roommates?
Yes. We Both’s chores are free for everyone in the house, with no limit on members. Tody has a free plan for one person, and Sweepy and Flatastic are free to download with paid tiers.
Who pays when we have a Premium subscription?
One person buys it and it covers the whole house. Housemates never pay extra, and everyone has equal rights in the house, with no admin role.
Does We Both work on Android?
Not yet. We Both is an iPhone app, iOS 16.4 and up. Android is in beta with early access by email, so a mixed house can use it only if everyone has an iPhone or is in the beta.
Can We Both split rent between roommates?
No. It keeps one shared ledger and does not calculate who owes whom. For an income-based or even split of shared costs, the free calculator at weboth.xyz/split works with no signup.
Get the whole house on it.
Download it free, then invite everyone you live with. They see the same list, the same calendar and the same money.
Or scan with your iPhone cameraFacts about other apps were checked on October 11, 2026. Prices and features change, so check before you switch.