Frequently asked questions

Everything the app does, explained simply. A question missing? Drop me a line via the Contact page.

Do I need to create an account?

No. No e-mail, no password, no phone number. You create a household (or join one), pick a display name, and that's it. A recovery code lets you recover your household when changing phones. Important: this code only exists on your device — I have no way to retrieve it if it's lost or mis-written. Note it carefully when creating the household.

How do I join someone's household?

A household member shows a QR code from the app; you scan it and you're in. The code is single-use and valid for 15 minutes — after that or after use, a new one must be generated. This is deliberate: it prevents invite links from lingering indefinitely.

I have several phones, or I'm changing phones?

Two cases. To add one of your devices (a 2nd phone, a tablet) to your existing profile: a dedicated "add a device" QR, without creating a new member. To recover a household after a loss/reset: the recovery code. This code is never stored in clear on the server (hashed with argon2id): that's a security guarantee, but it also means that even I cannot retrieve or reset it if lost or mis-noted. Keep it carefully from the moment the household is created (the app offers to copy/share it).

What are "affinities"?

Each person can say how much they like (or dislike) a task on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 = hate it, 5 = neutral by default, 10 = love it). One prefers vacuuming, the other prefers dishes: the app uses this to prioritise tasks you like, at comparable urgency, and to surface your "favourite" task. It locks no one in: urgency still takes priority over comfort.

How does the app pick the task it suggests?

First by urgency (the most overdue / most pressing first), respecting the task's tolerance level. At equal urgency, it tie-breaks by your affinities, then by fairness (whoever has done less). The point: never having to wonder "what should I do now?".

How is a task's frequency set?

Each member can vote on the frequency they think is right; the app takes the average (consensus), no need to agree out loud. Three forms of cadence:

• Fixed interval — every N days (e.g. every 7 days).
• Varies by month — e.g. watering plants more often in summer than in winter.
• No fixed rhythm — see the next question.

What about tasks done "now and then", with no rhythm?

Some tasks have no clear cadence. The app can handle them in "uncadenced" mode: rather than imposing a frequency, it learns your real rhythm from the history of when you've done it, and stays quiet until there's something worth flagging.

How do one-off tasks (just once) work?

A task with no recurrence is "to do" until it's done, then considered settled — no more due date. It drops off lists after about a week after being completed, but stays in the history (stats, points). Nothing is deleted, just tidied away.

What do the green / orange / red colours mean?

That's urgency, computed deterministically against the due date (last time done + cadence):

• Red — the due date is past, it's overdue.
• Orange — the due date is approaching (a small window before the date, proportional to the cadence: roughly the day itself for a weekly task, a few days before for a monthly task).
• Green — there's still time, nothing to flag.

What's Strict / Normal / Loose tolerance?

That's a task's "temperament": how bad it is to be late. Important: tolerance doesn't change the colour or the due date. It's used only to break ties in priorities when the app picks "the most urgent" to suggest: an overdue strict task comes before an overdue loose task.

How does the app make sharing "fair" and not just "equal"?

Each member has a configurable target share (50% each by default, but adjustable: a child or someone very busy can have a lower share). The app tracks the gap between the share actually done and the targeted share, with a tolerance margin, and rebalances its suggestions accordingly. Fair, then — not necessarily equal.

What's a task's "effort"?

Not all tasks are equal: 5 minutes of dishes ≠ a deep clean. Each task has an effort score (voted by members, averaged), where 1 point ≈ 5 minutes. That's what lets fairness and points count the real weight of tasks, not just their number.

How does the "playful" side work (points)?

Doing a task earns points proportional to its effort. The system encourages doing things at the right cadence: a bonus if a task is consistently done late (it's clearly underestimated — worth valuing more), a small discount if consistently done too early. There are also streaks, a household leaderboard, a daily goal in minutes, and a "catch-up simulation" that shows how long it'll take the household to clear the backlog.

I don't like the game side: can I turn it off?

Yes, completely. Gamification can be disabled per person (you alone) or for the entire household. When off, it hides points, bonuses, leaderboard, streaks and stats — the app remains fully usable as a plain task manager.

How does the app know I'm away for 2 weeks?

Truthfully, it doesn't really know. It only knows when you are there. If it doesn't "see" you, it assumes nothing and doesn't forget you: it simply asks the question — "Were you away?". You answer, and the relevant tasks (those that require being at home) are paused or not accordingly, to avoid coming back from holidays to a backlog. This feature is fully optional.

Why does the app request location and Wi-Fi permissions?

Only for automatic presence detection (recognising your home Wi-Fi to know whether you're there, which is used to pause tasks during absences). It is entirely optional: you can refuse these permissions, the app works perfectly well without — you then confirm your presence manually when it asks.

Does it work offline? What if two people edit at the same time?

The app is "offline-first": everything works without a network, changes are saved locally and sync when the connection returns. On concurrent edits, last write wins and true conflicts are detected (no silent loss). Your devices stay consistent.

Are there notifications?

There are five types of notifications, each can be turned on or off independently in Settings → Notifications:

• Daily summary — a reminder of tasks to do, at the time you choose (adjustable).
• Urgent tasks — when a task goes overdue.
• Task done solo — when another member does a task alone.
• Task done together (including me).
• Task done as a group without me — only starting from 3 members in the household.

Not to be confused with votes: prompts like "rate the effort/frequency of this task" or "were you away on these days?" are not notifications. They're a small in-app dialog, shown only when the app opens, at most every two hours or so, and always dismissible with one tap (nothing is mandatory, nothing in the notification bar). Presence confirmation is part of this same dialog.

Is it really free?

Yes, fully, with all features. No paid version, no reserved feature, no ads. That said, the project costs me about €100 per year (server, domain name, developer account), not counting development time. Donations remain optional and unlock nothing — they simply help me keep the app free (details on About).

What happens to my data if I delete my account?

Deletion (Settings → Household security) triggers an immediate logical erasure, followed by a definitive purge within 30 days. A household left completely inactive is archived after 90 days then purged after a year. Details in the privacy policy.

Where can I see the release notes and roadmap?

The latest app updates (FR) and the ideas for next steps (FR) are published here. They are generated from exactly the same source as the app's "What's new" screen — always up to date, no drift.