Household tasks, together — fairly
Torchons & Serviettes helps a household — couple, flat-share, family — share the chores so the same person isn't always the one thinking about them. Recurrence, priorities, fair share, personal preferences.
No traditional sign-up: no e-mail, no password. No ads, no tracking, no third-party analytics.
Android app, in the publishing process.
What the app does
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Recurring tasksTasks that come back (every X days, more often in summer, on a fixed date…) shared across the household.
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Four patterns: every X days; a different frequency per month, for whatever follows the seasons; on a fixed calendar date, with no drift even if you do it late; or "whenever it is needed" — the app then learns the real cadence. One-shot tasks exist too: once done, they archive themselves.
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Urgency at a glanceGreen / amber / red: see at once what is pressing and what can wait.
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The colour comes from a computed due date rather than a feeling: last done plus interval. Amber lights up in proportion to the frequency — three days ahead for a monthly task, the day before for a weekly one.
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Fair shareA ratio you set per member: the load can be fair, not merely equal.
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Not everyone can do as much, and 50/50 is not always fair. You set the target ratio, the app tracks the real gap over the last 30 days — a rolling window, so a bad month does not follow you around.
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Everyone's preferencesOne prefers vacuuming, the other the dishes: the app takes that into account.
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Each person rates what they like doing and what they avoid. When the app suggests the next task, it offers it first to whoever minds least — without ever letting anyone off the hook.
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EffortEvery task carries an effort: 5 minutes of dishes is not a deep clean, and the maths knows it.
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Effort is voted on by the members, not decreed by the app: you are the one who knows what cleaning your oven costs. It weights the fair share — ten easy tasks do not equal one slog.
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Handling absencesEveryone away for two weeks? The app will not ask you to vacuum on the way back in.
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Days when the household is empty do not count against tasks that require being there. Detection is automatic via home WiFi, and you can always correct a day by hand.
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Catching upHow many minutes a day to get back to zero, and how long it will take.
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The backlog becomes a number rather than a worry. The app compares your real pace over the last fortnight with the pace needed, and lets you simulate: what if I did 20 minutes a day?
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Motivation, if you want itPoints, badges and streaks — or none of it. A choice, not a fixture.
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Half of households want none of it, and that is fine: gamification turns off with one switch, for the whole household or for you alone. Nothing is lost if you turn it on later — the points counted quietly show up all at once.
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The app grows with youOn install: tasks and colours. The rest turns up when it becomes useful.
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None of what is described here shows up on day one. The app offers it when something makes it relevant — someone joins the household, you come back from a fortnight away, one task keeps drifting. One proposal a week at most, and never twice if you said no.
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OfflineWorks with no network and syncs on its own as soon as the connection returns.
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Everything stays readable and editable with no network: the cellar, the underground, the house in the country. Changes queue up and reconcile when the network returns, without overwriting what the other person did meanwhile.
A question before trying?
How the app handles vacations, requested permissions, free pricing…: answers are on the FAQ. Privacy details are in the privacy policy.