# Elbow — Cleaning schedule & chores

> Cleaning schedule & chores (iPhone/iPad app by Agnieszka Drapinska.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/elbow/id6796699431 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Agnieszka Drapinska](https://appshunter.io/developer/1438959728)
- Category: Lifestyle, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-13
- Data updated: 2026-10-08
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/elbow/id6796699431/reviews.md

## What is Elbow?

Keeping a home clean isn't really about scrubbing — it's about remembering. What's due, how often, which appliance hasn't been touched in months. Elbow carries that mental load for you.

Tell elbow about your home once, and it keeps time: surfacing the right cleaning tasks exactly when they're due, walking you through appliance care step by step, and fitting around the seasons and real life. No guilt, no endless catch-up — just a short, doable plan each day.

WHAT ELBOW DOES
- Room-by-room routines — pick your rooms (two bedrooms? add both) and elbow builds a cleaning rhythm for each one, quietly resurfacing tasks the moment they're due. Rename rooms and tasks to match how you live.
- Seasonal and safety jobs — gutters in autumn, smoke alarm tests every month, the boiler service before winter. Home Safety and Home Upkeep keep the easy-to-forget jobs on track.
- Appliance care, step by step — descale the kettle, clean the washing machine, clear the extractor filter, with clear steps and a "last cleaned" note so nothing slips for months.
- Stain rescue guides — quick, practical methods for spills and marks, without a frantic web search.
- See your home at a glance — a dashboard shows what's due today or across the week, plus each room's health.
- Gentle reminders — an optional morning nudge on days something is due.
- Badges and titles — earn them for the cleaning you actually do, and share the ones you're proud of.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
elbow has no accounts, no analytics, and no trackers. Your rooms, tasks, and cleaning history live only on your device and in your own iCloud — we can't see any of it, and we never sell or share your data.

ELBOW PRO
- Share your home with one other person — you both see the same rooms and tasks.
- Your cleaning year in Plan — choose which seasons tasks appear in and how often appliances get cleaned.
- Vacation mode — pause everything while you're away, then ease back in gently.
- Home screen widgets — see what's due without opening the app.
- Stats and insights — your full history, room breakdowns and heatmaps.
- Unlimited custom tasks.

elbow Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription (the yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings.

Terms of Use: https://elbow-app.com/terms/
Privacy Policy: https://elbow-app.com/privacy/

Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you at hello@byaga.dev.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| elbow Pro (Monthly) | $2.99 | per month |
| elbow Pro (Yearly) | $14.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| elbow Pro (Lifetime) | $39.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-09-30

elbow 1.1 is the biggest update since launch.

- Today and Next 7 days are now tabs, grouped by room.
- Your rooms, your way: add more than one of a kind (Bedroom 2, Bedroom 3), rename any room, hide the ones you don't use, and tell elbow when each was last cleaned.
- Edit rooms and appliances in one place: add, rename, reorder and remove tasks, and drag them between daily, weekly and monthly.
- Seasonal tasks now show up in their season, in a "This season" group.
- Badges and titles: 24 to earn, all free, with a card to share when you unlock one.
- Optional morning reminders on days something is due. They stay on your phone.
- Home Safety has been reworked, with monthly smoke and CO alarm tests, and there's a new Home Upkeep room.
- New stain guide: pet sick.
- Pro: your widget now keeps itself up to date.
- Push has gone. Swipe left to skip a task instead. Anything you already pushed still comes back on its date.
- Streaks have gone too. elbow now counts the weeks you clean, so missing a Sunday doesn't wipe anything out.

### 1.0.5 — 2026-08-27

Fixes and improvements.

- If you shared your home before and the invite link didn't work for the person you sent it to, it will now — no need to send a new one.
- A fresh install no longer shows a cleaning streak you haven't earned yet.
- Accidentally marked something done? There's now an Undo.
- Editing a room no longer loses your changes when you go back.
- Easier to tap the Today and Next 7 days filters.

### 1.0.3 — 2026-08-21

Shared homes now work properly.

On Pro, you can invite the people you live with — send them a link, they
tap it, and you're all working from the same rooms, tasks and schedule.

- Invite links now open correctly for the person you send them to. If you
  tried sharing before and it didn't work, it will now.
- Joined someone else's home? elbow now shows whose home you're in, and
  lets you leave whenever you like.
- Various fixes to keep everything in sync across devices.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-08-20

You can now share your home with a partner. Cleaning stays in sync across both phones — tick a task off on one device and it updates on the other. Open Settings → Household → Share this home to send an invite.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-08-19

Fixes an issue preventing the invite sheet from opening for Pro users.

## More apps by Agnieszka Drapinska

- [Foxtrot Alfa](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/foxtrot-alfa/id1438959729)
- [Life in the UK: Flashcards](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/life-in-the-uk-flashcards/id6761814656)

All apps by Agnieszka Drapinska: https://appshunter.io/developer/1438959728

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