# Milton: Run the House — Calendar, chores, shopping

> Family organizer for calendars, chores, shopping, and rewards on a shared display. (iPhone/iPad app by Deschutech LLC.)

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- Developer: [Deschutech LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1875561992)
- Category: Productivity, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 17 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-11-04
- Data updated: 2026-11-13
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/milton-run-the-house/id6819070484/reviews.md

## What is Milton?

That old iPad in the drawer is your family's new command center.

Skip the wall display. Prop up the iPad you already replaced, and Milton turns it into one screen for the calendar, the chores, the meals, and the shopping that the whole house walks past. The same family follows you to your phone. Any iPad running iPadOS 17 works.

DESIGN YOUR OWN WALL
The wall is a grid you draw on. Drag across empty cells to carve out a space, tap it to choose what goes there, and drag to move it. Choose from 19 tiles: Up next, Meal, Weather, Play, The board, Today, Needs attention, Shopping, Kids, My jobs, This week, Clock, Countdown, Routine now, Saving up, Streaks, Photo frame, Leave by, and Done today. The shape does the rest: a small square shows one number, a wide one gets the full layout. Tap a person and the wall becomes theirs. Parents can redraw any of them.

RECIPES FROM THE BOOK ON THE COUNTER
Keep the family's recipes in one book. Photograph a cookbook page, or the ingredients and the method one at a time, and Milton reads it on the device into amounts and steps for you to check. Change the servings and the amounts follow. Cook it step by step, plan it for a night, and put what's missing on the shopping list in one tap.

MUSIC AND PODCASTS ON THE WALL
The Play widget puts the family's Apple Music playlist and podcasts a tap away, with buttons a five-year-old can hit.

A BOARD THAT DOESN'T LOSE THINGS
To do, Doing, Done. Anything dated today shows up in To do, and anything unfinished rolls over, flagged so nobody misses it. Undated tasks wait in an Unplanned tray. Chores can repeat, rotate between kids, and wait for a parent's sign-off.

A REAL CALENDAR
Month view, or the week in columns with the day's agenda underneath. Repeating events, locations, and optional holidays. On the wall iPad with Milton Individual or Family, the weather at each event's place and time. With Milton Individual, it also reads the calendars you already use and offers anything new, once.

SHOPPING, BUILT FOR THE AISLE
Photograph a handwritten list and each item is added in the store it's usually bought at. Checked-off items drop off the list. Tag a store's locations, and arriving at any of them brings up that store's list.

SAVING UP, NOT A RACE
Every kid gets their own screen: balance, streak, and what they're saving up for. A reward can be for everyone or one child's own goal. Parents set prices right next to the balances.

ROUTINES AND LEAVE BY
Morning and bedtime checklists land on the board when their window opens and earn points when done. Leave by is calculated from a real driving route with expected traffic, and shows as a Live Activity on the Lock Screen. Apple Watch shows your day, and Siri can add to the list or tell you what's next.

FREE, THEN PAY ONCE
The free app is a complete family organizer on one device: every screen, your first family member, and everything you add by hand, kept forever.

Milton Individual, a one-time purchase, adds more people and helpers, imports from your calendars, syncs across your devices, puts the weather on the wall iPad, and lets you invite a partner, grandparent, or sitter, or join a family you've been invited to.

Milton Family, a one-time purchase, gives all of that to your whole Family Sharing group.

No subscription. No account. Your data lives in your own iCloud, and we have no servers that could see it. Recipe and list photos are read on your device.

Requires iOS 17 or iPadOS 17 or later. Works on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Sync and invites require iCloud.

## Key features

- Customizable family dashboard
- Shared calendars and event planning
- Chore management with rotation and sign-off
- Integrated shopping lists by store
- Reward system for kids' chores
- Meal planning and routine checklists
- Leave-by time calculation with traffic

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Milton Individual | $4.99 | one-time |
| Milton Family | $14.99 | one-time |
| Upgrade to Family | $9.99 | one-time |


## Is Milton safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Milton.

## Is Milton legit?

Milton: Run the House has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Milton is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/milton-run-the-house/id6819070484/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Completely replaced my Skylight

*2026-11-05*

Milton has fully replaced my SkyLight calendar, it’s such a great use for an old iPad! My skylight started to become slow and I was tired of needing to pay a subscription to get all the features. Milton has it all included and more, definitely worth checking out!

## Frequently asked questions about Milton

### What devices does Milton support?

Milton is compatible with any iPad running iPadOS 17, as well as iPhones and Apple Watches. This includes a wide range of devices, not just the latest or Pro models.

### How does Milton handle chores for multiple children?

Chores can be assigned to repeat, rotate between kids, and even require a parent's sign-off. Each child can have their own dedicated screen showing their chores and progress.

### Can Milton import my existing calendars?

Yes, the 'Milton Individual' one-time purchase allows you to import events from your existing calendars. It also offers new events from imported calendars once.

### How does the 'Leave By' feature work in Milton?

The 'Leave By' feature calculates departure times based on real driving routes and expected traffic, not just a guess. It also displays as a Live Activity on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.

### What are the benefits of the free version of Milton?

The free version is a complete family organizer for a single device. It includes all screens, one family member, and all manually added data, which is kept forever.

### How do I cancel my Milton subscription?

Milton offers a one-time purchase for additional features, not a recurring subscription. Therefore, there is no subscription to cancel.

### Is Milton suitable for young children?

Milton has an age rating of 4+, indicating it's designed for use by younger children with parental guidance. The reward system can be particularly engaging for kids.

### How often is Milton updated?

The app was last updated on November 6, 2026, with version 1.0.1. This suggests a recent update, and users can expect ongoing improvements and bug fixes.

## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-11-11

Recipes, and scanning.

• A recipe book for the family. Write a recipe in, or photograph a cookbook page and Milton reads the ingredients and steps on your device for you to check. Scan the ingredients and the method separately with each section's own Scan button, and choose to add to or replace what's there.
• Change the servings and the amounts follow. Cook it step by step, plan it for a night, or add what's missing to the shopping list. Tap the wall's dinner to open its recipe.
• Scan a handwritten shopping list: each item is added, never replacing what's on the list, in the shop it's usually bought at. Sort into shops files anything unsorted.
• The camera takes one photo and comes straight back, with Auto or Manual shutter.
• Saving up replaces the rewards race: rewards can be one child's own goal, children aren't ranked, and a child's wall shows only what they're saving for.
• Clearer switches and selectors, and buttons that answer anywhere you tap them. Badges show one initial.
• Your family's data is safer: reinstalling the app, adding a new device, or a device on an older version can no longer overwrite shops, recipes, points, or settings.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-11-09

Music on the wall, and a wall for everyone.

• A new Play widget puts the family's Apple Music playlists and podcasts a tap away: in order, shuffle, or repeat, a volume slider, and a picker made for small hands. The first time, Milton makes a "Milton's Music Playlist" in your Apple Music library; fill it in the Music app and it plays on the wall. Add the family's shows right from the picker, or under Settings, Music & podcasts; episodes come straight from each show's own feed.
• Everyone has a wall of their own. Tap a person at the top and their wall is theirs: a parent's leads with My jobs, Leave by, and Today; a child's leads with their jobs, big, with a tick. Parents can rearrange any wall, and each starts from a sensible default.
• Every widget now has a largest size as well as a smallest, and the size you draw is the size you get.
• The calendar strip fills its row with bigger dates and dots, today is marked in purple, and the selected day's border is even all the way round.
• The photo frame shows the whole photo, moves on with a swipe, and has a pace setting. Its photos are picked in their own screen under Settings, Display.
• This device's settings, including its home, now come back after you delete and reinstall Milton.
• Weather and the Play widget are the wall iPad's. On a phone, Milton is the family's list, day, and jobs.
• Fixes: a family's podcast shows no longer vanish when an older build saves a setting; shopping cards line up at the top in landscape.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-11-06

Fixes from your reports. Thank you for sending them.

• A job or event set to Daily keeps a later end date and repeats every day until then, instead of switching to Weekly.
• Tapping more days in the week picker adds those days for this week only. A day that has already passed, or the Repeat menu, is what makes something Weekly.
• On iPhone, Edit from a job's long-press menu opens reliably, and swipe-to-delete asks again after Keep it.
• A swipe that turns into a long press no longer leaves the delete button exposed under the menu.
• Who can open this family lists each iPad or iPhone once, even after the app is deleted and reinstalled, with a Forget action for stale entries.

### 1.0 — 2026-11-05

No release notes.

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