Comparison

Brivity Home vs LyfeTender

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Brivity Home

Discover the latest homes for sale that match your criteria. Save open houses, schedule tours, and communicate directly with your real estate agent to streamline your home buying process.

Highlights
  • Find matching homes
  • Save open houses
  • Schedule home tours
  • Connect with agent
  • Latest listings
Features
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Brivity Home connects you and your real estate agent to ensure your home search journey is a success. Find the latest homes that match your must-haves, save open houses for later, schedule a tour of a home any time, and connect with your agent via Brivity Home.

About

LyfeTender

This app streamlines household management by organizing chores, planning meals, and creating grocery lists. It features family roles, a rewards system, and recipe scaling, all accessible offline.

Highlights
  • Chore management with flexible schedules
  • Family roles and permissions
  • Rewards and points system
  • Tailored meal planning
  • Recipe scaling for serving sizes
  • Organized grocery lists
  • Offline functionality
Features
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LyfeTender is the all-in-one household management app for families. Less nagging, more teamwork. CHORE MANAGEMENT Create recurring chores with flexible schedules — daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, or custom intervals. Set due times so tasks appear at the right moment. Every chore follows a clear lifecycle: pending, assigned, completed, verified. Admins can reject completed chores back to the assignee with an optional reason. FAMILY ROLES & PERMISSIONS Three role levels — admin, member, and child — each with appropriate access. Invite family members with a simple link or invite code. Set your household timezone and everything stays in sync. REWARDS & POINTS Motivate your family with a built-in rewards system. Earn points for completed chores and redeem them for custom rewards. Track who's leading on the points leaderboard. MEAL PLANNING Get daily dinner suggestions tailored to your household's preferences. Set your cuisine, protein, dietary restrictions, and spice level. Not feeling tonight's recipe? Shuffle for a new one or swap from your recipe book. Tonight's dinner shows right on your home dashboard. RECIPE SCALING Every recipe scales to your household's preferred serving size. Set your default servings in preferences and all ingredient quantities adjust automatically. GROCERY LISTS Add ingredients from your meals with one tap — repeatable anytime you need a refresh. Items are organized by category for easy shopping. Check items off as you go. WORKS OFFLINE Full offline support — browse your chores, meals, recipes, and grocery list without an internet connection. Actions queue up and sync automatically when you're back online. SMART AUTOMATION Auto-assign chores so nobody has to dole out tasks every day. Auto-verify for trusted members. Push and email notifications for assignments, completions, and reminders. Real-time updates so everyone sees progress as it happens. FREE Everything included. No subscriptions, no paywalls, no limits on households or family members.

Screenshots

Brivity Home4 screens
LyfeTender4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LyfeTender at 5.0 against Brivity Home's 4.0. LyfeTender also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Brivity Home's advantage is ratings volume (97 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LyfeTender holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brivity Home has 97 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Brivity Home's written reviews are positive against 100% of LyfeTender's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brivity Home ships an update every 3 weeks, LyfeTender every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Brivity Home versus LyfeTender: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrivity HomeLyfeTender
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (97 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings97 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrivityJOHN ROBERT MILLER

Customer experience

Brivity Home

All ratings91 ratings
Positive73.6%
Neutral4.4%
Negative22.0%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral2.6%
Negative35.9%

LyfeTender

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Brivity Home

Reported bugs

30 issues
  • App crashes
  • Features not working
  • Cannot save to collection or access saved homes
  • Cannot save or visit recent history/searches
  • Back arrow button not working
Show 25 more
  • Search engine does not recognize specific addresses
  • Homes not showing up in search
  • App crashes when selecting a home
  • Blank black screen instead of photos/info
  • Cannot create an account, only login
  • Login screen says account needed
  • Image view automatically changes to landscape
  • Cannot revert from landscape mode
  • Kicks user out of app when modifying search
  • App won't open at all sometimes
  • App does not load or refresh well
  • Does not rotate
  • Does not resize after zoom
  • Map won't load
  • Filters won't load when sorting via list
  • Data refresh problems
  • Marker disappears on map after clicking
  • City/town names disappear when zooming
  • Searching for new listings broken
  • Saved search turns up no results
  • Saved search filters not applied until map moved
  • Sort option doesn't show on all phones
  • Like button inconveniently placed
  • Pricing and searches don't update dynamically
  • New listings difficult to navigate

Requested features

7 requests
  • Option to include or exclude HOA's
  • Option to include or exclude ADA accessible homes
  • Option to include or exclude single level homes
  • Option to include or exclude master bedroom in main level
  • Agent version with confidential remarks, disclosure links, phone numbers, and emails
Show 2 more
  • Improve MLS access to other MLS listings
  • Fix landscape mode issue

LyfeTender

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Brivity Home

No in-app purchases

None

LyfeTender

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brivity Home free?
Brivity Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LyfeTender free?
LyfeTender is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Brivity Home or LyfeTender?
LyfeTender is rated higher. Brivity Home averages 4.0 out of 5 from 97 ratings, while LyfeTender averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Brivity Home or LyfeTender have ads?
Neither Brivity Home nor LyfeTender shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brivity Home or LyfeTender?
Brivity Home ships an update every 3 weeks, and LyfeTender every 3 days. Most recently, Brivity Home was updated on October 20, 2026 and LyfeTender on October 24, 2026.

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