Housework timer vs Meritocracy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Housework timer
Track time spent on household chores with an intuitive interface. Compare your task data with household members to understand chore distribution.
- Time tracking for chores
- Intuitive interface
- Task recording
- Chore distribution analysis
- Household member comparison
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Housework is an application designed to track the time spent on household chores. Through a simple and intuitive interface, you can record and track the different tasks you do on a daily basis. This application can be used to help you think about how to share tasks: by comparing your data with that of the other members of your household, you can get a clear idea of how they are distributed.
Meritocracy
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Meritocracy: Turn household chores into an exciting challenge! Make every little daily gesture special. With Meritocracy, each household task becomes a mission that earns you stars: from washing dishes to making beds, from hanging laundry to taking out the trash. Get the whole family involved in this domestic adventure: - Easily track each family member's activities - Earn stars for every completed task - View everyone's progress with clear and intuitive statistics - Create healthy family competition Discover who's the true champion of household chores and make cleaning a breeze! Download Meritocracy now and bring a touch of magic to your daily routines.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Housework timer at 11.0 against Meritocracy's 13.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Housework timer ships an update every 2 weeks, Meritocracy weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Housework timer | Meritocracy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adrien Barmaz | Qwentes Italia srl |
In-app purchases
Housework timer
No in-app purchases
Meritocracy
No in-app purchases
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