Comparison

HouseNotes2 vs Home Gnome

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

Head to head
About

HouseNotes2

Track and categorize your home expenses with this simple application. It helps you understand where your money is going for various household costs.

Highlights
  • Track house spending
  • Categorize expenses
  • Total spending by category
  • Simple interface
Features
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Simple app that keeps track and totals what you spent on your house and for what! Use the categories to help tell what your money has been spent on.

About

Home Gnome

Features
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Home Gnome is an app for iOS that helps you know what tasks you need to do each month to keep your home well maintained on an-ongoing basis. The average homeowner spends $1,500-$3,000 per year for preventable home repairs. Home Gnome can help you prevent most of that expense by providing you with a fast, easy monthly list of home maintenance tasks. You can finish most of them in a few minutes and then go enjoy your weekend. This app is for: - Busy homeowners who want to do home maintenance tasks quickly on Saturdays so you can enjoy the weekend. - Homeowners who want a simple list to give to someone they hire to maintain their home. - New homeowners who want to keep their home in tiptop condition from the get-go. MONTHLY LISTS OF EASY HOME MAINTENANCE TASKS Home Gnome has a standard monthly list of easy tasks, and you also can add your own tailored to your specific home. You can store handy items like what filters you need to buy for your HVAC, DIY video links or photos of items you need for certain tasks. SHARE TASKS WITH OTHERS, SET REMINDERS, ADD TO OTHER PRODUCTIVITY APPS You can share your tasks with other people who live with you via email or text messages. You can add tasks to your reminders and other productivity apps. SHOPPING LIST You can add tools or materials such as smoke detector batteries or filters that you need to buy to this list. FIND A HOME IMPROVEMENT STORE NEAR YOU Home Gnome’s map is customized to show the locations of home improvement centers close to you so you can pick up what you need. CUSTOMIZED FOR SEASONAL TASKS Some home maintenance tasks are seasonal, so Home Gnome allows you to designate whether you are in the northern or southern hemisphere so that seasonal tasks will appear during the months when they are appropriate for your location. STATS Home Gnome Stats section tracks how you are doing over a year’s time in maintaining your home. Home Gnome was created by busy homeowners who get it that you want to protect your investment in your home while still having time to do more enjoyable things in your spare time. We have tried to get home maintenance down to the simplest and least time-consuming level possible. We’re committed to providing you with a reliable app that you can use on an on-going basis and can depend on to be updated as needed to meet your needs. PURCHASING HOME GNOME Home Gnome is available for $2.99.

Screenshots

HouseNotes23 screens
Home Gnome4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HouseNotes2 at $0.99 against Home Gnome's $2.99. Home Gnome's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

HouseNotes2 costs $0.99 and Home Gnome $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HouseNotes2 ships an update every 2 months, Home Gnome every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HouseNotes2 versus Home Gnome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHouseNotes2Home Gnome
Price$0.99 — better$2.99
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPALIANTechForrest Anderson

In-app purchases

None

HouseNotes2

No in-app purchases

None

Home Gnome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HouseNotes2 free?
HouseNotes2 costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Home Gnome free?
Home Gnome costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do HouseNotes2 or Home Gnome have ads?
Neither HouseNotes2 nor Home Gnome shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HouseNotes2 or Home Gnome?
HouseNotes2 ships an update every 2 months, and Home Gnome every 5 weeks. Most recently, HouseNotes2 was updated on November 2, 2026 and Home Gnome on November 2, 2026.

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