Comparison

Hearthly vs SharedChores

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

Head to head
About

Hearthly

This app offers a gentle approach to home organization by providing one simple task at a time. It creates personalized daily cleaning routines based on your home's details, lifestyle, and desired intensity, helping you maintain a calm and orderly living space without feeling overwhelmed.

Highlights
  • One task at a time focus
  • Personalized daily routines
  • Flexible cleaning intensity
  • Gentle reminders
  • Progress tracking
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Hearthly is your gentle guide to a well-ordered home — designed for real people with busy lives. Unlike overwhelming cleaning apps, Hearthly tells you exactly what to do next. No endless lists. No decision fatigue. Just one simple task at a time. HOW IT WORKS: 1. Tell us about your home (rooms, size, lifestyle) 2. Set your cleaning intensity (essentials, comfortable, or thorough) 3. Each day, Hearthly serves up a personalized routine — just tap and go YOUR DAILY ROUTINES: • Morning Reset — Start fresh in minutes • Midday Tidy — Keep momentum without burnout • Evening Wind-Down — End the day in a calm space Customize any routine: disable tasks you don't need, add your own, reorder to fit your flow. KEY FEATURES: • One Task at a Time — Focus on what matters now, not everything at once • Personalized Routines — Adapt to your home, schedule, and energy level • Flexible Intensity — Scale from quick essentials to a deep clean • Gentle Reminders — Encouraging nudges, never guilt trips • Progress Tracking — Watch your home transform day by day • Works Offline — Start free, no account needed; your data stays on your device SHARE THE LOAD (Hearthly Family subscription): Home runs better as a team. Invite your household to share tasks and a shopping list, see updates in real time, and stop wondering who already did what. • Shared task and shopping lists • Real-time sync across everyone's devices • Simple controls for who can do what • Entirely optional — Hearthly works beautifully solo BUILT FOR REAL LIFE: • Busy parents juggling work and home • Anyone who feels overwhelmed by where to start • People with ADHD who struggle with task initiation and sequencing • Those recovering from burnout or depression • Anyone who wants a calmer, more peaceful living space Hearthly doesn't judge your starting point. Whether you're maintaining a tidy home or digging out from chaos, it meets you where you are — one task at a time. Start your journey to a tidier, more peaceful home today. Privacy Policy: https://hearthlyapp.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SharedChores

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Stop carrying the whole reminder list. SharedChores turns “Can you do that?” into “Already done.” Share the everyday stuff, see who’s got what, and watch the list get lighter—without turning chores into an allowance or a public contest. Add a chore in seconds. Give it to someone, or leave it up for grabs. Everyone can claim what they can handle, mark it done, and move the group one step closer. Busy day? Add one optional completion photo while marking a chore done so your private group can see what was finished. Photos are never public and disappear automatically after 90 days. Choose 1–5 Chore Points when you make a chore, then watch those little high-fives add up for the person who handled it. Lifetime totals stay inside your group. If a child’s chore needs an adult check, its points appear only after approval. Keep a gentle rhythm without the guilt. Your private Together streak celebrates consecutive days when anyone in the group finishes something, and a timed chore can carry one optional heads-up an hour before it is due—never a string of repeat pings. Split tonight’s reset with your partner. Make helping out clearer for the kids. Keep a bigger crew moving when there are more hands in the mix. Your group simply grows as you add people. Open Chore Rewards when you want extra motivation. Choose a challenge that fits real life—tonight, this weekend, this month, the whole year, your own dates, or no deadline—and add an optional reward for everyone to enjoy. Start with an editable idea like Win the Week, make your own, or keep using everyday chores without a challenge. WITH SHAREDCHORES: - Know who’s got what—and what anyone can grab - Optional adult checks for a child’s finished chores - Add one optional private completion photo when marking a chore done - Choose a private 1–5 Chore Point value that feels fair for each chore - Keep a positive Together streak going as a group—without streak-loss pressure - Add one optional, friendly heads-up before a timed chore - Add an optional group reward to any challenge - Invite other adults privately, keep track of invitation status, and set up child devices without a child email or phone number - Look back on weekly recaps without resetting bigger goals - Share a win without turning your group into a public feed SharedChores requires a subscription. Choose $49.00 a year or $5.99 a month in the U.S. One subscription covers your whole group, with room for up to 10 people, repeating routines, optional private completion photos, shared challenges, and complete history. Both plans renew automatically unless canceled. There is no free plan or free trial. Start with a few thoughtful choices about what would make everyday life easier. Build a first plan, make your group, and pick your subscription. Skip any preference question. If you choose to share your answers, the app’s creator can use those choices to make SharedChores better; sharing is optional. Private by design. No ads. No public profiles. No contact uploads. No public chore pages. Get it done together. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hearthly4 screens
SharedChores4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SharedChores at weekly against Hearthly's every 2 weeks. Hearthly's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Hearthly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and SharedChores sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hearthly ships an update every 2 weeks, SharedChores weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hearthly versus SharedChores: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHearthlySharedChores
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFoxxception LLCCerebra Enterprises, LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hearthly

Subscriptions2
  • Sync Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Annual$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Hearthly Lifetime Access$9.99
2 purchases

SharedChores

Subscriptions2
  • SharedChores Plus Monthly$5.991 Month
  • SharedChores Plus Annual1 Month trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Hearthly free?
Hearthly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SharedChores free?
SharedChores is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hearthly or SharedChores have ads?
Neither Hearthly nor SharedChores shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hearthly or SharedChores?
Hearthly ships an update every 2 weeks, and SharedChores weekly. Most recently, Hearthly was updated on September 24, 2026 and SharedChores on October 3, 2026.

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