Comparison

BusyHive vs Chore Chart for Roommates

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

Head to head
About

BusyHive

This app simplifies family chore management by allowing parents to assign tasks, track completion with photo proof, and automatically manage allowances. It's designed for shared family devices, working offline and prioritizing user privacy with local data storage.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited chores with custom rewards
  • Photo proof of chore completion
  • Automatic allowance tracking
  • Offline-first functionality
  • Local data storage for privacy
  • Export data for records
Features
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BusyHive is a native chores and allowance app for iPhone and iPad. Add your kids and their chores, set a reward for each one, and let everyone track allowance together - no account, no cloud, and nothing to sign up for. NEW IN 2.0: KID PHONES Give each kid their own iPhone instead of sharing one family device. Pair it by scanning a QR code, and your kid can see their chores and balance and mark chores done right from their own phone. The two devices sync automatically whenever they're near each other with BusyHive open - still no account and no internet required. Kid phones are entirely optional, and BusyHive still works the original way, on one shared iPad, if that's what your family prefers. HOW IT WORKS - Add each kid and the chores they're responsible for - Set a dollar reward for each chore, one-time or repeating - Kids mark chores done, with an optional photo taken with the camera or chosen from their library, as proof of what "done" looks like - Balances update automatically, and a full history tracks every completion and payout WHY FAMILIES CHOOSE BUSYHIVE - All data - kids, chores, balances, history, photos - stays on your own devices, synced device-to-device with no server in between - No accounts, no sign-ups, no tracking, no ads - Fast and responsive: this is a from-scratch native rewrite, not a web wrapper - Optional cooldowns stop the same chore being marked done twice in a row - Export a full backup anytime and restore it on a new device, so you never lose your family's history BUILT FROM PARENT FEEDBACK BusyHive was built after reading hundreds of reviews from parents frustrated with other chore apps: broken sync, subscriptions, and accounts that added complexity without adding value. Version 2.0 carries that same philosophy into a complete native rewrite, adding the option to give each kid their own phone without giving up the local-first approach that got us here. Questions or feedback? Email eladio@caritos.com

About

Chore Chart for Roommates

Features
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The chore chart that ends the whose-turn-is-it argument. Chore Chart splits housework across your family, flatmates, or partner, rotates the rota automatically, and keeps score — so the person who actually scrubbed the bathroom gets the credit. Most chore apps stop at a checklist. Chore Chart is built around fairness: every chore carries points, a scheduling engine hands the heavy jobs around evenly, and over a full rotation everyone ends up carrying exactly the same load — not roughly the same, exactly. A fairness meter shows how evenly this week's work actually landed. WHAT YOU GET • A rota that runs itself — mark a chore as rotating and it moves to the next housemate each day or week, no redrawing the chart • Points that settle arguments: "you never do anything" meets a bar chart of who did what since Monday • A live fairness meter — see at a glance whether this week's split is 94% even or one person is carrying the house • A leaderboard with all-time scores, trophies, and a feed of every chore ticked and by whom • Daily and weekly chores that uncheck themselves at midnight or on Monday — nothing to reset, ever • Starter sets that put a whole household routine on the board in under a minute PERFECT FOR • Flatshares tired of the passive-aggressive kitchen note • Couples splitting housework without keeping mental score • Families getting kids to own their jobs through points and trophies • Anyone running a weekly cleaning routine who wants receipts, not memory WHY NOT JUST A SHARED TO-DO LIST? A list tells you what needs doing. It doesn't decide who, doesn't rotate the jobs nobody wants, and doesn't remember that you did the dishes nine days straight. Chore Chart does all three — assignment, rotation, and a scoreboard — on one screen you check in seconds. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Everything stays on this iPhone. No account, no sign-up, no cloud, no tracking. Your household's data is nobody's business but the house's. FULL ACCESS Chore Chart Full Access unlocks unlimited housemates and chores, automatic rotation, complete starter sets, and the daily reminder. Choose a weekly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Put the chart up tonight — tomorrow's dishes already have a name on them. The weekly and yearly plans are auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. The lifetime plan is a one-time purchase and does not renew. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia

Screenshots

BusyHive4 screens
Chore Chart for Roommates4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chore Chart for Roommates at Free against BusyHive's $4.99. Chore Chart for Roommates also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Chore Chart for Roommates is free to download; BusyHive costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BusyHive ships an update every 9 months, Chore Chart for Roommates every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BusyHive versus Chore Chart for Roommates: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBusyHiveChore Chart for Roommates
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEladio CaritosLEAN ASIA CO., LTD

In-app purchases

None

BusyHive

No in-app purchases

None

Chore Chart for Roommates

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BusyHive free?
BusyHive costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chore Chart for Roommates free?
Chore Chart for Roommates is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BusyHive or Chore Chart for Roommates have ads?
Neither BusyHive nor Chore Chart for Roommates shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BusyHive or Chore Chart for Roommates?
BusyHive ships an update every 9 months, and Chore Chart for Roommates every 4 months. Most recently, BusyHive was updated on October 25, 2026 and Chore Chart for Roommates on October 25, 2026.

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