Comparison

Get Hobson vs issho

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

Head to head
About

Get Hobson

This app consolidates your household calendars, automates carpool coordination, and generates to-do lists for events. It provides timely nudges and reminders, designed to reduce mental load for busy individuals and families.

Highlights
  • Consolidated calendar view
  • Automated carpool coordination
  • Event-based to-do list generation
  • Smart nudges and reminders
  • Household member collaboration
  • Optional Apple Health integration
Features
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Hobson sits above your calendars and handles the coordination you shouldn't have to think about — carpools, to-dos, and the nudge you need before you need it. Built for parents, caregivers, and anyone whose brain is full. Most apps want your attention. Hobson's job is to give it back. ONE VIEW OF EVERYTHING Connect every calendar in the household — yours, your partner's, the kids', the school's. Hobson reads them all and surfaces only what needs a decision. No more Sunday-night archaeology across four apps. CARPOOLS WITHOUT THE GROUP CHAT Who's driving, who's riding, who forgot — coordinated quietly, confirmed automatically, with none of the 47-message thread. TO-DO LISTS THAT WRITE THEMSELVES Trip coming up? Holiday? Birthday party? Hobson builds the checklist for the event and hands it to you finished. You just check the boxes. Or assign to people in your circle. NUDGES WITH JUDGMENT Hobson reminds you when something needs doing — and notices when something hasn't been done in a while. Firm enough to work. Polite enough that you don't resent it. BUILT FOR FULL BRAINS If your mind keeps seventeen tabs open, Hobson closes sixteen of them. Gentle, persistent, shame-free reminders that work with how your brain actually works — including ADHD brains. WHO KEEPS A BUTLER THESE DAYS? Parents running the family logistics operation. Caregivers coordinating for others. Professionals whose personal life became a second job. Anyone who'd like the mental load carried by someone else for a change. HEALTH, IF YOU WANT IT Hobson can optionally use Apple Health (steps and workouts) to time fitness-related nudges. Only with your permission — and your health data never leaves your device. PLANS Everything above is included free on the Solo plan — calendars, nudges, circles, carpools, and shared lists — with a monthly allowance of AI assists. • Solo — Free forever. • Household (paid subscription) — $8.99/month or $79.99/year. Unlimited AI assists, medication refill and Care-Shuttle coordination, and coverage for you plus five household members. • Founders (paid subscription) — $39.99/year. All Household features at limited launch pricing, locked in for life. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.gethobson.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.gethobson.app/privacy

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issho

Features
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You're the only one who remembers everything. issho helps you stop managing your partner and start sharing the load, so chores get handled before they turn into a fight. Reminders come from the app, not from you. No nagging. No scorekeeping. Many tools turn the home into a scoreboard: streaks that break, red overdue badges, one person stuck assigning, reminding, and chasing. issho is built the opposite way. It is made for couples and housemates where one or both of you has ADHD, so the home gets shared instead of managed. How issho helps: • Reminders that nag, so you don't have to. They come from issho, not from either of you. Asking is off your plate. • The mental load finally leaves your head. Everything lives in one shared place you both work from, so it is not all on you to remember anymore. • See what is happening and what got done, in real time. The home is visible to both of you, so chores stop being invisible until they pile up, and it is easy to spot one and take it on. • Stay on the same team, not opposite sides. Chores get handled before they turn into a fight, so the home stops being a thing you argue about. • Shared, never scored. You see the effort as a team, never a "who did more" tally or a fairness scoreboard. • Big jobs break into small, doable steps, so the hardest part, starting, gets easier for whoever picks them up. • Add a task by voice, no typing. Say it out loud and issho captures it, then breaks it down. The brain dump finally has somewhere to go. • Body double, even from different rooms. Start a session and do chores side by side. Knowing someone else is on it too makes starting far easier. • One task for today's energy, not a wall of backlog. On a low day, issho shows one small thing. On a good day, everything is there. • Snap a photo of a messy room and issho turns it into clear, small tasks. • Nothing here punishes you. No streaks to break, no red overdue badges. Miss a day and your progress stays, with a friendly otter that celebrates the small wins. Who is issho for? Couples and housemates where one or both partners has ADHD, and anyone carrying the invisible mental load at home, whether it shows up as executive dysfunction, mess blindness, time blindness, or rejection sensitivity. issho (Japanese for "together"). Because you shouldn't have to run the home alone. Privacy: https://www.isshoapp.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.isshoapp.com/terms

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Get Hobson at every 3 days against issho's monthly. 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. Get Hobson sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and issho sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Get Hobson ships an update every 3 days, issho monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Get Hobson versus issho: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGet Hobsonissho
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB43 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRodney JonesLeon Pawelzik

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Get Hobson

Subscriptions3
  • Household Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Founders Plan$39.991 Year
  • Household Annual$79.991 Year
2 purchases

issho

Subscriptions2
  • Issho Premium (Monthly)$6.991 Month
  • Issho Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Get Hobson free?
Get Hobson is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is issho free?
issho is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Get Hobson or issho have ads?
Neither Get Hobson nor issho shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Get Hobson or issho?
Get Hobson ships an update every 3 days, and issho monthly. Most recently, Get Hobson was updated on October 10, 2026 and issho on October 25, 2026.

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