OurHome

Review by eFreeware

OurHome is a free household organizer from the developer Elusios, filed under House & Home on Google Play. It puts two everyday jobs in one place: a shopping list that tracks what you need from each store, and a task list you can split between the people you live with. The pitch is straightforward, and it matches a real gap for shared households that run on group chats and paper notes.

The reason to consider it is that the two halves talk to each other in a way that suits a shared home. Groceries and chores are the two things roommates most often lose track of, and both live in the same app rather than in separate tools. It has been installed more than 50,000 times and holds a 3.1 average from 254 ratings, which tells me it has found an audience while leaving room for improvement.

It arrived in July 2024 and was last updated in October 2026, so the developer is still adding to it. What follows is what the app is built to do, what it asks of you, and how I would judge it before you invite anyone else in.

Shopping lists that know what is already in the cupboard

The shopping list is the feature the developer leads with, and it is more structured than a plain notes app. You build lists for different stores and sort items into categories, so a run to the supermarket and a stop at a smaller shop do not have to share one jumbled column. A progress bar shows how much of the list you have worked through, which is a small touch that helps when two people are shopping at once.

The part I find most useful in principle is the inventory. You keep a digital record of what you have at home, which lets you see what is in stock and what needs replacing before you leave. That turns the list from a memory aid into something closer to a stock check, and it is the feature that separates this from simply sharing a checklist.

Where this design asks something of you is in the upkeep. An inventory is only as good as the entries you put into it, so a household that adds items as they are bought and removes them as they are used will get more out of it than one that treats it as a one-time setup. That is a reasonable trade for anyone who has ever come home with a third bottle of the same sauce.

Chores, deadlines and a shared calendar

The task side works along similar lines. You group tasks by room, assign them to particular roommates, and set deadlines, with recurring tasks available for the jobs that never really end. A built-in calendar collects everything with a date attached, so you can see what is coming rather than discovering it on the day.

The household view, which the developer calls My Home, gives an overview of what has been assigned and how the place is organized. This is the screen I would expect to use most in a shared flat, because it answers the question of who is doing what without a group chat thread. Inviting roommates to join is part of the setup, and once they are in they can add to the lists themselves.

Recent work has leaned into this side of the app. The home page now shows a preview of tomorrow's tasks, and you can change the order and visibility of the components on that page, so the parts you care about can sit at the top. There is also a daily overview notification if you want a regular nudge rather than checking the app yourself.

What it costs and what it expects from your household

OurHome is free to download and carries no advertising. It does offer in-app purchases, and two additions are premium features: support for offline members such as children who have no email address, and the ability to attach up to five notifications to a single task. Those are the only extras described, and the developer does not present them as necessary for the core lists.

The app is built around a household of people who each join in. Roommates are invited to contribute, and the value of the shared lists and the task overview depends on them doing so. A single person can keep a list and a chore schedule, but the collaboration is the point of the design.

The offline member support is worth noting for families, since it means a child can appear in the household without an email address of their own, though that sits behind the premium option. Beyond that, the app is built for each participant to join in.

Getting a shared household to actually use it

The practical question with any shared tool is whether the other people in the house will keep it up. My advice would be to set the household up properly at the start: name the stores you actually shop at, divide the rooms in a way that matches your home rather than a generic template, and assign the recurring jobs before the first week begins. A list that reflects your routine is easier to maintain than one that has to be rebuilt.

The inventory deserves the same treatment. Adding items as they come in and removing them as they run out keeps the stock view honest, and it is the difference between a list that saves a trip and one that sends you out for something you already have. The daily overview notification is a reasonable way to build the habit, and the home page reordering lets you put the most relevant section where you will see it.

I would also keep the scope modest at first. A shopping list and a handful of recurring chores are enough to show whether the household will use it, and the calendar and task overview become more useful once those basics are in place. The app rewards a little discipline up front rather than a large one-off setup.

A shared household organizer for people who will keep it current

OurHome covers the two jobs a shared home most often fumbles, and it does so without charging for the basics or interrupting with ads. The shopping list, the inventory and the assignable task list are all described as core features, and the household overview ties them together. For a flat of adults splitting groceries and cleaning, that combination is easy to justify trying.

The reservations are the ones that come with any collaborative tool. It asks each person to take part, and the inventory only works if someone keeps it current. The premium features add offline members and multiple task notifications, which will matter more to families than to a group of friends sharing a lease.

If your household is willing to put the lists in and keep them updated, it is a sensible free option for keeping groceries and chores in one place. If the people you live with will not open it, no organizer will fix that on its own.

What's new in version 1.9.0

🚀 Support added for offline members (e.g. kids) where no email address is needed (premium feature) 🚀 Up to 5 notifications can now be added for each task (premium feature) 🚀 Possibility added to receive a daily overview notification 🚀 Added an overview of tasks for tomorrow on the home page 🚀 Order and visibility of the homepage components can now be changed