Equal House vs Our Life

Equal House is a family planning app for households dividing chores, childcare and mental load. It combines shared calendars, chores, meals, money, shopping lists and other household planning with a live Fairness Score. Each task receives an effort weight, contributing to a household score from 0 to 100; Auto-Balance uses that score to redistribute upcoming chores. Planners cover meals and shopping, children’s parties, school runs and exercise. Magic Add can read pasted or photographed newsletters and suggest events or chores for review before saving. Pro can connect Google, Outlook, Apple or school calendars, and link Claude or other AI assistants with confirmation required for changes. Children use adult-managed profiles without email addresses, passwords or independent accounts. The app runs on Android and iOS. A free plan supports planning up to three days ahead. Equal House Pro costs £2.99 per household per month, or £29.90 per year.

Our Life is a shared family calendar that turns photos of paper flyers, invitations, and appointment cards into calendar events. Families can also add events in natural language, plan meals, import recipes, and receive conflict warnings. The app includes a curated family recipe collection and a guided cooking mode with step-by-step instructions and automatically detected timers. Shared tasks and shopping lists support household coordination, while sitter share links provide a read-only agenda for a specific night and expire automatically. Calendar connections include Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Outlook, Microsoft 365, and iCal feeds. Our Life is available on iOS and the web; its web app works in modern browsers and provides a desktop layout on screens at least 1024 pixels wide. The free plan supports up to six household members, 10 AI photo-to-events per month, and read-only Apple Calendar sync. Plus costs $4.99 a month, or $49.99 a year, and Plus Pro costs $7.99 a month, or $79.99 a year.