If OurHome has stopped logging you in, you are not imagining it. Here is what happened to it, and the apps worth moving your family to — including the ones that are not ours.
OurHome was, for a long time, the default recommendation for a free family chore app — chores, points, rewards, a shared grocery list and a family calendar, on both iOS and Android, with no ads.
It was unpublished from Google Play in September 2023 and has had no meaningful update since 2020. Users report login failures and server errors. There has been no formal shutdown announcement, which is part of why so many families only discover the problem when the app stops letting them in. Either way, it is not something to rebuild a routine on now.
OurHome bundled three separate things, and no single app replaces all three well. Work out which part you actually used:
The closest thing to OurHome's chores-and-consequences idea, except the consequence is automatic. Each chore gets a due time and a set of apps; miss the deadline and those apps lock through Apple Family Controls until the child submits a photo and you approve it. iPhone and iPad only, and it does not do calendars or grocery lists.
If what you actually miss is the shared calendar, grocery list and meal planning, Cozi is the established answer and has been for years. Its chore support is a shared to-do list with no enforcement, so it replaces half of OurHome well and the other half barely at all. Note that since May 2024 the free tier only shows a 30-day calendar window.
A kids' debit card with chores attached — assign a chore, the child ticks it off, allowance pays out automatically. Far bigger than OurHome ever was, rated 4.8 from roughly 488,000 App Store ratings, and cross-platform. It is a paid money product, and it does not touch screen time.
The other established chores-to-allowance option, with a debit card and the ability to save, spend, share or invest what they earn. Like Greenlight, it is aimed at teaching money rather than enforcing the chore itself.
It has not been formally announced as shut down, but it is not in a healthy state. OurHome was unpublished from Google Play in September 2023, has had no meaningful update since 2020, and users widely report being unable to log in because of server problems. As of August 2026 it is not something to build a family routine on.
For chores on iPhone and iPad, taskr is free with no subscription for the core features, and it adds the enforcement OurHome never had. For a free shared calendar and grocery list, Cozi's free tier still covers that, with the caveat that it now limits the free calendar view to 30 days. There is no single free app that replaces every part of OurHome at once.
Cozi, Greenlight and BusyKid all run on Android. taskr does not — it is built on Apple Family Controls, which only exists on Apple platforms, so it is iPhone and iPad only. If your household is mixed, pick from the cross-platform options for the Android devices.
There is no export or import path between these apps, so a move means retyping your chore list. The upside is that it is a good moment to cut it down — most families discover their OurHome list had accumulated chores nobody had done in a year. Start with the three or four that actually cause arguments.
OurHome ran on a points economy, and points work until the novelty fades — then they become another thing you have to enforce. The apps that keep working long-term attach something the child already cares about: real money, or access to their own device. That is the main decision to make before picking a replacement.
See the full comparison against Greenlight, Bark, Qustodio, Cozi and BusyKid, or the ranked roundups of the best chore apps for kids and the genuinely free ones.
taskr is free on the App Store. iOS only. Built on Apple Family Controls.