When you share a home, finding the right tool to keep everyone aligned can be a challenge. Most "best roommate apps" lists recommend tools that are either outdated or only work well on one platform, leaving half of your household in the dark with broken notifications and laggy performance.
I tested every major household management app across both iOS and Android and ranked them based on three questions: does it actually work well for everyone in the house, does it solve real household problems, and will your roommates actually install it?
What We Looked For
- Cross-platform experience: a native-feeling, smooth experience on both iOS and Android
- Core features: expense splitting, shared lists, chore management, calendar
- Reliability: notifications that actually arrive for everyone in the household
- Free usability: can you actually use it without paying?
- Fit and finish: does it feel like a modern, well-designed app?
1 Hozy
Best for: All-in-one household management
I built Hozy with React Native to ensure a completely native, smooth experience on both iOS and Android. Gesture navigation works properly, notifications actually arrive, and the app feels responsive. Everything is in one place: expenses, shared shopping lists with real-time sync, auto-rotating chores, and a calendar featuring true two-way Google Calendar sync. It also offers temporary "Bubbles" for 30-day guest expense splitting and multi-language support (EN, DE, IT).Setup takes about 30 seconds: create a household, share an invite code, done. The app includes all core features.
- Expenses, shopping, chores, and calendar in one app
- Real-time sync via Supabase Realtime
- Two-way Google Calendar integration
- Temporary Bubbles for guests
- Multi-language (EN, DE, IT)
2 Splitwise
Best for: Expense splitting only
The gold standard for splitting expenses. Splitwise's mobile app is solid and well-maintained. Multi-currency support, detailed expense breakdowns, and the "simplify debts" feature make settling up easy. The widgets for quick expense entry are a nice touch.
The downside: it only does expenses. No shopping lists, no chores, no calendar. The free tier shows ads and limits features. But if expense tracking is all you need, Splitwise remains excellent.
3 Flatastic
Best for: European flatshares
Flatastic covers a lot of ground: expenses, shopping lists, chores, and a shared pinboard for household notes. It's free with an optional Premium tier. Built by a German team, it's particularly popular in DACH countries. The app works but feels a generation behind in design.
The chore rotation is fair and automated, and the expense tracker handles basic splits well. But the interface is showing its age, and it lacks features like calendar integration or real-time sync.
4 OurHome
Best for: Families with kids
OurHome gamifies household chores: complete tasks, earn points, redeem rewards. Kids love it. The app includes a grocery list, family calendar, and meal planner. It's colorful, friendly, and works well as a family coordination tool.
Less suitable for adult roommates (the points system feels patronizing), and it doesn't handle expense splitting at all.
5 Cozi Family Organizer
Best for: Family scheduling
Cozi's strength is its shared family calendar with color-coding per member. The app includes shopping lists and to-do lists too. It's been around since 2005, so it's battle-tested and reliable.
No expense tracking or chore rotation. The free version has ads, and the design hasn't modernized much. But as a pure scheduling tool for families, it works well.
6 Google Keep + Google Calendar
Best for: Minimalists who want no new apps
Not a dedicated household app, but worth mentioning because so many users default to this. Shared Google Keep list for groceries, shared calendar for scheduling. It's free, fast, and already on your phone.
The problem: no expense tracking, no chore management, and you end up juggling multiple shared lists with no unified view of your household. It's what people do when they haven't found a real solution yet.
7 Tricount
Best for: Trip expenses
Tricount is popular in Europe for splitting trip and group expenses. The mobile app is clean and straightforward. It handles basic splitting well and doesn't require accounts and you can share a group via link, which reduces friction.
Limited to expenses only, and designed more for trips than ongoing household management. No lists, chores, or calendar.
Our Recommendation
For roommates managing a shared household, Hozy is the most complete option. It's the only app here that handles expenses, shopping lists, chores, and calendar in a single install, and the calendar integration (featuring a robust two-way Google Calendar sync) syncs naturally with what you already use.
If your only problem is expense splitting and everyone already has Splitwise, don't fix what isn't broken. For families with kids, OurHome is solid. But for the average shared flat or couple who wants one app instead of four, that's what Hozy is for.
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