Using EvenUS
How the app measures a household, what the fairness score is built from, and how to set it up with your partner.
14 pieces
10 min read
How the EvenUS Fairness Score Works
What goes into the EvenUS fairness score: free hours first, planning counted as time, money on its own axis, and the guardrails that can override it.
8 min read
How to Measure Fairness in a Relationship: A Method for Couples
Measure fairness in a relationship on three separate axes: free time left each week, money left after shared costs, and who holds the planning.
7 min read
How to Show Appreciation for Housework Every Day
Show appreciation for housework by thanking your partner for specific work, including the planning nobody sees, every day and without keeping score.
8 min read
How to Track Mental Load: A Practical Method (and in EvenUS)
Track mental load by listing planning tasks as tasks, giving each area one owner, answering separately who holds what, and estimating weekly, not timing.
7 min read
How to Set Up Gentle Chore Reminders in EvenUS
Give the chore an owner, pick a time and days, and save. How EvenUS chore reminders work, how to mute one, and how to tune them so they help.
7 min read
Relationship Balance Calculator: How to Use It
How to use the free relationship balance calculator: what to enter for income, paid work and housework, how to read the result, and what it leaves out.
7 min read
Your First 30 Days With EvenUS: What to Expect, Week by Week
Setup on day one, a first weekly picture after week one, a first two-week swap after that. An honest week-by-week guide to your first month with EvenUS.
7 min read
How to Set Up EvenUS With Your Partner, Step by Step
Sign up, verify your email, join with an eight-character code, add income and hours, then chores. Setting up EvenUS takes about five minutes each.
7 min read
Chore Reminders Without Nagging Your Partner
Remind the chore, not the person. Why reminders from a partner feel like nagging, and how reminders that belong to a task take the remembering off you.
7 min read
How to Add Chores, Bills and Tasks in EvenUS
How to add chores, planning tasks, regular bills and one-off expenses in EvenUS, what each field means, and how to log a week in one sitting.
8 min read
How Income-Based Bill Splits Are Calculated, Step by Step
An income-based split works out each partner's share of household income, applies it to every shared bill, then compares that with what each actually paid.
7 min read
Live Household Balance Dashboard: What It Shows and Why
The EvenUS dashboard shows the current week's household balance, computed live: the direction things are moving, where the hours sit, and one idea to try.
7 min read
How to Read Your Weekly Fairness Report in EvenUS
Read the trend first, then the gap in hours, then the one suggestion. What each part of the EvenUS weekly report means and which parts to act on.
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How to End "Who Did More?" Fights as a Couple
"Who did more?" fights rarely settle because you each count different things. How to stop keeping score, compare free time, and change one thing a week.