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EvenUS features: everything the app does for a couple

EvenUS is a mobile app for couples who live together. It measures how time, money and the mental load are actually shared at home, explains the picture in plain words, and suggests one thing to move between you each week. These are its 66 features, in eight groups, each with a step-by-step page.

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What is EvenUS?

EvenUS is a calm, no-blame app for two people who share a home. Most arguments about housework and money are not really about the dishes or the electricity bill. They are about whether the whole arrangement feels fair, and nobody can see the whole arrangement, because half of it happens in someone's head. EvenUS records the parts both of you can agree on, adds them up the same way on both phones, and turns the result into a conversation starter rather than a verdict.

It looks at three things, kept separate on purpose:

  • Time. How many hours each of you has left in a week once sleep, paid work, travel, housework and childcare are counted. See Time of your own.
  • Money. Shared costs split the way you chose, by income, half each or another method, with one running figure for what is still to even up. See Shared expenses and How costs split.
  • The mental load. The planning and remembering behind a household, from school forms to renewals, counted as hours inside the time figure once you have both answered a few private questions. See Who keeps track of what.

What EvenUS deliberately leaves out matters as much. It never connects to a bank. It has no streaks, badges, points or leaderboards. It has no button for nudging your partner and no notification about something someone did not do. Neither of you can edit or dispute the other's entries, and nobody is ever shown as doing the most. Hours are never converted into money. The aim is fewer fights, not a better scoreboard.

How does the fairness score work?

The household balance (the fairness score) is one number from 0 to 100 describing how the week was arranged between you, with every part of it explained on the same screen. It combines two separate balances: a time balance, built from the free hours each of you has left, and a money balance, built from what is still to even up against the split you both chose. By default time counts for 60% and money for 40%, shown on the screen as “Time 60%, money 40%”.

A few rules keep it honest. Only time you actually log counts, never an estimate, and days when one of you is away are left out of the comparison rather than counted against anyone. Planning and remembering count once both of you have answered the questions, so one phone never sees a different number from the other. When one of you has less free time and the other pays more, that is treated as a trade and the two gaps partly cancel. Early in the week, or when little has been logged, the number waits rather than guessing. And it describes the arrangement, never a person: no sentence on the screen names who is ahead.

The full explanation, with a worked example, is on the household balance page. The reasoning behind it is in how the EvenUS fairness score works, and you can try the time calculation without an account in the household fairness calculator.

A number on its own changes nothing, so every measuring feature has an acting one beside it: this week's idea suggests one thing to move, the Sunday talk gives you ten minutes to look at the week together, and the private check-in lets each of you say how the week felt without starting a conversation you did not choose.

What does EvenUS cost?

Every household starts with a 7-day free week inside the app, with no card needed, and nothing is charged when it ends. The free week is once per person, and a change of partner never starts a new one. If you subscribe during it, the free days end and billing starts that day. After that, EvenUS Pro is $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year (US dollar reference prices; the app stores show the price for your country). One subscription covers both of you, whoever pays. Six features are part of EvenUS Pro and are marked on their cards below. Everything else keeps working after the free week, and nothing you have recorded is ever locked away: you can always read it, add expenses, tick chores off, export it and delete your account.

Share money

Shared costs recorded once, split the way you chose, and one running figure for what is still to even up. Bills, budgets, savings and the joint account sit beside it.

Shared expenses Log what either of you paid for, and EvenUS splits it the way you’ve chosen. Where to find it: Money → Add an expense How to use it Even up One running figure shows who would send what to even up everything not yet evened up. Where to find it: Money → To even up How to use it Pay now Opens a payment app with your partner’s handle and the amount filled in, then asks whether it went through. Where to find it: Us → Your details → Your payment details How to use it Pay with UPI Even up through any UPI app, with your partner’s UPI ID and the amount already filled in. Where to find it: Us → Your details → Your payment details How to use it Pay with Venmo Even up through Venmo, with your partner’s username and the amount already filled in. Where to find it: Us → Your details → Your payment details How to use it How costs split Choose one of four ways to share household costs, and see what each would do with your own figures first. Where to find it: Us → Household → How costs split How to use it Regular bills Rent, utilities and anything that comes round again, added once and recorded as an expense each time it’s due. Where to find it: Money → Regular bills How to use it Budgets A monthly amount for the categories you choose, beside what the household has spent so far this month. Where to find it: Money → Plan → Budgets How to use it Subscriptions Everything that renews in one list, with what it all comes to a month and a reminder before a renewal if you want one. Where to find it: Money → Track → Subscriptions How to use it Savings goals Something you’re saving towards together, with one bar that fills as either of you puts money in. Where to find it: Money → Plan → Savings goals How to use it Joint account Spending from a joint account counts as paid by whoever put that money in, oldest money first. Where to find it: Money → Plan → Joint account How to use it Money agreement A short written note of how you share each kind of cost, which you both agree to. Where to find it: Money → Plan → Money agreement How to use it Tax-year summary Your shared spending for one tax year, by category and by who paid, as a PDF and a CSV. Where to find it: Money → Reports → Tax-year summary How to use it Household help Days, pay and advances for anyone you employ at home, kept straight with a tap a day. Where to find it: Money → Track → Household help How to use it Where the money goes One month, both of you: each share of what you earn together, each share of shared costs, and how what’s left over divides. Where to find it: Insights → Money How to use it

Share the housework

The housework, logged as the real time it took, and the planning and remembering behind it, counted as hours rather than guessed at.

Effort One shared list of the housework, where each chore you finish records the time it really took. Where to find it: Effort → Add a chore How to use it Add a chore you did Record the real time a chore took, run a timer while you do it, or add one you forgot, up to 31 days back. Where to find it: Effort → Add a chore you did How to use it Chore templates Set up the house’s usual chores in a couple of taps, with the weekly hours added up as you pick. Where to find it: Effort → Chore templates How to use it Chore reminders Put a time on a chore so the app holds the remembering, not either of you. Where to find it: Effort → Any chore → Add a reminder How to use it Catch up on the week Log the whole week’s recurring chores in about 30 seconds. Where to find it: Effort → Catch up on the week How to use it Who keeps track of what A few private questions about the planning and remembering, so the part nobody sees gets counted. Where to find it: Effort → Planning and remembering → Answer the questions How to use it Time of your own The hours each of you has left in a week once sleep, paid work, travel, the house and the children are counted. Where to find it: Insights → Time How to use it Shopping list One shared list either of you can add to, which turns into a single expense when the shop is done. Where to find it: Effort → Shopping list How to use it Home maintenance The jobs a home needs now and then, like filters, gutters and alarms, timed for your seasons. Where to find it: Effort → Home maintenance How to use it

Kids and family

Children, childcare, support payments, parental leave, time away from home and pets, so costs land with the right people and care is counted where it happens.

Children Every child in the house, so their costs are shared the right way and the care is counted. Where to find it: Us → Household → Children How to use it Money that’s already promised Record child support, spousal support or other money that leaves before this household sees it. Where to find it: Us → Household → Money already promised How to use it Childcare Daycare, a nanny or a camp, set up once as a regular bill plus drop-off and pick-up chores. Where to find it: Us → Household → Childcare How to use it Parental leave Add your leave dates so the app counts the weeks as they really are. Where to find it: Us → Household → Parental leave How to use it Away Add the days you are away from home, so a work trip is never read as a quiet week. Where to find it: Us → Household → Away How to use it Pets Feeding, walks, the vet and what they cost, in one place for each pet. Where to find it: Us → Household → Pets How to use it

Plan together

The household balance, one suggestion a week, a private check-in and a short Sunday talk: the parts that turn a picture into a conversation.

Household balance One number for how the week was arranged between you, with every part of it explained. EvenUS Pro Where to find it: Insights How to use it This week’s idea One suggestion a week for something to move between you, tried for two weeks, then kept or handed back. EvenUS Pro Where to find it: This week → This week's idea How to use it Private check-in Two quick questions about how the week felt, answered for you alone. EvenUS Pro Where to find it: This week → How did last week feel? How to use it Seen differently Where the two of you read the same job differently, shown side by side without deciding who is right. EvenUS Pro Where to find it: Insights → Where your readings differ How to use it Sunday talk Ten minutes together once a week: something you appreciated, the week, the idea, what’s coming up and one small plan. EvenUS Pro Where to find it: Us → Household → Sunday talk How to use it Notes between you A short note to your partner about something specific they did, and the one part of EvenUS that is never measured. Where to find it: Us → Household → Notes between you How to use it Your year The year so far, both of you side by side: housework, care, planning, money shared, ideas tried and notes. EvenUS Pro Where to find it: Insights → Your year How to use it Date night A little money set aside for time out together, and a shared list of things you would like to do. Where to find it: Money → Plan → Date night How to use it Hosting Plan an occasion together: the date, the guests, the tasks, the menu and what it costs. Where to find it: Effort → Hosting How to use it Invite your partner Bring your partner into the household with a message, their email address or an eight-character code. Where to find it: Us → Invite your partner How to use it

Reminders and calendar

Birthdays, renewals and to-dos for whoever they are for, with no name on who set them, and a calendar that can count a busy week.

Reminders Birthdays, anniversaries, events and to-dos, for you, your partner or both of you. Where to find it: Us → Household → Reminders and dates How to use it Document renewals Expiry reminders for passports, visas, driving licences, insurance, car MOT or PUC, and warranties. Where to find it: Us → Household → Reminders and dates → Add a reminder How to use it Add to calendar Put your household reminders into the calendar you already use, as a calendar file. Where to find it: Us → Household → Reminders and dates How to use it Calendar busy time Let a busy week count, using only how many hours of each day your calendar is taken. Where to find it: Us → Household → Calendar busy time How to use it When your partner adds something Choose how you hear about what your partner adds: a daily summary, every entry, or nothing. Where to find it: Us → Preferences → When your partner adds something How to use it

Faster adding

One typed line, a receipt photo, a bank statement file, a widget or your watch. Each one fills a draft you check before anything is saved.

Tell EvenUS Type or say one line, like “groceries 30” or “dishes 20 min”, and EvenUS turns it into an expense, a chore or a reminder for you to check. Where to find it: This week → Tell EvenUS How to use it Scan a receipt Take a photo of a receipt and EvenUS reads it on this phone, filling in the total, the shop and the date for you to check. Where to find it: Money → Add an expense → Scan a receipt How to use it Apple Pay capture After you pay with Apple Pay, EvenUS can ask quietly whether to add the payment to your shared spending. Where to find it: Us → Household → Apple Pay capture How to use it Import a bank statement Pick a statement file from your bank, tick the payments that were shared, and only those become expenses. Where to find it: Money → Track → Import a bank statement How to use it Import from Splitwise Bring your Splitwise history across: who paid, how each cost was split, and the payments between you. Where to find it: Money → Track → Import from Splitwise How to use it Home-screen widget Your chores for today and one money line on your home screen, with a Tell EvenUS button on the medium size. Where to find it: Your home screen → Add a widget How to use it Watch Today’s chores for you on your wrist, tick one off, or tell EvenUS something by voice. Apple Watch on iPhone, Wear OS on Android. Where to find it: EvenUS on your watch How to use it Siri and Shortcuts Ask Siri to open Tell EvenUS, add a reminder or show your chores, then say the details when Siri asks. Where to find it: Siri on your iPhone How to use it Android shortcuts Long-press the EvenUS icon to go straight to Tell EvenUS, Add expense, Add reminder or My chores. Where to find it: Your home screen → The EvenUS icon How to use it

Privacy and your data

What stays private, what both of you see, a record neither of you can edit, and how to take your data with you or delete it.

Hide my personal spending detail Keep what your own purchases were to yourself, while the amounts still count in your shared numbers. Where to find it: Us → Preferences → Language, widget and privacy → Privacy How to use it Activity A shared record of what either of you added or changed, in order. Where to find it: Us → Activity How to use it Export your data Take a copy of everything in your household, expenses, chores, bills, settings and more, archived things included, plus your own private records, as files you can open anywhere. Where to find it: Us → Export → Export my data How to use it Delete your account Remove your login and your private data from EvenUS, with no waiting period and nobody else’s approval. Where to find it: Us → Delete your account How to use it

Settings and help

Language, appearance, your subscription, the free-week tips, what happens when someone leaves, your previous household and how to reach a person.

Dark mode Choose a light or dark look for EvenUS, or let it follow your phone. Where to find it: Us → Preferences → Appearance How to use it Language Use EvenUS in English, Hindi, Spanish, French, German or Portuguese, each of you in the language you choose. Where to find it: Us → Preferences → Language, widget and privacy → Language How to use it Household name and time zone Rename your household, or move its time zone when you move, so your weeks turn at your own midnight. Where to find it: Us → Household → Your household How to use it When someone leaves If one of you leaves the household or deletes their account, the other is told calmly, keeps everything recorded, and sees what happens to the subscription. Where to find it: Us → Household → Your household → Leave household How to use it Previous household When someone new joins after a partner has left, the two of you start fresh, and your earlier records stay private to you, read-only. Where to find it: Us → Previous household How to use it Subscription See where your free week or EvenUS Pro stands, look at the plans, restore a purchase, or manage it in your store account. Where to find it: Us → Help → Subscription How to use it Tips during your free week During your free week, one short evening tip a day about an EvenUS feature you haven’t tried yet. Where to find it: Us → Preferences → Tips during your free week How to use it Help and feedback Ask a question, say what isn’t working, or suggest a feature, from inside the app. Where to find it: Us → Help → Help and feedback How to use it

How is EvenUS different from a chore app or an expense-splitting app?

Chore apps count tasks and expense apps count money; EvenUS puts time, money and the mental load side by side and asks whether the arrangement as a whole is fair. The table compares EvenUS with the two kinds of app couples most often use instead. It describes categories, not named products, and features vary from app to app, so check the one you use.

What it doesEvenUSTypical chore appTypical expense-splitting app
Measures free time left each weekYes, in real hours, after paid work, travel, housework and careUsually counts tasks or pointsNo
Counts the planning and rememberingYes, as hours, once both partners answerNot usuallyNo
Splits shared costs by incomeYes, one of four methods you chooseNoOften equal or custom shares
One running figure to even upYes, carried across weeks and monthsNoYes, usually per group
Suggests one thing to move each weekYes, tried for two weeks, then kept or swapped backSome rotate chores automaticallyNo
Private check-in the partner never seesYes, enforced by the server's rulesNoNo
Streaks, points or leaderboardsNone, by designCommonRare
Connects to your bankNever; statement files are read on the phoneNoSome do
Price for a couple7-day free week, then $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year for bothVaries, often free with paid extrasVaries, often free with paid extras

If you already use Splitwise for the two of you, Import from Splitwise brings your history across, including the payments between you. For a longer look at the alternatives, see the best chore tracking apps for couples and EvenUS vs Honeydue vs Flatastic.

Frequently asked questions about EvenUS

What is EvenUS?

EvenUS is a mobile app for couples who live together. It measures how time, money and the mental load are shared at home, explains the result in plain words without blaming either person, and suggests one thing to move between you each week.

How does EvenUS measure fairness between partners?

It compares the free hours each of you has left in a week once paid work, travel, housework, childcare and planning are counted, and separately checks shared costs against the split you chose. The two are combined into the household balance, 60% time and 40% money by default, with every part explained.

Is EvenUS free?

Every household gets a 7-day free week in the app with no card needed, and nothing is charged when it ends. After that, EvenUS Pro is $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year. Most features keep working without a subscription, and your records are never locked.

Do both partners need to pay?

No. One subscription covers both partners in a household, whoever pays for it. Your partner sees the same subscription status on their phone, but never your store account or how you paid.

Does EvenUS connect to my bank account?

No, never. You add expenses yourself, by typing a line, scanning a receipt or importing a bank statement file. A statement file is read on your phone, only the payments you tick become expenses, and the file is never uploaded.

Can my partner see everything I enter in EvenUS?

Your partner sees the shared household: expenses, chores, bills and reminders. Your private check-in answers are never visible to them, which the server rules enforce, and personal spending can show only as "A personal expense" with its amount if you hide the detail.

Does EvenUS track the mental load?

Yes. Each of you privately answers a few questions about who keeps track of each area of the house. Once both of you have finished, the planning hours count inside each person's time, and areas you see differently are shown side by side without deciding who is right.

Does EvenUS work in India?

Yes. Households can use rupees, with the Indian lakh format, settle up through any UPI app, import statements from HDFC, ICICI, SBI, Axis and Kotak, use the 1 April tax year, track household help, and type into Tell EvenUS in Hindi or Hinglish.

Which languages does the EvenUS app support?

English, Hindi, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese. Each partner chooses their own language, and notifications reach each of you in yours. Tell EvenUS understands all six, plus Hinglish typed in Latin letters.

Is EvenUS available on iPhone and Android?

EvenUS is built for iPhone and Android, with Apple Watch and Wear OS support. It is in closed testing and not yet on the App Store or Google Play. To be told when it is, email support@evenus.app.

Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play

EvenUS is in closed testing and is not on the app stores yet. Your first 7 days will be free, with no card. Want in early? Email support@evenus.app and we will send a link.