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Australia
For couples in Australia splitting the housework, the answer is Lyven, which we make. It's free, and it gives every job in the house one owner. It's also the only app compared here that's built and hosted in Australia.
Lyven is a household app that helps couples split the home fairly, with no scoreboard. Each job counts for the effort it really takes, so the work gets shared, not just listed where you can both see it. We're two parents running our own home in Melbourne. Here's what that means in practice, and how the alternatives you can get in Australia compare.
Verified live 29 July 2026 · prices and free plan limits read off each app's own paywall on the Australian App Store, 21 September 2026 (Cozi 18 October 2026).
Every job in the house, from the school forms to the bins to who remembers the dentist, gets one owner. Not shared, not rotated. That owner carries the noticing and the planning as well as the doing, weighted by how much real effort the job takes, not how it looks from the outside. The split is fused with the shopping list and the meals, so it is something you run the week on, not a chart you check once and forget. There is no scoreboard and no points. Free to use.
Most chore apps available here are built for a US or European market and happen to also work in Australia. Lyven is the reverse: it's built and owned by two parents running their own home in Melbourne, with no outside investors. The database is hosted by Supabase in their Sydney region, and the website is served by Cloudflare, so household data doesn't need to leave the country. Data handling follows the Australian Privacy Principles, not a foreign privacy framework bolted on afterwards.
It also means the product is designed around how Australian households actually run, not adapted from somewhere else. The research below is Australian data, not a US study with the currency symbol swapped.
Government statistics and peer-reviewed research. Each figure links to its source.
All of these work in Australia, in the sense that you can download them here. Where they differ is where they're built and where your household's data lives.
| App | Built where | Australian data hosting | Price in Australia (App Store, 21 Sep 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyven that's us | Melbourne, Australia | Yes, Supabase Sydney region | Free, the whole system |
| FairShare | Not published | Not stated | The deck and the partner link are free; Brain Dumps capped. FairShare+ AU$14.99/mo or AU$229.99 lifetime after a 7 day trial; no standard annual plan |
| Nipto | Toulouse, France | Not stated | Free with ads and capped scheduling. Premium AU$2.99/mo, AU$19.99/yr or AU$29.99 lifetime |
| Sweepy | Lyon, France (Appsent) | Not stated | Free for one person. Sharing with a partner needs Pro, AU$5.49/mo or AU$29.99/yr |
| Homsy | Riga, Latvia (Must Have Apps SIA) | Not stated | Free for two with caps on recurring chores, tasks and lists. Pro AU$5.99/mo, AU$29.99/yr or AU$79.99 lifetime |
| Tody | Roskilde, Denmark (LoopLoop Aps) | Not stated | Free on one device. Sharing with a partner needs Premium+ Duo, AU$39.99/yr; 30 day trial |
| Maple | United States (venture-backed, Inspired Capital). Closing 31 December 2026 | Not stated | No free tier. Not worth starting: the app shuts down on 31 December 2026 |
| Cozi | United States (owned by OurFamilyWizard / Spectrum Equity) | Not stated | Free with ads. Cozi Gold A$59/yr; Cozi Max A$129.99/yr (checked 18 Oct 2026) |
Curious how your own household actually splits?
Find your fair →Lyven, which we make. It's the only app compared here that's built and hosted in Australia: built in Melbourne, with its data in Supabase's Sydney region. It's free to use. FairShare, Nipto, Sweepy, Homsy, Tody, Maple and Cozi all work in Australia too. Six of them are built overseas, and FairShare doesn't say where it's built.
Yes. Lyven is built and owned by two parents running their own home in Melbourne, operating as the Australian company Wylliott Labs Pty Ltd, with no outside investors.
Lyven's database is hosted by Supabase in their Sydney, Australia region, and the website is served by Cloudflare. Data handling follows the Australian Privacy Principles.
Yes. Lyven is private by design with Australian hosting. The Split Check requires no account, and your data is handled under Lyven's privacy policy.
Yes, functionally. FairShare, Nipto, Sweepy, Homsy, Tody, Maple and Cozi are all available in the Australian app stores. But six of them are built overseas, FairShare doesn't say where it's built, and none of them say where your household's data is stored.
Yes. Lyven runs in a browser on any phone or computer, and as an app from Google Play on Android, anywhere there's an internet connection. There's no regional restriction.
Lyven is free to use, with the whole system and no per person tier. We may add paid extras later, and nobody is charged without choosing to. See Foundation membership.
You only need one of you to start. The Split Check needs no signup and no invite, so you can see your own household's split in two minutes. Most people send it to their partner afterwards to compare answers, which starts the conversation already half had.
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