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FairShare is the closest app to Lyven in philosophy. Both build on Eve Rodsky's Fair Play method, giving each job one owner instead of splitting tasks down the middle. Here is where the two genuinely differ, and what that means for the week you're actually running.
Verified live 28 July 2026, checked against FairShare's own App Store listing.
Fair Play's argument is that rotating a task still leaves one partner managing the rota. Give a job a single owner instead, covering the conceiving, planning and doing, and the noticing moves with it. FairShare and Lyven both start from that idea, and neither turns the split into a scoreboard: no points, no streaks, no weekly winner, the way Nipto or FairChore do. FairShare's Noticing Score sounds competitive, but it isn't one. It's a percentage of how the noticing currently divides between partners, the same job Lyven's own Split view does. Both apps measure an imbalance. Neither is keeping score between partners.
FairShare's strength is diagnosis. Its Noticing Score puts a number on how much of the household's noticing lands on each partner, and its AI Brain Dump turns a spoken stream of worries into cards fast. That is a genuinely useful lens, and by FairShare's own listing it stops there: the ownership split, a weekly reset, and a visualiser showing the load.
Lyven's ownership runs into the actual week. The same single owner per job also owns the shopping list, the meals and the running list of what the home needs, so the split is not a score you check on. It is where the groceries get bought from. FairShare tells a couple how the load is landing this week. Lyven is built to keep it landing evenly next week too.
FairShare is iPhone only. As of July 2026 it requires iOS 17 or macOS 14 on Apple Silicon, so it runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro, with no Android app and no standalone web version. Lyven is a web app, so it works on any phone or computer, iPhone and Android alike. If one partner carries an Android phone, FairShare is not an option for that household at all.
Both apps are free to start, and the honest comparison is what that free tier includes. FairShare's free tier caps the system at 20 cards, five AI Brain Dumps a month and one weekly check in. The full 100 plus card system needs FairShare+, US$8.99 a month, US$59.99 a year, or US$149.99 as a lifetime purchase. Lyven is free while in beta, with the full system: every card, the weekly check in and the daily lists, with no cap. The quickest way to see it is the free Split Check at lyvenapp.com/split, a two minute, no sign up look at how your own household's work actually divides right now.
| Lyven | FairShare | |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | Web / PWA, any phone or computer | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision Pro. No Android |
| Price | Free while in beta, full system | Free tier capped at 20 cards. Full system US$8.99/mo, US$59.99/yr, or US$149.99 lifetime |
| Core mechanic | Single owner per job, weighted by real effort, fused with shopping and meal lists | Single owner cards (100+) with a Noticing Score measuring the invisible load |
| Weekly rhythm | Weekly check in, each partner's note sealed until both have submitted | A weekly reset that renegotiates the cards |
| Built where | Melbourne, Australia. Australian data hosting | Independent iPhone studio (Culi). Pricing shown in USD |
Curious how your own household actually splits?
Find your fair →A single owner per job, weighted by real effort, fused with the shopping list, the meals and the running list of what the home needs, so the split is something you live in rather than something you check on.
Built on Eve Rodsky's Fair Play method, with 100 plus cards owned end to end across Home, Kids, Out, Wild and Unicorn categories. Its signature idea is the Noticing Score: a number for how much of the household's noticing lands on each partner, making the gap between who notices and who does visible.
It depends what you want from it. FairShare's Noticing Score is a sharp, focused tool for measuring how the invisible load lands on each partner, and it runs beautifully on iPhone. Lyven's ownership split runs into the actual week: the same single owner also carries the shopping list, the meals and the daily running of the home, and it works on any phone.
Yes. FairShare's free tier is capped at 20 cards, five AI Brain Dumps a month and one weekly check in. The full 100 plus card system needs FairShare+, US$8.99 a month, US$59.99 a year, or US$149.99 as a lifetime purchase. Lyven is free while in beta with the full system and no cap.
No. As of July 2026, FairShare requires iOS 17 or macOS 14 on Apple Silicon, so it runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro only, with no Android app. Lyven is a web app that runs on any phone or computer.
Yes, for the shared side of it. FairShare needs iOS 17 or macOS 14 to run at all, so if either partner carries an Android phone, that partner cannot open the app, and a Fair Play style split only works if both people can see it. Lyven runs in a browser on any phone, so a mixed iPhone and Android household is not a workaround. It just works.
Yes. Lyven and FairShare are both inspired by Eve Rodsky's Fair Play method, giving each household job a single owner rather than splitting tasks down the middle. Neither is the official Fair Play app. Lyven uses its own card set and language, including a Definition of Done for each job rather than Rodsky's Minimum Standard of Care.
Lyven is free for the whole beta. After that, the plan is to keep a generous free tier for the core split and the daily habit, with paid tiers adding extra depth such as projects and outsourcing rather than gating the basics. The exact boundary is still being finalised.
Yes. Lyven is private by design with Australian hosting. The Split Check requires no account, and beta data is handled under Lyven's privacy policy.
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.
Two minutes, ten cards, no sign up. See how the work in your home actually divides today, on any phone.
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