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Make the mental load visible, then rebalance it
A fair-play tracker for couples: name the invisible domains someone has to own — planning meals, remembering birthdays, booking checkups — see who holds what, and rebalance together.
What Mental Load does
Chore apps track who did the task. This tracks who owns the job: conception, planning, and execution of remembering the dentist, planning the meals, staying on top of the bills. Based on the Fair Play model.
A live bar shows the balance between you. Reassign a domain in one tap, and log what you agreed at each rebalance check-in.
The mental load, made visible
How it works
- Domain cards, each a whole job rather than a task.
- A live balance of who holds what.
- One-tap reassignment.
- Rebalance check-ins with a log of what shifted.
- Private to the two partners. Adults only.
Couples apps are for two adults in the household and are never visible to children.
Who it's for
Couples where one person is 'just better at remembering.'
At a glance
- Who can use it
- The two adults in a couple
- Where it works
- Your household hub and shared Spaces
- Price
- Included with every household plan, with no per-app charge
Works well with
Guides that use Mental Load
- How to share the mental load at home, not just the chores — Chore charts divide the tasks and leave the remembering with one person. Name the invisible jobs, hand over whole domains, and check the balance monthly.
- Staying connected as a couple when the logistics take over — Every conversation has become a handover about who collects whom. What to put in place so the two of you talk about something other than scheduling.
Part of the library
Mental Load is one of the apps in the Chickadee Bandit library. Every household starts nearly empty and installs only what it uses; there is no per-app charge. Your data lives in your household's own private, encrypted database, with no ads and no data selling. Browse the Couples apps or read the source on GitHub.
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