Chickadee Bandit vs. OurHome
For families who loved OurHome's chores-and-points system and need something actively maintained.
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Which is a better fit?
OurHome is focused on chores, points, and rewards. Chickadee Bandit fits families who also want a web app, routines, allowance, and other household tools in the same hub.
Where OurHome shines — and where it doesn't
OurHome deserves real credit: its free chores-with-points-and-rewards system is the reason so many families got kids invested in helping out, and nothing about that idea has aged.
The app itself, however, has not seen significant feature development in several years, and users have publicly reported waves of sync and loading problems — which is especially painful when a kid's points balance is the thing that stops syncing. There's no web app, no calendar integrations, and no path forward if your family outgrows chores.
Side by side
| OurHome | Chickadee Bandit | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free, with no paid tier — and correspondingly no visible ongoing investment. | From $6/mo (or $60/yr) for the whole household — a sustainable model, actively developed. |
| Chores & rewards | Chore assignment, recurrence, points, and a reward store. The core is good; reliability has been the reported problem. | Chores, routines, streaks, allowance, piggy bank, and rewards & privileges apps — per-member assignment, rotation, and kid-friendly checklist views. |
| Platforms | iOS and Android apps only; no full web experience. | Web, iOS, Android, plus a wall-display mode for a shared kitchen tablet. |
| Beyond chores | Basic shared calendar, grocery list, and simple messaging. | Over 100 installable apps: full calendar, meals and pantry, documents, location and safe zones, messaging, and more. |
| Privacy | Minimal data collection, but little published about how data is protected. | Per-household isolated, encrypted database; no ads, no data selling; free export any time. |
Comparison reflects each product's published pricing and features and widely reported user feedback as of August 2026. Products change — always check the other product's site for current details.
Weighing more than these two? See every OurHome alternative we'd point you at.
Moving from OurHome
Install the chores and rewards apps, recreate your point values and reward store, and the family economy is back up — this time with a web app for parents, tappable checklist tiles for pre-readers on a shared tablet, and a platform that ships updates.
The feature list is not fixed
Every other product on this page is a fixed set of features: it does what it does, and a need it did not anticipate gets a no. Chickadee Bandit is built from small apps, and a household can add one of its own. An admin describes the app in a paragraph on the Apps page and the hub builds and installs it, using the AI credits that come with every plan; someone who writes code can start from any of the open-source apps and install their own version from a URL. A custom app gets the same checks as the ones we ship: it declares what it reads and writes, keeps its data in your household's own database, and the hub refuses anything it did not ask for.
The chore economy, actively maintained
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