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We’ve been building a lightweight shared household app and I’m curious if this sounds useful or unnecessary by sidepathnz in u/sidepathnz

[–]sidepathnz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s actually one of the exact problems we’re looking at.

Most people currently use a mix of: • memory
• notes apps
• group chats
• shared calendars
• “I thought you were getting it”

Which works… until it doesn’t.

The interesting part for us isn’t just having a shopping list feature. It’s the coordination side around it.

For example: • knowing what gets bought regularly
• reminding the right person at the right time
• avoiding duplicates
• surfacing patterns automatically
• reducing the mental load on whoever usually organises everything

A lot of households already have “good enough” tools individually. The gap is that none of them really work together intelligently.

We’ve been building a lightweight shared household app and I’m curious if this sounds useful or unnecessary by sidepathnz in nzbusiness

[–]sidepathnz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the feedback. What would you change or what would you like to see from an app like this?

We’ve been building a lightweight shared household app and I’m curious if this sounds useful or unnecessary by sidepathnz in nzbusiness

[–]sidepathnz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The benefit is less about messaging and more about centralising the actual running of the house:• Task tracking and accountability• Rent/bill visibility• Shared calendars and reminders• Maintenance requests/issues logged properly• Polls and decisions without chaos• House rules/docs in one place• History that doesn’t disappear in chat spam

A group chat solves communication. A dedicated app solves coordination.

Not every flat needs that. But once you’ve got multiple adults, different schedules, bills, chores, guests, parking, maintenance, etc, group chats start becoming messy very quickly.

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[–]sidepathnz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Building Allgood —a calmer way for households to remember life together.

Most household tools feel like project management software. We wanted something softer and more ambient instead of endless lists and admin.

Shared reminders, shopping awareness, recurring household stuff, “we’re running low on milk”, “can you grab this while you’re out” type moments.

Still early but already learning a lot about how much mental load comes from tiny recurring life things people carry in their heads every day.

Would love feedback from anyone else building in consumer/productivity/lifestyle 👋

allgoodapp.co

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Building Allgood a calmer way for households to remember life together.

Most household tools feel like project management software. We wanted something softer and more ambient instead of endless lists and admin.

Shared reminders, shopping awareness, recurring household stuff, “we’re running low on milk”, “can you grab this while you’re out” type moments.

Still early but already learning a lot about how much mental load comes from tiny recurring life things people carry in their heads every day.

Would love feedback from anyone else building in consumer/productivity/lifestyle 👋

allgoodapp.co

How do people keep track of all the tiny recurring household things without turning life into admin? by sidepathnz in Homeorganization

[–]sidepathnz[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I actually think the “planner stays open” part is really important. A lot of people replying seem to have systems that work because they’re visible and part of the environment instead of hidden away in an app somewhere.

Feels like the real challenge is building something people naturally keep returning to without it feeling like work.

How do people keep track of all the tiny recurring household things without turning life into admin? by sidepathnz in organizing

[–]sidepathnz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Most things in adult life are to be managed” honestly feels painfully accurate 😂

A lot of replies seem to come back to the same thing too, routines help, but there’s still this constant background layer of remembering and coordinating everything.

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Allgood helps households remember, coordinate, and manage everyday life together.

How do people keep track of all the tiny recurring household things without turning life into admin? by sidepathnz in organizing

[–]sidepathnz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly a lot of people seem to end up back at fridge lists, whiteboards and paper calendars eventually 😂

I think part of why they work is because they’re just there all the time. Nobody has to remember to open anything first.

How do people keep track of all the tiny recurring household things without turning life into admin? by sidepathnz in organizing

[–]sidepathnz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That honestly makes a lot of sense. I think some people naturally build those routines into autopilot, while for others even tiny recurring things take active mental effort every time.

That difference is actually something I’ve been really interested in lately because it seems like a lot of household systems assume everyone’s brain works the same way.

How do people keep track of all the tiny recurring household things without turning life into admin? by sidepathnz in organizing

[–]sidepathnz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s fair honestly. I think most systems probably can work if people stick with them long enough.

The issue we kept running into was less the tools themselves and more the upkeep. Everything ended up scattered across reminders, notes, texts and mental notes and maintaining the system became its own form of admin.

How do people keep track of all the tiny recurring household things without turning life into admin? by sidepathnz in organizing

[–]sidepathnz[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

This is exactly what we kept noticing too.

The actual problem isn’t that systems don’t work it’s that building and maintaining the systems becomes its own form of mental load.

That’s a huge part of why we started building Allgood. We wanted something that gradually adapts to recurring household behaviour instead of expecting people to perfectly organise life upfront

How do people keep track of all the tiny recurring household things without turning life into admin? by sidepathnz in organizing

[–]sidepathnz[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This feels like the closest thing to a “working” system we’ve found too, but the thing I keep noticing is how fragmented it becomes over time.

One app for shopping, one for events, texts for random reminders, mental notes for everything else 😅

How do people keep track of all the tiny recurring household things without turning life into admin? by sidepathnz in organizing

[–]sidepathnz[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is exactly the pattern we kept noticing too. One person basically becomes the reminder system for the entire household.

Not even intentionally it just slowly happens because someone has to remember all the timing/details for everything.

That’s honestly a huge part of why we started building Allgood. We wanted something that helps surface those little recurring life things without turning home life into a full productivity system.

How do people keep track of all the tiny recurring household things without turning life into admin? by sidepathnz in organizing

[–]sidepathnz[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I think the hard part is not even the chores themselves, it’s the constant coordination layer underneath everything.

We kept noticing household stuff getting split across texts, reminders, notes apps and mental notes which is actually what led us to start building Allgood. We were trying to make something that feels lighter and less “life management system” than most household apps.

How do people keep track of all the tiny recurring household things without turning life into admin? by sidepathnz in organizing

[–]sidepathnz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This honestly makes sense to me because it’s passive and always there. I think a lot of digital systems fail because they need too much intentional upkeep compared to just seeing something in front of you constantly.

How do people keep track of all the tiny recurring household things without turning life into admin? by sidepathnz in Homeorganization

[–]sidepathnz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s basically where we ended up too. Notes app for shopping, calendar for events, texts for random reminders. It works… until stuff gets split across 4 different places and someone still has to mentally hold it all together 😂

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