Living together, minus the awkward part
The most common questions about handling money, chores and shopping in a shared home — and how Homio answers them.
Living together
How do you split household expenses fairly when everyone earns a different amount?
Splitting everything down the middle is simple, but it isn't always fair when incomes differ. Homio lets you split each expense by income, by percentage, by fixed amounts or equally, and keeps track of who owes whom on its own — nobody has to do the math in their head.
What's the best way to divide chores in a shared apartment?
What works is having chores written down, with an owner and a due date, set to repeat without anyone having to remember. In Homio you assign each chore to one or several people, set it to repeat — once, daily, weekly, monthly or on a rule of your own — and everyone sees what's pending and overdue first.
How do we stop arguing about money with a partner or housemates?
The argument is almost never about the amount, it's about nothing being written down. Homio keeps everything visible: every expense is logged with who paid and how it was split, balances update automatically, and the activity feed shows who did what. Nobody has to remember anything.
How do you keep a shared shopping list everyone sees instantly?
Anyone in the household adds what's missing and everyone else sees it right away, with a quantity and unit per item. You tick things off from the supermarket, and it keeps a record of who added what. Beyond the shopping list, you can create your own shared lists for anything.
How is Homio different from an expense-splitting app?
Homio is built for people who live together — shared expenses are one tab, not the product. Expense-splitting apps settle a one-off bill between friends; Homio also covers household chores, the shopping list, shared lists, the household calendar and a points leaderboard.
Is it for families, or only for housemates?
It works for any group sharing a roof: couples, families, housemates or students. The unit is the household, not the type of relationship. You can belong to more than one household at a time and switch between them — useful if you share an apartment and also have the family home.
About the app
Is Homio free?
Homio is free to start. Today expenses, chores, the shopping list, shared lists, the household calendar and points are all included at no cost.
Is Homio available on iOS and Android?
Yes, on both. Homio is available for iPhone on the App Store and for Android on Google Play, with the same app and the same features on each platform. Whatever one person logs, everyone else sees right away, no matter which phone they use.
What languages is Homio available in?
Spanish, English and Portuguese, both the app and this site. Each person in the household can use Homio in their own language without changing what the others see: the app's built-in labels are shown translated for each of them.
Can I log expenses in different currencies?
Yes. Each expense keeps its own currency and balances are tracked per currency, without automatically converting to a base currency — so nobody argues about an exchange rate they didn't pick. If the household turns on simplified debts, Homio shows the smallest set of transfers needed to settle up.
What happens to my data?
Your data is used to make Homio work: your household, your expenses, your chores and your shared lists. You can request account deletion whenever you want, from the app or by writing to us if you can no longer access it. The privacy policy has the full detail of what we store and what we use it for.
Read the privacy policy