Six parts of running a home, in one place
Every one of these exists because a household already does it somewhere else, usually in a chat thread or somebody's head. Steadings puts them in a shared place so the whole home can see the same thing.
Decide once, not every evening
Keep your recipes in one place and drop them onto a weekly plan. The question of what is for dinner gets answered on a quiet Sunday instead of at 18:30 on a Tuesday, and anyone in the household can look it up rather than asking.
- A shared recipe collection with photos
- A week-at-a-glance plan everyone can edit
- Plans turn into a shopping list in one step
Share the load without keeping score in your head
Recurring chores and checklists that repeat on their own, so nobody has to remember that the bathroom is due or notice that it has been three weeks. When work is visible, it stops landing on whoever happens to notice first.
- Recurring chores with a rhythm you set
- Checklists for the jobs with several steps
- A record of what was done and by whom
One list, on everyone's phone
The shopping list fills itself from the meal plan, and anyone can add to it. Whoever is near the shop has the current version, which is the whole point of a shared list and the thing a photo of a handwritten one never manages.
- Built from your meal plan, plus whatever else you add
- Updates on every device
- Can push to Bring if your household already uses it
The things that affect everyone, in one view
A household calendar for the appointments and events the rest of the home needs to know about, kept separate from your work diary. You can also subscribe to it from whatever calendar app you already use.
- Shared events the whole household sees
- Subscribe from any calendar app that reads a feed
- Google Calendar sync is available but still in beta
See where the household money actually goes
Track shared spending as it happens and look back at where it went. Useful for a flat splitting costs and for a couple who would rather find out about a pattern now than at the end of the year.
- Shared expenses recorded as they happen
- Balances between household members
- A look back at spending over time
Know what is already in the house
What is in the freezer and the pantry, so you stop buying a third jar of the same thing and stop finding something unidentifiable at the back in eight months.
- Freezer and pantry contents
- Ties into the shopping list
Honest notes
Things worth knowing before you decide whether this is for you.
- Steadings is in beta. It is used by real households every day, but it is young, and you will occasionally find a rough edge. We would rather say that than have you discover it.
- Bring is the one external integration that is live. If your household already shops with Bring, Steadings can push your list to it.
- Google Calendar sync works but is still in beta. Our Google app has not finished verification, so the connection currently needs reconnecting periodically. The shared calendar and the subscribe-by-feed option are unaffected.
- It runs in the browser and installs like an app. There is no App Store or Play Store download yet.