No nagging. No scorekeeping. No blame.
Room Robin assigns chores round-robin, asks for before & after photos, and only counts it done when the flock approves.
Human support from Dean — read the story
Every chore passes to the next robin in line — daily, weekly, or whatever rhythm fits. Nobody picks, nobody volunteers, nobody forgets whose turn it is.
Done means a before and after photo. Snap, submit, done. The “I totally did it” era is over.
Housemates vote to approve the work. Majority rules — and if it's not up to scratch, it flies back for another try.
When a chore's due, Room Robin gives a gentle push — and if it's still sitting there, any flockmate can bump it with a note. The app does the reminding so nobody has to be the bad guy.
Room Robin is learning to run the nest: dinner rotations, recipe picks, and an assistant you can ask “who's picking up the kids tonight?” Chores are just the first egg.
the guy who made room robin.
i built this app because every shared place i've lived in eventually fell into the same pattern: one person quietly did most of the chores, someone else insisted they "just did the dishes last week," and the group chat turned into a court of law.
we tried chore charts, we tried taking turns on the honor system, we tried just letting the trash pile up until someone cracked. none of it survived contact with real life.
so i built room robin around three rules: the rotation decides (nobody picks), done means photos (nobody argues), and the flock votes (nobody nags). it turned out the secret to a clean apartment isn't motivation — it's removing every excuse to have the conversation.
i still read every email myself. if something is confusing, broken, or you have an idea, write to hello@getfocusphone.app — you'll get a reply from an actual human (me).
— Dean
Free for your flock. iPhone only, for now.
Requires iOS 17 or later.