iOS Today 764: Apps for Home Management, Organization, and Maintenance

Managing Junk Mail with PaperKarma

• 📬 PaperKarma helps combat junk mail by automatically sending opt-out requests to companies on your behalf.
• 📸 Users take a photo of a mailer, register their details, and PaperKarma handles the opt-out process.
• 💰 The app offers a free trial of four requests, with paid options for unlimited opt-outs, including a lifetime option for $60.

Organizing Home Documents with DevonThink To Go

• 🗂️ DevonThink To Go is recommended for organizing appliance manuals and home documents as searchable PDFs.
• 🔗 The app allows users to create links to specific PDFs within reminders, directly accessing manual sections.
• 🔍 It features optical character recognition (OCR) for scanned documents and images, making text searchable.
• 💲 DevonThink To Go is available via subscription ($2.99/month or $19.99/year), with a functional free version.

Tracking Home Maintenance with When Did I...?

• 📅 When Did I...? is a simple app for tracking home maintenance tasks like replacing fire alarm batteries or water filters.
• ✅ Users tap the app when a task is completed, and it shows the time elapsed since the last maintenance.
• 🔗 The app supports Siri shortcuts and NFC tags for easy task logging.
• 💰 Available for a one-time purchase of $4.99.

Gamified Cleaning with Sweepy

• 🧹 Sweepy is a gamified cleaning and chore management app designed for families to stay on top of household tasks.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Users can set up rooms, assign recurring tasks, and share responsibilities to reduce the mental load.
• ⚙️ Tasks can be customized with frequencies, effort levels (easy, medium, hard), and seasonal applicability.

Home Inventory Management with Under My Roof

• 🏠 Under My Roof is a comprehensive home inventory app useful for insurance documentation and tracking valuable items.
• 📦 Features include scanning barcodes, adding photos and receipts, tracking serial numbers, and setting maintenance reminders.
• 🚚 A unique feature allows users to print barcodes for moving boxes, making unpacking easier by scanning the box contents.
• 🆓 The app is free to download with an in-app purchase subscription for unlimited item entries.