Tackle chores, earn rewards, level up together.
Turn chores into a playful, rewarding experience for you and your partner. Earn ripples, automate tasks, and get rewarded — for a happier home.
Turn chores into a playful, rewarding experience for you and your partner. Earn ripples, automate tasks, and get rewarded — for a happier home.
Sign up and invite your partner. Your shared space — the Ottr Pond — is where all the magic happens.
Add chores, set how many ripples each is worth, and tap your phone to the NFC tag to log it. Or register manually.
Every completed chore earns ripples. Watch the Pond and feel the healthy competition kick in.
Snag the treats you and your partner have agreed on with your ripples. You earned it.
Chore tracking shouldn't become a chore of its own. Ottr does exactly what you need — nothing more.
In-app
NFC Tap
Tap an NFC tag on your fridge, dishwasher, or anywhere else and the chore is logged instantly. No app-opening required. Or enter it manually — whichever fits the moment.
The Ottr Pond shows weekly, monthly, and all-time standings for both partners. No blame, no guilt — just a clear, shared view of who's been making the biggest ripple.
Ottr watches how often each chore gets done and learns its natural rhythm. When it thinks something is overdue, it sends a single nudge — no schedules to set, no frequencies to enter.
Define treats together — a takeaway night, a lie-in, a back massage, whatever works for you both. Earn ripples by doing chores, snag them when you're ready.
No credit card required. Cancel anytime.
Everything you need to get started with a happier home.
For couples who want to go all-in on the good stuff.
Like most couples, my partner and I had the same argument on repeat. Who did the dishes last? Whose turn is it to vacuum? It wasn't that either of us was lazy — we just had no shared system, and no way to see how contributions balanced out over time.
I tried spreadsheets. I tried shared todo lists. None of them stuck, because they all felt like admin rather than something we'd actually want to use. The act of tracking chores felt more tedious than the chores themselves.
That's when I had the idea: what if chores felt like a game? What if logging that you'd cleaned the bathroom earned you something — not just a tick on a list, but points toward a reward you actually wanted? And what if you could see, at a glance, how both of you were contributing that week? And what if that happened almost automatically?
The software engineer in me couldn't resist, and I immediately built the first version of Ottr for my partner and I. It was scrappy, full of bugs and often required manual intervention. But, it worked. We started using it, and as both of us started collecting our first rewards, the arguments disappeared.
I started showing it to friends, and they loved it too. This made me realize, we aren't the only couple in the world with this problem. There's alternative apps around that do similar things, but they often feel like chores themselves - clunky, feature heavy, prescriptive, and not very fun to use.
Ottr isn't about keeping score in a negative way. It's about making the invisible visible, turning obligation into opportunity, and building a rhythm as a team. I've seen it transform the energy in our home — less resentment, more appreciation, and weirdly, more laughter.
I hope it does the same for yours.