iPhone and Android apps

Life Maintenance has native apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android. They are free, sync instantly with the web, and are the fastest way to mark something done while you are standing in the garage with greasy hands.

Downloading

iOS (iPhone and iPad). Search "Life Maintenance" on the App Store.
Android. Search "Life Maintenance" on Google Play.

The apps are free and download in a few seconds. You sign in with the same email and password you used to sign up on the web. If you used Google or Apple to sign up, use the same provider on mobile.

What the mobile app is best for

Marking things done. "Just changed the air filter." Tap, done.
Photographing receipts. OCR pulls the total and vendor automatically.
Adding a new item with a photo. Walk over to the appliance, snap a picture, fill in two fields.
Barcode scanning. Most appliances and supplies have a barcode on the back. Scan it and we look up the make and model.
Push notifications. The fastest way to actually get reminded.
Voice input. Use Siri or Google Assistant's voice typing for fast note taking.

What the web app is best for

Bulk editing. Inline-edit dozens of items in a row.
Setup wizards. First-time onboarding for big categories (the house, the family).
Importing. CSV, address lookups, AI-assisted bulk entry.
Reports. Bigger screens make the charts and tables much more useful.
Family setup. Inviting members, configuring the wall tablet kiosk, managing billing.

Most people use both, switching depending on what is in front of them.

Switching plans

If you sign up on the web and pay there, your subscription works on mobile automatically. If you sign up via the App Store, your subscription is billed by Apple, not us. You manage it in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions.

This matters mostly for canceling and refunds. Apple, not Life Maintenance, holds the keys to a subscription you started on iOS.

Notifications on mobile

For push reminders to work, the OS needs notification permission. We will prompt you on first install. If you said no by accident:

iOS. Settings → Notifications → Life Maintenance, then enable Allow Notifications.
Android. Settings → Apps → Life Maintenance → Notifications.

Inside the app, Settings → Notifications controls which kinds of reminders push (overdue, today, this week, family activity).

Working offline

The mobile app caches your data so you can read items, schedules, and notes without reception. Changes you make offline (marking done, adding photos) sync the next time you have a connection. You will see a small "syncing" indicator at the top until it catches up.

Some things require connectivity, like product lookup, barcode scanning, and family invites.

Quick add via share sheet

On iOS and Android, you can share content into Life Maintenance from anywhere:

A product page on Amazon → new item or supply, prefilled.
A photo from Photos → attaches to the item you pick.
A web article → attached as a note.

Look for "Life Maintenance" in the share sheet after you have installed the app.

iPad as a wall tablet

Got an old iPad lying around? Mount it in the kitchen and use it as a family dashboard instead of a personal app. The kiosk view is a different mode designed to be glanced at from across the room.

Apple Watch

We have a basic Watch companion (iOS only) that shows your three nearest schedules and lets you mark one done with a tap. Not a full app, just a glance-and-tap view.