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How Ethos works, and how to get the most from it on your own and with the people you live with.
A chore rota app for the bins and the school run
Set a family chore to take turns in Ethos. It works out whose turn it is each time or each week, shows it only to them, and lets you pass, skip or swap a turn.
A Cozi alternative for iPhone, Mac and Apple Watch
Ethos is a family organiser for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch with shared routines, turns and lists, no account and no ads. How it compares with Cozi.
A daily planner for Mac that lives in the menu bar
Ethos on the Mac keeps today’s count in the menu bar, shows the whole week on one screen, adds widgets and controls, and syncs with your iPhone with Plus.
A daily planner on Apple Watch that works on its own
Tick your day from the wrist in Ethos, with double tap on newer watches, reminders when your phone is in another room, and your family’s routines on the watch.
A habit tracker without streaks: how Rhythm works
Ethos tracks habits with Rhythm, one number out of a hundred that rises with good days and eases slowly with poor ones. Rest days count and nothing resets.
A planner for iPad and iPhone Duo, in two pages
On iPad and iPhone Duo, Ethos opens Today beside Rhythm or People as a two-page spread, and set down half-folded on a table, iPhone Duo shows the Morning Board.
A shared shopping list for the whole household
Keep one shopping list in Ethos that everyone in your group can add to and tick, with each item marked by who added it and ticked things folded out of the way.
A Streaks alternative without a streak to break
Streaks counts days in a row. Ethos tracks habits with Rhythm, a score that dips on a missed day instead of resetting, inside a daily planner you can share.
A Structured alternative for routines you share
Like Structured, Ethos plans your day as a timeline. It adds routines you share with family, turns and lists, a streak-free habit score, and no account.
A TimeTree alternative for family routines
TimeTree shares a calendar. Ethos shares the jobs that repeat, with turns, lists and faces that fill in, on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, with no ads.
Ethos widgets, Siri, Shortcuts and Control Centre
Every way to use Ethos without opening it: Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Live Activities, Control Centre, Siri phrases, Shortcuts and a Focus filter.
How to share routines with your family
Make a group in Ethos, add the routines you keep together, and watch everyone’s face fill as they tick their part, on Today and on the Lock Screen.
iCloud sync with no account: how Ethos keeps in step
Ethos syncs your planner through the private part of your own iCloud, with no Ethos account or server. What syncs, how clashes are handled, and backups.
Reminders and alarms for your daily routine
How Ethos reminds you: at a task’s time or a few minutes ahead, with a snooze, an alarm for what you can’t sleep through, a morning summary and watch reminders.
What to do when your day doesn’t go to plan
Running late, unwell or having a hard day? Ethos lets you push the day back, skip or move a task, borrow another day’s routine, or make the day light or off.