From a “tamagotchi” who nourishes love with daily questions to a app who randomly decides who does the dishes or takes out the trash. Technology can become the best arbiter of relationships. EL PAÍS tested five applications that transform daily dilemmas and household chores into a game so that couples can get to know each other better and, above all, live together in peace.
Who chooses the cinema or the restaurant
TikTok is full of videos of users using it app like Chwazi to do challenges. The game is simple: all participants simultaneously place a finger on the mobile screen, the application detects how many there are and, in a few seconds, chooses one at random. The “marked” person must complete the agreed challenge: react with a bit of fire to an Instagram story, confess their squash what you like or what the group has decided. But it’s not all a joke: couples can use it app to solve everyday dilemmas. Who chooses dinner? What movie to watch? Who cooks, washes the dishes or takes out the trash? THE app Chwazi is available for mobile phones with iOS operating systemwhile on Android you can use Schwazi fingerwhich works the same way.
Notes and drawings on the mobile screen
NoteIt Widget is a free application that allows you to send notes, photos or even drawings directly to the couple’s cell phone screen. Using it is very simple: both download the application – available both for Android AS for iOS-, share a code to link your accounts and then create the widgets on the mobile phone screen. From there, any message you send will immediately appear as a surprise. It’s not limited to text: you can also draw by hand and add photos. In this way it is possible to leave romantic messages or reminders: from a simple “I miss you” to “cinema today at six” or “good morning”.
End of fights over toilet paper
When you live together as a couple, small arguments can arise over daily matters: who fills the toilet paper, who goes to the supermarket or who forgot to buy coffee. THE app Bring, available for Android phones OR iOSoffers a practical solution to better coordinate shared purchases. The application allows you to create collaborative shopping lists in real time, where each person can add the products they need. Just click on a product to add or remove it from the list quickly and easily.
User can create multiple lists. THE app suggests some names like “weekly shopping”, “pharmacy”, “your next party”, “at work” or “furred animals”. Items can be searched for manually or selected from a visual menu, with the ability to enter quantities, mark whether something is urgent, and review an edit history showing who added or edited each product. Lists can also be shared via SMS and even sent to print.
Turn household chores into a score game
Another application designed to avoid arguments when organizing tasks is Chorsee. It allows you to assign, schedule and keep track of household tasks, with three different methods: one with simple assignment, another with points (which rewards those who collaborate the most) and one without rewards, for those who just try to maintain order. Each person can have specific tasks, upload proof of having completed them, and accumulate points based on effort.
Each household task can add any number of points: for example, five for making the bed, 10 for preparing food and 15 for cleaning the bathroom. Each member of the couple accumulates their own points and together they can decide how to use them. For example, if at the end of the month the person with the fewest points invites you to dinner or organizes a special activity. The free version lets you include up to 10 tasks, prioritize them, and set when they should be done. To share the list, one person simply needs to create a “home” in the file app and the other joins using an invitation code. The application is available for mobile devices withAndroid AND with iOS. Its main limitation is that it is only available in English, although its simple interface means that it is not necessary to master the language to use it correctly.
What if love was a tamagotchi?
SumOne’s interface revolves around a small virtual egg, a sort of “tamagotchi couple” that feeds on answers to daily questions. The application is available for both Android AS for iOS. When creating the account, data such as the anniversary date, the language spoken in the relationship and the day the romance began are entered. From the beginning, the app offers questions to get to know each other better, such as “What was your first impression?” The answers are not revealed until both people in the couple have responded.
Every day the app sends a notification at the chosen time, with questions like “what is your ideal relationship?”, “when is your partner sexiest?” or “what goal would you like to achieve together?” Also, suggest additional questions. For example, around Halloween you can find questions like “What would you do if you could be a ghost for a day?” Response options include “sneaking into a haunted house” or “traveling to all the places I’ve always wanted to visit.”
The application also includes a counter of the days that have passed since the beginning of the relationship, a shared calendar to record appointments and anniversaries and a wish list where you can write down activities to do together. It also allows you to add widgets on the mobile screen showing whether the question of the day has been answered or how many days ago the relationship began.
