HomeAtlas questions and answers
What is HomeAtlas?
HomeAtlas is a household organiser. It keeps the family calendar, meals and pantry, projects and tools, the garden, the pets, and the paperwork and warranties of one home on a single household record everyone shares. Instead of typing everything in, you photograph things: a school letter becomes dates on the calendar, and a shelf becomes a list of what you own. It is made by an Australian company and one subscription covers the whole household.
Who makes HomeAtlas?
HomeAtlas is made by OMNIA VINCULA PTY LTD (ACN 700 615 498, ABN 28 700 615 498), trading as HomeAtlas, an Australian company. HomeAtlas is a trade mark of OMNIA VINCULA PTY LTD. The product, the plans and the privacy policy all live at homeatlas.org. If you have a question before or after joining the waitlist, the support page at /support/ is how you reach the people who make it.
Is HomeAtlas available yet?
Yes. HomeAtlas is open to new households: create an account on homeatlas.org and every plan starts with a seven-day free trial. It runs in the browser today, on a computer or a phone. Apps for the app stores are being prepared, and no dates are promised for them.
How much does HomeAtlas cost?
There are four plans: Home, Home Plus, Circle and Circle Max. One subscription covers the whole household rather than each person, and you move between plans as the home gets busier or the circle grows. Billing is monthly or annual, and pricing is shown on the plans page in your own currency before anything is charged. Every plan starts with a seven-day free trial, and invited members never pay and never start a trial.
Does one subscription cover my whole household?
Yes. One plan covers the household, and there is no per-seat pricing. Your partner, the children, the grandparents and the people who help all join from an invite link, and the bill does not move when they do. You decide what each person can see: a full member of the household, someone who helps with the care of it, or a cleaner or dog walker who only ever sees the day in front of them.
Does HomeAtlas work on Android and iPhone?
It runs in the browser today, so you can use it on a computer and in the browser on a phone, whatever kind of phone you have. Apps for the app stores are being prepared, and no dates are promised for them. When a store app exists, this answer will change to say so.
What can I photograph?
A shelf of tools becomes a list of what you own. The inside of the fridge becomes dinners you can cook tonight. A school letter becomes dates already on the calendar. The sticker on the washing machine becomes a warranty with an expiry. Bills, receipts, barcodes, plants and pets all start the same way. Nothing a photo finds is saved until you have looked at it, and anything it misreads you fix in a tap.
How accurate is the photo scanning?
Good enough to save you the typing, not good enough to trust blind. That is why nothing it finds is saved until you have looked at it. It reads a shelf into a list, sorts that into new, already yours and cannot see it any more, and waits. Anything it misreads you fix in a tap; anything it misses you add the normal way.
Do I have to set everything up before it is useful?
No. Pick one thing that is bothering you most; dinner tonight is the usual one. Photograph the fridge and you have meal ideas the same evening, and the rest of the household record can wait until the day it matters. Nothing nags you about the parts you are not using, and the parts you have not opened are still there, already set up, when you want them.
Does HomeAtlas order my shopping for me?
No, and it is honest about that: it does not buy anything. It takes you to the shop with the list. Over 120 shops are built in across 14 countries, covering supermarkets as well as hardware, garden, pet and chemist trips, and you pick your regular one as the default. For most shops each item opens as its own search and you tap through them. One tap when you get home files what you bought into the right cupboard.
Can a cleaner or a dog walker see everything?
No. Everyone who helps gets the access their part needs and no more. A cleaner or a dog walker only ever sees the day in front of them. Someone who helps with the care of the house sees the parts they help with. A full member of the household sees the household. The family's photos stay with the family.
Can kids use HomeAtlas?
Yes, under your control. HomeAtlas has children and kid logins, and they are parent-controlled: children's accounts are locked down by default, and you choose exactly what each person can see. Homework help behaves like a coach that will not do the homework. Photograph the page and it still will not read the answer out; it works a similar problem with different numbers, so the answer stays theirs to find.
Where is my data kept and who can see it?
Your household's information belongs to your household. You choose exactly what each person in it can see, and children's accounts are locked down by default. The full detail is in the privacy policy at /legal/privacy/. You can export everything, or delete your account and everything in it, from a button in your account, with no email to us and no waiting.
Is HomeAtlas the same as homeatlas.co or homeatlasapp.com?
No. HomeAtlas is a household organiser made by OMNIA VINCULA PTY LTD, an Australian company, and it lives at homeatlas.org. HomeAtlas at homeatlas.org is not affiliated with homeatlas.co, homeatlasapp.com or askhomeatlas.com. None of those sites make HomeAtlas or speak for it. If a page about your family, kitchen, pets or paperwork does not sit at homeatlas.org, it is not us.