Frequently asked questions

Dusted is a simple shared chore log for couples who live together. It is designed for households that want a clearer picture of who does what at home, particularly when things feel uneven, go unnoticed or are remembered differently by each person.

Each partner records completed household work by voice or text, from everyday chores to planning and home admin. These entries build a shared Journal and simple Statistics, allowing you to spot patterns in the work recorded.

Dusted records work that has already been done. It does not assign chores, create schedules, send task reminders, rank partners or decide what a fair division of household work should be.

Dusted leaves it up to you and your partner to decide what counts as household work.  It’s designed to let you capture different kinds of work involved in running a shared home, including cooking, cleaning, childcare, laundry, planning, organising and remembering. 

For example, a household repair might involve noticing the problem, researching options, contacting tradespeople, comparing quotes, arranging the appointment and being there when the work is done. Each of these can be recorded as a separate piece of household work in Dusted — or you can record just those parts you feel are relevant to the balance of the shared load in your home.

You don’t need a perfect definition before you start, but it may be helpful to discuss what each of you want to include and build a shared understanding as you use Dusted. There is no single right answer: being consistent between the two of you matters more than trying to capture every possible task.

Alongside physical chores, you can record specific acts of planning, organizing, noticing, or remembering. Logging these less-visible contributions can bring parts of the mental load into the same shared household record as work that is easier to see.

For example, this might include adding toiletries to a shopping list when you notice they are running low, thinking through a child’s school report and deciding whether anything needs follow-up, or researching and arranging a household purchase.

 You can also include how long the work took and how it felt, to better capture the way a task is contributing to your load.

A to-do list or chore planner helps people manage work that still needs to happen. It may assign chores, create schedules, track progress or reward completed tasks.

Dusted focuses on household work that has already been completed. It is a shared chore log that helps couples record completed household work, including planning, home admin and invisible work, and review the results together. 

There are no chore assignments, future schedules, points, rankings or competitive scores. Rather than organizing what should happen next, Dusted makes visible what actually happened.

You can start using Dusted in just a few steps. Sign in, create your household and invite your partner, then start recording completed household work.

There are no chore lists to build, tasks to assign or schedules to set up before you begin. You can simply speak or type what you’ve done, and Dusted adds it to your shared Journal.

You can sign in to Dusted using Google or Apple sign-in options. Each household member should sign in with their own account so their completed work is attributed correctly when they join the shared household.

One person creates the household first,  then shares an invitation link with their partner. You’ll see the link when you set up your household, and you can find it again later under Settings → Household → Members.

Once your partner has joined, you’ll both see the shared Journal and can each record completed work there.

Yes. Once you and your partner are in the same Dusted household, the entries you each record appear in your shared Journal. You’ll also see each other’s avatars at the top of the Journal, and can view shared Statistics based on the work you’ve both recorded.

All Dusted’s features, including household sharing, are free to use through 31 December 2026. After that, Dusted will be available for a one-off fee — no subscription required.

No. Dusted requires an internet connection.

Dusted is designed to be flexible and fit into your usual routines. The aim is to build a useful picture of your household work, not a perfect record.

You can log work as you go or catch up later. Voice logging lets you record several completed tasks in one go while typing may be more practical when speaking isn’t convenient. You can also add work from an earlier day if you did not log it at the time.

Because Dusted records work that has already been done, there are no task lists to create, chores to assign or schedules to manage.

Speak naturally about the household work you have completed, including the time it took and how it felt. For example:

“I cleaned the bathroom. It took 20 minutes and was frustrating. I also booked the dentist appointment, which took 10 minutes and was fine.”

Dusted transcribes the voice entry and turns the free-form description into separate, structured items in your Journal. You can include several completed chores, planning activities or admin tasks in one voice entry instead of logging each one individually.

Simply say or type what you did, how long it took and how it felt.

Duration helps build a clearer picture of how much time you are spending on household work. Adding how it felt adds another layer of context: two tasks that take the same amount of time may feel very different to the people doing them.

Neither method is always better. We recommend trying both and using whichever suits the situation.

Logging by speaking can be up to five times faster than typing, making it useful for recording regular chores or several completed tasks at once. Users also find voice entries particularly useful for logging multiple entries together.

Typing may be more comfortable in public, at work or around other people. It can also suit situations where you need to take your time thinking through an entry.

Yes. You can add several completed tasks in one go using voice, and Dusted will turn them into separate, structured entries. You can include the duration and how each task felt so the details are connected to the right entry.

No problem. You can add household work from previous days whenever you catch up, or log every few days rather than recording each task immediately. To log a task for a previous day using voice input, simply mention when you completed it. To do the same using text input, select the correct day in the date picker.

There is no right way to record work you completed together. Choose the approach that best matches what you want to learn from your Dusted record:

• Each person logs the shared task: If you want to capture the total time both partners contributed to household work, you can each log the task separately.
  For example, if you went grocery shopping together for an hour, you could each record one hour. Dusted will count one hour towards each person’s recorded task time, and each person can also record how the task felt to them.
• Record different parts separately: If you worked on different parts of a larger task, each person can record what they did. 
  For example, during joint yard work one partner might record weeding and trimming the plants, while the other records mowing the lawn and cleaning up.
• Leave it out: If you both did the work together, it may already be visible and acknowledged by both of you. 

Whichever approach you choose, try to use it consistently so you both understand what joint entries represent when you review your Journal and Statistics.

A chore log can show patterns in the work you and your partner recorded: what kinds of tasks came up, who recorded them, how long they took and how each person said they felt. 

Seeing everything laid out in one shared place can be eye-opening. It may reveal planning or care work that was previously overlooked, recurring tasks one person usually handles or work that takes relatively little time but feels particularly draining. It can then be used as a shared reference point for discussion.

Dusted’s Statistics give you a shared view of the household work you and your partner have recorded. You can compare how much time each of you has spent on household work, the number of tasks you have logged, and the proportion of those tasks each of you disliked.

Dusted does not use points, rankings, leaderboards or winners. Instead, the Journal and Statistics provide a shared view of the household work you have recorded.

It is helpful to talk about what you both hope to get from using Dusted. That might be to make invisible work easier to acknowledge, or identify areas worth discussing, rather than trying to prove who does more tasks or works harder.

When looking at the record together, consider what may be missing and the context such as available time and energy, effort, intensity and enjoyment. Dusted provides a snapshot of recorded work in Statistics rather than deciding who works harder or what is fair.

There is no magic number that suits every household. Choose a period long enough to include the ordinary variations in your household, such as weekdays and weekends, recurring home admin and tasks that happen monthly rather than daily.

For many households, a few weeks will be more representative than a single week. If responsibilities change across a monthly cycle, recording for a month may be more useful. Avoid drawing broad conclusions from an unusually busy, quiet or disrupted week.

At the end of the agreed period, review what the record shows and what may still be missing. You can extend the period, repeat the exercise later or use Dusted again whenever the household load starts to feel unclear.

You can review the Journal and Statistics together. You might start by asking what each of you noticed, what surprised you, what might be missing from the record, and whether any work feels particularly unnoticed or draining.

What you do with that information is up to you. Dusted provides a shared starting point; it does not prescribe an arrangement, reassign chores or determine what is fair.

When you log by voice input, Dusted uses AI-assisted services, including OpenAI, to transcribe your recording and turn it into tasks and other details in your Journal. Recordings and transcripts may be processed by our service providers and accessed by a limited number of authorised team members for support or product improvement.

Dusted does not permit its AI-processing providers to use App content to train their AI models.

Voice recordings and transcripts may be retained while your account remains active. For more information, see our Privacy Policy.

You can delete your account in-app by going to Settings → Account → Delete account and following the confirmation steps. Account deletion cannot be undone. Deleting the app from your phone does not delete your Dusted account.

You can also request account deletion through the Dusted contact form or by emailing support@dusted-app.com from the email address linked to your account. Use “Account deletion request” as the subject line. Dusted may ask you to verify that you control the account.

If you own a Dusted household that still has another member, ownership will be transferred to a remaining household member. Your account and the personal information and App content associated with it will then be deleted within 30 days.

Dusted may retain limited information where necessary for legal, security, fraud-prevention or dispute-related reasons. Copies held by service providers may also remain for a limited period under their contractual, security or legal obligations, after which they are deleted or de-identified.

Use Dusted’s in-app Feedback feature to share an idea, request a feature or report a problem. You can also use the Dusted contact form or email support@dusted-app.com. 

When reporting a technical problem, include what you were trying to do, what happened, what you expected to happen, your device and app version and whether you can reproduce the issue.