Most homeowners have a mental list. Clean the gutters. Check the boiler. Look at that weird damp patch near the window. That list lives rent-free in your head for months, sometimes years, until something breaks in the most inconvenient and expensive way possible. It’s a pattern that’s almost universal, and it costs people real money.
Homerockr is a home maintenance app built to get that mental list out of your head and into a proper plan. Created by Carsten Bohling after his own basement flooded twice due to a forgotten drain check, the app combines task scheduling, guided home inspections, a renovation planner, and a Home Value Retention Index into one tidy mobile experience.
It’s available on iOS and Android, and the core idea is straightforward: stop reacting to home problems and start staying ahead of them. After spending time with the app, I can say it’s one of the more practical tools I’ve seen aimed at homeowners who aren’t contractors or property managers, just regular people with a house to take care of.
Key Features of Homerockr
Smart Maintenance Task Planner
The task planner is the backbone of the app. You can add maintenance chores manually or pull from a library of over 70 pre-built templates covering everything from draining outdoor faucets to checking heating system pressure. Each task gets a due date, a recurrence schedule, and an assigned household member. The status indicators, color-coded as “All good”, “Coming up”, and “Needs Action”, make it instantly clear what needs attention without digging through menus.
Guided Home Walkthrough
This is one of the more genuinely useful features. The walkthrough guides you through the key areas of your home, outdoors, roof, garage, facade, and more, in roughly ten minutes. You toggle each area as “Ok” or “Issues”, add notes, and date the entry. It’s designed to catch things you’d otherwise overlook, a loose gutter bracket, a cracked window seal, a damp corner in the utility room. Catching those early is exactly how you avoid big repair bills later.
Home Value Retention Index
This is the feature that sets Homerockr apart from a plain to-do app. The index gives your home a score out of 100 based on completed maintenance tasks, overdue items, and overall upkeep. It’s a quick, visual way to assess whether you’re genuinely on top of things or quietly letting your property slide. Seeing a number drop is oddly motivating in the way that a fitness tracker step count is motivating.
Renovation and Project Planner
Beyond day-to-day maintenance, Homerockr lets you log upcoming renovation projects and track their status over time. If you’re planning to replace the windows next spring or redo the bathroom in two years, you can add it to the planner and monitor progress. The Plus tier also lets you create custom building sections, useful if your home has a garage, outbuilding, or anything beyond the standard layout.
When It Actually Made a Difference: Marcus at 8pm on a Sunday
Marcus Lindner, a first-time homeowner in Stuttgart, bought his house in late 2024. By early 2026, he had a vague sense that some maintenance tasks were slipping, but he had no real system. On a Sunday evening around 8pm, he opened Homerockr for the first time and ran the guided walkthrough on his property.
Within ten minutes, he had logged a loose bracket on his roof gutter, a task he’d noticed once but never written down anywhere. The app prompted him to create a follow-up maintenance task and set a reminder for two weeks out. He also pulled in a set of seasonal templates for spring, getting tasks like checking the heating system and cleaning window seals added to his schedule automatically.
His Home Value Retention Index came in at 61 out of 100, lower than he expected. That number pushed him to work through the overdue items the following weekend. By the end of May, he’d completed six tasks, his score had climbed to 78, and that gutter bracket had been fixed before the summer rains arrived. No water damage. No emergency call to a contractor.
That’s the kind of outcome the app is built for. Not dramatic, just quietly effective.
How Homerockr Works, Step by Step
Step 1: Set Up Your Home Profile
After downloading the app on iOS or Android, you create a profile for your property. You name it, add basic details, and the app uses this as the foundation for your dashboard and index score.
Step 2: Add Tasks Using Templates or Manually
Browse the template library or add your own custom tasks. Assign due dates, set recurrence intervals, and delegate to specific household members if needed. The free plan supports up to six tasks; the Plus plan removes that limit entirely.
Step 3: Run a Walkthrough
Use the guided inspection feature to walk through each area of your home. Log any issues you spot, add notes, and let the app remind you to follow up. This takes about ten minutes and is worth doing monthly.
Step 4: Track Progress and Your Index Score
Complete tasks, cross them off, and watch your Home Value Retention Index respond. The dashboard shows completed tasks for the current month, overdue items, and any active projects, all in one view.
Homerockr Pricing
The free Basic plan covers up to six maintenance tasks, home projects, the renovation planner, and cost tracking. The Plus plan costs 4.99 euros per month, 34.99 euros per year, or 99.99 euros for a lifetime licence. Plus unlocks unlimited tasks, access to 70+ task templates, unlimited projects, custom building sections, and includes a 15% monthly donation to SOS Kinderdörfer weltweit. There’s a seven-day free trial for Plus, and you can cancel at any time.
Who Should Try Homerockr
If you own a home and currently rely on memory, sticky notes, or sheer optimism to stay on top of maintenance, this app is worth a look. It’s particularly useful for new homeowners who don’t yet have a system, and for families where tasks need to be shared across multiple people. The free plan is genuinely functional for smaller households. Give it a try at homerockr.com and see where your home’s index score lands.
