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Decluttering, old phones and things for the wall.

The lists

• 5 apps for a home that's always messySweepy · Declutter · Boxes · OfferUp · BuyNothing
• 6 jobs for a spare iPadLibby · LiveMarquee · forScore · Digital Photo Frame · Focus Train · Khan Academy Kids
• 5 apps for everything your kids outgrowGrowth: baby & child charts · Declutter · Vinted · BuyNothing · Tinybeans
• 5 apps for your Sunday resetSweepy · Beardie · Mealime · Planta · YNAB
• 5 apps for the 30,000 photos on your phoneSlidebox · Pet Journal · Photo Scan App by Photomyne · Lightroom · Photoroom
• 5 apps that give an old phone a second jobAlfred Camera · LiveMarquee · Teleprompter · Scoreboard - On The Go · ClockPhone
• 5 apps that make something you can hang on the wallChatbooks · City Map · FreePrints Photo Tiles · Artkive · Docuslice
• 5 decluttering apps that beat a note on your phoneTidy · Declutter · Moving Organizer Lite · ElephantTrax · Home Contents

Every home app on these lists

36 apps in total. Each line is what that app does differently from the others here — the reason it made a list rather than being a second copy of something already on it.

• Alfred CameraAlfred Camera points the old phone at the door and streams it to the new one, with motion alerts and two-way audio. No extra hardware.
• ArtkiveArtkive photographs the pile of kids' paintings and turns it into a book, so the originals can leave the kitchen counter.
• BeardieLog your dragon's weight and a photo; each one adds to its growth timeline.
• BoxesLog what's inside every storage box, so you know which one to open.
• BuyNothingGive away what you don't need to the neighbors who do.
• ChatbooksChatbooks turns your camera roll into a photo book in about ten minutes, printed and posted to you rather than staying on the phone.
• City MapCity Map frames any city, street or neighbourhood on earth exactly how you want it and exports at 4K or 8K. You take the file to any print shop.
• ClockPhoneClockPhone is big readable clock faces — and an alarm you can only kill by scanning an NFC tag or a barcode you left in another room.
• DeclutterPhotograph the thing, keep the story behind it, then let it go.
• Digital Photo FrameA slideshow of your albums, with the time, date and weather on screen.
• DocusliceDocuslice needs no large printer: it slices an image, PDF or SVG across ordinary sheets you tape into one big poster.
• ElephantTraxElephantTrax sticks a QR label on each bin, so finding what is in the loft takes a scan rather than an afternoon.
• Focus TrainStand it on the desk as a focus timer: a train rolls while you work.
• forScoreYour PDF sheet music on the music stand, with setlists and page turns.
• FreePrints Photo TilesFreePrints Photo Tiles are lightweight photo tiles that stick straight to the wall, mixed and matched into a collage without a single nail.
• Growth: baby & child chartsPlot your child's height and weight on WHO and CDC charts.
• Home ContentsHome Contents has you walk each room photographing one item at a time and sort it later — an inventory you might actually finish.
• Khan Academy KidsReading and math games for kids aged 2 to 8. Free, no ads.
• LibbyBorrow ebooks and audiobooks from your library, free, with a library card.
• LightroomEdit the few worth keeping: film looks, and remove what's in the way.
• LiveMarqueeType a message and it scrolls across the screen as an LED sign. No ads.
• MealimePick the week's meals and it writes the grocery list for all of them.
• Moving Organizer LiteMoving Organizer Lite numbers your boxes and records what went into each one, for the move where everything looks identical by day three.
• OfferUpList what you don't use in about 30 seconds and sell it locally.
• Pet JournalYour pet photos get their own timeline, with the moment behind each one.
• Photo Scan App by PhotomyneScan several old printed photos in one shot and bring them onto your phone.
• PhotoroomRemove the background from the photo of the thing you're selling.
• PlantaWatering, fertilizing and repotting reminders that adapt to each plant.
• Scoreboard - On The GoScoreboard - On The Go is a real scoreboard on a propped-up phone for any points-based game, so whose serve it was stops being an argument.
• SlideboxSwipe up to delete, tap to sort into an album, one photo at a time.
• SweepyBuilds a daily cleaning schedule, one chore at a time, split with family.
• TeleprompterTeleprompter runs scripts with no length limit, at the size and speed you set, parked right next to the lens while you film.
• TidyTidy is a plain planner for cleaning and organising, so the jobs live somewhere other than your head.
• TinybeansA private family journal for everyday moments, sorted by date for you.
• VintedSnap the outgrown clothes, set a price, keep 100% of what they sell for.
• YNABPlan the month's spending by category and see what's left in each.