About OnOtto
Updated July 2026
OnOtto is a home maintenance app, founded in 2020 and relaunched in 2026, based in Washington State. It exists because of one stubborn fact: the average homeowner loses about $3,000 a year to preventable repairs — and almost never from not knowing what to do. The failure is the snoozed reminder: the calendar ping dismissed with one thumb, gone forever. OnOtto keeps “I'll do it tomorrow” from turning into “oh no, I should have done this last year.”
The problem: reminders that give up before you do
Every homeowner has run the same experiment: put “change furnace filter” in the calendar, snooze it twice, dismiss it once, and rediscover the filter ten months later, gray and bowed. Calendars treat a missed maintenance task like a missed meeting — over, gone, no follow-up. But the filter is still dirty. The gutter is still full. The cost didn't disappear with the notification; it compounded quietly into a repair bill.
How OnOtto works
- Tasks persist until done. Nothing scrolls away. An overdue task stays at the top of the list until someone actually completes it — and completing it schedules the next occurrence automatically. The app always answers “what should I do right now?”
- Snap a photo of your appliance. OnOtto identifies it, builds its maintenance schedule, and asks when you last did each task — no manual required. (You can also upload a manual as a photo or PDF, or import a home-inspection report.)
- The household shares the load. Up to 6 members, task assignment, a weekly streak, and a leaderboard that settles who actually does the chores.
The short history
OnOtto began in 2020 as a home-maintenance blog and set of checklists — “Home, Health & Life, Ottomated” — several of which still live on the blog. In 2026 it relaunched as the app those checklists always wanted to be: the same knowledge, but persistent, scheduled, and shared. It's built and supported by a small independent team in Washington State, funded by subscriptions rather than ads or data sales.
Get in touch
Email hello@onotto.com for anything — support, press, feedback, corrections to our comparison pages. Realtors and home inspectors: see the partner program. More routes on the contact page.
See it with your own house. Every account starts with a 30-day full-access trial — no credit card, and nothing you add is ever deleted if you stay on the free plan.
Put your home on autopilotFrequently asked questions
What is OnOtto?
OnOtto is a web app that puts home maintenance on autopilot. Its tasks persist until they're actually done (completing one schedules the next occurrence), it identifies appliances from a photo and builds their maintenance schedules, and it shares the whole list across a household of up to 6 people. Plans run from free to $71.99/yr — see pricing.
Who is behind OnOtto?
OnOtto is a small independent company based in Washington State, USA. It started in 2020 as a home-maintenance blog and checklist project ("Home, Health & Life, Ottomated") and relaunched in 2026 as a full app. We answer our own support email: hello@onotto.com.
Is OnOtto a mobile app or a website?
OnOtto runs in the browser at app.onotto.com — phone, tablet, or desktop — and installs to your home screen like a native app. Billing on the web via Stripe also means no app-store markup in the price.
How does OnOtto make money?
Subscriptions, plainly: $39.99/yr Solo, $71.99/yr Family, plus a $199 Founder Lifetime capped at 500 households and a $99 one-time closing gift that realtors and inspectors buy for their clients. No ads, no selling data. Sustainable pricing is deliberate — Centriq's free-tier model is part of why it shut down and deleted its users' data.