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.