Ok Donkey, next to the apps you might already use

Plenty of apps keep a family list. Ok Donkey is the cheerful one that keeps tapping the shoulder until the job is actually done, then closes it for everyone.

This is a fair look at household and friends apps, plus GetNotify, which is the closest match: an alarm that stays up until someone in the group responds. If you want a calendar, points for the children, or a cleaning game, those other apps are the better fit.

Slide the table sideways. The feature name and Ok Donkey stay put. The highlighted row is the data promise.

Yes means the product does this. “Shared list” means ticking an item updates a list, and does not stop a repeating alert. “Assigns a person” means you can name who should do it, without a turn rota or an escalation. “Only that job” means the product is this nag, not a calendar, a chore game, or a wider family hub. “Only the reminder” means we keep the email, the event, and who is on it, with no advertising, no tracking, and no sale of your data. The “Your data” row is taken from each app’s store privacy label, September 2026. “Tracks you” means the label lists data used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites. GetNotify’s App Store listing also describes an ad-free experience as a paid feature, and its Google Play listing says the app contains ads. Compared from each product’s public description, September 2026.
Feature	Ok Donkey	GetNotify	Cozi	Sweepy	Nipto	FamilyWall	Maple	Apple Reminders
Your data	Only the reminder	Tracks you; ads unless you pay	Tracks usage and identifiers	Shares personal info	Contact and usage linked	Tracks an identifier	Tracks usage data	Lists linked to you
Keeps alerting until done	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Shared with family or friends	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
One Done closes it for everyone	Yes	Yes	Shared list	Shared chores	No	Shared list	Shared to-dos	Yes
Escalates if the first person does not finish	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Whose turn it is	Yes	No	Assigns a person	Splits the cleaning	A weekly game	Assigns a task	Assigns tasks	Assigns a person
One-off and repeating	Yes	Yes	Yes	Repeating chores	Scheduled chores	A reminder	Yes	Yes
Only that job	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
iOS and Android	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Apple only
Available now	Coming soon	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Until Dec 2026	Yes

GetNotify from its App Store and Google Play listings (group creation is a paid feature). Cozi from its shared to-do page. Sweepy from its App Store and Google Play listings. Nipto from its public store description, including iOS and Android. FamilyWall from its help centre: a to-do can have a due date and a reminder. Maple from its public product pages; growmaple.com says it sunsets on 31 December 2026. Apple Reminders from the Reminders app on Apple devices. The highlighted row is Ok Donkey’s own privacy policy. The other cells in that row come from the store privacy labels: GetNotify (App Store: usage data and diagnostics used to track you; contact, purchases, user content, and identifiers linked to you; Pro removes ads. Google Play: contains ads). Cozi (App Store: usage data and identifiers used to track you; contact, user content, search history, and purchases linked to you). Sweepy (Google Play: may share personal info and app performance with third parties, and may collect personal info, photos, and device IDs. App Store: contact, user content, and identifiers linked to you; no tracking category on that label). Nipto (App Store: contact, identifiers, usage data, and diagnostics linked to you; no tracking category on that label). FamilyWall (App Store: identifiers used to track you; contact and diagnostics linked to you). Maple (App Store: usage data used to track you. Google Play: no data shared with third parties, and it may collect personal info and messages). Apple Reminders (App Store: user content and identifiers linked to you; usage data not linked; no tracking category on that label).