Carry vs Notion when the household wiki died
The iOS app for households sharing the mental load: the invisible work of remembering what needs doing at home. Tasks, shopping and events synced in real time for up to six people.
Notion is flexible, and a household setup in it is high maintenance. Carry is for households who want a feed of what needs doing, not a database someone has to keep alive.
Who it's for
Households (usually couples) where one person remembers what needs doing. Up to six people, and it works solo until others join.
Households whose Notion home setup was built by one person and quietly stopped being updated.
Who it isn't for
Work project management, solo GTD / Todoist-style projects, or Android-only households.
Anyone who enjoys building and maintaining their own system, or wants a household wiki — Notion is good at that.
Price and limits
- Free: 10 open items, 5 shopping items, 2 household members, 5 voice captures
- Carry Plus: $7.99/month, $29.99/year, or $149.99 once for Lifetime
- 7-day free trial on monthly and annual, no payment upfront
- One purchase covers the household, Lifetime included. People who join never pay and never see a paywall
What Carry does instead of a household wiki
A feed, not a database
Tasks, shopping and events sit in one shared home feed. There are no templates, properties or views to design or maintain.
Adding things takes seconds
Say it or type it. Voice capture files it as a task, shopping item or event, so capture doesn’t depend on opening the right page.
It stays current by itself
Items age from Fresh to Urgent, and the Weekly Wrap recaps the week. The feed reflects what’s actually happening, without anyone curating it.
Built for everyone in the home
Up to six people, one 6-character invite, one subscription. Nobody has to learn how the system works.
Carry and Notion, side by side
Notion is flexible — you can build almost any system in it. That flexibility is also the upkeep: someone has to design it and keep it alive. Carry is for when you want a feed instead.
| Compared on | Carry | Notion |
|---|---|---|
| Best at | A feed of what the home needs now | Flexible pages and databases you design |
| Upkeep | Nothing to build or maintain | Flexible, and high maintenance |
| Shopping | Aisle-grouped shopping list | Whatever you build |
| Mental load | Aging urgency, Weekly Wrap, Mental Load Score | Whatever you build |
| Price | Free tier, then Carry Plus at $7.99/month, $29.99/year or $149.99 lifetime. Any plan covers the whole household. | Check their current pricing |
| Platforms | iOS only today; Android is planned | Check their current platforms |
Carry is iOS only today. Android is planned, but it isn't shipping yet.
Get it out of one person’s head.
Free to download, up to six people. Not sure where your household stands? Start with the Mental Load Score.
Common questions
We already have a Notion household setup. Should we switch?
If it’s alive and everyone uses it, keep it. Carry is for when the setup has quietly died, or one person is the only one keeping it alive — you want a feed, not a database.
Can Carry do everything our Notion setup did?
No, and it isn’t trying to. Carry isn’t a flexible workspace or a wiki. It does tasks, shopping and events for a home, shared by up to six people.
Does Carry work on Android?
Carry is iOS only today. Android is planned, but it isn’t shipping yet — if anyone in your household is on Android, Carry won’t work for them for now.
How much does Carry cost compared with Notion?
Carry is free to download. The free tier covers 10 open items, 5 shopping items, 2 household members and 5 voice captures. Carry Plus is $7.99/month, $29.99/year, or $149.99 once for Lifetime, and monthly and annual start with a 7-day free trial with no payment upfront. Every plan, Lifetime included, covers the whole household. For Notion, check their current pricing.