Keep household details out of an exported draft

What the planner actually needs

The web planner builds a plan from three inputs: the rooms you tick, the frequency of each task and a start date. It does not ask for names, an address, access codes or when the home is empty. The calculation runs in the browser tab; the page states that entered content stays in the tab and that no upload is needed.

The optional analytics on the site, which you can allow or refuse in the consent panel, measures page visits, tool use and clicks on store links. According to the panel, text you enter in forms is not sent.

What a download contains

The CSV has four columns: date, room, task name and frequency. The calendar file has one all-day event per occurrence, titled with the room and the task, plus an identifier made of the room, task and date. In the kitchen and bedroom example, that is 46 rows or 46 events.

Neither file contains people's names, but both show which rooms you have and when work is planned. Once you send a file to someone, it is a copy outside your control, however locally it was made.

Keep a shared draft neutral

• Use the generic room names the planner offers instead of adding descriptive notes to an edited copy.
• Before sending a file, open it and read what it says; remove columns or rows you do not want to share.
• Store downloads where you would store other household documents.
• For an ongoing household plan, use the app, which shares only with the people you invite.

How the app handles household data

Kleara has no account. The plan is stored on the phone, and a household member is only a name and a colour. Sharing uses iCloud: the Invite button sends a link, and only people who accept it see the shared plan. If iCloud is off, the plan stays on that phone.

When phones sync, each task, completion and member is merged separately, so one person's change does not overwrite everything another person did.

Tools

• balanced-cleaning-plan