A maintenance schedule for the systems you actually have — and every reminder opens straight into how to do that particular job.
One local notification when something is actually due — no streaks, no guilt, no climbing badge count. Reminders are scheduled on the device itself, so there is no push server and nobody but your phone knows what you have coming up.
Tell Hallboy what is in your house — the water heater, the HVAC, the roof and gutters, an appliance — and each one arrives with a real starter schedule for that kind of system, not one generic checklist for everybody. Mark a job done and the next one is dated from when you actually did it, not from when it was due.
A reminder that only says “change the filter” leaves you where you started. Every task opens into real instructions for that task, so the thing that fires and the thing you need to read are the same thing.
One local notification when something is due. Whatever is free stays free, the price is stated before you pay it, and the setup asks rather than insists.
Hallboy is not on the App Store yet, and the name is not final. This page will say so until it ships.
Hallboy is a home-maintenance app for iPhone and iPad. You tell it which systems your house has, and each one gets a real starter schedule — and every reminder opens straight into instructions for that particular job.
Not yet. It is in development, and Hallboy is still a working name. It is made by Anchorwright LLC, a one-person software studio in Bryan/College Station, Texas.
A reminder that says “change the filter” leaves you where you started. In Hallboy the thing that fires and the instructions you need are the same thing, and each kind of system arrives with a schedule built for it rather than a blank list you have to fill in yourself.
No. There is an optional location field, but it is free text you type and it is used only to label the home so you can tell several apart. Hallboy does not use location services and never asks for location permission.
No. If an account is ever offered it will be Sign in with Apple. Reminders are scheduled on the device itself, so there is no push server.
No. One local notification when something is actually due — no streaks, no guilt, no climbing badge count.
One email when it reaches the App Store — nothing else. Questions about how it works get a real answer at the same address.