The best tools for organising your home, renovations and property history.
EMALINO gives every home a memory. Photos, documents, renovations, warranties, schedules and contractor conversations stay attached to the place they belong to instead of being lost in WhatsApp, email, binders and your camera roll.
Quick rating
How well the app helps you remember, organise and calmly manage the life of a home.
| Category | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Home memory and organisation | 10 | 20% |
| Renovations and home work | 8 | 15% |
| Collaboration around the home | 8 | 15% |
| Reminders and care | 9 | 10% |
| Home documentation | 10 | 10% |
| Mobile experience | 9 | 10% |
| Ease of use | 9 | 10% |
| Value | 9 | 10% |
| Final score | 9 | 100% |
Who this app is for
EMALINO organises life around the home for owners, contractors and people caring for multiple places.
Homeowners
Track maintenance, warranties, photos and documents. Build a complete memory of your home in one place.
Contractors
Run renovation work without chaos: decisions, photos, progress, documents and billing attached to the right home.
Multi-home caretakers
Keep histories, documents and work organised across many places without mixing photos, conversations and context.
What stops getting lost
The most important parts of a home history moved from chaos into one place.
| Emalino solution | What gets lost today |
|---|---|
| Home galleries | Photos lost in camera roll |
| Conversations attached to the home | Contractor decisions scattered across WhatsApp |
| Recurring schedules | Forgotten maintenance tasks |
| Home documentation | Lost warranties, manuals and contracts |
| Projects and timelines | No renovation history |
| Built-in invoicing | Manual invoicing and chasing |
Home organisation benchmark
How Emalino compares with the typical tools people use for renovations, photos, documents and communication.
| Home need | Emalino | Notion | Trello | Google Drive | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History of many homes | |||||
| Work and repair lists | |||||
| Home photo galleries | |||||
| Contextual conversations | |||||
| Recurring home care | |||||
| Documents, warranties and manuals | |||||
| Fixtures and devices | |||||
| Contractor billing | |||||
| Mobile apps | |||||
| Free tier |
Value for a homeowner
A comparison of price to how much home memory and organisation you get in one place.
EMALINO
Competitor average
What builds a home memory
Each part described through everyday life, renovations and home documentation.
Homes
What it does
Creates a central record for every home or flat. Each place has its own photos, documents, tasks, renovations, people and history.
Why it matters
A home is more than an address. It is decisions, repairs, photos, warranties and the people who worked on it over time.
How EMALINO helps
Unlimited homes on all plans. Place categories, dedicated galleries and a timeline that builds the memory of your home step by step.
Limitations
No integration with listing portals or MLS systems.
Work and repairs
What it does
Organises anything that needs action, from a leaking tap to an annual check, appliance service or post-renovation punch list.
Why it matters
Instead of carrying the house in your head, you see what is done, what is waiting and who owns it.
How EMALINO helps
48 home-work and maintenance labels across 6 groups. 6 statuses, 5 priorities and links to the right home, renovation and schedule.
Limitations
No Gantt chart or project timeline view.
Renovations
What it does
Groups larger efforts under one roof: a kitchen renovation, roof repair, garden work, move-in plan or preparing a home for sale.
Why it matters
A renovation without history quickly becomes chaos. You need photos, decisions, agreements and progress in one place.
How EMALINO helps
Unlimited projects, work types, a dedicated gallery, team and timeline for each renovation.
Limitations
No advanced project management tools (milestones, dependencies).
Recurring care
What it does
Sets up recurring or scheduled home matters. EMALINO creates the tasks automatically.
Why it matters
A home needs rhythm: checks, cleaning, service and small repairs. The system remembers for you.
How EMALINO helps
Unlimited schedules. Frequencies: once, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, custom.
Limitations
No integration with external calendars (Google Calendar, iCal).
People around the home
What it does
Invites the people who help with the home: a partner, contractor, manager, administrator or family member.
Why it matters
Everyone sees the right context instead of reconstructing the story from messages, photos and phone calls.
How EMALINO helps
Unlimited members on the free plan. Invite by email. Per-resource permissions.
Limitations
No built-in contractor directory or marketplace.
Photos and galleries
What it does
Builds a visual history of the home: before-and-after photos, issue evidence, renovation progress, inspections and cover photos.
Why it matters
A photo matters most when you know which home, renovation or repair it belongs to.
How EMALINO helps
Automatic GPS and camera data extraction. Up to 10 cover photos per home. Hierarchical galleries.
Limitations
1 GB on the free plan (100 GB to 5 TB on paid plans).
Documents
What it does
Stores contracts, warranties, receipts, manuals, protocols and technical documents alongside the right home.
Why it matters
No more searching through email or digging through drawers. Documents travel with the home.
How EMALINO helps
PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and CSV. Documents attached to the home. Ready to hand over at sale or rental.
Limitations
No OCR or in-document content search.
Messaging
What it does
Lets you discuss a home, renovation or repair exactly where the rest of the context lives.
Why it matters
New people see the history of decisions without asking for screenshots or scrolling through WhatsApp.
How EMALINO helps
Thread-based conversations with text, photo, video and voice messages. File attachments, plus location and contact sharing. Emoji reactions. Read receipts. Real-time delivery (WebSocket).
Limitations
No live video or voice calls (asynchronous voice and video messages only).
Home equipment
What it does
Tracks the things inside the home: appliances, installations, fixtures, smart-home devices and serviceable items.
Why it matters
You know what you have, where it is, when it was bought and when it was last serviced.
How EMALINO helps
15 categories (appliances, electronics, HVAC, smart home and more). Custom data fields. Condition tracking.
Limitations
No barcode/QR code scanning.
Invoicing
What it does
Create invoices and credit notes directly from your workspace.
Why it matters
Home work often ends with billing. It belongs next to the job history, not in a separate file.
How EMALINO helps
Invoices with line items, tax rates, payment terms. Status tracking. Credit notes. PDF export.
Limitations
No automatic sync with accounting systems.
Mobile app
What it does
EMALINO on your phone via a native Android app (iOS in preparation). Snap photos on-site, check tasks, message your team.
Why it matters
Home matters happen on-site: in the basement, on the building site, by the meter, in the garden or during handover.
How EMALINO helps
Built from the same codebase as the web app for a consistent experience. On-site camera capture with batch uploads, native Google sign-in and push notifications (Android, via FCM). Same account as web.
Limitations
The iOS app and a public Play Store launch are still in preparation; the web app remains the most complete surface.
Pros and cons
Strengths
- One place for the memory of a home: photos, documents, work and conversations
- Strong contractor collaboration through contextual communication
- Unlimited core features on the free plan
- Same experience on web and a native Android app, built from one codebase (iOS in preparation)
Limitations
- Broader scope than simple task-only apps
- Learning curve if you only want to save a single note
- More structure than a lightweight notes app or photo gallery
- Free plan is ad-supported beyond ~1 GB of storage or ~1,000 messages (paid plans remove all ads)
Pricing
Start free, scale when ready.
Free
Homeowners and small teams
1 workspace · 1 GB storage · ad-supported · 10 MB/file
- Unlimited homes
- Tasks and schedules
- Photo galleries
- Document storage
- Built-in messaging
Plus
€7/mo
or €70/yr · 2 months free
Your first step up
100 GB · no ads
- Everything in Free
- 100 GB storage
- Custom branding
- Priority support
- Advanced reports
Pro
€16/mo
or €160/yr · 2 months free
The complete experience
1 TB · 14-day trial
- Everything in Plus
- 1 TB storage
- Larger file uploads
- Geofence & capture labels on media
- Priority support
Premium
€34/mo
or €340/yr · 2 months free
Maximum headroom
5 TB · priority processing
- Everything in Pro
- 5 TB storage
- Priority processing
- Largest file uploads
No credit card required
Alternatives and comparisons
How EMALINO compares with the tools people usually use to organise a home.
EMALINO vs Notion
Notion works well as a flexible notebook, but you have to build the structure yourself. EMALINO immediately organises photos, documents, work and conversations around a specific home.
EMALINO vs Trello
Trello helps with task lists, but it does not create a full home memory. EMALINO connects work, galleries, documentation, people and history in one context.
EMALINO vs Google Drive
Google Drive stores files, but it does not know which renovation, warranty or device they belong to. EMALINO attaches documents and photos to the right home, work and person.
EMALINO vs WhatsApp
WhatsApp is quick for conversation, but weak as an archive of decisions. EMALINO keeps agreements attached to the home, renovation or task.
Frequently asked questions
Is Emalino good for homeowners?
Yes. Emalino helps homeowners build a memory of the home: track repairs, store photos, documents and warranties, and coordinate contractors in one place.
Can contractors use Emalino?
Absolutely. Contractors can manage jobs, track progress with photos, coordinate with property owners via built-in messaging, and handle invoicing.
Is Emalino free?
Yes. The Free plan never expires and includes unlimited homes, tasks, photo galleries, document storage and messaging — no credit card required. It is ad-supported: once a workspace passes about 1 GB of storage or 1,000 messages, Emalino shows occasional in-app promotions. Paid plans (from €7/mo) remove all ads and add more storage and workspaces.
Is there a free trial of Pro?
Yes. Pro includes a 14-day free trial — no credit card is required to start.
Which languages does Emalino support?
The app interface is available in English, Dutch, Polish and German. German is the newest language and is still being expanded, so a few specialised screens may still appear in English.
Does Emalino replace WhatsApp for home communication?
Yes. Emalino's built-in messaging keeps conversations in context, attached to the right home, renovation or task instead of scattered across chat apps.
Can I keep the history of multiple homes?
Yes. Emalino supports unlimited homes and properties on all plans, organised into spaces for easy navigation.
Is Emalino available on mobile?
Yes. A native Android app is available now, built from the same codebase as the web app for a consistent experience. An iOS app and a public Play Store launch are in preparation.
Does Emalino support recurring maintenance?
Yes. Set up recurring schedules for any maintenance task — HVAC servicing, gutter cleaning, inspections — and Emalino creates tasks automatically.
Scoring methodology
How we calculate ratings.
Updated monthly.
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