Cookie policy
Last updated 2026-08-06
“Cookies” here means cookies and any similar storage on your device, like the browser’s local storage. This page explains what Homera stores, why, and how you stay in control. You can change or withdraw your choice at any time with the control (also in the footer of every page).
Strictly necessary (always on)
These keep you signed in and the site working. They never track you, and the law does not require asking. Today this is all we use:
- Sign-in token: kept in the app (app.homera.io) so a reload keeps you signed in.
- Your cookie choice: so we remember what you picked here and don’t ask again for 13 months.
- First-run guide: remembers whether you’ve seen the app’s welcome walkthrough, so it doesn’t repeat. It holds no identifier.
Only with your consent
These are off until you turn them on. If you say no, the tool is never even loaded into your browser. Turn a category back off later and we remove its tool and clear its cookies. Here is each one and what it stores:
| Category | What it’s for | Tools and what they store |
|---|---|---|
| Analytics | Understand which parts of Homera people use, so we can improve them. | PostHog: in the app (app.homera.io) only. Stores one first-party cookie and one local storage entry, both named ph_…_posthog, holding a random ID for up to 12 months. We count which screens get opened. We never record your screen and never read the contents of your bills, notes, or lists.Google Analytics: on the website and in the app. Stores three cookies, described below, holding a random ID for up to two years. We count which pages get opened and which buttons get pressed. We never read the contents of your bills, notes, or lists. |
| Advertising | Measure and improve our ads, and know if an ad brought you here. | Meta Pixel (active once you allow it). This choice also decides whether Google Analytics, above, is allowed to use your visit for ads. Google Ads (planned, not yet active). It also lets us keep one cookie of our own, described below, remembering which of our pages you arrived on. |
If you allow advertising: the Meta pixel
Meta (Facebook and Instagram) is the one advertising tool we have set up. If you allow the Advertising category, it sets two cookies on homera.io:
- _fbp: a random id for your browser, so Meta can tell one visit from another. It lasts about 90 days.
- _fbc: kept only if you arrived by clicking one of our ads. It records that click so we can tell the ad worked. It lasts about 90 days.
We tell Meta which pages you looked at, which buttons you pressed, and which of our free tools gave you an answer. We never send your email, your name, or anything from inside the app: not a bill, not a note, not who you live with. You can read Meta’s privacy policy for what they do with it.
Turn Advertising off and we remove the pixel and clear both cookies. Leave it off and it never loads in the first place.
If you allow advertising: remembering which page brought you here
This is the one cookie we set ourselves, rather than a company we work with. If you allow the Advertising category, we keep a short note of where you came from, so that if you make an account a few days later we can tell which of our pages or ads led to it. Without it we can count the visit or the account, but never join the two.
- homera_attribution_v1: the page you arrived on, the campaign name in the link you followed, and the click code Meta or Google added to it. It lasts 30 days, and a newer visit from a different campaign replaces it.
It stays on your device. We never send the note anywhere, and it holds nothing about you: no email, no name, nothing from inside the app. When you make an account, we tell Meta and Google the campaign name it holds, and never the click code, which they already have.
Turn Advertising off and we delete it right away. Leave it off and we never write it. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we never write it either, whatever the toggles say. You can read it yourself any time: open your browser tools and it's plain text.
If you allow analytics: Google Analytics
Google Analytics helps us see which pages and tools people use. If you allow the Analytics category, it sets these cookies:
- _ga: a random id for your browser, so Google can tell one visit from another. It lasts about two years.
- _ga_ followed by a short code: keeps track of the visit you're on right now. It lasts about two years.
- _gcl_au: set only if you also allow Advertising. It records that an ad brought you here. It lasts about 90 days.
We tell Google which pages you looked at, which buttons you pressed, and which of our free tools gave you an answer. We never send your email, your name, or anything from inside the app: not a bill, not a note, not who you live with.
Analytics and Advertising are two separate choices here, and we tell Google both of them. Say yes to Analytics and no to Advertising, and Google counts your visit but is not allowed to use it for ads. If your browser sends the Global Privacy Control signal, that is what happens on its own, without you doing anything. We also leave off the Google setting that would tie your visit to your Google account across your devices.
Turn Analytics off and we remove the tool and clear its cookies. Leave it off and it never loads in the first place. You can read Google's privacy policy for what they do with it.
Counting we do without any cookies
Some counting needs nothing from your device. It is not part of the choice above, because there is nothing stored to ask about. You can still switch the first one off.
Page use, on this website
We count how long each page stays open, and how far down it gets scrolled. It sets no cookie and stores nothing in your browser. Our tool, PostHog, works the count out on its own servers. To do that it uses the day, your network address and your browser. It throws that working out away each night, so one day is never joined to the next. We never learn your name or your email. This one is on for everyone. Turn it off any time with the Page use switch in .
Counting from inside the app
Some counting happens on our own servers, from things you have already done in Homera: a bill was paid, a task was ticked off, someone joined the home. This uses no cookies and nothing on your device, so it is not part of the choice above either. It is counting only, and never the contents of what you wrote. Our Privacy Policy covers this and your rights over it.
Your choices
When there’s something to consent to, we show a banner with three equal options: Accept all, Reject all, and Manage preferences. Rejecting is exactly as easy as accepting, and nothing optional is ticked for you. Change your mind whenever you like via . Page use is not part of that banner, because there is nothing to consent to. Its switch sits in the same panel, and it saves as soon as you flip it.
California: Do Not Sell or Share
We use advertising tools that “share” information for ads across sites, so California residents can opt out. Leaving Advertising off is that opt-out. We also honour the Global Privacy Control signal automatically. If your browser sends it, advertising stays off without you having to do anything, and we do not let it be switched back on while the signal is there.
Changes
If we add or change a tool, we’ll update this page and, when your choice needs refreshing, ask again. We did that on 27 July 2026, when PostHog, the Meta pixel and Google Analytics all went from planned to set up: everyone is being asked again, because saying yes to a plan is not the same as saying yes to the real thing. We updated it again on 1 August 2026. That is when we added the page use counting above. This policy pairs with our Privacy Policy and Terms.