Doorstep Benchmark
Vendor apps, and the household side
Milk Diary, Dudh Hisaab, MilkMate, Milk Khata — all good, and all built for the person delivering.
One service free forever. No account required.
Visual Contrast
See one month kept both ways
Compare the day-to-day habit of manual records with HomeSlate's structured slate.
Vendor-Side Invoicing Apps
Vendor enters deliveries, sends you a total bill
Vendor Statement
₹ 2,470.00
38 Litres recorded by Sharma Dairy. No household breakdown attached.
- ControlVendor enters quantity; you receive SMS/bill
- DisputeIf they forgot a vacation day, their app shows "Delivered"
- CoverageOnly tracks milk; cannot track your newspaper or laundry
HomeSlate Household Ledger
Your household’s verified doorstep record across all vendors
18.0 Litres • ₹1,170.00
- ControlYou record what actually arrived at your doorstep
- DisputeTwo independent records to calmly compare side-by-side
- CoverageMilk, newspaper, water cans, ironing, and custom vendors
The Cost of Friction
Where the hours and rupees quietly go
Manual tallies seem free until 30 days of deliveries and rate changes need to be calculated.
Calculate your household's delivery drift
See the hidden time and unrecorded mismatch cost of manual bookkeeping across a year.
Your Annual Friction Breakdown
10.8 hours/yr
Spent checking dates, calculator summing & checking slips
~₹1,950 /yr
Lost in forgotten paused dates & manual rounding errors
~9 awkward disputes avoided every year with a calm, timestamped statement sent to your vendors.
Deep Breakdown
Capability by capability
Detailed evaluation comparing Vendor-side apps with HomeSlate.
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Questions
Frequently asked questions
Answers to common questions about switching and managing doorstep records.
Have a specific question about your vendor or household setup? Write to us at kreativish.ai@gmail.com.
My milkman already uses an app. Why do I need this?
That is exactly when a second record is worth keeping — not because anyone is dishonest, but because his app knows what he planned to deliver, while yours knows what arrived at your door.
Can HomeSlate import figures from vendor apps?
No, and deliberately. The entire value of HomeSlate is that the household keeps an independent count to reconcile at month-end.
Radical Honesty
When to pick what
We built HomeSlate to solve real problems, not to replace things that already work for you.
When the alternative is genuinely better
If your vendor sends you a digital bill and you never experience delivery mistakes, you can simply rely on their statements.
When HomeSlate is the clear answer
When you want your own independent record so you never blindly pay a vendor bill without knowing if your vacation dates were accounted for.
Household Setups
Which doorstep are you managing?
From busy multi-member family homes to shared flats and senior parents.
The Busy Family Home
Milk (1.5L/day), morning newspaper, 20L water cans, laundry wash
3 different people open the door during the week. One person cancels milk, another forgets to mark it, and by day 30 nobody remembers who received what.
Saves ~45 mins of month-end arguing
HomeSlate allows any family member to tap on their phone with automatic sync, ending the "who answered the door?" confusion.
The Bachelor / Roommates Flat
20L water cans, daily tiffin lunch boxes, ironing collection
Expense apps record money already spent, not daily quantities delivered. Roommates argue over who was home when the water can arrived.
Zero quantity disputes
Tracks exact quantities per day and exports a clean WhatsApp statement at month-end so everyone pays their honest share without debate.
Single Service Doorstep
1 packet of milk from one trusted milkman, nothing else
No extra doorstep vendors, no skipped days, and the same doodhwala has delivered for 10 years.
Paper is 100% fine here
Radical honesty: A single wall calendar with a pen by the door works perfectly. If your routine never changes, keep the notebook.
Parents & Elder Households
Cow milk pouch, regional newspaper, monthly ironing press
Fintech and vendor apps have tiny fonts, OTP logins, ads, and complicated wallet recharges that cause anxiety.
Dead simple, no logins needed
HomeSlate features oversized tap buttons, high contrast, 100% offline reliability, and zero banking or payment permissions.
Start with tomorrow morning.
One service is free forever. No account needed to begin.