The Shipshape App: A Smarter Way to Care for Your Home

Shipshape helps you stay ahead of home issues with smart alerts, simple insights, and easy access to trusted pros so your home stays safe, efficient, and stress-free.

Author:
Alexander Linn
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3 min.
Published:
February 4, 2025

Imagine being able to check on your home's vital systems from anywhere in the world. The Shipshape app makes that a reality, giving homeowners an intuitive way to monitor all their key home systems and address issues before they spiral out of control. This AI-powered platform uses smart sensors (we call them SmartMonitors) placed on appliances to stream live data to your phone, confirming your home's health and safety at a glance. With real-time alerts and a network of support, Shipshape helps you keep your home in peak condition.

How It Works: Smart Monitoring Made Easy

Shipshape turns your home into a smart home by connecting both modern smart devices and traditional appliances. It works seamlessly with products from leading brands like Nest, Ring, Ecobee, and SmartThings. Shipshape also supports specialized equipment such as HVAC systems, dehumidifiers, and sump pumps.

With SmartMonitor sensors, even older appliances—like a water heater or AC unit—can be brought online. All connected systems send data in real time to your Shipshape dashboard, giving you ongoing visibility into performance and health. If something seems off, like a water leak or temperature change, you’ll get a proactive alert so you can act before it becomes a serious issue.

You can monitor multiple systems in one place—HVAC, water heater, dehumidifier, and more—using retrofit kits. In addition to alerting you about potential problems, Shipshape offers helpful energy-saving recommendations to keep your home running more efficiently.

The Home Health Dashboard: Reliability, Efficiency, Maintenance

What’s the current “health” of your home? The Shipshape app gives you a clear answer. The home screen acts as your Home Health Dashboard, summarizing key indicators across all connected systems. It simplifies complex data into clear scores that reflect each system’s reliability, energy efficiency, and maintenance status. These HomeHealth scores offer instant insight into how your home is performing overall. For example, if your HVAC’s efficiency score drops due to a dirty filter, you’ll see the change on the dashboard—and you can tap for recommendations on how to fix it.

To get accurate scores, you start by completing a quick Home Health Survey. This includes entering appliance details, uploading photos, and confirming installation dates. Once the survey is complete, your scores begin to reflect your home’s unique setup.

Each appliance you connect is stored in an organized list that shows performance data, trends, and any relevant service history. Tap on a system, like your furnace or water heater to review stats such as runtime, temperature ranges, or recent alerts. Devices with smart sensors report detailed updates continuously, and you can manually add extra info like model numbers or warranty details.

Everything is saved in your personal HomeHealth Record, helping you catch issues early and take action before they turn into bigger problems. It's a smarter way to understand and manage the systems that keep your home running.

Connecting with Trusted Service Providers

One of Shipshape’s core missions is not only to alert you about issues but also to make it easy to resolve them. The app lets you connect with nearby service providers for repairs or emergency fixes at the tap of a button. Shipshape has built a trusted network of vetted contractors, utilities, manufacturers, and even insurance partners. So when your app detects a problem, like underperformance from your water heater, you can quickly find a qualified technician through the platform.

If you already have a preferred provider or an existing maintenance plan, you can store their contact details in the app and reach out directly. No more searching for a reputable repair person. Shipshape can recommend experts and help you compare options, so you stay in control.

Through recent partnerships with regional home service companies, the app can also integrate existing service contracts and maintenance plans into your HomeHealth Record. You’ll receive personalized maintenance reminders based on your equipment and location, and get connected with local professionals who already understand your systems.

Shipshape helps close the gap between identifying issues and getting them fixed, bringing peace of mind to every homeowner.

Meet SAM – Your Virtual Home Assistant

Central to the Shipshape experience is SAM (Shipshape Assisted Maintenance), your virtual home assistant. SAM is represented in the app by a friendly otter, and it’s much more than a chatbot. Powered by advanced AI, SAM can have real-time conversations with you about your home’s needs. Think of it like a virtual handyman available anytime.

You can ask SAM questions like “Why is my living room colder than the rest of the house?” or “How can I reduce my energy bill?” and it will analyze your home’s data to give you personalized advice. SAM helps troubleshoot issues on the spot by suggesting immediate solutions or steps to take, whether it’s an HVAC issue or a smoke detector beeping.

Get Peace of Mind with Proactive Home Care

The Shipshape app is ultimately about peace of mind. By giving your home a voice and intelligence, it helps you stay ahead of maintenance so you are not caught off guard by surprise breakdowns or disasters. You will rest easier knowing that your home’s reliability, efficiency, and safety are being actively monitored, with tailored recommendations to keep everything running smoothly.

The goal is to make your home smart enough to take care of itself, and with Shipshape, that vision is becoming reality. Get connected, get live data, and feel confident knowing your home is truly in shipshape condition. Is your home in the condition you want it to be? With the app, you can answer with a clear yes.

Try the app for free today!

Ready to experience a smarter, simpler way to maintain your home? Try the Shipshape app for free today and see for yourself how it can put your home on autopilot.

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