I've plugged it before, but Portainer (portainer.io) is what finally got me into running containers for apps. It presents a really nice interface for running individual containers or stacks including docker-compose files, and it extends the nerd knobs for doing things like custom networking or filesystem mounts. I paired it with Ouroboros for doing automated container upgrades in the background, and the result is that I have a solid set of container apps running at all times that I never have to touch.

Were I learning k8s for work, it wouldn't be a good solution, but for simple home apps that you want to fire and forget, it definitely beats doing a hand-made installation and periodically care-and-feeding them.