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Should I use Tody?

Your cleaning schedule, on autopilot - todyapp.com

Worth it. Buy for households and roommates who want automated cleaning schedules at near-zero cost. Skip it if you manage cleaning staff or need desktop access and data export.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 20+ public sources: official pages, App Store, Google Play, Reddit, and news profiles.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security postureNo audits or findings in reviewed sources

Pricing

$0

Tody core

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Tody Premium$9.99/year

Best for

  • Busy households
  • Roommates splitting chores fairly
  • Families tracking kids' chores
  • Solo habit-builders

Not for

  • Cleaning businesses managing staff — no employee roles or restrictions
  • Anyone needing desktop, web, or exportable data
  • People unwilling to pay yearly for family data sync

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Employees can view each other's activity; no role controls exist

medium

Family data sync sits behind Premium; invitation-code flow reportedly finicky

medium

No PC app or export means real lock-in for your chore data

low

Annual subscription model annoys some long-time users

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Core chore-assignment features free on iPhone and Android
  • Premium adds multiple homes for $9.99/year
  • Users report dramatic cleaning consistency gains
  • Indicator method highlights what needs cleaning now
  • Developer actively posts guides and videos on Reddit

Cons

  • No PC, web, or export options
  • No employee restrictions; poor fit for staff use
  • Widget options feel limited to some users
  • Some App Store reviewers resist the annual fee

Sources & method

Analyzed 10/01/2026 - 12 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x2review x7security x2news x1

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Free core; premium is $9.99/year
  • Ease of use: 5/5. Reviewers repeatedly call it simple and clean
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Household scope only; no staff or desktop features
  • Support quality: 4/5. Email support plus active Reddit presence and guides
  • Security posture. No audits or findings in reviewed sources
  • Yes Free tier Core plan free on iPhone and Android
  • $9.99/year Premium price Adds multiple homes
  • 3 Platforms iPhone, iPad, Android — no desktop

Pricing

Tody core

$0

  • Core cleaning plan
  • Chore assignment
  • iPhone and Android

Tody Premium

$9.99/year

  • Multiple homes
  • Data sync for family members

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Household users rave about consistency gains; complaints center on widgets, sync setup, and the annual fee.

“This app has changed my LIFE! I’ve never been so on top of cleaning!”
Reddit, r/homemaking
“Very easy to use and visually clean and simple. Great app and affordable!”
todyapp.com homepage testimonial
“I do wish there was a few more options for widgets”
Google Play review

Alternatives

Compare Tody with each alternative.

  • Google Sheets chore chart

    Free shared chore list; zero cost and zero lock-in.

  • Pootsy

    Purpose-built cleaning-business software with the staff controls Tody lacks.

  • Sortly

    Grouped with Tody in cheap home-organizing roundups; better for tracking stuff.

    Tody vs Sortly

Companies that could

  • Dienstenthuis Uses Pootsy instead
Full analysis

Based on 20+ public sources: official pages, App Store, Google Play, Reddit, and news profiles.

Great cheap household chore tracker: free core, $9.99/yr premium. Skip it for cleaning-business staff management.

Methodology

Based on 20+ public sources: official pages, App Store, Google Play, Reddit, and news profiles.

Sources

  1. Tody — Pricingtodyapp.com
    official
  2. Tody — Homepagetodyapp.com
    official
  3. Tody - Smarter Cleaning - Google Playplay.google.com
    review
  4. Tody - App Store - Appleapps.apple.com
    review
  5. I Tried the Tody App — Apartment Therapyapartmenttherapy.com
    review
  6. Am I the only one using the Tody app? - Redditreddit.com
    review
  7. Tody for PC? Or exporting/importing from a PC app? - Redditreddit.com
    review
  8. Can you restrict the app so employees are only able to... - Redditreddit.com
    review
  9. Datasync invitation code too short? - Redditreddit.com
    review
  10. Looploop Aps - Crunchbasecrunchbase.com
    news
  11. Tody - Product security pagetodyapp.com
    security
  12. Tody - Privacy policytodyapp.com
    security

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