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Both are cleaning-schedule apps built around a genuinely different question. Sweepy asks how clean each room currently is and auto-generates a rota from the answer. Tody asks how overdue each specific task is and weighs it by effort with a built-in Effort Manager, with a leaderboard on top. Here's what each one actually does, and what neither one touches.
Verified live 14 August 2026, checked against both apps' own App Store and Google Play listings.
Sweepy is a cleaning app, not a whole-household fairness app, and one of the best-regarded at what it specifically does. It tracks how clean each room is right now, generates schedules automatically from that state, and ends the "does this actually need cleaning?" debate with a visual answer rather than an argument.
Tody takes a different route to a similar goal. It tracks how overdue each individual task is rather than assigning it a fixed day, rotates tasks between household members, and weighs each one with a built-in Effort Manager so a bathroom deep-clean counts for more than wiping a counter. A leaderboard and monthly challenges sit on top of that adaptive core.
Sweepy's mental model is the room: how clean is the kitchen right now, on a scale, and when does it cross the line into needing attention. That's an intuitive way to think about a home, and it defuses arguments about cleaning standards by making the app the arbiter rather than either partner. Tody's mental model is the task: how overdue is vacuuming, specifically, weighted by how much effort vacuuming actually takes compared to wiping a bench. That's more granular and, in principle, a closer approximation of real effort, but it asks more of the person setting it up, and it stacks a leaderboard on top of the adaptive scheduling, which is one more mechanism than Sweepy runs.
Both stop at cleaning. Neither touches meals, groceries, admin, kids' logistics, money, or the noticing and planning that sits around a household beyond keeping it clean. If cleaning genuinely is the whole friction in your house, either is a real answer. If it's one piece of a bigger picture, both leave the rest of that picture exactly where it was.
| Sweepy | Tody | |
|---|---|---|
| Core purpose | Room-by-room cleanliness tracking, auto-generated schedule | Task-by-task adaptive scheduling, weighted by effort |
| Fairness mechanism | None; auto-generated rotas, no ownership model | Task rotation + Effort Manager + leaderboard |
| Platform | iOS + Android | iOS + Android |
| Price | Free tier; premium US$3.99/mo or about US$20/yr | Free on one device, no cloud backup; Premium US$9.99/yr solo, US$24.99/yr for two |
| Rating | 4.7 stars, 10,000 ratings | 4.8 stars, 11,000+ ratings |
A cleaning app, not a fairness app, and the best at what it does. Sweepy tracks how clean each room is, generates schedules automatically, and ends the "does this actually need cleaning?" debate with a visual answer.
An adaptive cleaning app that tracks how overdue each task is, rotates tasks between household members, weighs effort with a built-in Effort Manager, and layers in a leaderboard and monthly challenges.
Sweepy and Tody both solve cleaning well, in different ways, and stop there by design. Neither touches meals, groceries, admin, kids' logistics, money, or who's carrying the noticing and planning behind all of it, and for most households cleaning was never the whole problem, just the most visible piece of it. Lyven covers the household, not just the floors: one clear owner per job, weighted by real effort, fused with the shopping list and the meals, so nothing outside the cleaning schedule quietly falls to whoever's already carrying the most. Free while in beta.
See your own split, free →They solve the same problem from different angles. Sweepy asks how clean each room currently is and builds a schedule from the answer, a visual, room-by-room model that's easy to grasp at a glance. Tody asks how overdue each specific task is and weighs it against how much effort it takes with a built-in Effort Manager, a more granular, task-by-task model. If you think in rooms, Sweepy's mental model will feel more natural. If you think in individual tasks and want effort actually weighted, Tody's is the closer fit.
Not really, and that's by design for both. Sweepy is a cleaning app, not a whole-household fairness app; Tody is the same, with gamification layered on top. Neither touches meals, groceries, admin, kids' logistics, money, or any of the noticing and planning that sits around a household beyond keeping it clean. If cleaning is genuinely the only friction in your house, either can help. If it's one piece of a bigger picture, both leave the rest of the picture untouched.
Sweepy has a free tier, with premium at roughly US$3.99/mo or about US$20/yr. Tody is free on a single device with no cloud backup; Premium starts at US$9.99/yr for one person and US$24.99/yr for two, which is what a couple actually needs to share data with each other.
Yes. Lyven's free Split Check takes about two minutes, needs no account and no download, and shows how your household's jobs, cleaning included but not limited to it, are actually dividing right now, weighted by real effort, against what each of you thinks is fair.
Two minutes, ten cards, no sign up. See how the work in your home actually divides today, on any phone.
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