comparisons, with the price gap left in
Streaks, points and coins in cleaning apps: ten checked, plus ours
Nudge publishes these comparisons and Nudge is one of the apps in them. That is a conflict, so the pages are built to survive you checking them. Every price and feature was read on 2026-08-11 from each app's own website or current App Store listing, and where a claim comes from a competitor we say whose claim it is.
Built from the can't-start problem, not a perfect-home ideal
I build Nudge alone, and I live with executive dysfunction. I designed it around one tiny action, changing capacity, and restarting without a missed-day penalty—the cleaning support I wanted to use myself.
Three things to get out of the way first
Nudge is the expensive one
Nudge Premium is $49.99 a year. Tody Solo is $9.99 a year, Sweepy is $19.99, Tidywell is $39.99. If price is the deciding factor you already have your answer and you can stop reading here.
Nudge is iPhone only
There is no Android version and no web app. If you are not on an iPhone, Nudge is not an option for you, and these pages can only tell you about the other three.
We wrote this
Nudge is one of the compared apps, which is exactly the reason to check us. Where a competitor is the better fit, each page names it and says why instead of burying it near the bottom.
Four cleaning apps, on price and on scorekeeping
The first column is what we checked. The rest is what each app publishes about itself, plus the prices we read on 2026-08-11. Swipe sideways to read every column.
| What we checked | Sweepy | Tody | Tidywell | Nudge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paid plan price | $19.99 per year | $9.99 per year for Tody Solo | $39.99 per year | $49.99 per year, $6.99 per month, or $2.99 per week |
| Cheaper than Nudge | Yes, by $30 a year. | Yes, by $40 a year. | Yes, by $10 a year. | No. Nudge is the most expensive app in this table. |
| Points, coins, levels, streaks, or a leaderboard | Its official site describes effort points and a leaderboard. | Its official site describes rooms that build up a dirtiness level over time rather than a fixed weekday calendar. | Its marketing describes streaks, with unlimited streak freezes. | No points, coins or leaderboard. It does keep a forgiving streak, which covers a missed day each week and waits during a break, and levels that only go up. Finished tasks fill in Mochi's Place, a companion cat's island of rooms that only grows. |
| What a missed week does | Its site describes room cleanliness that changes as time passes. | Areas keep building up until you clean them. | The streak survives, because freezes are unlimited. | The streak starts again from one, unless the week was a break. Painted rooms, levels and Mochi's outfits stay, and nothing turns red. Tasks wait. |
| Free tier | See sweepy.com for the current free tier. | Its official site describes the basic version as feature complete for a single user. | More generous than Nudge, which has no free tier. | No free tier. Monthly and Annual include a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers; Weekly has none. You can try one tiny task before you choose a plan. |
| Where it is strongest | Shared chores and game-like motivation across a household. | A flexible recurring routine that is not tied to weekdays. | Gentle framing with streaks that forgive a miss. | The moment before starting, when choosing the first action is the barrier. |
Every price and feature in this table was read on 2026-08-11 from each app's own website or current App Store listing. Apps change their pricing and their free tiers. Confirm anything that matters to you in the store before you subscribe.
Sweepy and Tody descriptions come from sweepy.com and todyapp.com. The Tidywell column comes from its own marketing. We are not going to characterise a competitor's free tier or platform list from memory, so where a cell says to check their site, that is because we would rather send you there than guess.
The ten apps we checked, and what each one keeps score with
On 2026-08-11 we read the store listing or website of ten cleaning and chore apps that market themselves to people with ADHD or executive dysfunction, and wrote down what each one uses to keep score. Nine of the ten publish at least one of: points, coins, streaks, a leaderboard, achievements, or a levelling avatar. The tenth does not document any. Nudge keeps score too, more quietly: a streak that forgives a missed day each week and waits during breaks, and levels that only go up. Its row below says how each one behaves.
| What we checked | Platforms it lists | Scorekeeping, per its own listing |
|---|---|---|
| Sweepy | iOS, Android | Points per task, streaks, and a family leaderboard. |
| Tody | iOS, Android | A monthly competition against its mascot, Dusty, and a leaderboard. |
| Tidywell | iOS, Android | Coins that buy furniture, streaks with unlimited freezes, and achievements. Its line is “Never red, never angry”. |
| ADHD Cleaning Planner Schedule | iPhone | A ten-level avatar that levels up as you clean. |
| Chore Snap | iPhone, iPad | Not documented in its listing. |
| Panic Clean | iOS, Android | Streaks, achievements, and session stats. Its listing says no points and no penalties. |
| Home Tasker | iOS, Android, Apple Watch | Streaks, badges, and a vacation mode. |
| Chore Focus | iOS, Android | Achievements, a gems currency, and digital pets. |
| dubbii | iOS, Android | Badges, and streaks its listing says never reset. |
| Finch | iOS, Android | A virtual bird that gains energy and goes on adventures as you finish goals. |
| Nudge | iPhone | A forgiving streak that covers a missed day each week and waits during breaks, levels from total show-up days, and outfits for its cat. No points, coins or leaderboard. Levels, painted rooms and outfits only go up. |
Read on 2026-08-11 from each app's own store listing or website. We do not hold accounts on all of them, and listings change. If a row is out of date, email support@nudgeclean.app and we will correct it.
That is not a claim that scorekeeping is bad. For a lot of people points are the exact thing that gets them off the sofa, and if that is you then Sweepy will serve you better than Nudge will. The difference that matters shows up on one specific day: the day you come back after not opening the app for a week. In Nudge the streak starts again from one, unless that week was a break. The rooms you painted, your levels and Mochi's outfits are all still there, and nothing turned red.
Pick the comparison you actually came for
Sweepy alternative
Sweepy is $19.99 a year and runs on effort points and a leaderboard. What you keep and what you give up by leaving it.
Tody alternative
Tody Solo is $9.99 a year, the cheapest app here. Leaving it costs you $40 a year, so here is what that money buys.
Inflow alternative
Inflow is a CBT-style ADHD program, not a cleaning app, and it publishes no price at all. What each one is actually for.
Tiimo alternative
Tiimo plans a whole day across every device and is iPhone App of the Year 2025. Nudge does one job on one platform.
Sweepy vs Tody
Two apps doing two different jobs at two different prices. Neither of them is ours, which makes this the easy one to write.
Looking for the cleaning app from the “designed by a Harvard creator” ads? See what we could verify about the Harvard girl cleaning app, including the developer of record and generic iPhone cancellation steps.
If you are shopping for gentle, look at Tidywell too
Tidywell is the closest thing Nudge has to a direct competitor on tone. Its marketing leads with “Never red, never angry”, it offers unlimited streak freezes and a Low Spoons mode, its free tier is more generous than ours, and it is $39.99 a year against our $49.99.
We are not going to pretend we are the only gentle option, because we are not. The honest difference is narrow, because both apps keep a streak. Tidywell lets you freeze yours as often as you like. Nudge's covers one missed day a week and waits while you take a break, so a longer unplanned gap does start it again. Which of those two you want is a real preference and there is no correct answer to it. Look Tidywell up and decide for yourself.
How we checked, and when
Prices and features were read on 2026-08-11 from each app's own website or current App Store listing. Where a claim comes from a competitor's own material we say so and link to it. We do not hold paid accounts on every app and we have not run them side by side for months, so treat this as a careful reading of what each maker publishes rather than a lab review. Nudge's own details were last updated on 2026-10-13, for version 1.3.5.
Apps change their pricing and their free tiers, sometimes in the same week. Confirm anything that matters to you in the store before you subscribe. If something here is out of date or wrong, email support@nudgeclean.app and we will correct it. Read the corrections policy
Want one tiny task instead of a scoreboard?
Nudge is a subscription on iPhone with a 7-day free trial on Monthly and Annual. It costs $49.99 a year, which is more than everything else on this page, and you can try one tiny task before you choose a plan.
Questions people ask before they pick one
Is Nudge cheaper than Sweepy or Tody?
No. Nudge Premium is $49.99 a year. Sweepy is $19.99 a year and Tody Solo is $9.99 a year, both read on 2026-08-11. Nudge has no free tier, only a 7-day trial on the Monthly and Annual plans, so on price the other two win and it is not close.
Can I trust a comparison written by one of the apps?
Only as far as you can check it, which is why every competitor claim here points at that company's own website or store listing. Where a competitor is the better fit, each page names which one and why. If you find something we got wrong, email support@nudgeclean.app.
What does Nudge actually have that the others do not?
A different job more than a different score. Nudge is built for the moment before starting: one tiny task sized to the energy and time you have, Start Rescue when you are frozen, and Panic Clean when guests are close. It does keep score, gently: a forgiving streak that covers a missed day each week and waits during breaks, and levels that only go up. There are no points, coins or leaderboard, and finished tasks fill in Mochi's Place, a companion cat's island of rooms that a missed day never takes back.
Is Nudge on Android?
No. Nudge is iPhone only and needs iOS 16.4 or later. If you are on Android, Nudge is not an option for you. Check each of the other apps' own store listings for the platforms they support today.
Does Nudge treat ADHD?
No. Nudge organizes cleaning tasks. It does not diagnose ADHD, treat ADHD, or replace medical care.
Nudge organizes cleaning tasks; it does not diagnose or treat ADHD.