sweepy vs tody, checked 2026-08-11
Sweepy vs Tody, compared by the people who make a third app
This is a comparison of two apps that are not ours, written by a third app that competes with both. Read it with that in mind. The point is not to talk you out of either one. It is that Sweepy and Tody are answers to two different questions, and most people picking between them have not yet worked out which question they are asking.
short answer
Sweepy is $19.99 a year and is built around shared household chores, effort points, and a leaderboard. Tody Solo is $9.99 a year and is built around keeping areas of a home from building up. Sweepy suits households and competition. Tody suits one person maintaining a routine. Nudge, which publishes this page, is $49.99 a year and suits neither of those jobs.
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.
They are not really competing
Sweepy's official site describes room cleanliness tracking, automatically generated schedules, household assignments shared with family or roommates, effort points, and a leaderboard. Tody's official site describes managing cleaning by area and need rather than by weekday, with the basic version described as feature complete for one user.
One is a coordination and motivation tool for a household. The other is an upkeep tracker for a person. If you are choosing between them, the useful question is not which app is better. It is whether the thing you are trying to fix is other people or your own memory.
Sources: Sweepy's official feature overview and Tody's official product information.
Sweepy, Tody, and Nudge side by side
| What we checked | Sweepy | Tody | Nudge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paid plan price | $19.99 per year | $9.99 per year for Tody Solo | $49.99 per year, $6.99 per month, or $2.99 per week |
| Main job, per its own site | Shared household chores with generated schedules, points, and a leaderboard. | Keeping areas of a home from building up, without a fixed weekday. | Choosing and starting one action, when starting is the barrier. |
| Points, streaks, coins, or a leaderboard | Effort points and a leaderboard. | Rooms build a dirtiness level over time. | 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. |
| Built for more than one person | Yes. Assign and share chores with family or roommates. | Tody Solo is the single-user plan. | No. Nudge is a single-user app. A Mochi postcard can ask one person to take one task, but there is no shared list or rota. |
| What a missed week does | Room cleanliness changes as time passes. | Areas keep building up until you clean them. | 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 site describes the basic version as feature complete for a single user. | 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. |
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.
The price gap between them is $10 a year
Sweepy is $19.99 a year. Tody Solo is $9.99 a year. Both were read on 2026-08-11. Ten dollars a year should not decide between two apps you would open most days, so pick on the job first and let the price break a tie.
For completeness: Nudge Premium is $49.99 a year, which makes it the most expensive of the three by a distance. We are the ones telling you that, on our own website, above our own download button.
Pick Sweepy if
- More than one person is responsible for the home.
- You want the schedule generated rather than designed by you.
- Points and a leaderboard actually move you.
- You want to filter what to do by difficulty on a low-capacity day.
Pick Tody if
- You live alone, or you are only managing your own share.
- Your problem is remembering what is due, not doing it once you know.
- You want cleaning organised by area rather than by weekday.
- You want the cheapest paid plan of the three.
Pick neither if
- You already know what needs cleaning and still cannot start.
- A room turning overdue, or points and a leaderboard, is the thing that makes you stop opening the app.
- You need the plan to get smaller on a low-energy day instead of staying the same size.
Where Nudge fits, and where it does not
Nudge is the app we make, so here is the version with the flattering parts taken out. It is $49.99 a year, the most expensive of the three. It is iPhone only. It has no shared chore list (the most it does is send one task to someone as a Mochi postcard), it will not build you a recurring household schedule, and it has no whole-home overview.
What it does is the first ninety seconds. One small task. A plan sized to the energy and the time you actually have. Panic Clean when someone is arriving sooner than you would like. An optional room photo for when you cannot pick a starting point. Task breakdowns that turn “clean the kitchen” into four things you can physically do.
And it has no points and no dirtiness level. It does keep a streak, a forgiving one that covers a missed day each week and waits during a break. If starting is not your problem, Nudge is the wrong purchase and one of the other two will serve you better.
See exactly how the Nudge app worksOne more app worth naming
Tidywell is not in the table because nobody is searching for it yet, but it belongs in this decision: it is the closest competitor Nudge has on tone, at $39.99 a year. Where Tidywell beats Nudge, and where it does not.
If the answer is neither of them
Nudge is a subscription on iPhone with a 7-day free trial on Monthly and Annual, at $49.99 a year. It is the priciest app on this page, with no points, no leaderboard and no dirtiness level. If starting is the barrier, that trade is the whole pitch.
Sweepy vs Tody questions
Which is cheaper, Sweepy or Tody?
Tody. Tody Solo is $9.99 a year and Sweepy is $19.99 a year, both read on 2026-08-11. For reference, Nudge Premium is $49.99 a year and is the most expensive of the three.
Is Sweepy or Tody better for ADHD?
Neither is built specifically for ADHD, and we are not going to rank them for a condition nobody here diagnoses. Sweepy adds points and shared accountability, which helps some people and pressures others. Tody makes it easy to see what needs doing. If the barrier is starting rather than knowing or remembering, neither one is aimed at it.
Do Sweepy and Tody have streaks?
Both use time-based pressure of some kind. Sweepy's site describes room cleanliness that changes as time passes plus effort points and a leaderboard, and Tody's describes areas that build up until cleaned. Check each site for the exact current behaviour, because this is the part apps change most often.
What is the third option in this comparison?
Nudge, which publishes this page. It is $49.99 a year, iPhone only, single user, and has no points or leaderboard; its one streak forgives a missed day each week. It is aimed at the moment before starting rather than at routine upkeep or household coordination.
Can I use both?
Yes, and some people do. A routine tracker and a starting tool solve different problems, so running one of each is a reasonable answer. It also costs two subscriptions, so try each one free on a genuinely bad day before you pay for either.
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, and Nudge's own details were updated on 2026-10-13, for version 1.3.5. Confirm anything that matters to you in the store before you subscribe. The method, its limits, and how to report an error are on the comparison hub: how we checked, and when.
Nudge organizes cleaning tasks; it does not diagnose or treat ADHD.