tiimo alternative, checked 2026-09-15
Tiimo alternative, when the house is the part that slips
Tiimo is a good app and this page is not going to pretend otherwise. It is iPhone App of the Year 2025 by its own listing, and it plans an entire day across every device you own. The question worth answering is narrower: what to do when the thing that keeps sliding off the plan is cleaning.
short answer
Tiimo is a visual day planner for all of life, on iOS, Android, Mac, watch and web, with an AI co-planner and calendar import. Nudge is iPhone-only and does cleaning alone: two questions, then one task at a time. Pick Tiimo if you want one planner for everything. Pick Nudge if planning is the step where it falls apart. Tiimo publishes no price, so no one can tell you which is cheaper.
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.
Side by side
| What we checked | Tiimo | Nudge |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A visual daily planner for neurodivergent people: calendar planning, to-do lists, focus timers and an AI co-planner, per its own App Store listing. | A cleaning app. One tiny task at a time, sized to the time and energy you have right now. |
| Track record | Its listing names it iPhone App of the Year 2025, an Apple Design Awards finalist 2024, and cites 4+ million downloads. | A single-developer app with a much smaller user base. |
| Devices | iOS, Apple Watch, iPad, Android, Mac and the web, per its FAQ. | iPhone only. |
| Published price | None. Its FAQ says prices vary by location and the local price is shown at checkout, so there is no figure to quote as of 2026-09-15. | Weekly $2.99, Monthly $6.99, Annual $49.99. |
| Which is cheaper | Cannot be stated — no published price. | Also cannot be stated. Against the cleaning apps we have price-checked, Nudge is the more expensive one: Sweepy $19.99 a year, Tody $9.99. |
| Free trial | Its FAQ says 7 days on the yearly plan only, and that a monthly purchase is charged right away. Cancellation must land at least 24 hours before the trial ends. | 7 days on Monthly and Annual for eligible new subscribers. Weekly has no trial. |
| Where it bills you | The App Store, Google Play or its own web checkout. Its FAQ says one cannot be managed from another. | The App Store only. |
| What you do at the start of a session | Plan: lay out the day, import a calendar, set up the blocks. | Answer two questions — energy, and how long — then do the one task it gives you. |
| Cleaning-specific help | General tasks, so cleaning is whatever you enter yourself. | Start Rescue for a single physical step read aloud, Panic Clean for when guests are close, Scan My Mess for an optional room photo, and room-by-room plans. |
Every Tiimo claim above was read on 2026-09-15 from its own FAQ at tiimoapp.com or its current App Store listing.
Planning versus starting
A planner assumes the hard part is deciding what happens when. For a lot of people that is exactly right, and a well-made visual plan is the difference between a day that works and one that does not.
For other people the plan was never the problem. The plan is fine. The plan has been fine for weeks. What does not happen is the first physical movement, and a better-laid-out plan does not touch that. Nudge is built for the second case: you answer how much energy and how long, and it gives you one task. Start Rescue goes further and reads a single physical step aloud.
If that sounds like the wrong diagnosis of your situation, Tiimo is the better buy and we would rather you got the right one.
When Tiimo is the better choice
- You want one planner for the whole of life, not just the house.
- You need it on Android, a Mac, a watch or the web as well as a phone.
- Importing an existing calendar matters.
- Planning the day visually is the thing that helps, rather than the thing you avoid.
When Nudge is the better choice
- Planning is the step where it falls apart, and you want to skip straight to doing.
- The specific thing that keeps slipping is cleaning.
- You want the price published before you subscribe.
- You want one billing route and one cancel screen.
What replaces the planning step
two questions, no day to lay out
How much energy you have, and how long you have. That is the whole setup.
then one task at a time
The next step, the room it is in, and the minutes it should take.
Two questions, then one task
Nudge is a subscription on iPhone, billed only through the App Store. Weekly is $2.99 with no trial. Monthly is $6.99 and Annual is $49.99, and both include a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers.
If you are leaving Tiimo
Check where you bought it before you cancel — Tiimo sells through the App Store, Google Play and its own web checkout, and its FAQ says one cannot be managed from another. The cancellation guide covers all three.
Tiimo alternative questions
Is Nudge a replacement for Tiimo?
For most people, no. Tiimo plans an entire day across every device you own and is a well-regarded app. Nudge covers one category, cleaning, on iPhone only. If Tiimo is working for the rest of life and the house is the part that keeps slipping, they can sit alongside each other.
Which one is cheaper?
There is no verifiable answer. Tiimo's FAQ says the local price appears at checkout rather than publishing a figure. Nudge is Weekly $2.99, Monthly $6.99 or Annual $49.99, and is the more expensive option against every cleaning app we have price-checked.
Why did Tiimo charge me straight away on monthly?
Because its FAQ states the 7-day trial applies to the yearly plan only, and a monthly purchase is charged right away. Our Tiimo cancellation guide covers what to do next.
Does Nudge import my calendar?
No. There is no calendar import and no day-planning view. Nudge asks what you have got right now and gives you one task that fits it.
Does Nudge work on Android?
No. Nudge is iPhone only, running on iOS 16.4 or later. If you need Android, Tiimo covers it and Nudge does not.
How we checked, and when
Tiimo's features, device list, trial rules, billing routes and the absence of a published price were read on 2026-09-15 from tiimoapp.com and its current App Store listing. Apps change; confirm anything that matters before you subscribe. The wider method is on the comparison hub.
Nudge organizes cleaning tasks; it does not diagnose or treat ADHD.