Tody vs Sweepy (2026): Which Is Better for Couples?

Tody and Sweepy are both gamified cleaning schedulers with a free tier and a cheap yearly plan. Tody suits a couple who want a need-based plan and a fairness target: its free plan is for one person and its site says it carries no ads, and household sync for two costs $25 a year on its Duo plan. Sweepy suits households who like room-by-room cleanliness scores, points and a family leaderboard, and its App Store listing shows $3.99 a month or $19.99 a year (both checked 29 October 2026).

• Choose Tody if you want chores scheduled by how overdue they are, a free single-person plan, and an agreed split turned into a monthly target with a report of who did what.
• Choose Sweepy if you want to see which room needs attention most, like earning points and streaks, have children whose tasks you approve, or want an Apple Watch app.
• Choose EvenUS if the argument is less about the cleaning and more about who has any free time left, who carries the planning, and how money is shared.

We make EvenUS, which is the third column in the table below. We have no affiliate deal with Tody or Sweepy. Their facts come from their own websites and store listings, read on 29 October 2026. Prices change, so check each app before you pay.

Tody vs Sweepy at a glance

What Tody does well

Tody's method is its strongest idea. Your home is set up as rooms, each holding small tasks, and every task has its own frequency. Instead of a fixed date, each task shows how due it is, from green (can wait) to red (overdue), and the daily list is a short one ordered by need.

The free plan is generous. Tody calls it "free forever, not a trial", and its site says it carries no ads, though its Google Play listing shows the store's "Contains ads" label, so we note both. It includes the automatically created cleaning plan, dueness tracking, assigning or auto-rotating chores, and Dusty, a dust-bunny mascot who challenges you to a monthly race. Each task gets a three-dot effort level at setup.

For couples, the interesting part is Premium+. It syncs one live plan across the household and adds FairShare, which turns a split you have agreed into a monthly contribution target for each member, followed by monthly reports of who did what. That is a real fairness tool, and close to part of what we do ourselves. Tody also frames the plan as something the app holds, so it no longer lives in one person's head.

The user base is large and well rated: 4.8 on the US App Store from about 11,000 ratings, with more than a million Google Play downloads (checked 29 October 2026). Tody is made by LoopLoop ApS; ApS is a Danish company form, and its pages give no address.

Where Tody is limited

Sharing one plan between two phones needs Premium+, so a couple on the free plan are each looking at their own. There is no web version. Nothing on Tody's official pages describes measuring the time each person spends (the Focus Timer in Premium is described only as timed cleaning sessions), recording money, or measuring the planning itself.

What Sweepy does well

Sweepy describes itself as "the app that helps turn your chores into a game", and the whole design follows from that. Each room has a cleanliness indicator that suggests what to clean next, so you open the app and see where the mess is building up. There is a task library plus unlimited custom tasks on the free plan, each worth up to 3 points with easier chores worth fewer, and you can filter by difficulty and dirtiness.

Smart Schedule builds a cleaning list matched to how much time you have that day; the automatic everyday checklist, where you set how much you want to clean on each day of the week, is for premium users. Streaks and a history keep track of what has been done.

Households are well served. You invite family members or roommates and share the workload, its App Store listing describes a daily schedule for each member, and a family leaderboard shows the points. Parents can approve their children's tasks before the points count. Sweepy's App Store listing adds an Apple Watch app, which Tody's does not, and lists eight languages.

Ratings are strong too: 4.7 on the US App Store from 11,000 ratings, with more than a million Google Play downloads (checked 29 October 2026). Sweepy is made by Appsent, whose privacy policy gives a San Francisco address.

Where Sweepy is limited

Its website publishes no prices, so you only see them in the store. Between two partners, standing is shown as points on a leaderboard, which some couples enjoy and others would rather not see. Nothing on Sweepy's official pages describes tracking time per person, money, or the planning that goes into the housework.

Price: a free single-person plan against a cheap subscription

For a couple who want one shared plan, Tody's Duo costs $25 a year and includes FairShare and the monthly reports, with a 30-day free trial. Tody's $9.99 Premium adds multiple homes and the Focus Timer, not household sync. Sweepy's App Store listing shows $3.99 a month or $19.99 a year with a 3-day trial (all checked 29 October 2026). Sweepy's yearly plan is the cheaper of the two paid options, though its official pages do not confirm whether household sharing itself sits inside premium, so check in the app before you choose on price alone.

Sharing with a partner

Tody is clear about it: a shared live plan needs Premium+, sized for two on Duo. Sweepy lets you invite household members into one home and share the workload; its App Store listing describes a daily schedule for each member. The difference is mostly in tone: Tody leans on need and agreed targets, Sweepy on points and friendly competition.

How each one assigns the work, and what fairness means

Tody assigns tasks to people or rotates them automatically. With FairShare, you agree a split first, say 60/40 if one of you works longer hours, and Tody turns that into a monthly target per person, then reports who did what.

Sweepy shares the workload across the household and tracks points, with tasks worth up to 3 points depending on effort. Fairness shows up as the leaderboard: who earned what this period.

Both measure finished tasks. Neither, on its official pages, describes measuring the time each person spends, the paid work and commuting around the housework, or the noticing and remembering before any task gets done. If that unseen part is the source of tension, Fair Play compared with digital apps covers why task lists often miss it.

Privacy and what gets recorded

Neither app records money, and nothing on either app's pages describes a bank connection. What they hold is your home's rooms, tasks and who completed them. Tody's maker is LoopLoop ApS (a Danish company form) and Sweepy's is Appsent in the US; read each privacy policy before inviting a partner or children.

Moving your data or switching

Nothing on the pages we checked describes exporting a cleaning plan from Tody or importing one into Sweepy, or the other way round. Switching means rebuilding your rooms and tasks by hand. Both are free to try first.

Which should you choose?

You live alone or want to try before involving a partner

Tody's free plan is complete for one person and does not run out. Sweepy is also free to start. If you like dueness colors, pick Tody; if room scores appeal more, pick Sweepy.

You are a couple and want an agreed split you can check each month

FairShare is built for this: agree the split, see the monthly target, read the report. For two people that means Tody's Duo plan.

You have children, or housemates, and want cleaning to feel like a game

Points, a leaderboard, parent approval of kids' tasks and an Apple Watch app fit a busy family, so Sweepy is the pick here.

The cleaning gets done, but one of you still feels it all rests on them

Neither app measures time, the planning load or money, so a better schedule may not settle it. Start with the mental load quiz, and see the section below.

Where EvenUS fits

This part is us talking about our own app, so weigh it with that in mind. Tody's FairShare already sets a fairness target for chores, and we think it is a good idea. EvenUS goes wider. It measures the free hours each of you has left after sleep, paid work, commuting, chores and planning, and each chore records the time it really took. It maps who owns which areas of household planning, the mental load, and it splits shared costs by income, evenly, "end up with the same" or "split what's spare". After a short private check-in each week, it suggests one task swap. It never shows one partner a score about the other.

What it lacks, honestly: no room-by-room cleaning plan, no dueness colors or cleanliness scores, no points or kids' approvals, and no bank connection. It is built for two partners, not families or housemates, and both of you need to join. It is in closed testing, not yet on the App Store or Google Play. After a 7-day free trial with no card, it costs $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year for both of you, and what you recorded stays readable and exportable if you stop. The calculator shows how an income-based split would look for you.

Common questions

Is Tody free in 2026?

Yes. Tody's free plan is "free forever, not a trial" and its site says no ads, but it covers one person. Sharing one plan with a partner needs Premium+, and the Duo tier for two costs $25 a year (checked 29 October 2026).

Is Sweepy free?

Sweepy is a free download with in-app purchases, and unlimited custom tasks are on the free plan; the automatic daily checklist is for premium users. The US App Store lists $3.99 a month or $19.99 a year with a 3-day trial (checked 29 October 2026).

Which is cheaper for a couple, Tody or Sweepy?

Sweepy's yearly plan at $19.99 is lower than Tody's Duo at $25, but Sweepy's pages do not say whether sharing needs premium, so check in the app before deciding on price.

Does Tody work on a computer?

No web version is offered. Tody's FAQ lists iPhone, iPad and Android, and its App Store listing also shows the app on Macs with Apple silicon, marked "Not verified for macOS". Sweepy's listing has the same Mac note and adds an Apple Watch app.

Can I move my cleaning plan from Tody to Sweepy?

Nothing on either app's pages describes an export or import between them. Expect to set up your rooms and tasks again by hand.

Which is better for couples who want fairness rather than only a schedule?

Tody, through FairShare, which turns an agreed split into a monthly target and reports who did what. For more options, see our Fair Play alternatives or the wider list of chore tracking apps.

Do Tody or Sweepy track shared expenses?

No. Neither records money. Both stick to cleaning tasks, schedules and points.

How we compared them

We read Tody's and Sweepy's official websites and their App Store and Google Play listings on 29 October 2026. Prices and ratings are the store figures on that date; Google Play shows a different star rating in each country, so only its download counts are quoted. We have not run a timed lab test of either app. If something here is out of date, please write to support@evenus.app and we will correct it.

EvenUS is our own app. We have no affiliate deals with any app on this page and earn nothing if you choose one of them. Prices change, so check the store listing before you pay.