What Is the Best Cleaning App for ADHD in 2026?

We make ADHD Cleaning Planner, which is one of the apps in this comparison. We have tried to be fair to every app, and to say so when another one is the better pick. That matters more than usual here, because three of the four apps were not built for ADHD and still work well for a lot of people who have it.

If you want every cleaning app we looked at, not just the ones that suit ADHD, we compared eight cleaning apps side by side. This article asks a narrower question: which app helps with the parts of cleaning that ADHD makes hard.

What should a cleaning app do for ADHD?

A cleaning app cannot give you energy or make a task interesting. What it can do is take work off the part of your brain that ADHD already overloads. With that in mind, these are the questions we used for each app:

• Does it decide for you? Choosing what to clean is a task of its own. An app that says "do this now" saves you that step.
• Does it help you start? For many people with ADHD, knowing what to do is not the problem. Not being able to start at all is.
• How much setup does it need? An app that takes an evening to set up is an app many people with ADHD never finish setting up.
• What happens on a bad day? A plan that turns into a wall of overdue tasks after three missed days tends to be deleted, not resumed.
• Are there surprises? Finding a paywall or an account wall after you have put in the effort is a common reason to give up.

Quick comparison

First, the basics. In this table, ADHD means the store listing says the app is made for people with ADHD, Sharing means other people in your home can join the plan, and Lifetime means a one-time purchase exists next to the subscription. A ✗ means the store listing did not mention it.

App	iPhone	Android	ADHD	Sharing	Lifetime
Tody	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗
Sweepy	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗
FlyLady	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
ADHD Cleaning Planner	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓

And the ADHD questions from above, in one line per app:

• Tody shows which tasks are getting dirty and lets you choose. Challenges against Dusty, its dust character, help you get going. Watch out for ads in the Android version.
• Sweepy makes a daily schedule for each person in your home, with a leaderboard to compete on. Check what the free version covers before you set up.
• FlyLady gives you ready-made daily routines and small missions, so there is little to decide. Customising your zones is part of the subscription.
• ADHD Cleaning Planner sizes today's plan to your energy and has a "Help, I can't start!" button. It is newer, with far fewer ratings, and has no household sharing.

Checked on the App Store and Google Play on 2 October 2026. Review themes come from public reviews we analysed in June 2026. Prices differ by country, so we name the payment model, not the amount.

Is Tody good for ADHD?

Yes, for many people. Tody has no due dates. Each task has an indicator that fills up as it gets dirtier, so instead of a list of things you are late with, you see what needs attention most. Its listing says notifications are optional and there are no deadlines or alarms, which removes a lot of the guilt that a dated schedule produces. You can also race against Dusty, the app's dust character. With roughly 10,700 App Store ratings averaging 4.8 and about 21,600 on Google Play averaging 4.7, it is also one of the best-reviewed apps in the category, and its last updates came in August and September 2026.

In public reviews we analysed in June 2026, ADHD came up in hundreds of Tody reviews, and those were among the app's most positive. Reviewers said that splitting the home into small jobs took the overwhelm out of cleaning. Less good: Tody shows you the state of your home and leaves the decision to you, which is a step some people with ADHD would rather skip. On Android you will see ads, according to Tody's Google Play listing. And in the same reviews, people often complained that bringing in a partner or a second device means paying for Premium.

Best for ADHD if: your problem is losing track of what needs cleaning, and fixed dates make you feel behind.

Is Sweepy good for ADHD?

Sweepy goes one step further than Tody on deciding for you: it tracks how clean each room is and automatically generates a daily schedule for each person in your home, so you open it and see your list for today. A leaderboard adds competition, which some people with ADHD find motivating. Its App Store listing shows it in Apple's "Manage ADHD With These Helpful Apps" collection. Its ratings are close to Tody's (4.7 on the App Store from roughly 10,600, and 4.5 on Google Play from roughly 18,400), and of these four apps it is the only one that runs on Apple Watch.

In public reviews we analysed in June 2026, people with ADHD praised Sweepy for keeping track so they did not have to. Less good: in those same reviews, the most common complaint was finding out after setting up a whole home that features such as the daily schedule, custom tasks and adding family members were part of the subscription. Another recurring complaint was that an account is needed before you can try the app. On the day we checked, the App Store version was last updated in February 2026.

Best for ADHD if: you want the app to tell you exactly what to do today, especially in a shared home.

Is FlyLady good for ADHD?

FlyLady is the app of the FlyLady Method by Marla Cilley, and it is the most structured of the four. Instead of a list of rooms, you get pre-loaded morning, afternoon and evening routines, room lists organised by zone, weekly reminders, daily missions and encouraging messages. Its listing mentions that the method has been featured in ADDitude Magazine, a magazine about ADHD, and that you can start free with no login. No app in this comparison has more App Store ratings: about 22,900, averaging 4.9. Google Play is lower, at 4.3 from about 4,700.

In public reviews we analysed in June 2026, reviewers who mentioned ADHD rated FlyLady highly, and long-time fans often described the method as the one system that had worked for them. Less good: the listing says customising your space is part of the subscription, and in those reviews a recurring complaint was that a 2025 update moved options that had been free into the paid plan. A fixed routine also asks you to fit the method, which suits some people with ADHD and not others.

Best for ADHD if: you want a proven routine handed to you, so there is almost nothing to decide. If the evening routine appeals, it is the same idea as a cleaning routine built to survive a bad week.

Is ADHD Cleaning Planner good for ADHD?

ADHD Cleaning Planner is ours, and it is the only app here built around ADHD from the start. It aims at the moment the others do less for: when you know what to clean and still cannot begin. A "Help, I can't start!" button turns a photo of the mess into one tiny first step and gives you a countdown. Each day you pick low, some or full energy, and the plan resizes to match, with the rest kept as optional bonus. To keep you going once you have started, there is a timer, a timelapse you can record while you clean, before and after photos, and ten levels to climb.

For ADHD, the setup matters as much as the features. You do not build the plan room by room: the usual rooms come with small tasks already filled in, and a few taps about bathrooms, bedrooms, an office and a yard adapt it to your home. Nothing asks you to make an account first. Payment is a subscription or a single lifetime purchase. So far it has 93 App Store ratings averaging 4.8 and 55 on Google Play averaging 4.5.

If you want to see the screens before you decide, we have written up how ADHD Cleaning Planner works, screen by screen.

Best for ADHD if: starting is the hard part, and your energy changes a lot from day to day.

Where ADHD Cleaning Planner falls short

Being built for ADHD does not make it the right app for everyone with ADHD. Reasons to pick one of the other three:

• Far fewer ratings. It came out in December 2025, and its scores rest on under a hundred ratings per store. Tody, Sweepy and FlyLady each have thousands, and years of track record that we do not.
• No household sharing. You cannot invite a partner or give each person their own plan. If you share a home and want to split the work, Sweepy or Tody will serve you better.
• No ready-made method. FlyLady comes with a complete routine and years of material behind it. ADHD Cleaning Planner gives you rooms and small tasks, not a method to follow.
• No Apple Watch app. Sweepy has one; we do not.

Which one should you choose?

• You lose track of what needs cleaning, and dates stress you out: Tody. It is the safest all-round choice and has the longest record.
• You want to be told what to do today, in a shared home: Sweepy. Find out what the free version covers before you enter your whole home. If those two are your shortlist, we compared Sweepy and Tody head to head.
• You want a routine handed to you: FlyLady.
• You know what to clean but cannot start, or your energy swings: ADHD Cleaning Planner.

All four are free to download. With ADHD it is worth trying the free version of two of them for a week each, with one or two rooms set up rather than the whole house. The one you still open on day eight is the right one.