The Best Cleaning Apps in 2026, Compared Honestly

We make ADHD Cleaning Planner, which is one of the apps in this comparison. We have tried to be fair to all of them, including where another app is the better choice. Every app below gets what it does well and what it does less well, ours included.

All eight apps do the same basic job: they turn a home into rooms, rooms into tasks, and tasks into a schedule, so you no longer have to keep the whole plan in your head. Where they differ is how they decide what is due, how much you have to set up, who they are built for, and what you pay for.

Quick comparison

The short version first. Sharing means you can share the plan with others in your home. Lifetime means you can pay once instead of subscribing.

And the longer version. Prices differ by country and change often, so this table describes how each app is paid for rather than what it costs.

What is Tody good at?

Tody does not give tasks fixed dates. It tracks how dirty each task is getting and shows it visually, so you clean what actually needs it. Household members can sync plans and claim credit for what they did, and notifications are optional. It is the most established app here, with a 4.8 rating from about 10,700 ratings on the App Store and 4.7 from about 21,600 on Google Play. In public reviews we analysed in June 2026, people praised it most for breaking cleaning into small chunks without overwhelm, and for a free version that did most of what they needed.

Less good: the Google Play listing shows that the Android version contains ads. In those same June 2026 reviews, a recurring complaint was that sharing with a partner or using several devices needs Premium, and a 2025 price change drew criticism.

Best for: almost anyone, and especially people who dislike rigid schedules.

What is Sweepy good at?

Sweepy tracks how clean each room is, works out what is most urgent, and builds a daily schedule for each person in the home. A leaderboard turns chores into a friendly competition, which couples and families praised in public reviews. It is rated 4.7 from about 10,500 ratings on the App Store and 4.5 from about 18,400 on Google Play, and it runs on more Apple devices than most apps here, including Apple Watch.

Less good: in public reviews we analysed in June 2026, a recurring complaint was that an account was needed before trying the app, and that features such as adding family members were paid, which some people discovered only after setting everything up. At the time of writing, the Google Play version was last updated in November 2025 and the App Store version in February 2026.

Best for: households who want to split chores and enjoy a bit of competition.

If you are choosing between Tody and Sweepy, we compared Sweepy and Tody head to head.

What is FlyLady good at?

FlyLady is the app version of the FlyLady Method by Marla Cilley: pre-loaded morning, afternoon and evening routines, room lists organised by zone, and daily encouragement. The listing says you can start free with no login. It has the most ratings on the App Store of any app here, 4.9 from about 22,800, and 4.3 from about 4,700 on Google Play. If the evening routine is what draws you, the same idea exists outside any app as closing duties, a short fixed list you finish every evening.

Less good: the listing says customising your space is part of the subscription. In public reviews we analysed in June 2026, a recurring complaint was that a 2025 update moved options that had been free into the paid plan.

Best for: people who want a proven routine handed to them rather than a blank planner.

What is House Chores good at?

House Chores, by Home Tasker, has one of the longest feature lists here: preset tasks per room, an AI room scan that suggests tasks, chores that rotate between household members, a vacation mode that pauses someone's tasks, cleaning history, achievements and reminders. It also offers a lifetime purchase on the App Store. It is rated 4.8 from about 3,000 ratings on the App Store and 4.5 from about 10,500 on Google Play.

Less good: in public reviews we analysed in June 2026, recurring complaints were that signing in required a Google or Facebook account, that adding family members and assigning tasks were paid features, and that notifications did not always arrive.

Best for: busy households that want chores rotated and assigned automatically.

What is Tidy good at?

Tidy generates a daily cleaning checklist for you, adds seasonal checklists and cleaning tips, and on Android lets you share chores with a household. The Google Play listing says it is ad-free and works offline. It is rated 4.7 from about 1,900 ratings on the App Store and 4.2 from about 1,800 on Google Play, and it is actively updated.

Less good: in public reviews we analysed in June 2026, a recurring complaint was that making a custom list, or trying the app properly, needed the subscription. The written reviews in that analysis were noticeably more critical than the overall star rating.

Best for: people who would rather be given a checklist than build one.

What is BeTidy good at?

BeTidy builds a year-long cleaning plan from your recurring tasks and turns it into a daily list. It adds home organisation projects with before and after photos, and shared family profiles so tasks can be assigned fairly, with points and a ranking. It launched in 2024 and is rated 4.6 from 263 ratings on the App Store and 4.5 from about 1,500 on Google Play. In public reviews we analysed in June 2026, reviewers singled out the rotating schedule and how little it pushed notifications at them.

Less good: in those same reviews, a recurring complaint was that reminders, adding family members and assigning tasks are part of Pro.

Best for: families who want to divide the work evenly.

What is Spotless good at?

Spotless is deliberately simple: rooms, a task list for each, a view of how much each task needs doing, and reminders at a time you pick. Its own site says household sharing needs a subscription for the owner and is free for the other members. It is rated 4.5 from about 1,300 ratings on the App Store, and its listing now includes a one-time lifetime unlock next to the monthly and yearly options.

Less good: there is no Android version. In public reviews we analysed in June 2026, a recurring complaint was that a 2026 update ended the free version long-time users had relied on, and many reviewers asked for a one-time price instead of a monthly one.

Best for: iPhone users who want a calm, minimal list and nothing more.

What is ADHD Cleaning Planner good at?

ADHD Cleaning Planner is the only app here designed specifically around ADHD. There is no account to create, so you can start the moment it is installed. It also needs almost no setup: it starts with the common rooms already broken into small tasks, and a quick house setup asks how many bathrooms and bedrooms you have and whether you have an office or a yard. You can change everything later. You pick low, some or full energy for the day and the plan resizes to match. For the moments that starting at all feels impossible, a "Help, I can't start!" button gives a countdown, and a Quick Win offers a five-minute task. There is also a ten-minute timer, timelapse recording and levels from Soggy Sponge to Vibey Vacuum. Cleaning data, photos and videos stay on the device, with optional iCloud sync. You can pay by subscription or with a one-time lifetime purchase. It is rated 4.8 on the App Store and 4.5 on Google Play.

Best for: people with ADHD, or anyone who knows what to clean but cannot get going.

Where ADHD Cleaning Planner falls short

There are real reasons to pick something else.

• Far fewer ratings. It came out in December 2025. Its scores rest on 86 ratings on the App Store and 41 on Google Play, against thousands for Tody, Sweepy, FlyLady and House Chores. A long track record is worth something, and we do not have one yet.
• No household sharing. You cannot invite a partner, assign chores to other people or rotate tasks between them. Tody, Sweepy, House Chores and BeTidy are built for exactly that, and if you are splitting chores in a family, one of them will serve you better.
• No Apple Watch app. Sweepy and House Chores list Apple Watch support; we do not.

Which one should you choose?

• You want the safest all-round choice: Tody. It has a long record, high ratings on both stores and a flexible way of deciding what is due.
• You share a home and want chores divided: BeTidy or House Chores for fair assignment and rotation, or Sweepy if a leaderboard would motivate your household. Expect sharing to be a paid feature.
• You want a method, not just a planner: FlyLady.
• You want a list made for you, with little else: Tidy, or Spotless if you are on iPhone.
• You have ADHD, or your problem is starting rather than knowing what to do: ADHD Cleaning Planner. It pairs well with a cleaning routine built to survive a bad week. In our June 2026 review analysis, people with ADHD also praised Tody, Sweepy and House Chores, even though those apps are not built around ADHD. We looked at that question on its own in which cleaning app is best for ADHD.

Whichever you try, all eight are free to download, and all eight sell an upgrade. Look at what the free version includes before you spend an evening setting up your rooms.

How we compared these apps

The platforms, payment models, ratings and features above were checked on each app's public App Store and Google Play listings on 18 September 2026, and for Spotless also on the developer's own site. Ratings are rounded as the stores show them. In the checkmark table, a ✗ means the store listing did not mention that feature on that date, and ADHD gets a ✓ only when the listing says the app is made for people with ADHD. The review themes come from an analysis of public App Store and Google Play reviews that we carried out in June 2026; they describe what reviewers said at that time, not established facts about the apps, and some may have been addressed since. Prices vary by country and change often, which is why we have not printed them. We did not run a structured test of every app. ADHD Cleaning Planner is our own app, and we have tried to hold it to the same standard as the others.