Sweepy & Tody Alternative for Families: Track the Work, Not Just the Dirt
Sweepy and Tody track how dirty your rooms are. Chore-List tracks who did the work - and pays them for it. If your cleaning app knows the bathroom is overdue but can’t get your kids to care, this is the family alternative: a per-person chore board with dollar values, free household sharing included.
Two different models of “clean”
Tody’s idea is need-based: rooms accumulate dirtiness over time and surface when they need attention. Sweepy works room by room too, with cleanliness status, schedules per member, and a leaderboard - with household sharing behind its Premium tier ($19.99/year or $3.99/month). Both are genuinely good at cleaning rotas for adults and roommates. Neither pays anyone, keeps a balance, or runs a rewards store - because neither was built for the family problem: motivating kids.
| Sweepy / Tody | Chore-List | |
|---|---|---|
| Organised by | Room and dirtiness | Person - photo and balance per list |
| Motivation | Cleanliness scores, leaderboards | Real dollar earnings and a rewards store |
| Household sharing | Premium (Sweepy) | Free - everyone has a login |
| Recurring schedule | Yes - incl. flexible intervals | Daily / weekly / monthly with due times |
| Kids & allowances | Not the focus | The entire point |
| Wall display | No | Kiosk mode on any tablet |
| Price | Sweepy Premium $19.99/yr | Free |
Sweepy Premium pricing as reviewed by Cubby, October 2026. Tody’s current pricing could not be confirmed consistently, so none is listed.
Where the cleaning apps are genuinely better
If your household is adults or roommates dividing cleaning scientifically - flexible intervals, dirtiness curves, per-room status - Tody and Sweepy are purpose-built for it and Chore-List won’t model a room’s “dirtiness” for you. Chore-List wins when the question changes from “how dirty is it?” to “who’s doing it, and what’s in it for them?”
Frequently asked questions
Can adults and roommates use Chore-List, or is it only for kids?
Adults are first-class: every adult is an admin with their own list, and plenty of households run the board just for grown-ups - splitting recurring housework with balances settling into whoever-cooks-tonight trades. Kids are where the rewards store shines, but nothing requires them.
Is there a free Sweepy alternative that shares with the whole household?
Yes - Chore-List is free while in beta, and sharing is the core model: every member has their own list and login, the board is visible to the whole family, and the kiosk puts it on a shared wall screen at no cost.
Do recurring chores work like a cleaning rota?
Mostly: set a chore to recur daily, weekly, or monthly with a due time, assign it to a person, and it regenerates and pays every occurrence. What Chore-List doesn’t do is interval-by-dirtiness scheduling - a chore appears on its schedule, not when a room crosses a grime threshold.
Can I rotate chores between people?
Chores are assigned per person or posted to the Open Chores pool, where anyone can claim them - which handles rotation organically: the jobs are there, the family divides them, and the claimer earns the pay.
What does the board show at a glance?
Each person’s list groups their chores into Overdue, Due Today, and Upcoming, with their photo and current balance on top - the state of the house and everyone’s earnings on one screen.
For the complete picture, see the family chore app overview.
Clean house, paid crew.
Free for the whole household - set up in about a minute.
Last updated October 15, 2026.