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Can’t manually order tasks.
I do really like this app. It helps me keep track of what needs to be done and prevents me from over-cleaning when something doesn’t need to be done yet. The features are simple and not overdone and it is intuitive to use.
However, it is lacking one specific ability. While I can manually order the areas, I cannot manually order tasks within an area. When cleaning, tasks need to be completed in a certain order. For example, one always dusts the tops of cabinets first and vacuums last. This way one is not re-vacuuming cabinet dust that may fall on the floor after the floor has already been vacuumed. This app determines it’s own order of tasks and it is not in a good order. I have to try to hunt through the list of tasks to figure out what to do next and inevitably miss a task. I end up dusting the tops of cabinets after I have vacuumed and have to re-vacuum. I spend as much time managing the app as I do cleaning and find myself just not using the app because of this.
I really want to use this app on a daily basis so I really, really hope the developers are able to make the task list be ordered manually .Show lessCapybaraWrangler
Developer Response
Hi! Thanks for your input. You are actually not the first user to suggest this. We are hoping to add this possibility in the future. Your satisfaction is important to us. Please let us know if there's anything else that we can do improve your experience and earn your 5 stars!Exactly what we needed
Makes sure my husband and I don’t skip the “hard to see” or more difficult chores. Tracks how long it’s been since each chores and prioritizes the “dirtiest” based on frequency it should be done vs last-done-date. We also chose to have it rotate each chore between us back and forth (although it’s very flexible and you can use it how you like).
Just the easy, no-maintenance-needed chore app I was looking for. Just set your preferred frequencies and needed chores for your household and then follow it. Comes helpfully pre-loaded with most
common tasks (and common frequencies for each) you can select from for easy setup — plus as many make-your-owns as you like.Show lessRedhilz
Life Saver!!
I have been trying to find a method to track chores and know what needs to be done, making my own spread sheets/charts, all sorts of to do lists and apps, and nothing worked for more than a few days. I’ve slowly been personalizing this app and it fits my life much better than anything has before.
There are only two little suggestions I would have for future improvement, but they don’t make me want to use this less. One I’ve modified for, it would be nice to have a way to denote something that isn’t necessarily a “home chore” and have it not look like a room of the house. I’ve named my own “space” for my morning routine, etc., and it works, so this isn’t a huge deal. The other suggestion I have is to include a way to have chores that come due on certain days of the week or dates of the month for chores like taking the garbage can out or paying the utility bill. Little things that I can set to have other ways to remind me.
Overall, well worth the small cost to finally have my household chores managed with little stress to me.Show lesslittlemoomom
Developer Response
Thanks for the review! We are currently working on making task that become due on fixed week/month days available.So far so good just 1 big issue...
I just downloaded this app to help me remeber all the crap i need to do around the house on top of all the other daily things that need to be done and i wanted something i dont have to spend half my life on setting up. So far i really like how simple this app is there is just one really big issue i notice right off the bat....no landscape mode! I have an iPad Pro with a keyboard which obv makes typing information a whole lot easier but thats a little difficult when the screen is sideways. if your gonna make your app ipad compatible then you ought to make it potrait/landscape optional as well. I mean im sure even iphone users would like the option to turn to the full keyboard for typing custom information. Anyway, im going to give this a try and decide if it deserves a 5 star after that. in the meantime please add landscape mode to your next update! ThanksShow lessSuzi3480
Great Household Organizational Tool
This tool allows you to set a frequency for each household task. Tasks are organized by room, and there are also options for the whole house, garage, and outdoors tasks. Initially, you choose one of three levels for how clean you want to keep things. This sets a default frequency for each task to get you started. Then, you go through and adjust the tasks, areas, and frequencies to your liking. The app creates a cleaning list and shows tasks with color coding to represent how urgent/ close to due the tasks are- green for not due for awhile, red for overdue, etc. There is a pause button for seasonal tasks. For example, packing school bags can be paused for the summer and weeding the garden can be paused for the winter. It is also possible to schedule infrequent tasks that happen every few months or even yearly. The thing that makes this better than a typical cleaning checklist or schedule is that items can easily be scheduled for unusual frequencies. Maybe every week is too often to clean the shower, but two weeks is too infrequent. It is easy to set the frequency to 10 days because the app will keep track for you, optimizing your use of time. And if you don’t get to it, the app will keep rolling it over to the next day for you. If you decide to do it a couple days early, the app will adjust for that, too. This is one of the most helpful apps that I use day-to-day. I highly recommend it.Show lessmamallamaredpajama
Game changer
I am a big time procrastinator and “ I’ve gotta clean......(kitchen, bathroom, car etc) was always in my head but seemed so time consuming I pushed it to another day. This app breaks things up into small tasks. Most take 5 minutes! So while cleaning my entire bathroom sounded awful, I can take a few minutes to wipe down the sink and mirror- DONE! Checking off the task is so gratifying! These little tasks add up and my house is CLEAN- probably for the first time in my life. I know.... not rocket science but for someone who put off housework this is a game changer. I can’t wait to show my college age kids because they have roommates and sharing the app and chores looks awesome and can probably save some roommate arguments. But I bet they’ll be thankful I didn’t have this when they lived at home!! Haha! This would be so great to keep track of family household chores without the nagging- well, less nagging! 😊Show lessPrime's Bestie
Just what we needed
This app was well worth the money. It motivates us to keep up with chores and keeps us aware of what actually needs to be done around the house. The points system works especially well for my video gamer husband who—since this app—will seek out the chores with higher points (because more complex, more effort, more dirty or otherwise less desirable) and get them done without being asked! We even use it to remind us of when our cats need another dose of flea medicine, our cars need oil change, etc. The app itself is clean, nice graphics, and simple to understand and use. It takes about 20 mins to get all the chores you want to keep track of inputted and off you go! Happy cleaning.Show lessSjlsisjsj
Anxiety Relief
This app has immensely helped my anxiety around cleaning. I don’t worry about anything unless the app tells me it’s time to do it. There is a lot of visual positive reinforcement when the bar turns green. It also helps my husband and I stay on the same page without having to “nag” him. I am not saying it needs to be done, Tody says it needs to be done. The recomended time periods also helped us to compromise on how often a chore needs to be done. It has been very helpful and takes something off my mental plate. Great app and worth the 7 dollars. My only recommendation Would be to make it where a family can share the app so that everyone can have access, get reminders and mark when they did something. Maybe even a place that says who did it so they can get some credit. Love it :):)Show lessBeccapotamous
Functionality is great but know what works for YOU
I like the concept and functionality of this app but, as with any system, there’s a learning curve to see what works for you personally. I admit that I am not a good housekeeper because I don’t have cleaning habits established. I thought this app would help with that. Instead I found myself ignoring the notifications or doing things but not updating the app. Recently I switched phones and had to start over. Setting up tasks made me realize I am most effective using Tody not for daily tasks, but for tasks that occur every 2 weeks, months, etc. For regular cleaning, I’m better when I have a schedule (It’s Thursday so I clean the bathroom, not Tody said I’m due to clean the bathroom).Show lessRdNailz
Do it.
I like this app as far as it helps keep me on top of cleaning. In fact, I do some of my house work before it needs to be done just so I can keep it green rather than turning orange or red. So if you want to know if I think you should purchase this, my answer is a big fat YES.
However, this is where I get picky and tell you things that don’t really impact the usefulness of the app, it’s more of a pet peeve situation: I would prefer that it be more streamlined...instead of giving the option of either entering 14 days or two weeks, just go with one option. They’re the same. I can understand things like 8 or 9 days, 15 or 16 days but 14 days vs 2 weeks? I don’t love that. I would also like a different layout, or at least the option of different layouts. I’m a visual person and I need lots and lots of color coding rather than the standard few available with this app.
Again, the app is useful and does what I need it to, I would just like to see a few tweaks here and there.Show lessbellebleu
