Spruce vs Homeaglow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spruce
Book on-demand housekeeping and cleaning services for your home. Schedule one-time or recurring appointments with background-checked professionals. Add specific chores to your cleaning service to reduce prep time and get a spotless home.
- On-demand booking
- Recurring services
- Fractional cleaning services
- Add chores to house cleaning
- Background-checked professionals
- Pet care and laundry services
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Spruce offers Chores & Housekeeping services. Schedule one-time or recurring services on-demand. Spruce Service Professionals are background-checked, licensed, bonded and insured and ready to tackle your biggest chores. With the Chores features, book fractional cleaning services like cleaning floors, doing dishes, or clearing clutter. You can also add chores to house cleaning services so you can reduce the prep time normally required to get ready for the housekeeper. How does it work? Spruce partners with multifamily communities around the country to bring amenity services to your doorstep. If you live in a Spruce-powered property, simply book your service using the Spruce app. With instant booking and on-demand scheduling, you get the services you need, when you need them. Spruce also offers additional services like Pet Care and Laundry via our dedicated partners available on the Spruce app. Get started today!
Homeaglow
Book professional home cleaning services conveniently through a mobile app. Schedule one-time or recurring cleanings with experienced professionals and manage all your bookings from your phone.
- Book home cleanings
- Find experienced cleaners
- Schedule one-time cleanings
- Schedule recurring cleanings
- Manage bookings via phone
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Sit back and relax while a pro turns your home into a sparkling sanctuary. Homeaglow is the top-rated app for booking home cleanings, dedicated to making your space clean and tidy — without the hassle. Whether you need a one-time deep clean or a regular weekly tidy-up, Homeaglow connects you with experienced, highly rated cleaners in your area. Book in minutes, manage everything from your phone, and come home to a spotless space.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Homeaglow at none against Spruce's shown. Homeaglow also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (42% vs 22%). Spruce's advantage is ratings volume (5K vs 1.1K) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Spruce against 4.8 for Homeaglow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5K and 1.1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 22% of Spruce's written reviews are positive against 42% of Homeaglow's.
Spruce ships an update every 3 weeks, Homeaglow every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spruce | Homeaglow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (5K ratings) | 4.8 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.4% of reviews | 42.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5K — better | 1.1K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Spruce Services, Inc. | homeaglow |
Customer experience
Spruce
Homeaglow
Bugs and requests
Spruce
Reported bugs
3 issues- Buggy app and website
- Incorrect or missing booking information
- Unauthorized entry into homes
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to request specific cleaners
- Detailed cleaning checklists
- Improved scheduling flexibility
- Better communication and follow-up
Homeaglow
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spruce
No in-app purchases
Homeaglow
No in-app purchases
