Comparison

iCleanMe vs Trash Panda Cleanup

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

iCleanMe

This app helps you manage recurring cleaning tasks and reminders. Set custom schedules for everything from changing your toothbrush to dusting, and get visual cues when tasks are due. Share lists with family for collaborative household management.

Highlights
  • Customizable cleaning schedules
  • Visual task status indicators
  • Built-in reminder notifications
  • Household sharing for collaboration
  • Task delegation
  • Unlimited rooms and tasks (in-app purchase)
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iCleanMe is an app to keep track of all your cleaning needs. Want to remember to change your toothbrush every three months? Or to dust the ceiling fan every couple of weeks? Or maybe you'd like to stay on top of your visits to the dentist? How about remembering to toss expired condiments from the fridge?  iCleanMe can help you will all of it! Free yourself from constantly making new cleaning to-do lists. With iCleanMe, you only have to add a task one time, the app will do the rest. Each task you add will ask you how often you'd like it cleaned. From there, an emoji will be displayed indicating the state of that task. A happy emoji means a happy task. You'll know when something needs to be cleaned when the emoji isn't looking so good. The built-in reminder feature found in Settings allows you to schedule a time each week to check what tasks may need attention. Multiple users can share cleaning lists through households, allowing for task delegation among families. In-App Purchase - Unlimited Rooms and Tasks. - Access to the All Household Tasks list to conveniently see everything that needs to be down across all rooms. - Add personal rooms to keep tasks private from other members in your households. - Unlimited Task Delegation Cycling. - Increased Clean History for each task.

About

Trash Panda Cleanup

This app helps users build tidiness habits by breaking down cleaning tasks into manageable steps and routines. It offers motivational messages and a unique 'Shame Mode' to encourage completion, designed with neurodivergent individuals in mind.

Highlights
  • Create task routines
  • Organize tasks by zones
  • Motivational messages
  • Shame Mode for motivation
  • Customizable task repetition
  • Visual zone reminders
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Keep your space tidy when you are secretly three raccoons in a trench coat! Trash Panda Cleanup has been designed with the ADHD brain in mind. Create small tasks, group them into routines, and find out how simple it really is to keep your home tidy with small steps. Your raccoon pal keeps you motivated with short, inspirational messages. Activate Shame Mode to unlock your cleaning super powers with threats of your raccoon mom visiting in 20 minutes or reminders of that time you washed your airpods. Create Routines to start building habits. These don't need to be time based! Think about things in your day that happen consistently, like waking up or hearing your washing machine sing the song of its people. If you do want time reminders, turn on notifications and assign specific times to routines you need a reminder for. Add Zones to visually organize tasks and keep you from running around the house. Don't forget non-room based Zones like your Doom Pile by the front door or That Corner of The Garage where you put everything when you empty out your car. Don't forget to break tasks down into manageable, bite-sized pieces. Remember, raccoons are small and they can't tackle everything all at once! Benefits - Limit overwhelm by hiding routines on your daily schedule - Get as granular with your tasks as you want! Some of us need a visual reminder to check by the couch for socks before we load the washer - Enjoy cumulative benefits, building daily habits leads to changes in your whole life Features - Read the Trash Panda's Guide to Living Outside a Garbage Can to learn tips and tricks! - Colors and Icons assigned to Zones visually remind you when it's time to move to the next location - Reminders for routines offer a gentle nudge to check in, but are not required! - Motivational messages pop up occasionally or can be accessed by visiting your raccoon friend - Reorder Zones to align with how you move through your house. Do you like to start in the center, or move from one side to the other? - Tasks repeat Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, or Yearly so you can keep track of those small tasks like replacing air filters or testing your smoke detector Designed for Three Raccoons in a Trench Coat Do you find that "cleaning the bathroom" feels like an insurmountable task? What if you could instead break that down and spread it out throughout the week. Create as many tiny tasks as you want and see how long it actually takes. Short, 10-15 minute routines can make a huge difference in your environment and help you feel accomplished throughout the day. Pricing One price for life. This app will never have a subscription. You buy it, you own it. There are no premium features locked down behind a paywall. We will not contribute to the tax we all pay by forgetting to cancel subscriptions. Sticker Pack Trash Panda Cleanup comes with over 40 cleaning-themed stickers for iMessage! Trash Panda is joined by his BFF Squeaky Clean mouse and an assortment of cleaning tools. Trash Panda's Guide to Living Outside a Garbage Can Visit the Journal to read through Trash Panda's Guide to Living Outside a Garbage Can. Trash Panda shares his tips and tricks for staying organized and functioning in the outside world. You can take the Trash Panda out of the garbage can, but you can't take the garbage out of the Trash Panda.

Screenshots

iCleanMe4 screens
Trash Panda Cleanup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trash Panda Cleanup at none against iCleanMe's 1. Trash Panda Cleanup also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). iCleanMe's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 33%) and ratings volume (18 vs 6). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. iCleanMe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Trash Panda Cleanup asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for iCleanMe against 4.0 for Trash Panda Cleanup. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of iCleanMe's written reviews are positive against 33% of Trash Panda Cleanup's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iCleanMe ships an update fortnightly, Trash Panda Cleanup weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iCleanMe versus Trash Panda Cleanup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCleanMeTrash Panda Cleanup
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (18 ratings)4.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better6
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikolai NobadiDaniel Moore

Customer experience

iCleanMe

All ratings18 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative38.5%

Trash Panda Cleanup

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

iCleanMe

One-time1
  • ProVersion$1.99
None

Trash Panda Cleanup

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iCleanMe free?
iCleanMe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trash Panda Cleanup free?
Trash Panda Cleanup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iCleanMe or Trash Panda Cleanup?
iCleanMe and Trash Panda Cleanup are both rated 4.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 18 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do iCleanMe or Trash Panda Cleanup have ads?
iCleanMe shows ads; Trash Panda Cleanup does not.
Which is updated more often, iCleanMe or Trash Panda Cleanup?
iCleanMe ships an update fortnightly, and Trash Panda Cleanup weekly. Most recently, iCleanMe was updated on November 2, 2026 and Trash Panda Cleanup on November 3, 2026.

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