Dirtfree vs Checkmate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dirtfree
This app helps you stay focused and motivated to clean your home by creating personalized cleaning schedules and routines. It offers gamified elements like streaks and badges to make chores more enjoyable and provides tips and advice for easier, safer housework.
- Personalized cleaning schedules
- Habit and routine building
- Gamified motivation (streaks, badges)
- Flexible chore adjustment
- Cross-device syncing
- Cleaning tips and advice
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Transform housework into something calm and doable. Dirtfree helps you keep up at home with simple daily tasks by room — and short Focus sessions when you want to make progress. What you’ll get • Today’s tasks organized by area of your home • Focus mode — pick rooms, set a timer, and clean one task at a time • Gentle progress tracking (no streaks, no guilt) • A clean, adult-friendly design • Reminders that help you stay on top of things Free to start Add areas and tasks to get going. Upgrade to Premium anytime for unlimited areas and tasks. Download Dirtfree and keep a cleaner home with less stress. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.dirtfree.net/privacy-policy/
Checkmate
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Checkmate is a powerful checklist and productivity app built to help you organise your life your way. Create custom checklists, plan projects, track progress, personalise your workspace, and unlock a modern productivity experience designed for speed, flexibility, and creativity. Whether you are planning your day, organising university work, tracking goals, building routines, managing travel plans, or creating detailed collections, Checkmate adapts to your workflow. Features • Create unlimited custom checklists • AI powered checklist generation • Fully customisable checklist styling • Dark mode and light mode support • Marketplace for templates, widgets, styles, sounds, and more • Daily rewards and unlockables • Progress tracking and statistics • Clean and modern UI designed for mobile • Local first design with fast performance • Import and export checklist templates • Personal productivity tools in one app • Regular feature updates and improvements Built for flexibility Checkmate is designed to feel simple at first, while allowing advanced customisation for power users. Personalise your workflow with templates, colours, layouts, widgets, sounds, and more. From daily tasks to large projects, Checkmate helps you stay organised without feeling cluttered. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
Dirtfree and Checkmate are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Dirtfree sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Checkmate sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dirtfree ships an update every 10 days, Checkmate every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dirtfree | Checkmate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (117 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 38.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 117 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Dirtfree LLC | Zaid Shaikh |
Bugs and requests
Dirtfree
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes during setup
- App froze during Facebook authentication
- App stuck on loading page
- App crashes when trying to sign up with Apple
- App crashes after marking rooms
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- App freezes on opening screen
- New update removed all tasks and changed settings
- Rooms disappeared after update
Requested features
15 requests- Allow editing of room names
- Improve focus mode to not show last task first
- Make reordering stick and not revert to alphabetical
- Allow extending focus timer slots
- Allow saving true duration of focus tasks
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- Correct automatic task pushing for recurring tasks
- Provide instructions or tutorials
- Allow retroactive recording of chores
- Enable customization of chores without developer approval
- Implement a search function for chores
- Add option for specific day frequency (e.g., every Wednesday)
- Allow sharing stats with an accountability buddy
- Add dark mode option
- Improve task list sharing
- Make interface less clumsy for multiple rooms
Checkmate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dirtfree
- Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
- A Year of Dirtfree Premium$59.991 Year
Checkmate
- Checkmate Pro$5.991 Month









