Comparison

Tody vs Ivy Lee Method 2

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

Head to head
About

Tody

This app helps manage household cleaning routines by prioritizing tasks based on actual need rather than fixed dates. It visualizes dirtiness and cleaning progress to motivate users and make cleaning more satisfying. It can be customized for individuals or large households, turning chores into a game.

Highlights
  • Flexible task management by need
  • Visual dirtiness and cleaning progress
  • Optional notifications and deadlines
  • Gamified cleaning with house member sync
  • Intuitive customized cleaning plans
  • Scalable for any household size
Features
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Tody is a smarter to-do list for managing household cleaning routines. It will optimize and motivate your cleaning. ● Gain flexibility by managing cleaning tasks by indicators of actual need rather than arbitrary dates. ● Tody visualizes dirtiness to motivate cleaning and visualizes the effect of cleaning to enhance satisfaction. ● There are no deadlines, alarms and notifications (optional). Tody puts you in control of your cleaning routines instead of cleaning routines controlling you. ● Turn home cleaning into a game. House members can sync plans across devices and users and check-in to claim credit for their actions. ● Enjoy an extremely easy and intuitive set up of a customized cleaning plan. ● Tody can be customized and scaled to fit almost any needs. It thus suits singles as well as complex households with many members. Even professionals find Tody to be their preferred tool. Recommended by marthastewart.com, Buzzfeed and MacWorld.

About

Ivy Lee Method 2

This app helps you prioritize your tasks for the next day by listing the six most important items. It guides you to focus on one task at a time in order of priority, ensuring you tackle the most crucial items first.

Highlights
  • List six most important tasks
  • Prioritize tasks by importance
  • Focus on one task at a time
  • Daily task repetition
  • Simple interface
Features
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Ivy Lee Method Hou to use. 1. At the end of the work day ,or Before going to bed, Write down the six most important tasks to accomplish tomorrow. 2, To sort the write down was tasks in order of priority. 3, The next day, you should be concentrating on the first thing. After the first, and continue until there is no time of the day in the second third of the order. 4, even if there is no likely be all, okay not have to worry about other than task you're doing now. Because you is are you doing in descending order of importance task. 5,When the day is over, remove the finished task, also write down the tasks to do tomorrow. Repeat this.

Screenshots

Tody4 screens
Ivy Lee Method 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ivy Lee Method 2 at none against Tody's 4. Ivy Lee Method 2 also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Tody's advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 4) and chart position (#144 vs unranked). On price, ads and device support 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. Tody sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Ivy Lee Method 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ivy Lee Method 2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tody has 11K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Tody's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ivy Lee Method 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tody ships an update every 10 days, Ivy Lee Method 2 every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Tody versus Ivy Lee Method 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTodyIvy Lee Method 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#144 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLoopLoopKOUSEI KURODA

Customer experience

Tody

All ratings10,757 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews648 reviews
Positive85.6%
Neutral6.5%
Negative7.9%

Ivy Lee Method 2

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Tody

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes on certain devices after updates
  • Issues with data sync and loss of progress

Requested features

5 requests
  • Landscape mode support
  • Apple Watch app integration
  • Ability to set tasks for specific days
  • More customization options for UI
  • One-off task list separate from recurring tasks

Ivy Lee Method 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Tody

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Solo1 Month trial$9.991 Year
  • Premium+ Duo1 Month trial$24.991 Year
  • Premium+ Family1 Month trial$39.991 Year
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  • Premium+ Team1 Month trial$79.991 Year
None

Ivy Lee Method 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tody free?
Tody is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ivy Lee Method 2 free?
Ivy Lee Method 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tody or Ivy Lee Method 2?
Ivy Lee Method 2 is rated higher. Tody averages 4.8 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Ivy Lee Method 2 averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Tody or Ivy Lee Method 2 have ads?
Neither Tody nor Ivy Lee Method 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tody or Ivy Lee Method 2?
Tody ships an update every 10 days, and Ivy Lee Method 2 every 5 days. Most recently, Tody was updated on October 19, 2026 and Ivy Lee Method 2 on October 15, 2026.

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