Comparison

Tody vs Insect Timer

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

Insect Timer

Features
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A timer that notifies you with insect sounds (cicada, crickets,bell crickets) when the set time comes. 1. The time that can be set is from 1 second to 99 minutes and 59 seconds. 2. Touch [Start] to start the timer. 3. Select insect sounds from cicada, crickets,and bell crickets. 4. When the set time comes, it will notify you with insect sounds. The chirping lasts about 1 minute. 5. Multi-timer, 3 timers operate independently. Timer 1 is a cicada, timer 2 is a crickets, and timer 3 is a bell crickets.

Screenshots

Tody4 screens
Insect Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tody at Free against Insect Timer's $0.99. Tody also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 9 months). Insect Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On ads, 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

Tody is free to download; Insect Timer costs $0.99 up front. Tody sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Insect Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tody ships an update every 2 weeks, Insect Timer every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tody versus Insect Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTodyInsect Timer
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (11K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings11K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB29 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperLoopLoopMasahiro Tomosada

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

Insect Timer

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

Insect Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tody free?
Tody is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Insect Timer free?
Insect Timer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tody or Insect Timer have ads?
Neither Tody nor Insect Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tody or Insect Timer?
Tody ships an update every 2 weeks, and Insect Timer every 9 months. Most recently, Tody was updated on September 26, 2026 and Insect Timer on September 21, 2026.

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