Comparison

Tody vs protel Housekeeping

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

protel Housekeeping

Features
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The protel Housekeeping app is now available free of charge! Please note that concurrent use of protel SPE/MPE is a requirement for using the app. A protel SMPE/MPE license code is required for full usage. For further information please contact our protel Support Team or your protel Support Partner. For everyone already managing their hotel with protel MPE or SPE: Use the app as an optional add-on to your protel PMS. The app links the housekeeping staff, maintenance teams and front desk managers, allowing them to share live information on housekeeping and maintenance issues. Deliver better customer service with improved communication between housekeeping, maintenance and front desk. All data is continually synchronized with protel. In areas with no Internet or Wi-Fi access, the app switches to offline mode and then syncs automatically with protel once it's online again. - Housekeeping list: Check and change the occupancy status (occupied, vacant) and the room status (cleaned, dirty, touched, cleaning in progress, checked). - Maintenance orders: Create and edit orders, add new pictures using the mobile phone or use pictures from within the app. - Lost & Found: Create and edit entries, add new pictures using the mobile phone. Items are immediately shown in protel Front Office. - Traces: View and edit the tasks of all departments (protel Traces). Requirements for the use of this app are: - protel SPE/MPE hotel management system - protel WebServices (pWS) - protel SPE/MPE Front Office User License Please note: The App requires a free protel workstation. Please contact our protel Support Team or your protel Support Partner to learn more about the app and how to use it. You don't know us yet? Please visit our website for more information on hotel management solutions for individual and chain hotels.

Screenshots

Tody4 screens
protel Housekeeping4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: protel Housekeeping at none against Tody's 4. Tody's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Tody sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. protel Housekeeping asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tody ships an update every 10 days, protel Housekeeping every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tody versus protel Housekeeping: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTodyprotel Housekeeping
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings11K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLoopLoopprotel hotelsoftware GmbH

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

protel Housekeeping

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

protel Housekeeping

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tody free?
Tody is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is protel Housekeeping free?
protel Housekeeping is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tody or protel Housekeeping have ads?
Neither Tody nor protel Housekeeping shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tody or protel Housekeeping?
Tody ships an update every 10 days, and protel Housekeeping every 2 months. Most recently, Tody was updated on October 20, 2026 and protel Housekeeping on October 7, 2026.

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