Comparison

Tody vs Buzzkill

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

Buzzkill

This app helps you break free from excessive app usage by sending timely, customizable notifications. Set specific apps to monitor and adjust the frequency and tone of alerts to match your habits and encourage mindful usage.

Highlights
  • Customizable app monitoring
  • Adjustable notification frequency
  • Variable notification tone (friendly to angry)
  • Gradually increasing urgency
  • Daily buzz-free time settings
  • Daily usage limits with advance warnings
  • Privacy-focused, on-device data storage
Features
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Buzzkill helps you break out of doomscrolling by sending frequent notifications when you spend too much time in selected apps. Choose which apps you want to monitor and set a custom buzz frequency per app, so notifications match your habits instead of fighting them. Choose your preferred language and the tone you like. You can go from sweet and friendly all the way up to full-on ANGRY CAPSLOCKS when you really want a strong notification. As your usage goes up, notifications gradually become more urgent instead of repeating the same message over and over. Buzzkill uses a large set of around 3,000 notifications in English, Dutch, German and French. Other languages are supported as well, but currently use smaller message sets. You can set a daily buzz-free time so notifications only start after you have used that amount of time. You can also add a daily limit that is easy to change, with optional notifications sent in advance so you can slow down before you reach your cap. Buzzkill keeps your data on your device. Usage history is automatically deleted after seven days. Nothing is sent to a server, and no long-term profiles are built from your behaviour. It’s a privacy-first way to reduce your screen time without blocking your apps, and it’s not another data-hungry tracker.

Screenshots

Tody4 screens
Buzzkill4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tody at 86% against Buzzkill's 0%. Tody also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (11K vs 2). Buzzkill's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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. Buzzkill asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tody holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tody has 11K ratings behind it against 2, 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 0% of Buzzkill's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tody ships an update every 2 weeks, Buzzkill every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tody versus Buzzkill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTodyBuzzkill
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11K ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews85.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLoopLoopJens Somers

Customer experience

Tody

All ratings10,739 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews644 reviews
Positive85.6%
Neutral6.5%
Negative7.9%

Buzzkill

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Buzzkill

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

Buzzkill

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tody free?
Tody is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Buzzkill free?
Buzzkill is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tody or Buzzkill?
Tody is rated higher. Tody averages 4.8 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Buzzkill averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Tody or Buzzkill have ads?
Neither Tody nor Buzzkill shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tody or Buzzkill?
Tody ships an update every 2 weeks, and Buzzkill every 6 days. Most recently, Tody was updated on October 12, 2026 and Buzzkill on October 4, 2026.

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