Comparison

Tody vs 20 Seconds

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

20 Seconds

This app helps build new habits or break existing ones by using a 20-second countdown. It provides a progress indicator and optional sounds or music to aid in distraction and amusement during the countdown.

Highlights
  • 20-second habit timer
  • Progress indicator
  • Distracting sounds and music
  • Automatic start option
  • 30-day trial in Today widget
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20 Seconds is a simple app, whose only purpose is to count, you guessed it, to 20 seconds. Why, one might ask, 20 seconds? Well, there is a theory that says that 20 seconds is enough time to help you build a new habit, or help you break an existing one. To start with good habits, if you want to do something, you are much more likely to actually do it, if you start within 20 seconds from when you first thought about it. If you wait any longer, you are less likely to go through with it. Conversely, if you want to break a bad habit, waiting 20 seconds after you get the urge, will make it easier for you to avoid doing it. So, when you feel an urge to do something you want to stop doing, start the 20 Seconds app and let it count down. See how you feel about that urge after 20 seconds have passed. While counting down, the app will show a progress indicator, (with or without a random shape), play music or play ticking sounds to distract and amuse you a little bit. It can start counting automatically as soon as you start the app. It also has a 30 day trail of usage in the today widget.

Screenshots

Tody4 screens
20 Seconds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tody at every 10 days against 20 Seconds's every 3 months. Tody also leads on ratings volume (11K vs 21) and review sentiment (86% vs 67%). 20 Seconds's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and 20 Seconds sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tody holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tody has 11K ratings behind it against 21, 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 67% of 20 Seconds's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tody ships an update every 10 days, 20 Seconds every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tody versus 20 Seconds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTody20 Seconds
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11K ratings) — better4.6 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews85.6% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings11K — better21
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLoopLoopNishco Ltd

Customer experience

Tody

All ratings10,757 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews654 reviews
Positive85.6%
Neutral6.4%
Negative8.0%

20 Seconds

All ratings19 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
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

20 Seconds

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
2 purchases

20 Seconds

One-time2
  • Premium Version$0.99
  • A Kind Tip$0.99

Questions

Is Tody free?
Tody is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 20 Seconds free?
20 Seconds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tody or 20 Seconds?
Tody is rated higher. Tody averages 4.8 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while 20 Seconds averages 4.6 from 21 ratings.
Do Tody or 20 Seconds have ads?
Neither Tody nor 20 Seconds shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tody or 20 Seconds?
Tody ships an update every 10 days, and 20 Seconds every 3 months. Most recently, Tody was updated on November 3, 2026 and 20 Seconds on October 24, 2026.

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