Comparison

Cleaning Challenges vs Dustly

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

Head to head
About

Cleaning Challenges

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Do it different with cleaning challenges. Tired of the same old cleaning routine? Introducing Cleaning Challenges, the app that turns chores into a game! Complete challenges, earn rewards, and transform your space. See the results around you, and feel the satisfaction of a cleaner home. Fun and engaging cleaning challenges. Track your progress and earn rewards. Transform your space, one challenge at a time. Make house cleaning fun and effective.

About

Dustly

This app helps you manage household cleaning by suggesting tasks based on how often they need doing. It offers a visual overview of your home's cleaning needs and breaks down large tasks into manageable steps. Collaboration features are available for households.

Highlights
  • Chore rhythm-based scheduling
  • Visual room heat map
  • Step-by-step task guidance
  • Household sharing and turns
  • Home screen widgets
  • Pre-made and custom checklists
  • iCloud synchronization
Features
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Dustly answers one question: what should I clean right now? No due dates. No overdue-shaming. Every chore has a rhythm — how often it wants doing — and a bar that fills as time passes. When it reaches the mark, the chore shows up in Today. Skip a week and nothing is "missed"; the list simply reorders itself. That's the whole idea: your home doesn't run on a calendar, and neither should your cleaning app. TODAY — A short, honest list of what's actually ready. Tick it, and the bar drains. Ticked by mistake? Undo. Did it yesterday? Log it after the fact — late entries count exactly like on-time ones. YOUR ROOMS — A heat map of your home. Every room colored by the thing that needs you most, so you can see where to start from across the hall. SMALL STEPS — For the jobs that feel too big to start. Dustly hands you one step at a time, full screen, with a timer that is permission to stop — not a deadline to fail. Stopping early still counts. TAKE TURNS (PLUS) — Add the people you live with. Give a chore to one person, or let everyone take turns; Dustly tracks whose turn it is and shows the split over the last 30 days. A statement of fact, not a scoreboard. WIDGETS — See what's next and your room heat map right on the home screen, and tick chores off without opening the app. Free, like the rest of the core. CHECKLISTS — Spring clean, deep clean and moving out, fully written with time estimates. Progress saves as you go, so a weekend job can take a month. Dustly is made for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo, with two panes when the Duo is open. SYNCS THROUGH YOUR OWN iCLOUD — Free, automatic, and private. Your home appears on your iPad by itself. No account, no sign-up, and no data for us to see: Dustly has no analytics, no ads and no third-party code. FREE, PERMANENTLY: unlimited rooms and chores, Today, streaks, Small Steps, both widgets, gentle reminders (one a day at most), the last 14 days of history, iCloud sync, and one full run of each seasonal checklist. DUSTLY PLUS (subscription, or pay once for lifetime): household sharing with turns and the split, history beyond the free 14 days, unlimited checklist runs, your own custom checklists, and photos on chores. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://frekvens.ai/apps/dustly/privacy

Screenshots

Cleaning Challenges4 screens
Dustly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cleaning Challenges at none against Dustly's 3. Dustly's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 21 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. Dustly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Cleaning Challenges asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cleaning Challenges ships an update every 21 months, Dustly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Cleaning Challenges versus Dustly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCleaning ChallengesDustly
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.5 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperANGELA ILMA FLYNNSindre Sørensen

In-app purchases

None

Cleaning Challenges

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Dustly

Subscriptions2
  • Dustly Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Dustly Plus Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dustly Plus Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Cleaning Challenges free?
Cleaning Challenges is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dustly free?
Dustly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cleaning Challenges or Dustly have ads?
Neither Cleaning Challenges nor Dustly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cleaning Challenges or Dustly?
Cleaning Challenges ships an update every 21 months, and Dustly every 3 weeks. Most recently, Cleaning Challenges was updated on October 27, 2026 and Dustly on October 29, 2026.

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