Cleaning Challenges vs Dustly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Cleaning Challenges | Dustly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ANGELA ILMA FLYNN | Sindre Sørensen |
In-app purchases
Cleaning Challenges
No in-app purchases
Dustly
- Dustly Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
- Dustly Plus Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Dustly Plus Lifetime$49.99
Questions
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