Comparison

Briskly vs Dustly

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

Head to head
About

Briskly

Features
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Let's be honest. You don't want to clean. Nobody does. But your sister's calling and she'll be there in an hour, and your kitchen looks like a crime scene from a cooking show nobody watched. Briskly doesn't judge. It just points your camera at the mess, figures out what needs doing, gives you a timed task list, and gets you through it before your excuses kick in. Your phone reads the room first. On iOS 27, a scan it cannot read can go to Apple's Private Cloud Compute if you leave that on in Photo Preferences. The photo is not sent to Briskly, and Apple does not keep it. On iOS 26, or with that switch off, the scan stays on your phone. HOW IT WORKS 1. Scan your room with your camera. Your phone reads the photo first. On iOS 27, a photo it cannot read can be sent to Apple to answer it. 2. Get a personalised task list with time estimates. 3. Hit start. A countdown keeps you honest. 4. Take before and after photos, for the dopamine and the proof. 5. Done. 20 minutes. You're as surprised as we are. FEATURES FOR THE CHRONICALLY RELUCTANT • Room scanner. Point, scan, get your task list. • Your phone reads the photo first. On iOS 27, a room it cannot read can go to Apple's Private Cloud Compute. Not to Briskly. Turn it off in Photo Preferences. . • Timed micro-tasks. Each one is short enough to survive. . • Before and after photos. • Swipe to compare proof that you are, in fact, capable. They stay on your device. • Scheduled cleans with notifications. • Save a clean as a routine, pick a time, get nudged when it's due. • Lock Screen Live Activity. Your phone becomes a friendly drill sergeant. • Apple Watch support. Skip, pause and survive from your wrist. • Spotify and Apple Music. A fresh track for every task, because silence is for quitters. • Streaks and levels. Small wins, celebrated. No guilt-tripping. • Proof dashboard. Every room, every habit, every clean you've ever done. PRIVACY, SAID PLAINLY No account. No login. Briskly does not receive your photos, and we do not train on them. Your phone reads the scan first. On iOS 27, if Photo Preferences leaves Apple's cloud on, a scan the phone cannot read is sent to Apple's Private Cloud Compute. Apple does not keep the photo. Turn the switch off, or stay on iOS 26, and every scan stays on the phone. We don't want your mess. We just want it gone. Briskly is free to start, and the scan, the timer, and your streak stay free forever. Briskly. Done before you know it. Now go clean something. SUBSCRIPTION Briskly Pro unlocks Task Tracks (Spotify and Apple Music), unlimited before and after photos, your full history, the Rooms and Habits insight tabs, and unlimited saved cleans and schedules. . Weekly: £0.99 per week . Monthly: £2.99 per month . Annual: £19.99 per year, with a 7-day free trial Prices may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.brisklyapp.io/privacy.html

About

Dustly

This app helps manage household chores without pressure or guilt. It suggests tasks for the day, visualizes your home's needs, and offers guided steps for overwhelming jobs. Collaborate with others and customize your cleaning schedule.

Highlights
  • No due dates or guilt
  • Daily chore suggestions
  • Room heat map visualization
  • Guided 'Small Steps' for big jobs
  • Shareable home cleaning with others
  • Customizable quiet days
  • Apple Watch and Siri integration
Features
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Dustly: Cleaning Schedule is a calm cleaning schedule app for iPhone, iPad, iPhone Duo and Apple Watch, designed for people who feel overwhelmed by housework, ADHD included. No due dates, no guilt, no overdue list. The core is free for good, there is no account, and the App Store privacy label says Data Not Collected. Dustly answers one question: what should I clean right now? 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. Your home doesn't run on a calendar, and neither should your cleaning app. TODAY — A day's share, not a wall: about five chores that are actually ready, with "Show more" one tap away when you're on a roll. When the day's share is done, Today says "That's plenty for today" and lets the rest wait. Tick a chore and you see the tick before it leaves the list. A new home starts with at most three chores ready on day one. YOUR ROOMS — A heat map of your home. Every room colored by the thing that needs you most. 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. SHARE YOUR HOME — Invite the person you live with by link, free. You both see the same rooms and Today, and tick chores off together. It goes through iCloud, with no account to make. Your reminders stay your own. TAKE TURNS (PLUS) — Give a chore to one person, or let everyone take turns, and see who did what, month by month. Invite more people, or add those without Dustly, like children. One Plus covers the whole home. QUIET DAYS — Pick the days you never clean and set when your day ends. On a quiet day Dustly asks for nothing: no list, no reminder. Forgot to pause before a trip? "I was away" puts every chore back where it was when you left. APPLE WATCH, SIRI AND MORE — Today's chores on your wrist, free: tick them off there. Ask Siri what to clean, mark a chore done by voice, find chores in Spotlight, or start Small Steps from Control Center. WIDGETS — See what's next and your room heat map on the home screen, and tick chores off without opening the app. 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. On iPhone Duo, Dustly opens into two panes. SYNCS THROUGH YOUR OWN iCLOUD — Free, automatic, and private. Your home appears on your iPad by itself, and your own choices, like quiet days, follow your Apple Account. No sign-up, no analytics, no ads, no third-party code. FREE, PERMANENTLY: unlimited rooms and chores, Today, streaks, Small Steps, both widgets, the Apple Watch app, sharing with one person, gentle reminders (one a day at most), 14 days of history, iCloud sync, and one run of each seasonal checklist. DUSTLY PLUS (subscription, or pay once for lifetime): household turns and the split, three or more people, history beyond 14 days, unlimited checklist runs, your own checklists, and photos on chores. One Plus covers the whole home. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://frekvens.ai/apps/dustly/privacy

Screenshots

Briskly4 screens
Dustly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dustly at every 9 days against Briskly's every 2 months. Dustly also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Briskly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Dustly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Briskly ships an update every 2 months, Dustly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Briskly versus Dustly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrisklyDustly
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.018.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaria McGinnSindre Sørensen

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Briskly

Subscriptions3
  • Briskly Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Briskly Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Briskly Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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 Briskly free?
Briskly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dustly free?
Dustly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Briskly or Dustly have ads?
Neither Briskly nor Dustly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Briskly or Dustly?
Briskly ships an update every 2 months, and Dustly every 9 days. Most recently, Briskly was updated on November 5, 2026 and Dustly on November 8, 2026.

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