Comparison

DueAgain vs Dustly

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

Head to head
About

DueAgain

Features
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Some things belong on a fixed calendar. Others should happen a certain amount of time after you actually do them. DueAgain handles both. See what needs attention, what is coming up, and exactly how long it has been since the last time—all in one calm dashboard. FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES Choose “after completion” for jobs like changing an air filter, or keep a fixed weekly or monthly rhythm for jobs like putting out bins. Completing something late does not have to ruin the schedule. ONE-TAP HISTORY Mark an item complete from the dashboard and undo mistakes instantly. Every completion is kept in a simple private history. WIDGETS THAT HELP Keep upcoming and overdue items visible on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Complete an item right from an interactive widget on supported iOS versions. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No analytics. No tracking. No backend server. Your home-care data stays on your iPhone. FREE TO START Track up to five active items for free. Unlock unlimited items, every widget, and the full style collection with one $4.99 lifetime purchase. No subscription—ever. DueAgain is useful for cleaning, home maintenance, car care, pet care, appliance filters, plants, personal routines, and all the little jobs that are easy to forget.

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. 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

DueAgain4 screens
Dustly4 screens

Verdict

The call

DueAgain and Dustly are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. DueAgain sells 1 one-off in-app purchase 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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
DueAgain versus Dustly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDueAgainDustly
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJesse LessingSindre Sørensen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

DueAgain

One-time1
  • DueAgain Pro Lifetime$4.99
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 DueAgain free?
DueAgain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dustly free?
Dustly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DueAgain or Dustly have ads?
Neither DueAgain nor Dustly shows ads.

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