The Best Cleaning Apps in 2026: Ranked & Compared
The best cleaning apps for 2026 for cleaning schedules, room-by-room routines and shared homes, compared on features, platforms and pricing.
Chores & CleaningThe best cleaning app for most households is OneHaus if you want cleaning to sit alongside everything else your home runs, and Sweepy if you want a dedicated cleaning-schedule app that tracks room-by-room standards. Our shortlist for 2026 is OneHaus, Sweepy, Tody, OurHome, Spotless and Home Routines, and the right pick depends on whether you want a specialist that only does cleaning or an app that keeps cleaning next to your chores, calendar and shopping.
"Cleaning app" covers two quite different tools, and choosing the wrong kind is the most common mistake. Some apps are cleaning specialists: they model your home room by room, track how dirty each space is getting and generate a cleaning schedule so nothing is forgotten. Others are whole-household apps where cleaning tasks live alongside chores, meals and the family calendar. This guide compares the strongest apps in both camps on features, platforms and pricing so you can match the app to the job. Pricing was last checked in July 2026.
What makes a good cleaning app?
Before the rankings, it helps to know what actually moves the needle when you are trying to keep a home clean.
A good cleaning app does three things. First, it turns "the house needs cleaning" into specific, scheduled tasks, so you are not relying on memory or guilt. Second, it recurs those tasks at the right frequency, because hoovering weekly and descaling the kettle every few months are not the same job. Third, in a shared home, it makes the work visible and splits it, so the same person does not silently carry it all. If you want a sensible starting point for frequencies, our guide to how often to clean everything sets realistic intervals room by room.
The dedicated cleaning apps add a fourth thing: a cleanliness model that tracks how long since each area was last cleaned and surfaces what is most overdue, useful if your friction is deciding what to tackle first rather than remembering to clean at all.
What are the best cleaning apps in 2026?
OneHaus
OneHaus is an AI-powered household app where cleaning tasks sit alongside a shared calendar, chores, shopping lists and home inventory. Its standout feature for cleaning is automatic rotation: recurring tasks cycle across household members, so the jobs nobody wants do not always land on the same person. You can add a recurring task in plain language through the assistant, set who owns it and when it repeats, and see the whole household's workload in one place.
Be clear about what OneHaus is and is not. It is not a room-by-room cleaning-standards specialist like Sweepy or Tody: it does not model each room's dirtiness or generate a smart cleaning-only schedule from effort levels. What it does instead is treat cleaning as one job among many, which is what a busy shared home needs when cleaning competes with the school run, the food shop and the bins. If cleaning is the only thing you want to track, a specialist may suit you better. If it is one of a dozen things your household juggles, keeping it in the same app as everything else removes the friction of stitching tools together.
OneHaus runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android, plus connected AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude. It is privacy-first and ad-free, with no third-party advertising. It is free to download, with a 30-day trial and then a single household subscription that covers everyone who lives together.
Best for: shared homes and couples that want cleaning split fairly through rotation, inside a wider household app.
Sweepy
Sweepy is the clearest example of a dedicated cleaning-schedule app, and it is the specialist most often surfaced when people search for one. You set up your rooms, tell it how often each task should happen and how much effort each takes, and it generates a daily cleaning schedule that fits the time you have. It tracks the cleanliness of each room, prioritises what is most overdue, and lets you share the load across household members with a leaderboard to keep everyone motivated.
Its strength is also its boundary. Sweepy is not trying to run your whole household, so there is no calendar, meal planning or general task list. It is best as a cleaning specialist in a wider setup. Available on iOS and Android, free with a paid upgrade (around $2.99 per month or $19.99 per year, Sweepy, checked July 2026).
Best for: households that want a dedicated cleaning schedule built around room-by-room standards.
Tody
Tody is the most visual of the cleaning specialists. It maps your home into areas and shows each one filling up with "dirt" as time passes since the last clean, so a glance tells you what needs attention. It builds a prioritised to-do list using its own method, supports a focus timer for working through tasks, and includes an automated rotation scheme so families can share areas rather than duplicate effort.
Like Sweepy, Tody stays in its lane: it is a cleaning app, not a household organiser, so do not expect shopping lists or a shared calendar. The basic version is free, and syncing across devices plus the collaborative features sit behind a Premium upgrade (anchored around $9.99 per year, Tody, checked July 2026), with a trial so you can test it first.
Best for: people who want a visual, room-by-room cleaning routine they can see at a glance.
OurHome
OurHome is a long-standing family organiser that handles cleaning through room-based, assignable tasks rather than a dedicated cleanliness model. You can organise tasks by room, assign them to specific people, set recurring schedules and reminders, and use a points-and-rewards system to motivate children. It also bundles a shared shopping list and a family calendar, so cleaning sits next to the rest of family life.
The main draw is cost: OurHome is free to download, with an optional Premium upgrade for those who want to support the app and unlock extras (price not confirmed here, so treat it as a small optional cost, checked July 2026). It is a broad, low-cost pick rather than a cleaning specialist. Available on iOS and Android.
Best for: families with children who want free room-based cleaning tasks with rewards.
Spotless
Spotless is a simple, focused cleaning tracker for the Apple ecosystem. You set up rooms, create a task list for each, and the app shows at a glance how much each task is due, so you can plan your time around what needs doing most. It syncs across your devices, offers home-screen and lock-screen widgets, and sends reminders on the days and times you choose.
It is deliberately minimal: no household accounts, no rewards, no wider organiser. That simplicity is the appeal if you clean solo and just want a tidy, visual checklist. Spotless is free to download (checked July 2026) and available on iPhone and iPad. There is no Android version, so it will not suit a mixed-device household.
Best for: solo cleaners on iPhone who want a simple room-based tracker.
Home Routines
Home Routines takes a checklist-and-zones approach inspired by structured cleaning systems. You build routines that reset automatically each morning, week or month, divide your home into zones to focus on in rotation, and use a built-in timer to work in short bursts. A useful quirk is that it works offline, so it keeps going without a connection.
It is an older, no-frills app with a dated interface, and it is iPhone and iPad only, so cross-platform households should look elsewhere. It is a one-off purchase (around $4.99, Home Routines, checked July 2026) rather than a subscription, which some people prefer.
Best for: people who like structured, zone-based cleaning routines and prefer a one-time purchase.
How do the best cleaning apps compare?
The table below compares each app on what it is best for, the platforms it runs on and how it is priced (checked July 2026).
| App | Best for | Platforms | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| OneHaus | Shared homes where cleaning is one of many jobs | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android, AI assistants | Trial, then one household subscription |
| Sweepy | Dedicated room-by-room cleaning schedule | iOS, Android | Free + paid (approx. $19.99/yr) |
| Tody | Visual room-by-room cleaning routine | iOS, Android | Free + Premium (approx. $9.99/yr) |
| OurHome | Free family cleaning tasks with rewards | iOS, Android | Free + optional Premium |
| Spotless | Simple room-based tracker for iPhone | iPhone, iPad | Free |
| Home Routines | Zone-based checklist routines | iPhone, iPad | One-off purchase (approx. $4.99) |
How do you choose the right cleaning app?
Start by deciding whether you want a specialist or an all-rounder.
If cleaning is the only thing you want to manage, and your friction is knowing what is most overdue, pick a specialist. Sweepy is the strongest dedicated cleaning-schedule app for room-by-room standards, Tody is the best if you want that at a glance, and Spotless or Home Routines are minimal iPhone options if you clean solo and want something free or a one-off purchase.
If cleaning is one of many jobs your household runs, and the real problem is that the same person keeps doing it, you want an app that shares and rotates the work alongside everything else. That is where OneHaus fits: cleaning tasks rotate automatically across the household and live next to your chores, calendar, shopping and home inventory, so you are not managing cleaning in one app and family life in another. For the wider system, see our guide to building a weekly cleaning schedule and how to split cleaning chores fairly with a rota. If your priority is motivating children or dividing chores more broadly, our roundup of the best family chore apps covers that case in depth.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best cleaning app?
For a dedicated cleaning schedule that tracks room-by-room standards, Sweepy is the best specialist, with Tody the strongest visual alternative. If you want cleaning to sit alongside your chores, calendar and shopping in one app for a shared home, OneHaus is the best all-rounder because it rotates recurring tasks automatically so the work does not always fall to the same person.
Is there an app for cleaning schedules?
Yes. Sweepy and Tody are built specifically to generate cleaning schedules: you set up your rooms and task frequencies and the app produces a prioritised list of what to clean and when. For a shared home, OneHaus lets you schedule recurring cleaning tasks and rotate them between members, so the schedule is split rather than owned by one person.
What is the best cleaning app for families or shared homes?
For shared homes, the feature that matters most is fair distribution, so look for automatic rotation and clear ownership. OneHaus is built around rotating recurring tasks across the household, which stops cleaning silently landing on one person. OurHome is a good free choice for families with children who want points and rewards attached to room-based tasks.
Are cleaning apps free?
Some are. Spotless is free, Tody and OurHome have free versions with paid upgrades for syncing and extra features, and Home Routines is a small one-off purchase rather than a subscription. Sweepy is free with a paid upgrade. OneHaus is free to download with a 30-day trial, then a single household subscription that covers everyone who lives together rather than a per-person fee.
Do cleaning apps work on Android?
Many do, but not all. Sweepy, Tody, OurHome and OneHaus all run on Android as well as iOS. Spotless and Home Routines are iPhone and iPad only, so if your household mixes iPhone and Android, choose a cross-platform app so everyone can use it on their own device.
What is the difference between a cleaning app and a chore app?
A cleaning app focuses on the state of your home, modelling rooms and cleanliness to tell you what is most overdue to clean. A chore app focuses on tasks and people, distributing and tracking who does what, often with rewards for kids. Some apps do both: OneHaus handles cleaning tasks as part of wider chore rotation, while Sweepy and Tody stay narrowly focused on cleaning.
Try OneHaus free
If cleaning is one of many things your household juggles, OneHaus keeps it in one place: recurring cleaning tasks that rotate automatically, a shared calendar, collaborative shopping lists and home inventory, all with AI input so you can add anything in plain language. It is privacy-first, ad-free, and covers everyone who lives together on one household subscription.
Download OneHaus on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or Android, and start your 30-day free trial.