ADHD chore apps · families · 2026
Best ADHD chore apps for families, compared without the leaderboard
There is no single best ADHD chore app. The useful question is which bottleneck you have: starting one task, sharing the mental load, getting kids involved, or seeing time. This page maps seven real tools plus Sequence — our own household to-do app — and says where each one is stronger.
Sequence: no credit card · $6/mo or $59/yr per household · US & Canada
Updated October 7, 2026
Disclosure: Sequence is our product. We include it on this list because the household angle — one Up Next card, a color lane per person, a Together lane, and a TV display — is the job we built for. We do not invent competitor prices or features. Facts below were checked on each product’s official site or app-store listing on 7 October 2026. If we could not verify a number, we left it out. Other tools are better at native mobile apps, kids’ rewards, free forever tiers, and family calendars. See how we write these pages.
Quick picks
- Shared household board, one next card, kitchen TV: Sequence
- Room-by-room cleaning game with kid approval: Sweepy
- Cleaning that follows dirt, not a calendar day: Tody
- Family calendar, shopping, and chore lists on every device: Cozi
- Visual day timeline and timers for one ADHD brain: Tiimo
- ADHD chore chart with focus mode, kids mode, and a dollhouse: Tidywell
- One next mission, free, native iOS and Android: Dopami
- Personal GTD lists you can share as a project: Todoist
Those are different jobs. Pick the bottleneck, then the tool.
Side by side
Prices change. Treat this table as a snapshot from 7 October 2026, then confirm on the vendor’s site before you pay.
| App | Best for | Platforms | Price (verified) | Household / shared | ADHD-friendly traits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sequence | One Up Next for the whole house | Web / PWA (phone, iPad, laptop, TV). No App Store or Play app yet | $6/mo or $59/yr per household; 14-day no-card trial; US & Canada | One plan, color lanes, Together lane, TV display | One next card; no red overdue badges; no streaks |
| Sweepy | Cleaning as a household game | iPhone, iPad, Android, Apple Watch | Free to download; US App Store $3.99/mo or $19.99/yr; 3-day trial | Share with family or roommates; parent approval for kids; leaderboard | Room dirt indicators; daily generated list (premium); streaks and points |
| Tody | A cleaning plan that lives outside one person’s head | iPhone, iPad, Android. No web version | Solo free forever; Premium $9.99/yr; household Premium+ $25 / $40 / $80 per year (2 / 6 / 12 people); 30-day trial on upgrades | Assign or rotate on free; live household sync on Premium+ | Dueness instead of a fixed weekday; optional notifications; Dusty race each month |
| Cozi | The family calendar that also holds lists | Web, iOS, Android | Free with ads; Gold $39/yr (whole family); Max $79/yr; 2-week Gold trial if you start on the web | Up to 12 people on one account; shared calendar, to-dos, shopping, recipes | Color-coded family calendar; extra reminders on Gold. Not ADHD-specific |
| Tiimo | Seeing the day, not the chore chart | iOS, Android, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch; web on Pro | Free mobile tier; Pro monthly or yearly (local store price); 7-day trial on yearly only | Pro: shared access for up to five profiles; Apple Family Sharing on App Store purchases | Visual schedule, focus timer, AI task breakdown; designed with neurodivergent users |
| Tidywell | ADHD chore chart with kids and focus tools | iOS and Android (official site); iPhone and iPad on the App Store | Free forever; US App Store Premium $6.99/mo or $39.99/yr (site lists £); 3-day trial on annual; one sub for the house | Free: 2 members (App Store). Premium: unlimited members. Kids Mode, dependent profiles, photo approval | Focus mode, spin wheel, energy check, AI breakdown; they say no red shame colors |
| Dopami | One mission matched to energy and room | iOS and Android | Free; optional cosmetic premium pack (see their site for pack price) | Up to 6 members; shared rooms; who-did-what without a score dashboard | Algorithm picks one start; they say no streaks; XP and cosmetics after you finish |
| Todoist | Lists, projects, and filters | iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, web, watches | Beginner free; Pro $7/mo or $60/yr; Business $10/user/mo or $8/user/mo yearly | Share a personal project with up to 5 people. Pro is per account, not a household plan | Mature capture and filters. Dates and overdue states you can configure |
Sequence — our household board
Sequence is an ADHD household chore app: one Up Next card first, a color lane per person, a green Together lane for shared work, and a TV or wall display the kitchen can glance at. It is a web app you can install to the home screen. There is no App Store or Google Play listing today.
Better than us when you need: a native store app, a kids’ reward layer, a free forever plan, a family calendar, or a visual hour-by-hour day. Those are real gaps. Sequence is $6/mo or $59/yr for everyone in the household, 14 days free without a card, in the US and Canada. You can later connect a key-based AI client if you already live in Claude Code or Cursor — optional.
Sweepy — cleaning as a household game
Sweepy is a room-based cleaning schedule. You track how dirty each room looks, generate a day’s list (premium), and share the load with family or roommates. Kids can complete tasks that a parent then approves. There is a household leaderboard. Official copy also mentions streaks, points, and a virtual shop.
Better than Sequence when you want a native iPhone or Android app, a generated cleaning circuit, and a kids’ approval / points loop. Sweepy is free to download; the US App Store lists $3.99/month or $19.99/year with a 3-day trial. A leaderboard and streaks are the product, not a side effect — decide if that helps your house.
Tody — the plan that notices dirt
Tody is a cleaning-schedule app for iPhone, iPad, and Android (no web version). Each task has an interval. “Dueness” fills as time passes: their FAQ says green can wait and red means overdue. You clean when things need it, not because it is Tuesday. The free plan covers one person, with no ads, and can assign or rotate chores. Premium+ syncs the live plan across phones and adds FairShare contribution targets.
Better than Sequence when the mental load is “who notices the bathroom,” you want a free solo plan, or you already live in a native cleaning app. Household sync is a paid add-on priced by household size ($25 / $40 / $80 a year for 2 / 6 / 12 people on their pricing page). Sequence will not tell you a sink is due because it has been 11 days; Tody will.
Cozi — calendar first, chores as lists
Cozi is a family organizer: shared color-coded calendar, grocery and to-do lists, recipes, and (on Gold and Max) more reminders and an ad-free house. Everyone in the account — up to 12 people — can sign in on the web, iOS, or Android. Their FAQ says you manage chores by assigning items on shared to-do lists, not as a separate ADHD initiation product.
Better than Sequence when soccer, dentist, and milk have to live next to “who empties the dishwasher.” Cozi Gold is $39/year for the whole family; Max is $79/year. The free tier is real, with ads. Sequence does not replace a family calendar. If the fight is “what time is pickup,” start with Cozi.
Tiimo — a visual day, not a chore chart
Tiimo is a visual daily planner built with neurodivergent users. It turns tasks into a timeline you can see: drag-and-drop schedule, focus timer, widgets, calendar import, and (on Pro) AI breakdown and the web planner. Their own writing describes shared access for up to five profiles on Pro. It is a day-shaping tool, which is why our ADHD to-do app page already points people here for a visual timeline.
Better than Sequence when time blindness is the bottleneck — you need to see the next hour, not the next household card. We will not quote a single dollar figure: Tiimo says Pro is monthly or yearly and the store shows the local price. Yearly plans include a 7-day trial; monthly bills immediately. Sequence will not become Tiimo.
Tidywell — ADHD chore chart with kids mode
Tidywell markets itself as an ADHD-friendly daily chore tracker: focus mode (one task and a timer), a spin wheel when you cannot choose, energy check-in, AI task breakdown, Live Sprints for body doubling, and a dollhouse that changes color by cleanliness. They say they avoid red shame colors. Kids Mode, dependent profiles, and photo approval are on the App Store listing. Free covers core chores; the US App Store lists Premium at $6.99/month or $39.99/year (their site shows pounds). One subscription covers the household.
Better than Sequence when you want a native chore game, kids’ furniture rewards, or a live sprint with a partner. Tidywell also keeps streaks (with freezes) and a sprint leaderboard. Sequence has no dollhouse, no kids mode, and no AI breakdown inside the board.
Dopami — one mission, then a reward
Dopami is an ADHD chore app for iOS and Android. It scores tasks against energy, time, urgency, and room, then surfaces one mission. Official pages say no streaks, no backlog shouting, and household sharing for up to six people without a scorekeeping dashboard. Finishing a mission earns XP, trophies, and cosmetics. The app is free; they sell an optional cosmetic premium pack. We could not find a public pack price on their site, so we do not invent one.
Better than Sequence when you want a native app that picks the start for you and you like a mascot / loot loop. Sequence also leads with one card, but you set the household order; Dopami’s algorithm ranks the next mission. Different brains want different choosers.
Todoist — still the strong list
Todoist remains a strong list and project manager: Quick Add, filters, labels, recurring dates, and native apps on nearly every platform. You can share a personal project with up to five people. Pro is $7/month or $60/year; Business is billed per user. Their help center is explicit: a Pro subscription is tied to one account and is not a family plan.
Better than Sequence when you think in projects and a personal GTD system that also covers work. Household chores can live in a shared project, but the product is not a color-lane household board. We wrote a longer fair compare at Todoist alternative for ADHD families.
How to choose by your bottleneck
Task initiation
If a long list freezes you, look for tools that hide the pile. Sequence shows one Up Next. Dopami scores one mission. Tidywell’s focus mode and spin wheel exist for the same freeze. A full Sweepy or Cozi list can still be a lot of tiles — that is not a flaw if you want the map.
Shared mental load
If one person is still the household’s noticing system, you need a board other people can see without a briefing. Sequence’s lanes, Together, and TV display are for that glance. Tody Premium+ syncs a live cleaning plan and FairShare targets. Cozi puts the calendar and lists on every phone. Sweepy and Tidywell share rooms and completions. Todoist shares a project; everyone still needs their own Pro for Pro features.
Kids
If the job is teaching chores with approval and a prize, Sweepy’s parent validation and Tidywell’s Kids Mode are built for that. Sequence can include kids on the household plan with their own color, but it will not mint coins or wait for a photo. Cozi can assign a to-do to a child; it will not gamify it.
Time blindness
If the day dissolves, a chore app is the wrong category. Tiimo makes the next block visible. Tidywell and Dopami attach minutes or energy to a single start. Sequence will not draw your afternoon as a timeline. Use a planner for time; use a household board for “whose card is this.”
We left OurHome off this list: the original family app appears discontinued, and newer apps using the same name are a different product. We also left off “Fair Play” apps. Eve Rodsky’s Fair Play is a book and card deck; several unofficial apps use similar names, and we will not pretend one of them is the official system.
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Sequence is a household productivity tool. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, therapy, or a substitute for professional care. Sweepy, Tody, Cozi, Tiimo, Tidywell, Dopami, and Todoist are trademarks of their owners. This page is an independent comparison. Competitor details were checked on official sites and store listings on 7 October 2026 and may change.