Dirtfree

As someone who is neurodiverse, I often struggle with maintaining regular housekeeping routines and often find myself overwhelmed when trying to tackle it all. The dirt free app has been incredibly helpful with helping me breakdown tasks by area. I love that there is a list of tasks that I can choose to add to my routine since I can easily forget certain things like, rescaling my coffee maker! I was like, “oh yeah, that’s important!” Now dirt free will put it on my task list every 30 days. I also really enjoy the little motivational awards and “streaks.” Making housekeeping a game makes it way more fun and ensures I’m more likely to continue using this app. I would love it if there was a way to share my stats with an “accountability buddy” kind of like how Fitbit does with their steps so you can “compete” with friends. Oh, I also love the colorful pie charts and scales that show my apartment’s house cleanliness % as well as each room’s individual cleaning score. I’ve tried TONS of task and to-do apps and this one by far has been the most ADHD friendly. I highly recommend it to anyone & everyone ☺️

This is it! This has everything I’ve been looking for in a chore app. Maybe I want to add specific-to-my-house chores but I really don’t want too much freedom. I have ADHD so I can spend hours setting these types of apps up with super specific things that just set me up for failure. This keeps the chores clear and consistent and rotates them so your day is never impossible. Looking at my long long long list of chores makes me freeze in fear. But Dirtfree takes that option away and gives me daily tasks that I can pick out to fit my home. With the last update, I can now assign chores to my family members which is amazing!! So helpful! And I love how they can either make an account on my phone (my daughter) or have their app linked to our house I set up on their own phone (my husband.) I really enjoy the badges. I need little collections like that to feel any positive reinforcement at all. The percentages of how dirty or clean each room is help too because it lets me prioritize if I won’t be able to get to every chore that day. And I love that the chores automatically roll-over when I do take a day...or two...or a week off from chores and I gotta know where to start to dig out! Any “bug” I’ve found has been tiny and fixed in minutes after I asked for help. I can’t wait to see how this app expands and keeps it fresh because I’m in love!

I am the first to admit I have had a long history of neglecting the care of my home. I grew up in a household that cleaned as a marathon chore before visitors arrived so I never established a habit of regular tidying and maintenance. This app is really perfect for people like me who are intimidated by the sheer volume of tasks that need to be done around the house. After requesting a bit of basic information about your home, it suggests a thorough list of tasks and corresponding recurrence on which those tasks are usually completed (daily, monthly, etc.). Once you've set it up, the app provides a short list of tasks to do each day and you mark them complete when you're done. It prompts you (surprisingly gently) if it looks like you forgot to do any tasks on a particular day. There are even badges! Dirtfree is new so there are a few features missing that I wish were included, such as custom tasks (you're limited to the ones included) and list sharing. The interface can also occasionally be clumsy, e.g. if you have multiple bedrooms or bathrooms it's a little tough to know which one you're supposed to be cleaning. Also, be aware there IS a subscription involved, but the price is very fair for the work put into the app.