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An alternative to the Organised Mum app
The Organised Mum app, now called TOM: The Organised Method, gives you a fixed cleaning routine with a room for each weekday. If you would rather have a planner that fits your chores around your own calendar, and also covers paperwork and people, SortYourMind is an alternative. Both aim for short sessions instead of a lost weekend.
The app many people know as the Organised Mum app, from Gemma Bray, is now listed as TOM: The Organised Method in the App Store. On Google Play it is still listed as The Organised Mum.
What TOM does well
- A clear routine, so you never have to decide what to clean today
- Short daily sessions instead of a whole weekend of cleaning
- A Bootcamp to get started and deal with problem areas first
- A deeper clean that rotates, so nothing is forgotten for long
Side by side
| TOM | SortYourMind | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is about | A set routine: the Daily Do's (a quick tidy of about 15 minutes), the TOM 30 (thirty minutes on a set room each weekday) and a Weekly Focus deep clean on an 8-week rotation, after a Bootcamp to get started | Plans your chores, paperwork and plans with people in your free time, around your calendar |
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad and Android; the App Store also lists Macs with Apple silicon. No web version mentioned. | Web on any phone, tablet and computer; iPhone and Android apps are coming |
| Calendar | No calendar connection mentioned by the maker or in the stores | Outlook directly (reads busy times, places blocks as busy); Google Calendar and others through the secret iCal address (read only). In Plus. |
| Price | 7-day free trial, then 3.99 pounds a month (maker's help page and UK App Store) | Basic free; Plus 39 euros a year or 4.99 euros a month; Family 59 euros a year for up to 5 accounts; 30 days free, no card |
| Using it together | The maker says each user needs their own subscription; no shared household features mentioned | Family: up to 5 accounts, each with their own plan. No shared task list. |
| Ads and privacy | Not stated by the maker or in the stores | No ads, no tracking, servers in the EU (Frankfurt) |
Checked on 14 October 2026 on the makers' own sites, the UK App Store and Google Play. Apps change; if in doubt, check their own site.
A room-of-the-day routine in SortYourMind
If you like the idea of a set room on a set day, you can build it yourself: in SortYourMind each room is a theme and a routine can repeat on fixed weekdays. The app then looks for time for it around your appointments on that day.
- One theme per roomLiving room, bedrooms, hall and stairs, kitchen, bathroom.
- A routine on a fixed weekdayFor example the living room every Monday, thirty minutes.
- A short daily routineA quick tidy every day, at a time that suits you.
- Let the app find the timeIt places the blocks in your free time, and replans from now when your day changes.
Which one suits you?
| Choose | If you |
|---|---|
| TOM | like a ready-made routine that tells you which room to clean each day, and are happy to follow it as it is |
| SortYourMind | want to set your own rooms and rhythms and have them planned around your appointments, together with your paperwork and your people |
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How SortYourMind does it
What SortYourMind does differently
SortYourMind is not a cleaning game and not a family calendar, but a calm planner that schedules your chores, paperwork and plans with people around your calendar automatically. Every room of your home is a theme with routines on their rhythm, and the app finds time for them in your free hours.
- SyMslots in your free time, around your appointments
- Recalculate when your day changes
- Waiting for reply and seeing who you have not spoken to in a while
- No ads, no tracking, servers in the EU
No card needed. Basic stays free. Works in the browser on any device.