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Should you build your own Tody?

Schedule household chores by flexible frequency and show a neutral shared history

Buildable · the essentials fit in one project
Price $0.83/moEstimated savings $9.96/yrEstimated time one sittingCategory HomeCatalog votes 0

The core loop is small enough for a capable coding agent to produce a useful local version in one sitting. For Tody, schedule household chores by flexible frequency and show a neutral shared history. The hard boundary is mobile polish, household sync, reminders, and motivating interaction design, plus sync, integrations, and household adoption.

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The complete prompt
Build a personal replacement for Tody in an empty repository.
Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, SQLite, Drizzle ORM, and a local-first PWA; do not offer alternative stacks.
The core loop is: schedule household chores by flexible frequency, show a neutral shared history, share or print a simple plan, and keep data portable and owner-controlled.
Make the first run work locally with one documented command.
Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward.
Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials.
Create household members, shared lists, calendar items, recipes or inventory records, and assignments.
Provide fast mobile-first capture with large controls, offline queueing, and conflict-safe sync to one server.
Support recurring chores or events, reminders, completion history, and printable views.
Add CSV or JSON import and export plus photo attachments with clear size limits.
Allow private and shared items and make every change attributable and undoable.
Add backups, household export, member removal, and a simple invite code.
Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states.
Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs.
Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path.
Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps.
Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane.
Deliberately leave out retailer ordering and proprietary product catalogs.
Deliberately leave out broad smart-home integrations.
Deliberately leave out large public recipe libraries and polished native mobile clients.
Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used.

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What would building your own look like?

Schedule household chores by flexible frequency, show a neutral shared history, share or print a simple plan, and keep data portable and owner-controlled.

What you will need

Why paying can still make sense

People still pay for Tody because household apps survive when every family member actually uses them and the data stays current across devices. The recurring cost buys multi-user conflicts, reminders, notifications, imports, barcode data, smart-home APIs, backups, and long-term maintenance, not just the visible interface.

What you lose

xmobile polish, household sync, reminders, and motivating interaction design

xfrictionless family sync

xretailer and smart-home integrations

xlarge recipe or product database

xmobile polish

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Free alternatives

Prefer something ready-made?

GrocyRecurring chores with due dates and history, bundled inside a tiny home ERP.9.4kJul 2026Open source↗DonetickTody with shared assignments, flexible recurrence, and a history nobody can quietly rewrite.2.4kAug 2026Open source↗

License, setup, and limitations for each alternative.

Plans and pricing

How much does Tody cost?

In your currency · US DollarChecked on 10/20/2026
Monthly billing
$0.83/mo
Per year
$9.96/yr
Buy on the official site

You complete the purchase on Tody’s site. Vibe Radar does not handle payments.

Build or buy

Is it cheaper to build or buy Tody?

Adjust the numbers: hours to build, your hourly rate, running costs and the subscription price.

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Build it yourself
Horizon
Subscribe$20
Build it yourself$1,520

Over 24 months, subscribing is cheaper.

Starting hours estimated from the analysis (one sitting). Does not price what you give up (support, integrations, security).

Frequently asked questions
Can I rebuild Tody?

Yes. A competent AI coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) can build a usable personal Tody replacement in one session with the prompt on this page. It runs on your own machine or server with no subscription.

How much does Tody cost?

Tody costs about $0.83/mo (Premium, checked 10/20/2026), which is $9.96 per year. That’s what you save by replacing it with one prompt.

What do I lose by replacing Tody?

Honestly: mobile polish, household sync, reminders, and motivating interaction design; frictionless family sync; retailer and smart-home integrations; large recipe or product database; mobile polish. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.

Is there an open-source alternative to Tody?

Yes: Grocy (Recurring chores with due dates and history, bundled inside a tiny home ERP.) Donetick (Tody with shared assignments, flexible recurrence, and a history nobody can quietly rewrite.) The prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.

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