Ikiru vs List & Done
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ikiru
Organize your life with this versatile app for creating lists, taking notes, and setting reminders. It helps you focus on what's important with a beautiful, user-friendly design and powerful features like nested lists and due dates.
- Create nested lists
- Set due dates and reminders
- Add photos to list items
- Sort list items dynamically
- Sync data via iCloud
- Protect data with Touch ID/passcode
- View items on Apple Watch
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Ikiru is a simple but powerful app for making lists, keeping notes and setting reminders. It aims to help you live a productive and meaningful life, by enabling you to focus on the things that are most important to you. IKIRU IS VERSATILE Use it to create to do lists, shopping lists, take notes, store contact information, keep track of books to read, or movies to watch... or anything else you'd want to make a list for. IKIRU IS BEAUTIFUL With a clean and easy to use design, choose from over 2000 icons to assign to your lists. IKIRU IS POWERFUL - create lists within lists - assign a due date and reminder to list items - view all items with a due date in one convenient timeline - add a photo to list items - drag and drop to sort list items, or automatically keep a list sorted alphabetically, by modification date, completion date, and more - easily copy or move items from one list to another - mark items incomplete to return them to their original position in the list (this makes lists easy to reuse) - send a list via email, and the receiver can import your list into their copy of Ikiru - view items with due dates on your Apple Watch IKIRU KEEPS YOUR DATA SAFE - automatically back up and sync lists between iOS devices using iCloud - use Touch ID or a custom passcode to protect your information IKIRU HAS PURPOSE The word "ikiru" (ee-kee-roo) means "to live" in Japanese. It's also the title of an Akira Kurosawa film about a man who decides to do something meaningful with his life. Ikiru (the app) is my attempt at doing something meaningful with my life, and hopefully help others live meaningful and productive lives. IKIRU HAS HISTORY In 2010 I released a list-making app called "Paperless". From busy moms to airplane pilots to people who needed a little help remembering things after suffering a brain injury, Paperless has been used by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Ikiru is built upon that legacy - incorporating the best ideas from Paperless, greatly improving upon them, and adding big features that people have requested. IKIRU NEEDS LOVE If you find Ikiru useful, please rate and review it in the App Store. Thank you!
List & Done
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List & Done is a free, ad-free to-do list and task manager for personal organization and shared lists. Keep everyday tasks, checklists, reminders and projects in one simple place without turning them into a complicated productivity system. Use it for a grocery or shopping list, household chores, errands, packing, travel plans, work tasks, project checklists, or anything else you want to get done. PERSONAL AND SHARED LISTS Create as many Lists as you need and keep them private or share individual Lists with other people. Sharing applies only to the List you choose, so the rest of your space stays separate. In a shared List, you can see who added or completed a Task, receive relevant activity notifications, and use Templates associated with that List. Template owners can also allow selected List members to edit a shared Template. PERSONAL REMINDERS Set one or more reminders for an active Task or for an entire List, choosing the date, time and delivery method. Reminders stay private to you. Other members cannot see whether you created them, how many you have, or when they will be delivered. PROJECTS Group related Lists inside Projects while keeping sharing rules at the individual List level. This makes it easy to organize work, trips, household planning, or larger sets of tasks without turning the whole Project into a shared workspace. TEMPLATES Save reusable checklists and groups of Tasks for things you do repeatedly. Apply a Template to an existing List, use it to create a new List, or distribute individual Tasks automatically across different destination Lists. NOTES AND HISTORY Add multiple Notes to a Task and review important changes in shared Lists through History. COMPLETED AND TRASH Completed Tasks remain available and can be reopened. Deleted Tasks move to Trash and can be restored before permanent removal. ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Use the same account on the Web, iPhone, and Android. The mobile apps can also show previously synchronized data while offline. FREE, WITHOUT ADS List & Done is free and contains no advertising. There are no premium features to unlock. Optional tips simply help support the project.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: List & Done at Free against Ikiru's $4.99. List & Done also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Ikiru's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (4 vs 1). On ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
List & Done is free to download; Ikiru costs $4.99 up front. List & Done sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Ikiru asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ikiru ships an update every 3 weeks, List & Done every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ikiru | List & Done |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (101 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 101 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | James Rhoades | FRANCESCO CASTALDO |
Bugs and requests
Ikiru
Reported bugs
4 issues- Reminders not working properly
- Syncing issues causing data loss
- Crashes after iOS updates
- Inability to disable Face ID lock
Requested features
5 requests- Add more formatting options (bold, italic, etc.)
- Improve search to allow searching within sublists
- Provide more customization options for themes and icons
- Add location-based reminders
- Implement better backup and restore functionality
List & Done
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ikiru
No in-app purchases
List & Done
- Small tip$2.99
- Medium tip$3.99
- Generous tip$8.99









