Comparison

Make List vs Day Stacks

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Make List

Organize daily tasks, shopping lists, or any to-do with this fast checklist app. Create nested folders for deep organization and easily back up or share lists via text. A green line indicator confirms when all items are checked.

Highlights
  • Nested folder organization
  • Uncheck All function
  • Delete Selected items
  • Offline backup via copy/paste
  • Move items between folders
  • Green line completion indicator
Features
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Make List App is a great tool ranging from organizing every day 'take to work' list, using the 'Uncheck All' to clear the list for another use, to food shopping or todo list, and finally using the 'Delete Selected' to delete checked items. Since every item in every list in Make List App can be a folder, Make List let's you organize your lists without limiting the number of folders and subfolders you can use. The 'Options' menu can be customize to hide/show some of the options in the Settings screen. Other power features include: • Simple offline backup via copy paste. - Using the 'Copy Selected to Pasteboard' from the Options menu, you can copy all selected items of a list to the device's pasteboard. You can paste it anywhere from an email to any other text App on the device. The Paste List from pasteboard completes the cycle by letting you import from the device's pasteboard. This means you can either backup or share by any text app (such as Messages or Mail). • Move items between folders - Similar to 'Copy/Paste from pasteboard' but done internally without the device's pasteboard. Simple function to move items between folders. • Green line indicator when all items are checked. - Very handy on longer lists. You can make sure all items are selected without inspecting them all visually. When the last selectable items is selected, a green line will light up, indicating that all items are selected.

About

Day Stacks

Features
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Day Stacks is a task manager built around one idea: focus on today. No complicated projects. No overwhelming lists. Just your tasks for the day, laid out as simple cards. HOW IT WORKS - Pick a day, add your tasks - Set times if you need them, or leave them blank - Swipe left or right to move between days - Sort by time or drag to reorder manually FEATURES • Clean, card-based design • Optional time scheduling (supports times past midnight for night owls) • Color-code your tasks • Swipe between days • Dark mode support • Undo deleted tasks Day Stacks won't try to be your calendar, your project manager, or your second brain. It just helps you see what's on your plate today and tomorrow. Free to use with ads. One-time purchase to remove them.

Screenshots

Make List4 screens
Day Stacks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Make List at none against Day Stacks's 1. Make List also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.6). Day Stacks's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). On price and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Day Stacks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Make List asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make List ships an update every 5 weeks, Day Stacks every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Make List versus Day Stacks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake ListDay Stacks
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRod Bauerkazuki oshino

In-app purchases

None

Make List

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Day Stacks

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Make List free?
Make List is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Day Stacks free?
Day Stacks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Make List or Day Stacks have ads?
Day Stacks shows ads; Make List does not.
Which is updated more often, Make List or Day Stacks?
Make List ships an update every 5 weeks, and Day Stacks every 10 days. Most recently, Make List was updated on October 6, 2026 and Day Stacks on October 10, 2026.

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