Comparison

Make List vs Don't Let Me Forget

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

Don't Let Me Forget

Never miss important dates or tasks again. This app allows you to set recurring or one-off reminders for anything you need to remember, from birthdays to appointments. It offers customizable notifications and cross-platform syncing.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited reminders
  • Categorize reminders by contact or general
  • Edit and delete reminders
  • Auto-delete, reschedule, or disable reminders
  • Cross-platform support (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
  • iCloud sync
  • Customizable background images (Subscription)
Features
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Never again forget an anniversary, birthday, appointment.... or to pick up the kids from school! Don't Let Me Forget will remind you of anything you deem important enough to want to remember. Is this a recurring event? No problem, set it up once and tell it how often it should remind you. Once off? No problem! Don't Let Me Forget is free to download and use and is 100% AD FREE! It collects no personal information and thus shares nothing with third parties, even us! Free to use but does offer a paid upgrade that gives you advance warning of upcoming reminders. For example, have an anniversary coming up? Give yourself enough time to buy a gift with a 4 week early notification and a 2 week follow up reminder! Never be accusing of forgetting ever again. Features include: * Create as many reminders as you want * Find your reminders either by contact if it relates to a specific person or via the general purpose Reminders tab if not * Reminders can be edited or deleted at any time * Reminders can auto delete after they fire, reschedule themselves for a future date or disable themselves, ready for you to edit at a later date * Full cross-platform SwiftUI (iPhone, iPad, Mac) * iCloud sync via CloudKit * Contact integration * Clean native UI on every platform * Subscription gating via StoreKit 2 * Customizable background images (Subscription) * Smart per-reminder advance notifications with background refresh (Subscription) Terms Of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mybadstudios.com/privacy-policy-dont-let-me-forget/

Screenshots

Make List4 screens
Don't Let Me Forget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Don't Let Me Forget at 5.0 against Make List's 3.0. Make List's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Don't Let Me Forget sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Make List asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Don't Let Me Forget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make List ships an update every 5 weeks, Don't Let Me Forget monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Make List versus Don't Let Me Forget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake ListDon't Let Me Forget
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRod BauerRyunosuke Jansen

Customer experience

Make List

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Don't Let Me Forget

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Make List

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Don't Let Me Forget

Subscriptions1
  • Premium$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Make List free?
Make List is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Don't Let Me Forget free?
Don't Let Me Forget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Make List or Don't Let Me Forget?
Don't Let Me Forget is rated higher. Make List averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Don't Let Me Forget averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Make List or Don't Let Me Forget have ads?
Neither Make List nor Don't Let Me Forget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Make List or Don't Let Me Forget?
Make List ships an update every 5 weeks, and Don't Let Me Forget monthly. Most recently, Make List was updated on October 6, 2026 and Don't Let Me Forget on October 2, 2026.

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