Make List vs Mark.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Nested folder organization
- Uncheck All function
- Delete Selected items
- Offline backup via copy/paste
- Move items between folders
- Green line completion indicator
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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.
Mark.
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Mark is a notes and lists app that looks like paper and stays out of your way. Write a note. Make a list. Everything saves as you type, so there is no save button anywhere. HIGHLIGHT ANY LINE Color a single line of a list, the way you would with a marker: the thing to buy first, the one that matters, the one that's late. Give a whole note a color too. ON THE GRID Every note sits on a printed grid of rows and columns. Lay your board out as Flow, Grid or List, whichever way you think. LISTS THAT KEEP UP Check things off and they drop to the bottom. Tuck items under others. A link shows its page's title instead of the address. FIND IT AGAIN Pin notes to the top, add labels, archive what's done and search everything. Deleted notes wait in Trash for 7 days. YOURS, EVERYWHERE Sign in with your email, no password, and your notes sync with Mark on the web at markdot.app. Mark works offline and catches up when you're back. LIGHT AND DARK Mark follows your iPhone's appearance, or pick one in Settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads and no trackers. Your notes are yours: export everything or delete your account from Settings at any time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mark. at daily against Make List's every 5 weeks. Make List's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Make List ships an update every 5 weeks, Mark. daily. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Make List | Mark. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rod Bauer | Geoform LLC |
In-app purchases
Make List
No in-app purchases
Mark.
No in-app purchases









