Make a List! vs Simple Checklist Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Make a List!
Create and share unlimited lists with friends and family. Automatically syncs across all your iOS devices and Mac. Supports audio notes, pictures, and due dates for enhanced organization.
- Unlimited list creation
- List sharing
- Push notifications
- Audio and picture attachments
- Due dates
- Cross-device synchronization
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Fast and easy way to create FREE unlimited lists to share with your friends and family! "Make a List!" automatically synchronises all your lists with all your iOS devices and Mac (app on Mac App Store). Key features: • Push Notifications • List sharing • Audio notes attachment • Picture attachment • Highlighted text • Marked item • Export list • Print list • Comments • Due dates Data synchronisation requires iCloud Drive enabled. For feedback or suggestions write to info@makealist.net
Simple Checklist Widget
Create and manage simple checklists for various tasks like travel packing, to-do lists, or shopping. Switch between up to four different checklists easily using tabs for organized management.
- Create simple checklists
- Manage tasks and shopping lists
- Switch between four checklists
- Organized tabbed interface
- Ideal for travel packing
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It is an application that can create a simple checklist. Because it is simple making, complicated functions and operations are not necessary. Confirmation of belongings of travel, management of task tasks, shopping list etc. Various usage methods. Up to four checklists can be switched from tabs so that they can be used freely according to the application. Please try once. ・Terms of Use https://eeggs.jp/terms-of-use-en
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Verdict
Make a List! and Simple Checklist Widget both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 81% of Simple Checklist Widget's written reviews are positive against 66% of Make a List!'s. Make a List!'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 178). On price, rating, 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. Make a List! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Simple Checklist Widget sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Make a List! holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Make a List! has 1.7K ratings behind it against 178, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Make a List!'s written reviews are positive against 81% of Simple Checklist Widget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Make a List! ships an update every 2 weeks, Simple Checklist Widget every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Make a List! | Simple Checklist Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.7K ratings) — better | 4.5 (178 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.2% of reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 178 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Filippo Maguolo | EasterEggs |
Customer experience
Make a List!
Simple Checklist Widget
Bugs and requests
Make a List!
Reported bugs
6 issues- Items randomly disappearing from lists
- Duplicate lists being created
- Inability to view new list entries
- Reordering lists not working as expected
- Syncing issues between devices
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- Compatibility problems with Apple Watch
Requested features
7 requests- Add alarm functionality
- Allow sub-tasks within lists
- Improve list sorting and reordering
- Provide a way to delete entire lists
- Remember previously added items to avoid retyping
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- Add more color and icon options
- Improve Apple Watch integration and complications
Simple Checklist Widget
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Make a List!
- Remove Ads$3.99
Simple Checklist Widget
- No Ads Plan$0.991 Month
Questions
Is Make a List! free?
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