Comparison

Make a List! vs Pon

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Unlimited list creation
  • List sharing
  • Push notifications
  • Audio and picture attachments
  • Due dates
  • Cross-device synchronization
Features
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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

About

Pon

Easily track member attendance for various activities like meetings, classes, or events. Record presence or absence with simple one-tap operations and customize status categories. Supports 15 languages for global usability.

Highlights
  • Group and member registration
  • One-tap attendance recording
  • Customizable attendance status categories
  • Event-based attendance management
  • Multilingual support (15 languages)
Features
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This is an app to manage the members' attendance. You can record and keep track of your members' attendance status ("present" or "absent") with simple operations. This app can be used for a wide range of purposes, including attendance management for meetings, classes, events, money collection, duty assignment, etc. *** Group *** You can register a name and members for the group. You can see the attendance of the members registered for each event in a tabular format. *** Event *** You can manage each event related to the group. By touching a member's name on the screen, the attendance status of that member changes. You can take attendance with just one tap on a member. *** Category *** You can set the category of the member's attendance status. In addition to ”present" and "absent", you can add your own categories such as "late", "remote", and "planned". *** Language *** This app supports 15 languages: English, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, German, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Thai and Vietnamese.

Screenshots

Make a List!4 screens
Pon3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Make a List! at 4.6 against Pon's 2.5. Make a List! also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 2). Pon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (76% vs 66%). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Make a List! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pon asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Make a List! holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Make a List! has 1.7K ratings behind it against 2, 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 76% of Pon's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make a List! ships an update every 2 weeks, Pon every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Make a List! versus Pon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake a List!Pon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.7K ratings) — better2.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews76.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.7K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFilippo MaguoloSohta Itoh

Customer experience

Make a List!

All ratings1,736 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews148 reviews
Positive66.2%
Neutral6.8%
Negative27.0%

Pon

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral19.0%
Negative4.8%

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

Pon

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Make a List!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
None

Pon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Make a List! free?
Make a List! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pon free?
Pon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Make a List! or Pon?
Make a List! is rated higher. Make a List! averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Pon averages 2.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Make a List! or Pon have ads?
Both Make a List! and Pon show ads.
Which is updated more often, Make a List! or Pon?
Make a List! ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pon every 4 months. Most recently, Make a List! was updated on November 2, 2026 and Pon on November 3, 2026.

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