Comparison

Make a List! vs Nudge

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

Nudge

This app helps you remember recurring tasks with custom alarms. Set daily reminders for medicine, hydration, or family obligations. It's a simple tool to supplement your calendar for frequently forgotten activities.

Highlights
  • Custom alarm creation
  • Repeat alarms daily/weekly
  • Customizable alarm sounds
  • Optional 5-minute warning
  • User-friendly interface
  • Alarm customization (colors, icons, names)
  • Cross-device sync (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
Features
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Nudge is a simple daily schedule and alarm app for all the small things you keep meaning to do. Take your medicine. Drink some water. Roll the trash out. Stand up and stretch. Pick up the kids. Walk the dog. Call your mom and tell her you love her (dad too, he is waiting). A Nudge alarm takes about ten seconds to set up, and then it just shows up when you need it, like a friend who happens to be very good with time. Nudge is not trying to replace your calendar. Your calendar is for meetings and dentist appointments. Nudge is for the stuff you do over and over, the things that never make it onto a calendar and still manage to slip your mind. Pick a time, choose the days, pick a sound, then give it a name, a color and an icon so you know what it is at a glance. That is the whole setup. Nothing to learn, nothing to maintain. HOW PEOPLE USE NUDGE • Medicine, vitamins and refills, on time and on the right days • Water breaks and stretch breaks during long stretches at a desk • Trash and recycling night, so the truck outside is never a surprise • School pickup, practice, lessons and carpool • Feeding the dog, walking the dog, the cat's medicine • Walk, meditate, journal, whatever you promised yourself back in January • Calling the people you love more often than you currently do FEATURES • Create custom alarms in seconds • Repeat on any day, or any mix of days • Optional 5-minute warning bell so you can finish what you are doing first • Choose from a library of sounds • Name your nudges and give them colors and icons • Home screen widget with today's schedule at a glance • Ask Siri to create a nudge without opening the app • Light, dark, or match your system appearance • Mute everything for a quiet day without deleting a single alarm • Works on iPhone, iPad and Mac NUDGE PRO Pro removes all ads, syncs your nudges across iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud, and unlocks more icons and sounds. The free version keeps doing everything it always did. Got a nudge idea we should have thought of? Send it to us from inside the app. We read all of it.

Screenshots

Make a List!4 screens
Nudge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Make a List! at 1.7K against Nudge's 281. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 and Nudge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Make a List! against 4.6 for Nudge. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Make a List! has 1.7K ratings behind it against 281, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Make a List!'s written reviews are positive against 65% of Nudge's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make a List! ships an update every 2 weeks, Nudge every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Make a List! versus Nudge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake a List!Nudge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.7K ratings) — better4.6 (281 ratings)
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews — better64.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1.7K — better281
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB132 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFilippo MaguoloJeff Battson

Customer experience

Make a List!

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

Nudge

All ratings280 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral11.8%
Negative23.5%

User reviews

Make a List!

From 1.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Accessible for visually impaired users
  • 👍 Customizable settings
  • 👍 Useful for decorating lists
  • 👍 Provides pictures for list items
  • 👍 Easy to use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy, with items randomly disappearing from lists
  • 🐛 Unreliable list sharing
  • 🐛 Difficult to reorder lists
  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🔋 Excessive ads in free version

Nudge

From 281 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use interface
  • 🎨 Customizable colors, icons, and sounds
  • ⏰ Effective daily reminder functionality
  • 🔄 Cross-device syncing (phone and Mac)
  • 📱 Better than native iPhone reminders app

Room to improve

  • 📢 Excessive and intrusive ads
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model ($9.99/month)
  • 🔔 Notification/alert system unreliable
  • 📱 Limited iPad landscape mode support
  • ⚠️ App freezes and crashes

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

Nudge

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App freezes when turning on/off with recurring reminders
  • Notifications don't send despite being configured
  • Delayed notification delivery (requires hours to start working)
  • App crashes after initial setup
  • Ads difficult to close
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  • Aggressive ad interruptions during task creation

Requested features

14 requests
  • iPad landscape mode support
  • One-time/specific date reminders (not just recurring)
  • Apple Watch alert support
  • More interval options (every 4 days, specific Sundays, etc.)
  • Separate weekly schedules/templates
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  • Home screen widgets
  • Manual skip option for reminders
  • Mark reminders as done for the day
  • Light mode option
  • Ad-free premium version
  • Ability to set reminders multiple times per day
  • More emoji options (smileys, workout icons, etc.)
  • Repeating alert tones with ending alert option
  • Monthly event planning capabilities

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Make a List!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
2 purchases

Nudge

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Make a List! free?
Make a List! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nudge free?
Nudge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Make a List! or Nudge?
Make a List! is rated higher. Make a List! averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Nudge averages 4.6 from 281 ratings.
Do Make a List! or Nudge have ads?
Both Make a List! and Nudge show ads.
Which is updated more often, Make a List! or Nudge?
Make a List! ships an update every 2 weeks, and Nudge every 5 weeks. Most recently, Make a List! was updated on October 26, 2026 and Nudge on October 27, 2026.

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