Comparison

Make a List! vs LensSentry

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

LensSentry

Features
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Camera glasses are everywhere now, and you usually can't tell when one is pointed at you. LensSentry listens for the Bluetooth Low Energy signals that camera glasses broadcast — Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta, Snap Spectacles, Amazon Echo Frames — and gives you a quiet, plainly worded heads-up. HONEST IN BOTH DIRECTIONS Most detectors hedge their alerts but let a quiet screen imply safety. LensSentry says both halves out loud, on the main screen, not buried in a help article: • A clear screen is not a guarantee. Glasses already paired and connected to a phone can go silent. • A detection is not proof anyone is recording. It means a matching signal is nearby. If that sounds like a product arguing against itself, it's the opposite. A privacy tool that overstates its own power is part of the problem. WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES • Listens for the manufacturer identifiers and service UUIDs that camera glasses broadcast, checked against the Bluetooth SIG registry and public field captures • Three plain states: All clear, Possible, or Likely nearby, with a rough proximity estimate • A session log of what was heard — first seen, last seen, peak signal • Mute your own glasses so they never hold the room on alert • Detection signatures update over the air, so new fingerprints reach you without waiting for an app update ON IPHONE, SPECIFICALLY LensSentry checks while the app is open. iOS does not let a third-party app scan continuously in the background in a way we would be willing to describe as reliable, so we don't describe it that way. Open the app, check the room. PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE These aren't policy promises we could quietly revise later. They're how the app is built. • No location. Bluetooth scanning is declared never-for-location at the operating-system level. The app cannot see where you are. • No accounts. Nothing to sign up for. • No ads, no analytics, no tracking of any kind. • Works fully offline. Its only network use is downloading signature updates. • Optional, off by default: share anonymous radio fingerprints of detected glasses to improve detection for everyone. No hardware addresses, no location, nothing about you. WHAT THIS RELEASE IS NOT This is an early release and we'd rather say so than let you find out. The detection engine is covered by 145 automated tests, but no software can promise it will catch every device, and glasses that are already connected and quiet are genuinely hard to hear. Treat LensSentry as a second opinion. That is what we would say about a finished version too.

Screenshots

Make a List!4 screens
LensSentry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Make a List! at Free against LensSentry's $2.99. Make a List! also leads on device support (3 vs 1). LensSentry's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On iOS requirement 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

Make a List! is free to download; LensSentry costs $2.99 up front. Make a List! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LensSentry asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Make a List! versus LensSentry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake a List!LensSentry
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (1.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFilippo MaguoloCurtis Vaughan

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

LensSentry

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Make a List!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
None

LensSentry

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Make a List! free?
Make a List! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LensSentry free?
LensSentry costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Make a List! or LensSentry have ads?
Make a List! shows ads; LensSentry does not.

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