Life Lists vs List ◎
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Life Lists
This super organizer helps manage checklists, notes, habits, groceries, and budgets with an AI assistant. It offers automatic sorting for groceries, gentle habit reminders, and tools like timers and focus modes. Folders and a daily overview keep everything tidy and accessible across Apple devices.
- AI-powered list creation and organization
- Automatic grocery sorting by aisle
- Habit tracking with streaks and reminders
- Comprehensive note-taking and journaling
- Budget management and pro/con lists
- Cross-device syncing with iCloud
- Customizable folders and visual themes
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Life Lists is the super organizer with a place for everything: checklists, notes, habits, groceries, budgets and more — with an assistant right under your lists that adds, answers and keeps it all tidy. EVERY KIND OF LIST • Checklists, prioritized and numbered lists, lists with sections • Groceries that sort themselves by aisle: add "apples" and it lands in Produce • Habits with streaks and gentle reminders • Reminders with due dates, repeats and subtasks • Notes, notebooks, a journal and stickies • Budgets that add themselves up, weighted pro/con lists, side-by-side comparisons • Packing lists with to-buy / have / packed statuses • People lists for birthdays and the details worth remembering • Photo albums, counters and a breathing timer • Tools beside your lists: timer, stopwatch, alarms, focus mode, voice memos and meeting notes AN AMAZING ORGANIZER • Folders for every part of your life — Home, Health, Family, Work — and folders within folders • Your day at a glance above your lists: what's due, what's late, your habits and the weather • Star an item to see it in Important; everything with a date shows in Upcoming • Search, sort, reset a checklist to do it again, archive a list to keep a record • Pin a list to open the app on it • 500+ icons and colors, unlimited lists, no ads AN ASSISTANT ON YOUR LISTS • Ask or add anything from the bar under your lists: "add milk and eggs", "what's left to pack?", "remind me Friday at 9" • Tap the mic and just say it • Ask a question and the answer becomes something you keep — a checklist, a budget, a pro/con list, habits — filed in the right folder • Snap a photo of a listing or a receipt and get the answer it implies: is it a good deal? how do we split it? • Organize automatically tidies as you go; every change is one tap to undo THE BEST GROCERY APP • Auto-section: every item lands in the right aisle • Build your own catalog to make long lists in seconds • One list per store, and reset it to shop again EVERYWHERE YOU ARE • iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, plus home screen widgets • Sync with iCloud and share a list with family and friends — or keep everything on your device YOUR DATA IS SAFE • Your lists live on your device and, if you choose, in your iCloud, secured by Apple • AI features send what you ask to our AI providers only after you allow it. Turn AI off anytime and Life Lists works as a classic list app.
List ◎
Easily create and manage lists and checklists with pre-made templates for common needs like packing or shopping. Sync your lists across all your iOS devices and set reminders to ensure nothing is forgotten. Organize items with custom categories and manage quantities.
- Pre-made list templates
- Pick suggested items
- iCloud sync across devices
- Duplicate and reuse lists
- Set reminders and notifications
- Customizable categories with emojis
- Manage item quantities
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List ◎ is an easy to use app that will let you create and maintain lists & checklists all in one place. ——— PICK SUGGESTED ITEMS ——— Get up and running with very little effort by using our Pick Suggested Items feature. We provide templates of popular lists so that you don't have to type them youself. From our Packing Template you can pick items from these categories: Essentials, Accessories, Baby, Backpack / Carry On, Beach, Camping, Clothing, Electronics, Food, Healthcare, Makeup, Shoes, Toiletries and many more! From our Shopping Template you can pick items from these categories: Baby Care, Beverages, Breakfast, Cleaning, Condiments, Eggs & Dairy, Frozen, Fruits, Meat, Poultry, Pet Items, Toiletries, Vegetables and many more! Also: Baby shopping list and cleaning checklist. More to come! That's it: your list will be ready without any typing involved. ——— SYNC YOUR LISTS ——— Created your list on your iPad but want to check it on your iPhone? Got a new iOS device and want to see your lists there? With iCloud sync we've got you covered: your lists will be with you on all your iOS devices as long as you are using the same Apple ID in them. ——— REUSE YOUR EXISTING LISTS ——— You can uncheck all items, duplicate a complete list or start a new list by importing some items from your previous lists. Do you have a weekly grocery list? Just uncheck all items after shopping and it will be ready for your next trip to the store. Travel often? Going to your dream vacation? Build your own Master List and refine it by removing stuff that wasn't useful on your last trip and adding things that you need. ——— SET REMINDERS ——— Want to make sure that you are not forgetting anything? Just set up a reminder, get a notification at the right time and relax! ——— CREATE YOUR OWN CATEGORIES ——— Organize your items by grouping them into different categories. You will be able to create as many categories as you need, and you can pick an emoji to better differentiate them. ——— MANAGE ITEM QUANTITIES ——— Set the quantities for your List items. ——— QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? ——— We love hearing from you and we read every single email you send us! Have suggestions? Please contact us at info@listmaker.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Life Lists at none against List ◎'s 1. Life Lists also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). List ◎'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. List ◎ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Life Lists asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Life Lists against 4.6 for List ◎. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.8K and 4.9K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Life Lists's written reviews are positive against 70% of List ◎'s.
Life Lists ships an update weekly, List ◎ every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Life Lists | List ◎ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.8K ratings) — better | 4.6 (4.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.0% of reviews — better | 70.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K | 4.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DG Apps, Inc. | Diego de Paz Sierra |
Customer experience
Life Lists
List ◎
User reviews
Life Lists
From 1.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💻 Versatile and customizable
- 📚 Excellent for organizing lists
- 🎨 Visually appealing and clean design
- 🆓 Free app with no ads or in-app purchases
- 🤖 Helpful for users with ADHD or autism
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
- ⚠️ Sync and backup issues causing data loss
- 🔍 Lack of search functionality in long lists
- 🔔 Frequent rating prompts annoying to some users
List ◎
From 4.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 📋 Helpful templates
- 🗂️ Ability to create multiple lists
- ✅ Straightforward checklist functionality
- 💻 Syncs across devices
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitchy performance (freezing, jumping lists)
- 🔍 Lack of search/duplicate prevention
- 🔄 Checked items not hidden/moved
- 🔒 Sync issues/data loss
- 💰 Aggressive upselling of premium features
Bugs and requests
Life Lists
Reported bugs
4 issues- Lists disappearing or getting corrupted
- Inability to paste text into list items
- Unexpected list item reordering
- Crash when trying to create new lists
Requested features
5 requests- Recurring reminders or to-do items
- Ability to sort lists manually
- Cross-device syncing and sharing
- Password protection for sensitive lists
- iPad and landscape mode support
List ◎
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when organizing lists
- Sync functionality not working as expected
- Premium upgrade not working properly
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to move/copy items between lists
- Implement a quick way to delete all completed items
- Add option to keep screen on during use
- Introduce custom alert sounds
- Improve sorting/filtering of large lists
In-app purchases
Life Lists
No in-app purchases
List ◎
- Premium Features$1.99








