Comparison

Life Lists vs Checklist

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Checklist

Create reusable lists for groceries, routines, packing, and more. Automatically generate lists from descriptions or photos, and track progress with satisfying visual cues. Sync across devices and access from widgets or your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Lists that write themselves from descriptions
  • Scan handwritten or printed lists
  • Ticked items move aside for clarity
  • Lists reset automatically for daily/weekly repeats
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app for managing lists
  • Syncs with iCloud across Apple devices
Features
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Smarter lists you'll use again and again. Checklist is for the lists you come back to: packing, groceries, morning routines, cleaning, moving day. Make a list once, tick it off, and it's ready for next time. LISTS THAT WRITE THEMSELVES • Describe it: "a weekend camping trip with the kids", and Apple Intelligence writes the list right on your device (on devices that support it). • Paste it: a list from Notes, a message or an email. Bullets, numbers and checkboxes are tidied away. • Snap it: take a photo of a handwritten or printed list, and Checklist types it out for you. TICK, TICK, DONE • A little confetti for every tick. • Ticked items step aside, so you always see what's left. • Drag to reorder, swipe to delete, and tap Uncheck all to start again. LISTS THAT RESET THEMSELVES Morning routines, gym bags, weekly chores: set a list to repeat daily or weekly, and it unchecks itself, ready for next time. REMINDERS THAT KNOW YOU'RE DONE A nudge at the right time, and none once everything's checked. 40+ TEMPLATES Weekend trips, groceries, a hospital bag, moving house, weddings, back to school, the holidays and more. You can save your own lists as templates too. WITH YOU EVERYWHERE • Tick items off from a widget on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. • Tick items off on your Apple Watch, and dictate new ones. • Add items with Siri, and find any list in Spotlight. • Keep your lists in sync with iCloud on iPhone, iPad and Mac. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account and no ads. Your lists stay on your device, or in your private iCloud if you turn on sync. Describe and Scan run on your device too, so the developer never sees your lists. CHECKLIST PRO Checklist is free to download. Checklist Pro unlocks Focus mode, sharing your lists, workouts, unlimited smart lists, iCloud sync, widgets, the Apple Watch app and your own templates. Repeating lists and reminders are free for everyone. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://usechecklist.app/privacy

Screenshots

Life Lists4 screens
Checklist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Life Lists at 4.6 against Checklist's 4.0. Life Lists also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 22). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Checklist sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Life Lists asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Life Lists holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Life Lists has 1.8K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Life Lists's written reviews are positive against 68% of Checklist's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Life Lists ships an update weekly, Checklist every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Life Lists versus Checklist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLife ListsChecklist
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.8K ratings) — better4.0 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews73.8% of reviews — better68.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1.8K — better22
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB69 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDG Apps, Inc.Ifeanyi Onuoha

Customer experience

Life Lists

All ratings1,826 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.9%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews130 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral11.5%
Negative14.6%

Checklist

All ratings22 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive68.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative31.6%

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

Checklist

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Life Lists

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Checklist

Subscriptions3
  • Checklist Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Checklist Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Checklist Pro Annual$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Founding Member Lifetime$24.99
  • Checklist Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Life Lists free?
Life Lists is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Checklist free?
Checklist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Life Lists or Checklist?
Life Lists is rated higher. Life Lists averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Checklist averages 4.0 from 22 ratings.
Do Life Lists or Checklist have ads?
Neither Life Lists nor Checklist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Life Lists or Checklist?
Life Lists ships an update weekly, and Checklist every 5 days. Most recently, Life Lists was updated on November 1, 2026 and Checklist on November 3, 2026.

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