Comparison

Life Lists vs TabChecklists

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 app helps you organize everything in your life with customizable checklists, notes, habit trackers, and more. It offers advanced features like subtasks, sections, and visual customization with icons and colors. Keep your data private locally or sync across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable checklists and notes
  • Habit tracking for recurring tasks
  • Workout logging and tracking
  • Budgeting and cost calculation
  • Visual customization with icons and colors
  • Syncing across Apple devices
  • Collaboration on lists
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

TabChecklists

Organize your tasks and lists efficiently with a tabbed interface. Manage shopping lists, to-do items, and belongings with color-coded categories and intuitive controls. Supports dark themes for a visually pleasing experience.

Highlights
  • Tab-based list management
  • Save frequently used items
  • Select/Deselect all items
  • Reorder lists via long-press
  • Easy tab swiping
  • Color-coded categories
  • Dark theme support
Features
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A simple and easy-to-use checklist application that can be managed by tabs is now available! By managing tasks in tabs by category, such as shopping lists, to-do lists, and belongings lists, you can organize tasks efficiently in an easy-to-read manner. Main Features - Tab-based management: Manage lists with multiple tabs, such as shopping lists, to-do lists, and things-to-do lists - Frequently used lists: Save frequently used items and add them immediately - Select All / Deselect All: New feature to operate checklists all at once - Long-press to reorder: Allows you to freely rearrange the order of your lists - Easy swiping: Switching between tabs is a breeze - Visually pleasing design: Color-coded categories are easy to see and intuitive - Supports dark themes Recommended for - Users who want to manage their shopping lists efficiently - Users who want to organize their daily tasks and never forget to do them - Users who want to manage their belongings in a checklist Simple, intuitive operation and easy-to-read design make daily task management a breeze. Download now and start efficient task management! Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Screenshots

Life Lists4 screens
TabChecklists4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Life Lists at 74% against TabChecklists's 0%. Life Lists also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, update cadence and 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

Both are free to download. TabChecklists sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Life Lists asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Life Lists holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Life Lists has 1.8K ratings behind it against 1, 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 0% of TabChecklists's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Life Lists ships an update weekly, TabChecklists every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Life Lists versus TabChecklists: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLife ListsTabChecklists
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.8K ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews73.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.8K — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDG Apps, Inc.Shota Higa

Customer experience

Life Lists

All ratings1,819 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.9%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews130 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral11.5%
Negative14.6%

TabChecklists

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

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

TabChecklists

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Life Lists

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TabChecklists

Subscriptions1
  • TabLists Pro$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Life Lists free?
Life Lists is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TabChecklists free?
TabChecklists is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Life Lists or TabChecklists?
Life Lists is rated higher. Life Lists averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while TabChecklists averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Life Lists or TabChecklists have ads?
TabChecklists shows ads; Life Lists does not.
Which is updated more often, Life Lists or TabChecklists?
Life Lists ships an update weekly, and TabChecklists every 4 days. Most recently, Life Lists was updated on October 24, 2026 and TabChecklists on October 17, 2026.

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