Comparison

Life Lists vs Threaded

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

Threaded

Features
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Ideas are not tasks. Threaded is the ultimate space for your creative flow. Designed for thinkers who realize that great ideas need time to breathe, Threaded separates your brainstorms from your chores. Capture and Evolve Don't just take notes—build threads. Add to your ideas over time with text, voice recordings, and images. Our asynchronous approach lets you grow a tiny spark into a full-scale project without the pressure of a "due date." Distraction-Free Focus Enter Focus Mode to eliminate noise. Dedicated UI ensures your only priority is the thought in front of you. Never Lose Your Place With Resume Points, you can jump back into any idea exactly where you stopped. Perfect for long-form writing or complex business planning. AI-Powered Insights Let AI handle the heavy lifting. Generate recaps of your thinking process to see patterns, summarize long threads, and find the core of your latest obsession. Flexible Capture: Voice Notes & Audio: Record your thoughts on the go (Pro feature). Visual Context: Attach images and documents to enrich your ideas. Smart Categorization: Organize by App Idea, Business, Personal, Research, and more. Threaded is more than a notebook—it's a home for the things you aren't ready to "finish" just yet. Download Threaded and give your ideas the space they deserve. Privacy Policy: https://threaded-ideas.me/#/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Life Lists4 screens
Threaded4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Life Lists at none against Threaded's 1. On price, ads, device support 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. Threaded sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Life Lists asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Life Lists versus Threaded: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLife ListsThreaded
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB70 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDG Apps, Inc.Michael Sabino

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

Threaded

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Life Lists

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Threaded

Subscriptions1
  • Threaded Pro$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Life Lists free?
Life Lists is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Threaded free?
Threaded is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Life Lists or Threaded have ads?
Neither Life Lists nor Threaded shows ads.

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