Comparison

Check List vs Substrack

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

Head to head
About

Check List

Organize and track your to-do lists, shopping items, or project preparations with ease. This app offers a simple interface to manage tasks, check progress at a glance, and even display completed items on your home screen widget. Share your lists with others to collaborate effectively.

Highlights
  • Organize to-dos, shopping, and projects
  • Track progress at a glance
  • Home screen widget for quick checks
  • Swipe to edit or delete items
  • Reorder list items
  • Share lists with others
Features
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Checklist is an app that allows you to simply organize and check to-dos. You can organize a project in progress or a list of items to buy. You can also organize the preparations you need to take care of without forgetting and use them for cooking recipes. You can check the progress at a glance. You can check it as a widget on the home screen. - Swipe left to edit or delete - Change the order of the list - Check the completed items in the widget - Easily check progress - Share your list to people

About

Substrack

Track recurring expenses with a D-DAY countdown, widgets, and notifications. Easily add and manage subscriptions, and visualize your spending habits with detailed statistics. Features iCloud backup and dark mode for a seamless experience.

Highlights
  • Manage recurring expenses
  • D-DAY countdown
  • Widgets and notifications
  • Subscription browsing and adding
  • Expense statistics
  • iCloud backup
  • Dark mode
Features
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Primary Features • Manage Your Regular Expenses with D-DAY, Widget, Notifications • Browse and Easily Add Subscriptions • Examine Your Regular Expense Statistics Additional Features • iCloud Backup • Dark Mode • Optimized for iPad

Screenshots

Check List4 screens
Substrack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Check List at $0.49 against Substrack's $4.99. Check List also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). Substrack's advantage is review sentiment (87% vs 78%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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

Check List costs $0.49 and Substrack $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Check List ships an update weekly, Substrack every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Check List versus Substrack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheck ListSubstrack
Price$0.49 — better$4.99
Rating2.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews86.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShin DongkwonJinkyum Park

Customer experience

Check List

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral5.6%
Negative16.7%

Substrack

Written reviews15 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%

In-app purchases

None

Check List

No in-app purchases

None

Substrack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Check List free?
Check List costs $0.49, with no in-app purchases.
Is Substrack free?
Substrack costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Check List or Substrack have ads?
Neither Check List nor Substrack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Check List or Substrack?
Check List ships an update weekly, and Substrack every 3 weeks. Most recently, Check List was updated on September 9, 2026 and Substrack on September 22, 2026.

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