Comparison

Keep It Mobile vs Listy · Watchlist & Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Keep It Mobile

This app is a powerful notebook and document organizer for mobile devices. It allows users to create and edit various file types, scan documents, manage PDFs, and archive emails. Organize everything with folders, tags, and color-coded labels for easy retrieval.

Highlights
  • Create and edit notes, rich text, plain text, and Markdown files
  • Scan documents and edit PDFs
  • Archive emails and save web links
  • Organize with folders, tags, and color-coded labels
  • Search across file names, content, and dates
  • Share items via iCloud
Features
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Keep It for iPad and iPhone is a powerful notebook and document organizer that can be used on its own or in conjunction with Keep It for Mac, available separately. Keep It can create and edit notes, rich text, plain text and Markdown files, scan documents, edit PDFs, archive emails, save web links in a variety of formats, preview and search just about any kind of file, and organize these in a variety of ways. All the files, folders and tags you store in Keep It are available in the Files app, can be opened and edited in other applications, and shared with other Keep It users via iCloud. Notes, Documents and Everything Else • Create notes with styles, checklists and attachments that look good and read well on all your devices • Create and edit rich text, plain text and Markdown files • Adjustable display margins and word count available in all Keep It’s text editors • Scan documents, add photos or videos, and save any kind of file to Keep It’s library • Edit PDFs, play movies, and preview everything else with Quick Look • Save web links for offline viewing as PDFs or web archives • Create templates or empty files in any format using stationery • View and work with mail messages and their attachments • Merge multiple items into a single note Organize • Use folders to organize things hierarchically • Swipe right on a folder to focus the sidebar on it and its children • Add tags to items and filter items with one touch using the Tag Filter • Use color-coded labels to quickly identify items • Use bundles to collect items together and see them in more than one place • See favorite items, and add lists to the Favorites Bar • All lists can have their own sort settings and colors Works With Other Apps • Add text, links, and files to Keep It using its share extension • Access and manage all the files, folders and tags you add to Keep It in the Files app • Open files for editing in other apps from within Keep It or their document browser • Share items in Keep It to other apps using the Share sheet • Drag text, images, links, files and mail messages to Keep It • Automate Keep It with Shortcuts Search • Search for items by their names, kind, content, dates, tags and more • Combine suggestions to create complex queries with ease • Step through found text in notes, editable text documents, web pages, and PDFs • Save searches to the sidebar for reuse Keep It on iPad • Use Quick File to file items quickly using a keyboard-friendly interface • Use Quick Open to quickly navigate to any list or item by typing its name • Constrain the width when editing notes or text files in full screen mode • Annotate PDFs and images and add sketches to notes with Apple Pencil And More… • Use the Recents list to see things you’ve added or viewed lately • Share folders and items with other Keep It users via iCloud • Encrypt any file with a password • Copy clickable links to items and lists in Keep It • See items that link to the current item and navigate between them SUBSCRIPTIONS Use of Keep It Mobile requires a paid subscription that you can purchase in the app. A choice of monthly and yearly subscriptions is available, and these include a free trial. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account following the free trial, unless you cancel the subscription at least 24-hours before the end of the trial period. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of Use: https://reinventedsoftware.com/keepit/ios/terms.html

About

Listy · Watchlist & Tracker

Organize and track all your favorite items, from movies and books to wines and links. Create custom lists, mark items as consumed, and use powerful filtering and ordering to manage your personal collection. Your data is saved privately on your device and can sync across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable categories
  • Track watched, read, or played items
  • Filtering and ordering options
  • Private, device-based storage
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Share Extension for tracking
  • Unlimited lists and folders
Features
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Track and organize everything you love in the same app: Build your personal watchlist and bookmark your favorite things using categories such as: Movies, Books, Video games, TV Shows, Board games, Wines, Beers or any Link. • Every category has a custom design. • Track what you've watched, read or played. • Use the filters and ordering options to see what's next. • Organize items across different lists with tags and flexible collections. • No sign-up needed, just download the app and start using it. • All your lists is saved privately on your device. • Use iCloud to sync your lists across all your devices. • Track quickly from any app using the Share Extension. • Publish compatible public lists to the web and share them as standalone pages. • Available for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch. Desktop app coming soon. More organized than a notes app Keeping lists in a notes app can become an incoherent mess. Listy's organization brings clarity and flexibility to your watchlist, bookmarks or read it later lists. Unlimited lists and folders Track unlimited lists and groups for categorizing all your stuff. Privately saved on your device • No user account needed, start using the app right away. • Your content belongs to you, export it with 1-tap. • Safely backup your content automatically on iCloud Drive. • Works fully offline—no internet connection required. Custom design for every category • Show what matters most for your content. • Special To-Do category to organize and track your tasks. • Links category helps you save interesting articles to read later. Track what you've achieved • Mark as watched, read, played, completed or even tasted. • Share an image of your list with your friends and family. Powerful ordering & filtering • See what's next at a glance. • Different ordering options for every category. • Order by Title, Completed, Rating, Recently added, Release date, or use manual ordering. • Use tags to build collections that bring together items from different lists. Track content from anywhere • Track content from any app using our sharing extension. Get all the details instantly • Get additional information each time you track new content. • Release dates, Ratings, Descriptions and additional metadata for every category. • Use notes to save additional relevant information about your content. Track content by title or name • Search by title or name to quickly track what you need. Synced across all your devices • Your content syncs automatically across all your devices. • Available for iPhone, iPad, macOS and Apple Watch. • Designed with care for every platform. Widgets, Spotlight & Dark Mode • Widgets for To-Do lists • Search on your iPhone, get results from Listy • Full Dark Mode support COMING SOON • New categories every month. • More ways to share and discover lists. • Apple TV version. --- OUR ACTIONS SPEAK FOR US (MANIFESTO) • Sustainable Business We believe in creating a tool that can be used for free by many, without exploiting personal information, by creating Pro features that a few will pay for. • Humble Cloud We store all your lists on your device, this means you own your content and we know nothing about you. This makes our infrastructure super-lightweight and private by default. • Honest Tracking We do use tools for analytics purposes, but we only store the critical information to help us improve Listy. We never send to third parties anything related to your content. • Responsible Third Libraries We are very careful about what we add to Listy. Other people's tools help us focus on improving the product but we do rely on those tools carefully and make sure they do not invade your privacy. Terms of Use: https://listy.is/terms-and-conditions/

Screenshots

Keep It Mobile4 screens
Listy · Watchlist & Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Listy · Watchlist & Tracker at 5 against Keep It Mobile's 2. Keep It Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Keep It Mobile sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Listy · Watchlist & Tracker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Keep It Mobile against 4.6 for Listy · Watchlist & Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 641 and 483 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Keep It Mobile's written reviews are positive against 60% of Listy · Watchlist & Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keep It Mobile ships an update fortnightly, Listy · Watchlist & Tracker every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Keep It Mobile versus Listy · Watchlist & Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeep It MobileListy · Watchlist & Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (641 ratings)4.6 (483 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.8% of reviews60.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings641 — better483
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB171 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSteve HarrisIsmael Gonzalez-Nicolas y Canal

Customer experience

Keep It Mobile

All ratings642 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.0%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews155 reviews
Positive56.8%
Neutral10.3%
Negative32.9%

Listy · Watchlist & Tracker

All ratings480 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral4.2%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews178 reviews
Positive60.1%
Neutral14.6%
Negative25.3%

User reviews

Keep It Mobile

From 641 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Powerful organization features
  • 🔒 Secure and private data storage
  • 👍 Intuitive and clean interface
  • 💡 Versatile note-taking and file management
  • 🚀 Reliable syncing across devices

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and sync issues
  • 💰 Subscription-only model for mobile
  • 🔍 Inconsistent search and preview functionality
  • 🔧 Bugs and stability problems
  • 🔒 Concerns about data lock-in

Listy · Watchlist & Tracker

From 483 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Effective list management
  • 👍 Clean and intuitive UI
  • 💡 Useful media integration
  • 🚀 Automatic metadata retrieval
  • 👍 Visually appealing design

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Syncing and data loss issues
  • 🐛 Buggy behavior and crashes
  • 🔒 Lack of privacy/security options
  • 🔒 Paywalled features
  • 🐛 Inconsistent performance

Bugs and requests

Keep It Mobile

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes randomly disappearing after sync
  • Inability to delete items from 'All Items' view
  • Typing cursor issues and UI lag
  • Unreliable 'Save for Offline' functionality

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to edit note dates
  • Improve photo and image handling
  • Implement web clipping and article saving
  • Add Dropbox/Google Drive sync options
  • Introduce a one-time purchase option

Listy · Watchlist & Tracker

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Inability to add items to lists
  • Disappearing list data after updates
  • Unresponsive UI elements
  • Incorrect metadata display
  • Sync issues between devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to create custom lists
  • Improved sorting and filtering options
  • Collaborative list sharing
  • Reminders and notifications
  • More customization options

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Keep It Mobile

Subscriptions2
  • Keep It for iPad and iPhone14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Keep It for iPad and iPhone14 Days trial$19.991 Year
10 purchases

Listy · Watchlist & Tracker

Subscriptions7
  • Pay monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pay weekly$1.997 Days
  • Pay monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
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  • Listy+ Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pay yearly1 Month trial$9.991 Year
  • Pay yearly$10.991 Year
  • Listy+ Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time3
  • Lifetime 50%$14.99
  • Lifetime$39.99
  • Listy+ Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Keep It Mobile free?
Keep It Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Listy · Watchlist & Tracker free?
Listy · Watchlist & Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Keep It Mobile or Listy · Watchlist & Tracker?
Listy · Watchlist & Tracker is rated higher. Keep It Mobile averages 4.5 out of 5 from 641 ratings, while Listy · Watchlist & Tracker averages 4.6 from 483 ratings.
Do Keep It Mobile or Listy · Watchlist & Tracker have ads?
Neither Keep It Mobile nor Listy · Watchlist & Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Keep It Mobile or Listy · Watchlist & Tracker?
Keep It Mobile ships an update fortnightly, and Listy · Watchlist & Tracker every 2 weeks. Most recently, Keep It Mobile was updated on October 29, 2026 and Listy · Watchlist & Tracker on October 29, 2026.

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