Melo vs Lists & Reminders Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Melo
This app offers a straightforward and visually appealing way to manage daily tasks on iOS devices. Its focus is on quick, simple task creation within a detailed, colorful interface designed for efficiency.
- Simple task management
- Colorful user interface
- Quick reminder creation
- iOS exclusive design
- Efficient task manager
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Melo is designed and built exclusively for iPhone and iOS. His goal is to make the management of daily tasks quick and easy while immersed in a colorful and simple user interface, but treated in detail, in full iOS style. Melo's strength is simplicity and immediacy: it is the app for those who are looking for a simple and efficient task manager with a beautiful user interface. Just few taps and your reminders are already in Melo's head.
Lists & Reminders Pro
Organize your daily tasks and important events with this intuitive to-do list and task manager. Schedule reminders, set repeating alarms, and sync your lists across devices. Share lists with others for collaborative organization.
- Add/Edit list items
- Schedule reminders with notifications
- Comprehensive repeating alarms
- Swipe to delete/sync
- Automatic synchronization across devices
- Share lists with other users
- Add notes and customize list colors
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xList is a simple to-do list and task manager with reminders. xList will enable you to organise your day-to-day life and remind you of key events. You can share your lists with your devices, iPhones and iPads using iCloud to synchronise the data. If you upgrade to xList Pro you will have the ability to share your lists with other xList users. Key Features: • Add/Edit list items • Schedule reminders to get notifications of when tasks are due • Comprehensive repeating alarms can be set, from hourly through to yearly • Swipe to delete lists and items • Swipe down to pull the latest changes from iCloud • Automatically synchronise your lists between devices and other xList users • Uses iCloud database to manage your list data • Add notes to list and items for more detail • Choose a colour for your list • Choose a notification sound from settings List ideas • Shopping list • To do list • Holiday packing list • Birthdays • Appointments • Payments due • Books to read • Films to watch • Work tasks • Xmas present list
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Melo at 4.9 against Lists & Reminders Pro's 1.0. Melo also leads on ratings volume (17 vs 1). Lists & Reminders Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Melo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lists & Reminders Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Melo holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Melo has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 75% and 75% positive.
Melo ships an update every 3 months, Lists & Reminders Pro every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Melo | Lists & Reminders Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (17 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edoardo Vicoli | MARK MANSER |
Customer experience
Melo
Lists & Reminders Pro
In-app purchases
Melo
- Melo+$2.99
Lists & Reminders Pro
- Pro Version$3.99
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