Crit List vs Riverbed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crit List
This task manager helps you focus on your most critical to-dos by displaying only the top 10 tasks at a time. Easily manage tasks with intuitive swipe gestures for moving or deleting them. It also offers a web version for access across devices.
- Focus on top 10 critical tasks
- Swipe right to move tasks
- Swipe left to delete tasks
- Task status cycling (later, critical, complete)
- Web version available
- Developed quickly for demonstration
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Simplify your life by keeping a special TODO list of only your most critical tasks. Each list shows only the top 10 tasks, that way you’ll never overload yourself! Swipe right to move a task. Swipe left to delete a task. Full swipe right to move a task to the a default destination: later -> critical critical -> complete complete -> later Crit List is also available on Web: https://critlist.jamesonsaunders.com Crit List was developed on camera in 2 days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiRmjngNALA
Riverbed
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Riverbed allows you to manage your personal information the way you want. It allows you to build mini-databases that let you interact with your data the way that works best for you—all without writing any code. And because you can make changes in the same app that you browse your data in, you can always adjust Riverbed to work the way you need it in the moment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Riverbed at every 2 months against Crit List's every 22 months. Crit List's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Crit List ships an update every 22 months, Riverbed every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 6, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crit List | Riverbed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bot Group LLC | Josh Justice |
In-app purchases
Crit List
No in-app purchases
Riverbed
No in-app purchases
