Comparison

Lists Manager vs Surely

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

Head to head
About

Lists Manager

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With Lists Manager, you can create a list for whatever you want, from a shopping list to a to-do list, with a simple and beautiful​ UI. Just add a new list, add everything you need, and you're ready to go!

About

Surely

This app offers a streamlined approach to task management, focusing on completion rather than complex organization. It provides essential actions like completing, deleting, or deferring tasks, intentionally omitting features that might encourage procrastination.

Highlights
  • Complete tasks
  • Delete tasks
  • Defer tasks
  • Minimalist interface
  • Focus on task completion
Features
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Most todo apps give you lots of features to organize your todos. But you don't want to be spending time organizing your todos: you want to be completing them. Surely is a focused todo app giving you just the features you need to get your todos done. There are only three things you can do with a todo: * Complete it * Delete it * Defer it Here are all the features Surely doesn't have because they encourage you to keep more todos instead of completing them: * Separate defer dates and due dates * Complex ways of searching for todos * Separate lists of todos so you aren't looking at all of them at once * Bulk defer features. It should not be painless to defer many todos to the future; it should be painful to work with multiple todos so that you complete or delete them Surely is available for free on both iOS and the web.

Screenshots

Lists Manager3 screens
Surely4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Surely at none against Lists Manager's 3. Surely also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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. Lists Manager sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Surely asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lists Manager ships an update every 2 months, Surely every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lists Manager versus Surely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLists ManagerSurely
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShahar MelamedJosh Justice

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Lists Manager

One-time3
  • A Cup of Coffee$0.99
  • A Sandwich$1.99
  • A Meal$2.99
None

Surely

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lists Manager free?
Lists Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Surely free?
Surely is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lists Manager or Surely have ads?
Lists Manager shows ads; Surely does not.
Which is updated more often, Lists Manager or Surely?
Lists Manager ships an update every 2 months, and Surely every 6 weeks. Most recently, Lists Manager was updated on October 26, 2026 and Surely on October 30, 2026.

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