Masterlist vs Sessions
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Masterlist
This productivity tool combines advanced to-do lists with a customizable Pomodoro timer to enhance focus and organization. It offers offline access, detailed performance tracking, and rich note-taking capabilities. All data is stored locally for maximum privacy.
- Integrated task manager and Pomodoro timer
- Customizable focus intervals and background sounds
- Detailed productivity statistics and charts
- Privacy-focused local data storage
- Offline access to all features
- Smart checklists and unlimited reminders
- Rich text formatting for notes
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Masterlist: Focus & Tasks is your ultimate task manager and productivity tool. Combine advanced to-do lists, reminders, and a customizable Pomodoro Timer to stay organized and focused. Key Features: - Privacy-Friendly: All your data is stored locally, ensuring complete privacy. - Offline Access: Use the app without an internet connection; your data is always available. - Minimal Design, Maximum Features: Organize projects, checklists, tasks, and sub-tasks effortlessly. - Advanced Focus Timer: Customizable intervals, background sounds, and auto-start breaks. - Detailed Performance Tracking: Monitor your productivity with comprehensive stats and charts. - Smart Checklists: Automatically updated lists like "Today" and "Important". - Unlimited Reminders: Set reminders easily, with options for repeating tasks and smart scheduling. - Quick Actions & Widgets: Fast swipe actions and widgets for daily goals and timer status. - Rich Notes: Add detailed notes with rich text formatting. - Accessibility Support: Features like Dynamic Type and VoiceOver. - Dark Mode: Adapt the app to your preferences or device settings. - Indie Developer: Created by a solo developer in the USA who uses the app daily. - Community Support: Join our Discord community for help and sharing achievements. - Ad-Free Experience: No ads for Pro users. Why Choose Masterlist: - Tasks, reminders, pomodoro timer, all integrated - Comprehensive tracking and stats, all private - No syncing to remote servers - Always accessible, even offline - Simple yet powerful design - Local backups - Fully customizable and privacy-focused Stay updated: https://twitter.com/@MasterlistApp Thank you for choosing Masterlist: Focus & Tasks! Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://masterlistapp.com/privacy-policy/
Sessions
This discreet timer helps professionals manage session times without disrupting client flow. It syncs with your calendar and provides subtle notifications on your watch and phone, with a visual timer display for your desk.
- Calendar sync for automatic session setup
- Discreet Apple Watch notifications
- Visual timer display with color cues
- Lock screen and Dynamic Island integration
- Manual session entry option
- Session count tracking
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You're in the middle of a session and you can't check the clock without breaking rapport. Or perhaps you're between clients, and suddenly realize you've fallen behind schedule. Sessions is a simple timer app built around this problem. Your appointments sync from your calendar and turn into automatic timers to help keep you on schedule, discreetly. ON YOUR DESK Your iPhone displays a calm, full-screen timer, shifting color as the session winds down. It's big enough to read from across the room and subtle enough to leave sitting out. Don't want a number in front of you? Hide the countdown and keep only the full-screen color shift. ON YOUR WRIST • A tap when the session begins • One tap at the halfway point • Two taps at five minutes left • Three taps when time is up FROM YOUR CALENDAR Point the app at your calendar and the day fills itself in. It reads start times and nothing else. Titles, notes, and the people on the invite are never stored. Anything marked as supervision can be left out, and you can set the session length your practice actually runs. Prefer to add them by hand? That works too. YOUR CASELOAD, OVER TIME The app keeps a count of every session you finish. Your lifetime total, today, and this week are free. SESSIONS PRO A one-time purchase, not a subscription, and Family Sharing is included. • Home screen and lock screen widgets • Set goals, like the sessions you need toward licensure • How today compares to your usual Tuesday, and the hours you actually work • A heatmap of every day you've worked • Milestones and personal records • A rolling weekly average, and which way it's heading PRIVACY No account, no ads, no tracking, no server. Client names never enter the app, because there's nowhere to type one. Sessions stores times and nothing else. Your history stays on your iPhone, and in your own iCloud if you want it there. Built by a marriage and family therapist in training, in the evenings and between clients.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Masterlist at 11 against Sessions's 1. Masterlist also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.5). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Masterlist sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Sessions sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Masterlist against 5.0 for Sessions. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Masterlist has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Masterlist | Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ertugrul Harman | Presently Reading LLC |
Customer experience
Masterlist
Sessions
In-app purchases
Masterlist
- Masterlist Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Masterlist Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- Masterlist Little Tip$0.99
- Masterlist Small Tip$1.99
- One cup of coffee$4.99
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- Two cups of coffee$9.99
- Four cups of coffee$19.99
- Masterlist Pro$44.99
Sessions
- Sessions Pro$9.99









