Comparison

Listy vs Formbook

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

Head to head
About

Listy

Organize and share your favorite movies, books, games, and more. Personalize your lists with custom styles and track what you've consumed. Discover new recommendations from others and keep your personal collections private by default.

Highlights
  • Save and track movies, books, games, and more
  • Personalize lists with custom icons and colors
  • Share lists with others
  • Follow lists from other users
  • Mark items as finished
  • Sync across devices with iCloud
Features
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Save what you want to watch, read, play or visit. Give every list your own style and share your favorite discoveries whenever you want. Keep movies, TV shows, books, video games, restaurants and links together. Track what you have finished and find your next choice among the things you have saved. YOUR LISTS, YOUR STYLE Personalize your collections with new Listy+ icons and colors. Recognize each list at a glance and make it your own. SHARE YOUR DISCOVERIES Publish the lists you want to share and follow lists from other people. Keep their recommendations close for whenever you need inspiration. SAVE NOW, ENJOY LATER Search by title or add content from other apps. Explore its details, add your own notes and use filters to find what you feel like enjoying next. KEEP TRACK OF WHAT IS NEXT Mark movies as watched, books as read and games as completed. Organize your saved collections and sort them your way. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Start organizing your personal collections without creating an account. Sync them across your devices with iCloud. You decide which lists to publish; published lists are shared online. Sign in to publish and follow lists. Listy includes free features and additional features with Listy+. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Formbook

This app allows you to create structured notes that function like database forms, saving you time and providing instant chart statistics. It supports collaboration, cross-device synchronization, and AI-powered form building with numerous field types.

Highlights
  • Form-based note creation
  • Instant chart statistics
  • Notebook sharing for collaboration
  • AI-powered automated form builder
  • 30+ form field types
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Export to PDF and CSV
Features
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Formbook: the revolutionary personal database app. Formbook is a new generation database app in which you create form based notes to easily store information. Formbook is the perfect app for structured information note taking. With Formbook, notes behave like database forms: create a notebook and define the fields you need to store your information. Form based notes have amazing benefits: - Gain a huge amount of time while taking notes as you just need to fill in form fields. - Instantly obtain chart stats on the data contained in your notebooks. - Share notebooks for collaboration with other Formbook users. Here are some usage examples. Create notebooks to: - Keep track of your progress in sport training. - Remember your favorite restaurants in places you visit. - Store your recipes. - Follow to do tasks. - Prepare a trip by describing the places to visit. - Keep track of any object inventory (with barcode reader). Formbook comes with a powerful dashboard feature that visually displays charts on your data. Personalize your charts and analyse data in detail. Formbook is cross device: notes are automatically synchronized on your iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch via iCloud. Formbook is also available on your Apple Watch: access your notes and notebooks directly from you Apple Watch. Formbook is powered by AI: save time with the new automated form builder. Enter your notebook name and Formbook infers the database fields. Choose among 30 form field types when conceiving your notebook structure: - Short text field - Long text field - Secret text field revealed by FaceID or TouchID - Code text field (programming languages) - Number - Currency - Stepper (number) - Slider (number) - Calculation (using the data from other fields) - Yes/No button - Date and Time fields - Duration - Images and photos - List of elements (with optional checkboxes) - List of tags - Rating (with stars) - Email (with compose button) - Address (with map access) - Phone number (with compose button) - URL (with browse button) - Barcode and QR code (with scan button) - Current location (latitude, longitude, address) Export your notes as PDF file and CSV file to use the data with spreadsheet apps.

Screenshots

Listy4 screens
Formbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Formbook at every 4 days against Listy's every 2 weeks. Formbook also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 60%) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.6). Listy's advantage is ratings volume (485 vs 32). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Listy sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Formbook sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. 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 — 4.6 for Listy against 4.5 for Formbook. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Listy has 485 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Listy's written reviews are positive against 80% of Formbook's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Listy ships an update every 2 weeks, Formbook every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Listy versus Formbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterListyFormbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (485 ratings) — better4.5 (32 ratings)
Positive reviews60.1% of reviews79.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings485 — better32
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.617.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIsmael Gonzalez-Nicolas y CanalMathieu Morgensztern

Customer experience

Listy

All ratings485 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral4.1%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews178 reviews
Positive60.1%
Neutral14.6%
Negative25.3%

Formbook

All ratings32 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews134 reviews
Positive79.9%
Neutral14.9%
Negative5.2%

User reviews

Listy

From 485 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

Formbook

From 32 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-use interface
  • 🔄 Seamless cross-device synchronization
  • 💰 One-time purchase with no subscription
  • 🎨 Clean, native Apple design aesthetic
  • 📊 Flexible field types and customization

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Limited search functionality (no field-specific search)
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes on macOS
  • ⚠️ Slow performance with large datasets
  • 📋 No table/spreadsheet view option
  • 🔐 Lack of password protection

Bugs and requests

Listy

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

Formbook

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Crashes on macOS Ventura and newer
  • Crashes when validating fields in new notes
  • Export functionality issues with CSV and PDF
  • Barcode field scans but cannot search by barcode
  • Star rating field too sensitive to accidental changes
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  • Performance degradation with photos in notes
  • Text field labels not visible in note panel
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • Import duplicates data instead of updating
  • Occasional freezing and slowness
  • Watch app syncing problems
  • In-app purchase requires repurchase after updates

Requested features

30 requests
  • Field-specific search functionality
  • Advanced multi-criteria filtering
  • Table/spreadsheet view for data
  • Password/biometric app protection
  • Rich text formatting (bold, italic, colors)
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  • File attachment support (PDFs, documents)
  • Drag-and-drop image insertion
  • Move notes between notebooks
  • Duplicate notebook without content
  • Advanced calculated fields with date math
  • Print functionality for records and lists
  • Customizable PDF export templates
  • Folder organization for notebooks
  • Read-only mode for records
  • Barcode scanning search capability
  • Calendar integration
  • Reminder/alert field with notifications
  • Multiple image support per field
  • Keyboard shortcuts/Shortcuts app integration
  • Collaborative sharing between users
  • Template creation for notebooks
  • Undo/backup functionality
  • Batch operations (edit, delete multiple)
  • Tag autocomplete with global tag list
  • Sub-tags support
  • Column/card view options
  • Adjustable font sizes
  • Home button for quick navigation
  • Bulk import with update option
  • Android version

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Listy

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
2 purchases

Formbook

One-time2
  • Notebook sharing$3.99
  • Additional fields pack$3.99

Questions

Is Listy free?
Listy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Formbook free?
Formbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Listy or Formbook?
Listy is rated higher. Listy averages 4.6 out of 5 from 485 ratings, while Formbook averages 4.5 from 32 ratings.
Do Listy or Formbook have ads?
Neither Listy nor Formbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Listy or Formbook?
Listy ships an update every 2 weeks, and Formbook every 4 days. Most recently, Listy was updated on November 7, 2026 and Formbook on November 3, 2026.

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