Comparison

Listy vs Pentimento

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

Head to head
About

Listy

Organize your favorite movies, books, games, and more into personalized lists. Track what you've consumed and discover new content from others. Customize your lists with unique styles and share your curated collections.

Highlights
  • Save and track movies, books, games, and more
  • Create personalized and stylish lists
  • Share discoveries and follow other users' lists
  • Search and add content from other apps
  • Mark items as watched, read, or completed
  • Sync collections 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

Pentimento

This app helps painters and realist artists document their creative process, catalogue their artwork, and track sales. It allows you to add dated progress photos, record details about each piece, and manage its status from creation to sale. Showcase finished works with customizable presentation options.

Highlights
  • Document painting stages with dated photos
  • Catalogue artwork details (title, medium, dimensions)
  • Organize work into collections
  • Track artwork status (in-progress, sold)
  • Record sales and consignment details
  • Showcase finished pieces with custom backgrounds
  • Private, on-device storage
Features
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A pentimento is the trace of an earlier idea that shows through a finished painting. A finished painting buries its own history — the underdrawing, the dead layer, the glaze that changed everything. Pentimento keeps that record. A private studio companion for painters and realist artists. Document the process Add dated progress photos to each piece and label the stage — underdrawing, imprimatura, dead layer, block-in, glazing, varnish. Every painting keeps a full timeline, and a progress reel plays the stages back as a short video. Catalogue your work Record title, kind, medium, support, dimensions, and notes for each piece. Group work into collections — a show, a series, a gallery's stock, a collector's set. Keep the records Track status from in-progress to at-gallery, on consignment, or sold. Keep consignment records with the gallery, commission rate, and dates. Hold sale provenance — price, buyer, gallery, and commission — so a piece's history is never lost. Showcase a finished piece Present any work in a drawn frame on a choice of textured walls, and share the image. Light and dark appearance. Alternate app icons. Everything is stored on your device — no account, no cloud, no sign-in. Private by default. Free to use with one project and one collection. Pentimento Unlimited removes the limits with a single one-time purchase of $9.99 — not a subscription. Your art, in progress.

Screenshots

Listy4 screens
Pentimento4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pentimento at every 2 days against Listy's fortnightly. Pentimento also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Listy's advantage is ratings volume (485 vs 1) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Pentimento sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pentimento holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Listy has 485 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Listy ships an update fortnightly, Pentimento every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Listy versus Pentimento: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterListyPentimento
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (485 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings485 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size176 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIsmael Gonzalez-Nicolas y CanalHugh Prysten

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

Pentimento

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Listy

Subscriptions7
  • Pay monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pay weekly$1.997 Days
  • Pay monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
Show 4 more
  • 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
1 purchases

Pentimento

One-time1
  • Pentimento Unlimited$9.99

Questions

Is Listy free?
Listy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pentimento free?
Pentimento is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Listy or Pentimento?
Pentimento is rated higher. Listy averages 4.6 out of 5 from 485 ratings, while Pentimento averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Listy or Pentimento have ads?
Neither Listy nor Pentimento shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Listy or Pentimento?
Listy ships an update fortnightly, and Pentimento every 2 days. Most recently, Listy was updated on November 10, 2026 and Pentimento on October 31, 2026.

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