Comparison

Listy · Watchlist & Tracker vs NowStack

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

Head to head
About

Listy · Watchlist & Tracker

Organize and track all your favorite items, from movies and books to wines and links. Create custom lists, mark items as consumed, and use powerful filtering and ordering to manage your personal collection. Your data is saved privately on your device and can sync across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable categories
  • Track watched, read, or played items
  • Filtering and ordering options
  • Private, device-based storage
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Share Extension for tracking
  • Unlimited lists and folders
Features
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Track and organize everything you love in the same app: Build your personal watchlist and bookmark your favorite things using categories such as: Movies, Books, Video games, TV Shows, Board games, Wines, Beers or any Link. • Every category has a custom design. • Track what you've watched, read or played. • Use the filters and ordering options to see what's next. • Organize items across different lists with tags and flexible collections. • No sign-up needed, just download the app and start using it. • All your lists is saved privately on your device. • Use iCloud to sync your lists across all your devices. • Track quickly from any app using the Share Extension. • Publish compatible public lists to the web and share them as standalone pages. • Available for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch. Desktop app coming soon. More organized than a notes app Keeping lists in a notes app can become an incoherent mess. Listy's organization brings clarity and flexibility to your watchlist, bookmarks or read it later lists. Unlimited lists and folders Track unlimited lists and groups for categorizing all your stuff. Privately saved on your device • No user account needed, start using the app right away. • Your content belongs to you, export it with 1-tap. • Safely backup your content automatically on iCloud Drive. • Works fully offline—no internet connection required. Custom design for every category • Show what matters most for your content. • Special To-Do category to organize and track your tasks. • Links category helps you save interesting articles to read later. Track what you've achieved • Mark as watched, read, played, completed or even tasted. • Share an image of your list with your friends and family. Powerful ordering & filtering • See what's next at a glance. • Different ordering options for every category. • Order by Title, Completed, Rating, Recently added, Release date, or use manual ordering. • Use tags to build collections that bring together items from different lists. Track content from anywhere • Track content from any app using our sharing extension. Get all the details instantly • Get additional information each time you track new content. • Release dates, Ratings, Descriptions and additional metadata for every category. • Use notes to save additional relevant information about your content. Track content by title or name • Search by title or name to quickly track what you need. Synced across all your devices • Your content syncs automatically across all your devices. • Available for iPhone, iPad, macOS and Apple Watch. • Designed with care for every platform. Widgets, Spotlight & Dark Mode • Widgets for To-Do lists • Search on your iPhone, get results from Listy • Full Dark Mode support COMING SOON • New categories every month. • More ways to share and discover lists. • Apple TV version. --- OUR ACTIONS SPEAK FOR US (MANIFESTO) • Sustainable Business We believe in creating a tool that can be used for free by many, without exploiting personal information, by creating Pro features that a few will pay for. • Humble Cloud We store all your lists on your device, this means you own your content and we know nothing about you. This makes our infrastructure super-lightweight and private by default. • Honest Tracking We do use tools for analytics purposes, but we only store the critical information to help us improve Listy. We never send to third parties anything related to your content. • Responsible Third Libraries We are very careful about what we add to Listy. Other people's tools help us focus on improving the product but we do rely on those tools carefully and make sure they do not invade your privacy. Terms of Use: https://listy.is/terms-and-conditions/

About

NowStack

Features
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NowStack turns your to-do list into a stack — and puts one task on top: NOW. Instead of staring at forty things, you see the one that matters. Do it, and the next rises to the top. No projects to configure, no due-date guilt, no endless nesting. Just momentum. HOW IT WORKS • Push a task onto the stack — type it, add #tags inline. • The top card is your NOW. Everything else waits its turn. • Finish it with one tap; the next task takes its place. • Bump any task to the top the moment priorities change. FOCUS TIMER Give the current task 5, 10, 25, 50 minutes, or an hour. NowStack counts down and nudges you when time's up — a built-in time-box without the ceremony. STAY ON TOP OF IT • Tag and group tasks (#work, #home, #calls). • Drag to reorder; drop a task on top to make it NOW. • Set an Apple Reminder or block time on your Calendar. • Open links right from a task, and share anything into NowStack from Safari and other apps. SYNCS WITH YOUR MAC NowStack keeps your stack in sync across iPhone, iPad, and the NowStack Mac app over iCloud. Start on your phone, finish at your desk. Free for everyday stacks. A one-time unlock adds the focus timer, reminders, calendar, and export — no subscription, ever. Stop managing your list. Start doing the next thing. What's New (release notes) • Faster, smoother task stack • Tap the link icon to open a task's URL in your browser • Cleaner focus-timer and task editor • Bigger, easier-to-tap row buttons • Fixes to reordering and NOW focus

Screenshots

Listy · Watchlist & Tracker4 screens
NowStack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NowStack at every 8 days against Listy · Watchlist & Tracker's every 2 weeks. NowStack also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Listy · Watchlist & Tracker's advantage is device support (5 vs 3). On price, 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 · Watchlist & Tracker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and NowStack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Listy · Watchlist & Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, NowStack every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Listy · Watchlist & Tracker versus NowStack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterListy · Watchlist & TrackerNowStack
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (480 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings480 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size171 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIsmael Gonzalez-Nicolas y CanalAlexander Fitterling

Bugs and requests

Listy · Watchlist & Tracker

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

NowStack

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Listy · Watchlist & Tracker

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

NowStack

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$5.99

Questions

Is Listy · Watchlist & Tracker free?
Listy · Watchlist & Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NowStack free?
NowStack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Listy · Watchlist & Tracker or NowStack have ads?
Neither Listy · Watchlist & Tracker nor NowStack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Listy · Watchlist & Tracker or NowStack?
Listy · Watchlist & Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, and NowStack every 8 days. Most recently, Listy · Watchlist & Tracker was updated on October 12, 2026 and NowStack on October 10, 2026.

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