Comparison

Simple List vs Where Is It

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

Head to head
About

Simple List

Create and share shopping lists and checklists. Organize items with details like quantity and price, and track their status while shopping. Easily copy, move, and import/export lists via messages or XML files.

Highlights
  • Create custom lists
  • Add item details (quantity, price, store)
  • Mark items as pending or completed
  • Sort lists with various options
  • Copy/move items between lists
  • Share lists via message or XML
  • Import lists from XML
  • Offline functionality
Features
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This app helps in creating and sharing simple Shopping Lists and Checklists. You can define new lists as and when needed. A list can be used in Input mode which allows you to add items with details about quantity, price, store, etc. The list can also be used in Display mode which allows you to mark items as Pending or Completed or Not Available, to help you on the go while shopping. You can sort the list using various sort options. The app provides options to Copy an existing list into a new list or Copy/Move items from an existing list into a new list. You have got an option to share the list as a message which will be received in the messages app by the recipient. You have also got an option to share the list as a XML file attachment which the recipient can open in this app on their device. You can also import list from an XML file created by this app on some other device. A list can be printed if required. This app can work completely offline.

About

Where Is It

Features
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Find anything in your home — a photo-first inventory organized by room. **THE PROBLEM** Where did you put the spare charger? The good scissors? That box of holiday lights? Every household has hundreds of small things, and remembering where each one lives is the kind of friction that nobody ever solves — until you're tearing apart drawers. **WHY YOUR NOTES APP ISN'T ENOUGH** Drop household items into the same notes app where work ideas, shopping lists, and meeting prep already live, and they get buried — filtering them out becomes its own search problem. Notes apps are built around text too, not photos, but you remember what a thing looks like, not what it's called. **THE SOLUTION** Where Is It uses your camera as the front door. Open a room, point at an object, snap. The app organizes every photo by the room it lives in — Living Room, Kitchen, Bedroom, Garage — so "where did I put it" is one tap, one scroll. Share a household with your partner over iCloud, in real time. Photo-first. Private by default. No ads, no tracking.

Screenshots

Simple List4 screens
Where Is It3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Where Is It at none against Simple List's shown. Simple List's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.1). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple List ships an update fortnightly, Where Is It every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Simple List versus Where Is It: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple ListWhere Is It
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMIIN LtdSeung-Un Ham

In-app purchases

None

Simple List

No in-app purchases

None

Where Is It

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple List free?
Simple List is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Where Is It free?
Where Is It is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple List or Where Is It have ads?
Simple List shows ads; Where Is It does not.
Which is updated more often, Simple List or Where Is It?
Simple List ships an update fortnightly, and Where Is It every 6 weeks. Most recently, Simple List was updated on October 9, 2026 and Where Is It on October 14, 2026.

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