Shortlist vs Projectpal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shortlist
Organize all your favorite things, from restaurants and books to movies and music, in one place. Share recommendations with friends, post reviews, and set reminders to never forget a great suggestion again.
- Manage lists of favorite items
- Share recommendations with friends
- Post reviews
- Create personal collections
- Set reminders
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Meet the app that manages ALL the lists of ALL the things you love. The restaurants, the books, the oh-I-always-forget-the-name-of-that-place, the TV shows, the movies, the music, and the-random. Keep up with your lists in one place and share recommendations with your friends––and get theirs. Post reviews, make reminders, and create personal collections so you never lose a good recommendation again. Now you finally have the app for all your favorite things. Shortlist: A place for your favorite things. Love it. Shortlist It!
Projectpal
Connect with other young women in NYC to find roommates, discover city events, and join topic-based communities for advice and recommendations. Share insights on everything from beauty and dining to apartment hunting and local spots.
- Roommate finder
- City event discovery
- Topic-based communities
- Local recommendations
- Advice sharing
- Beauty and lifestyle tips
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Welcome to girl internet. Projectpal connects girls to the coolest people, places, and things. All in one world built for you. Discover communities around the topics you actually care about. From beauty secrets and apartment advice to your latest obsession, favorite brands, and everything currently taking over your group chat. Ask questions. Share opinions. Find recommendations. Connect with girls who get it. Explore curated guides to the best things to do, try, buy, and talk about — powered by girls with taste. Because the best discoveries have always come from other girls. We just built a place for them to live. Step into girl world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Projectpal at 5.0 against Shortlist's 3.7. Projectpal also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%). Shortlist's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Projectpal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Shortlist's written reviews are positive against 100% of Projectpal's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shortlist | Projectpal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lightbox Labs Incorporated | Project Pal, Inc. |
Customer experience
Shortlist
Projectpal
In-app purchases
Shortlist
No in-app purchases
Projectpal
No in-app purchases
