Bucket List Maker vs Seruna
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bucket List Maker
Discover ready-made challenges and checklists for fun activities, personal growth, and life experiences. Organize your goals, from movies to travel, and track your progress. This app provides inspiration to live a more fulfilling life.
- Ready-made challenges and bucket lists
- Checklists for tracking progress
- Categorized ideas (Food, Travel, Movies, etc.)
- Sorted by emotional mood
- 5000+ things to do before you die
- Inspiration for personal growth
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Discover 10,000+ ideas for your bucket list, from everyday adventures to lifelong dreams. Check Marks helps you find something worth doing and enjoy the satisfaction of checking it off. Explore ready-made challenges, create your own lists, and turn more of your "someday" plans into experiences. READY-MADE IDEAS, NOT A BLANK PAGE Get inspired by 156 challenges across 12 categories. Find books to read, movies to watch, dishes to try, places to explore, creative hobbies, date ideas, outdoor adventures, and small ways to make everyday life more interesting. Plan a screen-free evening, try a new cooking technique, explore somewhere close to home, or start a family tradition. Your bucket list doesn't have to begin with a trip around the world. Browse by category or mood, or search for a challenge or an individual idea. Pick something that speaks to you and take the first step. LET SURPRISE ME PICK YOUR NEXT IDEA Not sure where to start? Tap Surprise Me to discover a Check Mark you might not have thought of. A new hobby, a small adventure, or something just for fun: inspiration can start with one tap. MAKE YOUR LISTS YOUR OWN Create Custom Lists for your personal goals, travel plans, reading list, or everyday projects. Add your own Check Marks and keep the things you want to do together in one place. Use a ready-made challenge when you need inspiration, or build a list around what matters to you. FIND YOUR 1,000 Take on a personal goal: complete 1,000 Check Marks. Start with one, then build your collection of things you've tried, learned, discovered, and experienced. See your progress, revisit completed Check Marks in My Achievements, and pick up where you left off in My Lists. Share a Check Mark as an image to celebrate a win or inspire someone else. BUILD HABITS ALONG THE WAY Some goals are things you do once. Others are things you want to keep doing. Create habit Trackers, choose a daily schedule or specific days of the week, and set reminders to help you keep going. Read a little more, make time for creativity, or build a routine that supports your bigger goals. GO FURTHER WITH CHECK MARKS PRO Start with free access and upgrade to PRO for the full library of 10,000+ ideas, unlimited Custom Lists and Check Marks within them, unlimited habit Trackers, and unlimited Surprise Me picks. Choose a monthly or annual subscription, or get Lifetime Access with a one-time purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled and can be managed in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime Access does not renew. Your next great memory can start with one small idea. Find it. Do it. Check it off.
Seruna
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Seruna is your daily wellness companion and private care circle — built to help you check in with yourself, understand your patterns, and stay gently connected with the people you love. CHECK IN EVERY DAY One quick daily check-in captures mood, sleep quality, energy, body notes, and habits. Each entry takes under a minute and builds a picture of your wellbeing over time. TRACK WHAT MATTERS - Habits — build streaks and stay consistent - Fasting — set eating windows and track progress - Period — log cycles and predict your next period - Hydration — count glasses toward your daily goal - Expenses — track spending by category - Relationship — celebrate milestones together - Tarot & Law of Attraction — daily reflection cards WATCH OVER YOUR ELDERLY LOVED ONES Worried about an elderly parent living alone? Add them to your Circle and Seruna quietly monitors their daily check-ins. If they haven't checked in for 3 days, you'll receive a gentle alert — so you always know they're okay, without needing to call every single day. YOUR CARE CIRCLE Invite family or close friends to your Circle. See a shared garden that blooms when everyone checks in. Everyone chooses exactly what they share — full privacy, always. SMART INSIGHTS Seruna surfaces patterns in your mood, sleep, and habits over time. Export a 30-day PDF summary any time — for your doctor, family, or yourself. WIDGETS Put Seruna on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Fasting countdown, habit checklist, hydration, period tracker, and more — at a glance, without opening the app. PRIVACY FIRST Your data lives on-device and in your private iCloud. End-to-end encrypted. Seruna never sells your data. You decide what your Circle sees. SERUNA+ (SUBSCRIPTION) Unlock Circle sharing, Monitored Members, Smart Health Insights, the 30-day PDF Report, and all premium Home cards. - Monthly — cancel anytime - Yearly — best value, cancel anytime Subscriptions renew automatically. Manage or cancel in Settings › Apple ID › Subscriptions. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bucket List Maker at every 11 days against Seruna's every 5 weeks. Bucket List Maker also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Bucket List Maker sells 24 in-app purchases, starting at $5.69 per month and Seruna sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bucket List Maker ships an update every 11 days, Seruna every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bucket List Maker | Seruna |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (248 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 248 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 207 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmitry Shapkin | Chih-Hao Chen |
Bugs and requests
Bucket List Maker
Reported bugs
8 issues- Custom tasks not saving after exiting the app
- Subscription stops working after app update
- Feedback button non-functional
- Inability to edit or delete custom list items
- Unclear how to save custom bucket lists
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- Cannot check achievements in progress bar
- Incorrect pricing displayed in App Store vs. in-app
- Unexpected charges despite free trial claims
Requested features
15 requests- Community and social features to compete with friends
- Points/rewards system for completed tasks
- Photo/video verification for achievements
- Calendar view for habit tracking
- Ability to edit or delete custom list items
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- Copy items from general lists to personal lists
- Progress tracking and achievement statistics
- Notes feature for individual items
- Category view on home page
- More sports-related challenges (football, etc.)
- Music-related ideas and suggestions
- Seasonal checklists (summer, autumn)
- One-time payment option instead of subscription
- Journaling feature for documenting adventures
- User connection and social networking
Seruna
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bucket List Maker
- PRO Version: Monthly$5.691 Month
- PRO Version: Monthly$7.191 Month
- The Challenge Tracker: Monthly$7.991 Month
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- PRO Version: Monthly$7.991 Month
- PRO Version: Monthly$8.591 Month
- PRO Version: 3 months$15.993 Months
- PRO Version: 3 months$17.993 Months
- PRO Version: Yearly3 Days trial$28.491 Year
- PRO Version: Yearly3 Days trial$35.991 Year
- PRO Version: Yearly3 Days trial$43.001 Year
- All Check Lists To Do: Yearly$44.991 Year
- PRO Version: Yearly3 Days trial$44.991 Year
- 100 Classic Books Challenge$1.99
- 77 funny ideas for dating$1.99
- Self-Love Challenge$1.99
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- Refresh your relationship$1.99
- The Main Bucketlist$1.99
- Challenge of cleanness$1.99
- At home date ideas$1.99
- Most inspiring movies$1.99
- Most Life Changing TED Talks$1.99
- Banned booklist challenge$1.99
- 100 Greatest Movies (All Time)$1.99
- All Bucket Lists: Lifetime$74.99
Seruna
- Seruna+ Monthly$3.991 Month
- Seruna+ Yearly$34.991 Year









