Comparison

Purelist vs Timegres

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

Head to head
About

Purelist

This app helps organize thoughts and manage tasks with a minimalist approach. It focuses on core functionality for productivity, offering features like sorting, widgets, and indentation. An optional Pro version unlocks advanced features like reminders and iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Free item sorting
  • Home screen widget
  • Mark important items
  • Indentation for outlines
  • Search by item
  • Swipe to complete/delete
  • Add item descriptions
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Purelist is a thought organizer for those who are serious about their work or studies. Purelist prioritizes your focus on what's important, not adding extra features or decorations to get your attention. If you are looking for a motivational tool, Purelist may not be for you. However, if you need something simple to help you achieve your goals, it may be perfect for you. Purelist can be used for daily planning, task management, and note taking. It's helpful for habit checklists, lecture notes, and shopping lists. Its clean interface won't steal your time. There are no ads, and it doesn't collect your data. Purelist has no checkboxes in the list and is completed by swiping, so it can be used for both task management and idea capture. The star icon indicates the urgency of tasks or the importance of ideas. Purelist is designed to do more with less, so you don't get confused and lose the features you need. Use Purelist to increase your productivity! Key Features: • Sort tasks and items freely. • Show your list on your home screen at any time with the widget. • Mark important items to mark them more prominently. • Use indentation for easier writing and reading outlines. • No need to title your lists and tasks. • Easily search by item. • Smooth completion and deletion as you work with each item. • Add descriptions to items to manage items in detail. For Pro: • Sync lists between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud. • Set reminders for tasks and items. • View and manage reminders by date. • Quickly set reminders using date presets. • Send system notifications at set times. • Can repeat reminders on a daily, weekly, monthly, or annually schedule. • The list can be divided into groups to organize the list in more detail. • Subgroups can be added to a group.

About

Timegres

This planner helps you organize tasks, events, and goals by showing your available capacity. It allows you to schedule work realistically, keep related items connected, and reuse day templates. Sync your planning data across devices using iCloud.

Highlights
  • Capacity-aware scheduling
  • Integrated task and event management
  • Reusable day templates
  • iCloud sync
  • Planned vs. tracked time comparison
  • Private by design, no account needed
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Timegres is a capacity-aware planner for organizing tasks, events, goals, notes, and reusable day templates. It helps you understand how much open time you have, schedule work into realistic time blocks, and keep related tasks and goals connected. Timegres also offers iCloud sync so planning data can stay up to date across devices. Most calendars show what is already scheduled. Timegres also shows what can still fit. Plan around real capacity - See open time, committed time, and your longest uninterrupted open block - Check whether deadline tasks fit before the day gets overloaded - Fit pending tasks into open time with a preview you can adjust Work from one canvas - Keep tasks, events, reminders, notes, and countdowns together - Overlay Apple Calendar events read-only so meetings count against capacity - Switch between a time grid and agenda view Reuse what works - Save day templates for meeting days, admin days, writing days, recovery days, and more - Preview templates against your schedule and auto-arrange conflicts into open time Review and improve - Track actual time with a timer or manual logs - Compare planned versus tracked time - Use daily and weekly insights to spot patterns - Close the loop with recaps and area breakdowns Private by design - No Timegres account or sign-in - No analytics or tracking - Sync uses your private iCloud account - Apple Calendar access is optional and read-only - User-facing reminders and alerts are scheduled locally - JSON backup export when you want it Paid once. No subscriptions.

Screenshots

Purelist4 screens
Timegres4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Purelist at Free against Timegres's $7.99. Purelist also leads on ratings volume (41 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Timegres's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Purelist is free to download; Timegres costs $7.99 up front. Purelist sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Timegres asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timegres holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Purelist has 41 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Purelist ships an update fortnightly, Timegres every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Purelist versus Timegres: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPurelistTimegres
PriceFree — better$7.99
Rating4.6 (41 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings41 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShintaro MiyakeInoa Labs LLC

Customer experience

Purelist

All ratings41 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral7.3%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative10.7%

Timegres

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Purelist

Subscriptions4
  • Purelist Pro for Students14 Days trial$0.491 Month
  • Purelist Pro14 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Purelist Pro for Students14 Days trial$4.991 Year
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  • Purelist Pro14 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Purelist Pro for Students$24.99
  • Purelist Pro$49.99
None

Timegres

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Purelist free?
Purelist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timegres free?
Timegres costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Purelist or Timegres?
Timegres is rated higher. Purelist averages 4.6 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Timegres averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Purelist or Timegres have ads?
Neither Purelist nor Timegres shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Purelist or Timegres?
Purelist ships an update fortnightly, and Timegres every 2 weeks. Most recently, Purelist was updated on October 6, 2026 and Timegres on October 1, 2026.

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