Deadline App vs Airlist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deadline App
Easily create and manage all your important deadlines. Receive timely notifications to ensure you never miss a due date. Visually track the remaining time for each task.
- Create deadlines
- Set notifications
- Track time left
- Deadline management
- Task reminders
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Create deadlines Set notifications for them Track the time left
Airlist
Organize your thoughts, ideas, and tasks with an intuitive outliner. Create nested lists for groceries, projects, or anything else, and sync them across all your Apple devices. Features include widgets, dark mode, and advanced search.
- Infinitely nested lists
- Cross-device syncing
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Dark Mode support
- Advanced saved searches
- Easy export and import
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A delightful outliner for your dreams, ideas, lists, and projects. == Native iOS app - Built natively for iPhone, iPad and Mac == Delightful, beautiful lists - Easily create beautiful infinitely nested lists of groceries to buy, movies to watch, books to read, projects to complete, or anything you can dream of. - Zoom in on any note, showing only what you need to focus on. == Sync everywhere and stay organized on all your devices - Airlist syncs across all your iOS devices. == Dates Done Right - Start and Due Dates? Yes. - Start and Due TIMES? You bet. - Repeat after complete or custom schedule? Of course. == Loaded with features not distractions - Get in, get out. Beautiful design. Intuitive UI. - Airlist is simple at its core and advanced where you need. == Plus so much more - Widgets (Home and Lock Screen) - Unlimited Items. Infinite Zoom. - Dark Mode - Automatic Sync - Drag and Drop - Backlinks and References - Keyboard Shortcuts - Tags - Easy export and import - Beautiful formatting - Advanced Saved Searches Privacy Policy: https://airlist.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://airlist.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Airlist at 85% against Deadline App's 62%. Airlist also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Deadline App's advantage is ratings volume (63 vs 15) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Deadline App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Airlist sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Airlist holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 63 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Deadline App's written reviews are positive against 85% of Airlist's.
Deadline App ships an update every 3 weeks, Airlist monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deadline App | Airlist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (63 ratings) | 4.7 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 63 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elena Maltceva | Logerhaus, LLC |
Customer experience
Deadline App
Airlist
Bugs and requests
Deadline App
Reported bugs
14 issues- Widget not displaying deadlines on Mac
- App freezing when creating multiple tasks
- Synchronization failures between iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
- Purchase restoration not working on all devices
- Incorrect deadline display (showing wrong remaining time)
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- Live activities not updating progress bar over time
- Widget showing blank on Intel Mac
- Notifications triggering incorrectly (wrong timing)
- App crashes and data loss
- Calendar write access permission issues
- Widget not syncing with app data
- Lagging when scrolling through many deadlines
- Live activities disappearing randomly
- Completed deadlines auto-deleting after 30 days without user control
Requested features
20 requests- Display deadlines in days format instead of percentage
- 12-hour time format option
- Task categories/organization by type
- Recurring/repeating deadlines
- Progress bar fill visualization
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- Overdue task indicators
- Share and copy to clipboard functionality
- Countdown mode without completion requirement
- Multiple widget selection options
- Automatic calendar integration
- Line break support in notes/descriptions
- Image attachment capability
- Lifetime purchase option
- Working days calculation (excluding weekends)
- Task deletion functionality
- Bidirectional time counting
- Family/shared task support
- Today button for quick start date setting
- Notification customization and frequency control
- Light mode theme option
Airlist
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Deadline App
- Deadline Pro$1.991 Month
- Deadline Pro$9.991 Year
Airlist
- Airlist Premium Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Airlist Premium Yearly1 Month trial$24.991 Year
