Daily Checklist vs Routine Rocket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Checklist
Create and manage repeatable checklists for daily routines, packing, or cleaning. This app helps you feel less forgetful and overwhelmed by ensuring you have everything you need before leaving the house. It's designed for simplicity and can be synced across devices.
- Create repeatable checklists
- Manage daily routines
- Packing and cleaning lists
- Syncs with iCloud
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Daily reminders
- Shortcuts integration
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CheckYourList lets you make repeatable checklists to help manage life’s challenges. You live in an overwhelming world, with new information constantly bombarded at you. Simple tasks like remembering what to take when you leave the house often feel overwhelming. We need to offload this cognitive function and be confident we do and take everything we need. Traditional to-do list apps are overwhelming, they make it difficult to surface lists when you need them. Apps that focus on repeatable lists are often focused on streaks and habits. CheckYourList solves your problem. It lets you create lists via a simple interface that you can use spontaneously. You can check your items off and feel confident that you have everything. Once the list is complete or whenever you need to, uncheck the entire list so it is ready to go again. It’s great for packing lists, daily routines, cleaning lists and things that you need to take with you constantly. FEEL LESS FORGETFUL Always feeling like you've forgotten something? Feel organized and free up mental energy. Make repeating checklists so you don't forget your stuff. DON'T BE OVERWHELMED We live in an overwhelming world. It's easy to forget things when leaving the house. CheckYourList is a simple app, designed to make you organized. REMEMBER YOUR STUFF Tired of turning up at the gym without your headphones? Forgot your lunch? Turned up at daycare but forgot your baby? STOP WASTING TIME Create repeatable checklists when you need to remember things every day. Stop wasting time backtracking and worrying if you have everything. CheckYourList and be confident whenever you leave the house. BUILT TO HELP WITH ADHD Hi, I'm Spencer and I built this app to help with my ADHD. I found myself forgetting things more and more after the birth of my son. Dropping him at daycare and then going to the gym, required so many things. I felt overwhelmed and would take ages to leave the house. I wanted a solution, so I built this app. Now I run through CheckYourList and am confident I have everything I need. SYNCS WITH ICLOUD Sync across your iOS and watchOS devices using apple iCloud. All your lists are automatically backed up to your iCloud account and will sync on any new device you log into. SHORTCUTS INTEGRATION Integrates with Apple Shortcuts. DAILY REMINDERS Set a daily reminder for each checklist that will remind you at a specific time each day. WIDGETS Add a home screen or lock screen widget to get a quick overview of how many items are left on your checklist, as well as a quick way to open the checklist. Try out the app with two checklists for free. Unlock the full version to get more than two checklists. Privacy Policy - https://checkyourlist.app/privacypolicy/ Terms of Use - https://checkyourlist.app/terms/
Routine Rocket
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Routine Rocket is a private daily-routine tracker that doubles as a simple list app. Group tasks into categories, tick them off through the day, and watch everything reset fresh each morning so good habits stick. Or turn the reset off and it's a clean checklist that stays exactly where you leave it. No ads. No accounts. No subscriptions. Your data stays on your device (and your own private iCloud if you turn on sync). FREE, FOREVER • Colour-coded categories and up to 2 lists • Automatic daily reset at midnight, with a live countdown + optional morning reminder • Mark categories "done for the day", per-list notes • Light, dark, and the signature Cyberpunk theme • Privacy: Face ID app lock + hide-when-backgrounded • Backup & restore - export your lists to a file, import them back • Fully accessible (Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, Increase Contrast, Reduce Motion), plus left-handed mode and a distraction-free Focus mode ROUTINE ROCKET PRO: ONE-TIME UNLOCK, YOURS FOREVER • Unlimited lists • Full theme pack: Synthwave, Caramel Latte, Dracula, Nord & more • Unit Tracker: set a total, give each task a value, and watch it tick along as you go. Trip budgets, screen-time minutes, pocket money, whatever you like • Celebration animations • Home-screen widgets • iCloud sync • List sharing Built for focus, Routine Rocket began as a tool for the maker's son, who has ADHD. Designed to cut overwhelm: one category at a time, gentle momentum, a satisfying tick. Private by design: no data collection, no third-party trackers. What's on your device stays yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Daily Checklist at 3 against Routine Rocket's 1. 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. Daily Checklist sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Routine Rocket sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Daily Checklist ships an update every 2 weeks, Routine Rocket every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Checklist | Routine Rocket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (283 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 283 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brighten Labs | Phillip Gray |
Bugs and requests
Daily Checklist
Reported bugs
4 issues- Update destroyed 150 item list
- Watch app doesn't work
- Glitchy, slow loading/adding/removing items
- Text becomes inverted in dark mode (white on white)
Requested features
15 requests- Ability to re-order lists
- Groups within checklists
- Dark mode support
- Home Screen/Lock Screen widgets
- Sublists or headings
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- Bulk add in text box format
- Export tasks
- Folder list view
- Drag and drop function for checklists
- Option to insert/view as sub-checklist
- Notifications to remind to go through checklist
- Haptic feedback on Apple Watch
- Reset list button on top of Apple Watch app
- Widget showing next few items on list
- Add Apple Watch complication
Routine Rocket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Daily Checklist
- Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
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- Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$24.99
- Pro Lifetime$49.99
- Pro Lifetime$69.99
Routine Rocket
- Routine Rocket$2.99
Questions
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