Comparison

Surely vs Just List It!

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

Head to head
About

Surely

This app offers a streamlined approach to task management, focusing on completion rather than complex organization. It provides essential actions like completing, deleting, or deferring tasks, intentionally omitting features that might encourage procrastination.

Highlights
  • Complete tasks
  • Delete tasks
  • Defer tasks
  • Minimalist interface
  • Focus on task completion
Features
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Most todo apps give you lots of features to organize your todos. But you don't want to be spending time organizing your todos: you want to be completing them. Surely is a focused todo app giving you just the features you need to get your todos done. There are only three things you can do with a todo: * Complete it * Delete it * Defer it Here are all the features Surely doesn't have because they encourage you to keep more todos instead of completing them: * Separate defer dates and due dates * Complex ways of searching for todos * Separate lists of todos so you aren't looking at all of them at once * Bulk defer features. It should not be painless to defer many todos to the future; it should be painful to work with multiple todos so that you complete or delete them Surely is available for free on both iOS and the web.

About

Just List It!

Features
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Just List It is a free simple digital checklist to help you track your daily tasks. Manage simple tasks easily with Just List It! Key features - Simple intuitive interface - iCloud sync - Focused on today - Organised by days - Widget view - Auto Migrate tasks - Quick to add tasks - As simple as it gets Just List It+ One-time purchase to unlock additional features on all devices. - Turn off ads - Custom Theme Color - Analytics of your tasks and patterns

Screenshots

Surely4 screens
Just List It!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Surely at none against Just List It!'s 1. Surely also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Just List It! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Surely asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Surely ships an update every 6 weeks, Just List It! every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Surely versus Just List It!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurelyJust List It!
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJosh JusticeRayner Tan

In-app purchases

None

Surely

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Just List It!

One-time1
  • Plus$1.99

Questions

Is Surely free?
Surely is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Just List It! free?
Just List It! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Surely or Just List It! have ads?
Just List It! shows ads; Surely does not.
Which is updated more often, Surely or Just List It!?
Surely ships an update every 6 weeks, and Just List It! every 5 months. Most recently, Surely was updated on October 30, 2026 and Just List It! on October 27, 2026.

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