Surely vs Just List It!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Complete tasks
- Delete tasks
- Defer tasks
- Minimalist interface
- Focus on task completion
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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.
Just List It!
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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
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Just List It! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Surely asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | Surely | Just List It! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josh Justice | Rayner Tan |
In-app purchases
Surely
No in-app purchases
Just List It!
- Plus$1.99









