Infinity vs Xlist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Infinity
Enhance your Safari browsing experience with a visually appealing start page. Customize your new tab with beautiful wallpapers, choose from various search engines, and manage tasks with integrated to-do lists and notes.
- Customizable start page
- Multiple search engine support
- Beautiful wallpaper options
- Integrated to-do list
- Note-taking functionality
- Cloud synchronization
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InfinityNewTab is a Safari plug-in with millions of users. It is an excellent start page beautification extension software, which is completely developed based on iOS15/iPadOS15. It is the face value in the Safari browser extension, and the Safari start page beautification tool. In addition to the super high value, it also supports the following functions. 1. A variety of search engines can be freely selected, Bing search, Baidu search, Google search, Yahoo search. Yandex search, duckduckgo search, 360 search, Sogou search, etc. 2. Beautiful wallpapers. Natural landscape wallpaper, ocean wallpaper, architecture wallpaper, animal wallpaper, travel wallpaper, food wallpaper. 3. To-do list. 4. Note function. 5. Cloud synchronization backup function. Sync data with Infinity New Tab on PC. 6. Exquisite icons can be added to Infinity at any time.
Xlist
Manage and preview files from multiple Alist servers. Supports online viewing of various document and video formats, along with essential file operations like downloading and renaming.
- Manage multiple Alist servers
- Online file previewing
- Video and document format support
- File download, rename, move, copy
- Background download function
- Subtitle plugin support
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Xlist is an Alist client where you can configure multiple Alist servers for file management and previewing, supporting online previewing of multiple video formats and document formats. - Support downloading, renaming, moving and copying of files. - Supports online preview of files in doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, pdf formats. - Supports online preview of most videos such as mp4, mkv, avi, flv, etc. Also supports srt and vtt subtitle plugins. - Support jpg, png, gif and other formats of pictures online preview. - Background download function, you can open the preview file with other apps after the download is completed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Infinity at none against Xlist's 1. Xlist's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Xlist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Infinity asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Infinity against 4.2 for Xlist. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 39 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Infinity's written reviews are positive against 71% of Xlist's.
Infinity ships an update monthly, Xlist every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Infinity | Xlist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (17 ratings) | 4.2 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 39 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 广 杨 | BeiJing Ziyu Technology Company Ltd. |
Customer experience
Infinity
Xlist
In-app purchases
Infinity
No in-app purchases
Xlist
- Xlist Premium$4.99
