Comparison

Zxbase vs PearList

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

Head to head
About

Zxbase

This app provides a secure, open-source personal vault for managing passwords and sensitive information. It encrypts and syncs data directly between your devices, ensuring privacy and control without cloud reliance.

Highlights
  • Peer-to-peer device syncing
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Password generation
  • Organize all secrets
  • No cloud reliance
  • No registration required
Features
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Personal peer-to-peer vault. Zxbase is a free, open-source personal vault replacing legacy password managers and cloud solutions. Encrypts and syncs all your mobile and desktop devices peer-to-peer. With Zxbase - short for Zero Exposure Base - you build your personal vault by pairing your own devices. The data is transferred directly between devices (peer-to-peer) and never through the cloud. All communication is encrypted point-to-point. Encryption keys are never available to the Zxbase service. Zxbase doesn’t collect PII (Personally Identifiable Information) about its users. It only knows the Zxbase Identity Key, consisting of a public key and a unique identifier. • • • ORGANIZE SECRETS • Organize all your secrets in one place. • Create strong, unique passwords. AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE • Sync between all your mobile and desktop devices. • Fully control data residency. STAY PRIVATE • No registration required. • Synchronize devices directly. RECOVER FASTER • Isolate a lost device in seconds. • • • Support: https://zxbase.com/support/ Privacy Policy: https://zxbase.com/pages/privacy_policy/ Terms of Service: https://zxbase.com/pages/terms_of_service/

About

PearList

Effortlessly manage shared household lists like groceries, to-dos, and chores. Sync changes directly between devices without needing an account or relying on external servers. Assign tasks to household members to create a shared chore board.

Highlights
  • Multiple shared lists per household
  • Add, check, rename, assign, and delete items
  • Assign items as chores
  • Join by QR code or invite link
  • Offline functionality with sync
  • Open source and private by design
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PearList keeps your household's shared lists in sync across everyone's phones, with no account, no server and no company in the middle. Make a grocery list, a to-do list or a chore board. Anyone in your household can add items, check them off, rename them, assign them and delete them, and every change syncs directly between your phones. Assign an item to a person and any list doubles as a shared chore board. There is no sign-up and no login. You join a household by scanning a QR code or tapping an invite link. From then on everyone sees and edits the same lists. Because PearList is peer-to-peer, your lists live only on your devices. They are never uploaded to a server, so no company can read them, sell them or lose them in a breach. Everything syncs encrypted, directly device to device. Features - Multiple shared lists per household: groceries, to-dos, chores - Add, check, rename, assign and delete items, synced to everyone - Assign items to a person to use any list as a chore board - Join by QR code or invite link, no account needed - Works offline, syncs when your devices are online together - Open source and private by design: no account, no ads, no tracking PearList is fully open source: https://github.com/peerloomllc/pearlist

Screenshots

Zxbase4 screens
PearList4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PearList at every 5 days against Zxbase's every 2 months. Zxbase's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Zxbase against 5.0 for PearList. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zxbase ships an update every 2 months, PearList every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Zxbase versus PearList: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZxbasePearList
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZxbase, LLCTimothy Hudgins

Customer experience

Zxbase

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PearList

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Zxbase

No in-app purchases

None

PearList

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zxbase free?
Zxbase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PearList free?
PearList is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Zxbase or PearList?
Zxbase and PearList are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Zxbase or PearList have ads?
Neither Zxbase nor PearList shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zxbase or PearList?
Zxbase ships an update every 2 months, and PearList every 5 days. Most recently, Zxbase was updated on October 5, 2026 and PearList on October 12, 2026.

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