Comparison

FlexList vs GRDN

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

Head to head
About

FlexList

Organize your day with a powerful to-do list and productivity app. Easily create tasks, monitor progress with visual meters, set priorities, and assign due dates to manage your life efficiently.

Highlights
  • Task creation
  • Progress monitoring
  • Priority ranking
  • Due date assignment
  • Customizable progress ring
Features
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FlexList is a to-do list and productivity app designed to help you set up your day, your way. With FlexList, you can easily create tasks at the tap of a button, monitor progress with fun meters, prioritize tasks, assign due dates and more! Keeping your life organized and productive is all made easy using this application. Features and Benefits: - Progress Ring: Choose your color and featured lists to be shown in your progress meter. Continue to check off your tasks and watch the ring fill until you have completed all your items. - Priority Ranking: When adding in items choose the priority level of your tasks. High priority tasks will stay at the top of your list, mid priority in the middle and low priority at the bottom. - Due Dates: Each new task has the option to input a due date and time. Use this feature to prioritize your tasks and keep track of when each time sensitive task is due. If you are loving using Flexlist, please let us know by leaving a review!

About

GRDN

Enhance focus and build positive habits with a productivity app that integrates GTD, Pomodoro, and deep work principles. Block distractions, track your time, and stay accountable with friends.

Highlights
  • GTD task organization
  • Customizable Pomodoro timers
  • App blocking during focus sessions
  • Time tracking and analytics
  • Habit building with gamification
  • Social accountability features
  • Gratitude journaling
Features
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Real focus needs real blocking. GRDN locks the apps that steal your attention — for a session or all day — and gives the hours back to your projects: focus sessions, tasks, tracked time, and friends who cheer you on. The mindful part is real, too. When you need back into a blocked app, GRDN doesn't fight you: breathe through a short countdown, write one thing you're grateful for, and get ten honest minutes. Then it locks again. — BLOCK THE NOISE — • Real app blocking, not reminders: Instagram, TikTok, X stay locked • Session blocking while you focus, or scheduled all-day blocking • The Gate Pause: need back in? Breathe through a short countdown, write one gratitude, and get 10 honest minutes. Then it re-locks automatically. — DO THE WORK — • Pomodoro focus timer with lock-screen Live Activities — sessions that also hard-block your apps • Tasks and projects: priorities, recurring tasks, today planning, and two-way Google Calendar sync • Time tracking built for independent workers: focus sessions land on projects automatically — tracked, billable, exportable to CSV • Friends see your focus sessions and cheer the streak • Your garden grows as you focus — every session levels it up — WHY ONE APP? — Blockers win you the hour, then abandon it. To-do apps organize the hour, but can't protect it. GRDN is the only app that does both: every blocked distraction becomes an hour you can see — planned, timed, tracked, and witnessed. — FREE TIER — Pomodoro timer, tasks, projects, and basic time tracking. Free forever. No card required. — PREMIUM — Real app blocking, the Gate Pause, scheduled all-day blocking, friends and social, lock-screen Live Activities, Google Calendar sync, extended insights and history. $3.99/month or $34.99/year with a 30-day free trial. Cancel anytime in Settings. Opal charges $99/year for similar Screen Time blocking — GRDN is one-third the price. — FOR PEOPLE WHO'VE TRIED EVERYTHING — If you've installed Forest, Freedom, Opal, Todoist, or Toggl and still can't focus, GRDN is built for you. Structure will take you where willpower can't. Terms of Use: https://www.irons.design/grdn Privacy Policy: https://www.irons.design/grdn

Screenshots

FlexList4 screens
GRDN4 screens

Verdict

The call

FlexList and GRDN both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of GRDN's written reviews are positive against 0% of FlexList's. FlexList's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.2 vs 18.6). 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. GRDN sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. FlexList asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FlexList against 5.0 for GRDN. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of FlexList's written reviews are positive against 100% of GRDN's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FlexList versus GRDN: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlexListGRDN
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.2 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNew Media InstituteJeremy Irons

Customer experience

FlexList

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

GRDN

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FlexList

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

GRDN

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Access$3.991 Month
  • Annual Access$34.991 Year

Questions

Is FlexList free?
FlexList is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GRDN free?
GRDN is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FlexList or GRDN?
FlexList and GRDN are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do FlexList or GRDN have ads?
Neither FlexList nor GRDN shows ads.

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