Comparison

Element vs Lista

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

Head to head
About

Element

Plan your life by organizing tasks around key life elements to achieve a better work-life balance. Includes a habit tracker to help you reach daily goals for health, wealth, and wisdom.

Highlights
  • Life element-based planning
  • Work-life balance focus
  • Integrated habit tracker
  • Daily goal achievement
  • Health, wealth, and wisdom focus
Features
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Element is a new way to plan your life. Plan your tasks around elements in your life and create a healthy work-life balance. With a built in habit tracker, make sure you are achieving your daily goals to stay healthy, wealthy and wise.

About

Lista

This app offers a flexible, modular approach to task management, allowing users to build custom workflows. Organize and find tasks easily with tags and smart lists, creating personalized views for efficient project and to-do management.

Highlights
  • Modular task management
  • Customizable workflows
  • Smart lists
  • Tag-based organization
  • Personalized task views
  • Efficient to-do management
Features
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Lista is a modular task manager designed to give you the flexibility to build your own workflow. With the use of tags and the full power of smart lists, finding and organizing your tasks is easy. Create custom views tailored to your needs, prioritize tasks effortlessly, and stay on top of your to-dos with intuitive, dynamic organization. Whether you’re managing small tasks or large projects, Lista adapts to fit your style, helping you work more efficiently and effectively.

Screenshots

Element4 screens
Lista4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Element at none against Lista's 2. Element also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Lista's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. Lista sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Element asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Element ships an update every 3 weeks, Lista weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Element versus Lista: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElementLista
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNo Quarter B.VJordan Wing

Customer experience

Element

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Lista

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Element

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Lista

Subscriptions2
  • Professional Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Professional Yearly1 Month trial$7.991 Year

Questions

Is Element free?
Element is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lista free?
Lista is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Element or Lista have ads?
Neither Element nor Lista shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Element or Lista?
Element ships an update every 3 weeks, and Lista weekly. Most recently, Element was updated on September 14, 2026 and Lista on June 5, 2026.

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