Checklist Widget vs Checklists
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checklist Widget
Organize your daily tasks with a clean and minimalist interface. This app offers home screen widgets for quick access and management, with iCloud sync for seamless device synchronization. It provides various tools to efficiently handle your checklists, including automatic URL recognition and color customization.
- Minimalist UI
- Interactive home screen widgets
- Infinite checklists
- iCloud sync
- Tools for checklist management
- Automatic URL recognition
- Color and icon customization
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Features: - Cool, simple, and minimalist UI - Widgets for your Home Screen - With iOS 17 it's possible to check and uncheck items directly from the widget - Infinite checklists: as many checklists as you need - iCloud sync: all your checklists will be automatically synced between all your devices - Intuitive inputs: you will find everything you need without losing your mind - Tools to handle a checklist better: - Show/hide checked elements - Clear the checklist - Move to bottom the checked elements - Uncheck all elements - Remove the checked elements - Add an item to the checklist directly from your clipboard: just make a long tap on the "+" button - Sort items alphabetically - Reset Every. To uncheck all items every day, week or month - Fancy indicator for the status of the checklist - Automatic URL recognizer: automatically find URLs inside your checklist and make it tappable - Color customization: You will be able to choose the main color of the app, from a set of choices - App icon customization: You will be able to change the app icon from a set of choices Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Checklists
Create and manage recurring task lists that reset after completion. Ideal for repetitive processes like packing for trips or complex work procedures. Tasks remain available for reuse, unlike standard to-do apps.
- Create repeating task lists
- Lists reset after completion
- Tasks remain available for reuse
- Ideal for repetitive processes
- Suitable for packing lists
- Useful for work procedures
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Checklists lets you build repeating task lists. Check everything off, reset the list, and use it again. Items do not disappear, unlike in other to-do apps. Perfect for: • Vacation and camping packing lists • Recurring work processes and opening and closing routines • Shopping lists and household chores What you can do: • Reset a finished list in one tap • Search checklists and items • Duplicate lists • Sort by status, name, or manually • Lists on all your devices, via iCloud. No extra account. • No tracking. The app does not collect any data. Everything stays in your iCloud account. Free to use with up to 10 checklists. Unlock unlimited lists with a one-time purchase. Privacy: https://felixflesch.de/checklists/privacypolicy Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Checklist Widget at every 2 weeks against Checklists's every 3 months. Checklist Widget also leads on ratings volume (342 vs 2) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Checklist Widget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Checklists sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Checklist Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Checklist Widget has 342 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Checklist Widget's written reviews are positive against 89% of Checklists's.
Checklist Widget ships an update every 2 weeks, Checklists every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Checklist Widget | Checklists |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (342 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.7% of reviews — better | 88.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 342 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giacomo Pignoni | Felix-Florian Flesch |
Customer experience
Checklist Widget
Checklists
Bugs and requests
Checklist Widget
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cannot rearrange list order without glitching
- Widget does not refresh after edits
- Widget stopped working
- Confusion on how to use widgets
Requested features
13 requests- Ability to drag and organize list items
- Add urgent task flag or due by date feature
- Add reminders/notifications
- Add sub categories
- iCloud sync
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- Larger font or style change options
- Lock Screen widget compatibility
- Group lists into categories
- Option to clear when completed as a setting
- Repeating tasks
- View task stats
- Duplicate checklist
- Add confirmation screen to delete checked items
Checklists
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Checklist Widget
- Check Me Plus3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Check Me Plus$9.99
- Check Me Plus Lifetime$14.99
Checklists
- Coffee subscription - Yearly$0.991 Year
- Coffee subscription - Monthly$0.991 Month
- Unlimited$3.99
Questions
Is Checklist Widget free?
Is Checklists free?
Which has better reviews, Checklist Widget or Checklists?
Do Checklist Widget or Checklists have ads?
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