Comparison

Checklist Widget vs CheckDo

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

Head to head
About

Checklist Widget

Organize your tasks with a minimalist to-do list app. Features a clean interface, home screen widgets for quick access, and iCloud sync for seamless device synchronization. Manage your lists efficiently with various tools for sorting, clearing, and updating items.

Highlights
  • Minimalist UI
  • Home Screen Widgets
  • iCloud Sync
  • Infinite Checklists
  • Show/hide checked elements
  • Automatic URL recognizer
  • Color and icon customization
Features
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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

About

CheckDo

Organize your life with a visually appealing checklist app. Create custom categories with unique colors and sort tasks alphabetically or by due date. Easily manage and track your to-dos with intuitive swipe gestures and search functionality.

Highlights
  • Customizable categories with color gradients
  • Alphabetical and due date sorting
  • Swipe to edit or delete items
  • Mark items as done
  • Search functionality
  • Drag and drop reordering
Features
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CheckDo is a simple colorful checklist. Create your own categories and pick a color for it. The items will be colored with a gradient effect using the category color. Features: -Create new category or item by touching the + button. -Sort the categories alphabetically and the items alphabetically or by due date. -Touch a category to navigate into it to see all its items creating a gradient effect using the category color. -Swipe categories or items to open the editing menu. -Touch an item to mark it as done and keep in the list, or swipe to delete it. -Search for a category or item using the search bar. -Drag categories or items by holding and dragging them.

Screenshots

Checklist Widget4 screens
CheckDo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CheckDo at none against Checklist Widget's 3. Checklist Widget's advantage is ratings volume (329 vs 7) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Checklist Widget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. CheckDo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Checklist Widget against 4.9 for CheckDo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Checklist Widget has 329 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Checklist Widget's written reviews are positive against 100% of CheckDo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Checklist Widget ships an update every 2 weeks, CheckDo every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Checklist Widget versus CheckDo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChecklist WidgetCheckDo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (329 ratings)4.9 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings329 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiacomo PignoniJason Koehn

Customer experience

Checklist Widget

All ratings329 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative2.1%

CheckDo

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
Show 8 more
  • 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

CheckDo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Checklist Widget

Subscriptions1
  • Check Me Plus3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Check Me Plus$9.99
  • Check Me Plus Lifetime$14.99
None

CheckDo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Checklist Widget free?
Checklist Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CheckDo free?
CheckDo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Checklist Widget or CheckDo?
CheckDo is rated higher. Checklist Widget averages 4.8 out of 5 from 329 ratings, while CheckDo averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Checklist Widget or CheckDo have ads?
Neither Checklist Widget nor CheckDo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Checklist Widget or CheckDo?
Checklist Widget ships an update every 2 weeks, and CheckDo every 6 weeks. Most recently, Checklist Widget was updated on September 22, 2026 and CheckDo on September 10, 2026.

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