Comparison

BeFamily vs OnlyCheckboxes

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

Head to head
About

BeFamily

Streamline family life with a collaborative organizer. Share calendars, manage tasks, and coordinate plans effortlessly. Reduce the stress of household management and enjoy more quality time together.

Highlights
  • Smart family calendar assistant
  • Real-time collaborative planning
  • Shared to-do and shopping lists
  • Household task management
  • Gift and activity suggestions
Features
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Everything you need to run a better organized, more collaborative family. Don't let managing your family feel like a chore. BeFamily was created by parents who were tired of the endless back-and-forth about who’s driving the kids, organizing childcare, and the admin work of running a family. Now you can be more calm and be there for your family. SMART ASSISTANTS Using an app to organize your family should not be extra work. BeFamily's smart assistants actively help manage your family's calendar, coordinate available times, find things to do, and discover gifts. PLAN ANYTHING WITH ANYONE Simplify organizing parties, holidays, events, and planning anything else. Flexible, real-time collaboration with family and friends helps to keep everyone on the same page. MORE THAN A CALENDAR Clarity on what’s happening when, make sure you’re always available when you need to be. It’s combining everything happening in your life, and taking that high level view to help you be more productive and aware. SHARED TODO & SHOPPING LISTS Collaborate on everything to do in your house with shared lists for all of your tasks, routines, and chores. Make shopping a breeze by coordinating grocery and other shopping lists in one shared place. MANAGE YOUR HOUSEHOLD Keep your partner, kids, and anyone else in your household on the same page with tasks and family organizer. Simplify managing all the routines and chores by keeping them on regular schedules and intelligently assigning responsibility. Terms of Use: https://befamily.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://befamily.com/privacy

About

OnlyCheckboxes

Features
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Know what needs doing. Know what got done. OnlyCheckboxes gives you one clear place for work, home, routines, errands, and projects. Start with a simple checklist. Add notes, dates, sub-checkboxes, tags, and attachments only when the work needs more detail. WHY YOU'LL LOVE ONLYCHECKBOXES KEEP UP WITH EVERYTHING See overdue, due-soon, active, and recurring lists together so the next thing never hides in another app or notebook. MAKE EVERY STEP CLEAR Give each checkbox its own notes, smaller steps, tags, dates, and files. The list stays simple until you need more. REPEAT WHAT WORKS Turn any useful list into a template. Schedule it to come back on the dates that fit your life. WORK WITH AI WITHOUT LOSING THE RECORD Supported AI assistants can create lists and work through steps with you. Their progress lands in the same checklist you can inspect later. FIND ANYTHING FAST Search across lists and checkboxes when you need to pick up old work or check what happened. FEATURES • Simple personal checklists • A dashboard for overdue, due-soon, active, and recurring work • Reusable templates • Recurring schedules • Due dates and date ranges • Notes and sub-checkboxes • Tags and search • File attachments • Support for connected AI assistants • Light and dark modes OnlyCheckboxes keeps what needs doing and what got done in one clear place—without turning your life into a project-management system. Download OnlyCheckboxes and start with one list. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BeFamily4 screens
OnlyCheckboxes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OnlyCheckboxes at every 4 days against BeFamily's every 4 weeks. BeFamily's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. BeFamily sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and OnlyCheckboxes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeFamily ships an update every 4 weeks, OnlyCheckboxes every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BeFamily versus OnlyCheckboxes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeFamilyOnlyCheckboxes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (223 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings223 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBe Family, Inc.Andrew Byrd

Bugs and requests

BeFamily

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Tasks don’t show
  • Some events don’t allow editing or deletion
  • Calendar connection issues
  • App-specific password loop
  • Routine label split on homepage

Requested features

12 requests
  • Option to automatically push unchecked items to top/bottom of list
  • Easier list reordering option (e.g., '3 black lines' functionality)
  • Widget for home screen visibility
  • Option to send notifications for agenda/tasks
  • Deadline/end date for tasks
Show 7 more
  • Color coding for agenda events
  • Filtering for agenda items
  • Option to attach photos to agenda items
  • Ability to add ideas from 'things to do assistant' to a list
  • Tags for 'things to do assistant' ideas (budget friendly, active, sedentary)
  • Optional 'advanced' settings for suggested features
  • Ability to assign a routine to two people daily

OnlyCheckboxes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BeFamily

Subscriptions3
  • BeFamily Basic$7.991 Month
  • BeFamily Premium7 Days trial$24.991 Month
  • BeFamily Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$179.991 Year
2 purchases

OnlyCheckboxes

Subscriptions2
  • OnlyCheckboxes Monthly$12.001 Month
  • OnlyCheckboxes Yearly$99.001 Year

Questions

Is BeFamily free?
BeFamily is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OnlyCheckboxes free?
OnlyCheckboxes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BeFamily or OnlyCheckboxes have ads?
Neither BeFamily nor OnlyCheckboxes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeFamily or OnlyCheckboxes?
BeFamily ships an update every 4 weeks, and OnlyCheckboxes every 4 days. Most recently, BeFamily was updated on November 3, 2026 and OnlyCheckboxes on October 31, 2026.

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