Comparison

CheckDo vs Checklist

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

Head to head
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.

About

Checklist

Create reusable lists for groceries, routines, packing, and more. Automatically generate lists from descriptions or photos, and track progress with satisfying visual cues. Sync across devices and access from widgets or your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Lists that write themselves from descriptions
  • Scan handwritten or printed lists
  • Ticked items move aside for clarity
  • Lists reset automatically for daily/weekly repeats
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app for managing lists
  • Syncs with iCloud across Apple devices
Features
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Smarter lists you'll use again and again. Checklist is for the lists you come back to: packing, groceries, morning routines, cleaning, moving day. Make a list once, tick it off, and it's ready for next time. LISTS THAT WRITE THEMSELVES • Describe it: "a weekend camping trip with the kids", and Apple Intelligence writes the list right on your device (on devices that support it). • Paste it: a list from Notes, a message or an email. Bullets, numbers and checkboxes are tidied away. • Snap it: take a photo of a handwritten or printed list, and Checklist types it out for you. TICK, TICK, DONE • A little confetti for every tick. • Ticked items step aside, so you always see what's left. • Drag to reorder, swipe to delete, and tap Uncheck all to start again. LISTS THAT RESET THEMSELVES Morning routines, gym bags, weekly chores: set a list to repeat daily or weekly, and it unchecks itself, ready for next time. REMINDERS THAT KNOW YOU'RE DONE A nudge at the right time, and none once everything's checked. 40+ TEMPLATES Weekend trips, groceries, a hospital bag, moving house, weddings, back to school, the holidays and more. You can save your own lists as templates too. WITH YOU EVERYWHERE • Tick items off from a widget on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. • Tick items off on your Apple Watch, and dictate new ones. • Add items with Siri, and find any list in Spotlight. • Keep your lists in sync with iCloud on iPhone, iPad and Mac. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account and no ads. Your lists stay on your device, or in your private iCloud if you turn on sync. Describe and Scan run on your device too, so the developer never sees your lists. CHECKLIST PRO Checklist is free to download. Checklist Pro unlocks Focus mode, sharing your lists, workouts, unlimited smart lists, iCloud sync, widgets, the Apple Watch app and your own templates. Repeating lists and reminders are free for everyone. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://usechecklist.app/privacy

Screenshots

CheckDo4 screens
Checklist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CheckDo at 4.6 against Checklist's 4.0. CheckDo also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (100% vs 68%). Checklist's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and iOS requirement 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 sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. CheckDo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CheckDo holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of CheckDo's written reviews are positive against 68% of Checklist's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CheckDo ships an update every 6 weeks, Checklist every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CheckDo versus Checklist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheckDoChecklist
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8 ratings) — better4.0 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better68.4% of reviews
Number of ratings822 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJason KoehnIfeanyi Onuoha

Customer experience

CheckDo

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

Checklist

All ratings22 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive68.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative31.6%

In-app purchases

None

CheckDo

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Checklist

Subscriptions3
  • Checklist Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Checklist Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Checklist Pro Annual$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Founding Member Lifetime$24.99
  • Checklist Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is CheckDo free?
CheckDo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Checklist free?
Checklist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CheckDo or Checklist?
CheckDo is rated higher. CheckDo averages 4.6 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Checklist averages 4.0 from 22 ratings.
Do CheckDo or Checklist have ads?
Neither CheckDo nor Checklist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CheckDo or Checklist?
CheckDo ships an update every 6 weeks, and Checklist every 4 days. Most recently, CheckDo was updated on November 3, 2026 and Checklist on November 7, 2026.

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