Comparison

My Lists vs Notepad

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

Head to head
About

My Lists

Create and manage unlimited lists for any purpose, from shopping to creative projects. Organize your thoughts and tasks with various views, including photo checklists and notes. Share, sort, and reorder your lists with ease, all while prioritizing your privacy.

Highlights
  • Unlimited list creation
  • Photo checklists
  • Notes view
  • Share, sort, and reorder lists
  • Spotlight search
  • Light and dark themes
  • Cloud service support
Features
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Proudly NOT collecting your private data for over a decade — We debuted on the App Store on July 13th, 2008. Not once have we asked users to sign away data about themselves or their lists. Updated to latest version of iOS and iPadOS. Make lists for anything you need from shopping lists to movies to ideas for your novel, notes for a class to restaurants to try. Add images to your list items with the Photo Checklists option or keep track of notes with the Notes View to help manage larger amounts of data. You can keep track of additional information by adding images to the details view of an item in ANY list type. My Lists contains many great tools which allow you to share, sort, and reorder your lists and items the way that you need in order to effectively manage your daily life. Features: - Search for list items in Spotlight - Light and Dark Themes - Icons and latest Emoji - Random sort method - Support for Files app and any Cloud services it supports - Retina Display-worthy list icons - Add PHOTOS to any list item - 3 List View: Checklist, Photo Checklist and Notes - Automatically group checked items - Show count of unchecked items on Main List View - Search functionality which searches both item titles and descriptions. - Search based on status by searching for the terms "checked" and "unchecked" - Email backup of individual lists - Email visual versions of individual lists - Export or backup any or all lists - Visual count of checked items in list title (optional) - Reorder lists alphabetically or based on checked/unchecked - Manually order list items in "Edit" mode - Check or uncheck all items - Delete lists or items with a swipe

About

Notepad

Capture thoughts, pictures, voice notes, and checklists with this powerful yet simple notepad. Securely store logins and passwords, organize with categories, and easily find information with quick search. Includes reminders and backup options.

Highlights
  • Capture thoughts, pictures, and voice records
  • Create and manage checklists
  • Secure storage for logins and passwords
  • Organize notes with categories and colors
  • Quick search functionality
  • Backup and restore data
  • Password protection for app startup
Features
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Smart notepad makes it easy to capture your thought, pictures, voice records, checklist, birthdays, logins, and passwords. You can easily organize it and find it quickly later. The notepad helps you to keep all information with you. Smart notepad is very powerful but simple and easy to use. Main features: - Add notes - Add existing pictures to notes - Take photos and add to notes - Add voice records and listen to at any time - Add checklists - Add and remember birthdays - Secure storage for logins and passwords - Encoding with RSA and DES algorithms - Categories for notes - Colors for categories - A quick search for any data - Recent notes list - Restore removed notes from trash folder - Sorting notes by different fields - Birthdays reminder - Quick buttons to create notes - Quick copy data to memory - Password on application startup - Restore password to the email - Backup/restore data - Print notes - Share notes Supported languages: English, Russian, Spanish, Hindi, Portuguese, Indonesian, German, Bengali, French, Italian, Vietnamese, Chinese Simplified If you have any ideas for improvement just contact us by softser06@gmail.com Permissions Notice Camera: This is used to attach images to notes Microphone: This is used to attach voice records to notes Storage: This is used to backup/restore all notes (Ages 10+)

Screenshots

My Lists4 screens
Notepad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Notepad at 5.0 against My Lists's 3.9. Notepad also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 56%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). My Lists's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $6.99) and ratings volume (27 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

My Lists costs $1.99 and Notepad $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notepad holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Lists has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of My Lists's written reviews are positive against 91% of Notepad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Lists ships an update every 5 months, Notepad every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
My Lists versus Notepad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy ListsNotepad
Price$1.99 — better$6.99
Rating3.9 (27 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.2% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNeal Colstonsiarhei yatsuk

Customer experience

My Lists

All ratings27 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews153 reviews
Positive56.2%
Neutral13.7%
Negative30.1%

Notepad

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

Bugs and requests

My Lists

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Loss of data after updates
  • Inability to edit or reorder lists
  • Keyboard issues covering list items
  • Inconsistent behavior of check boxes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add backup and sync options
  • Improve sorting and filtering capabilities
  • Expand icon library
  • Implement due dates and reminders
  • Allow moving items between lists

Notepad

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

My Lists

No in-app purchases

None

Notepad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Lists free?
My Lists costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notepad free?
Notepad costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My Lists or Notepad?
Notepad is rated higher. My Lists averages 3.9 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Notepad averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do My Lists or Notepad have ads?
Neither My Lists nor Notepad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Lists or Notepad?
My Lists ships an update every 5 months, and Notepad every 6 weeks. Most recently, My Lists was updated on October 14, 2026 and Notepad on October 4, 2026.

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