My Lists vs My List Items
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Unlimited list creation
- Photo checklists
- Notes view
- Share, sort, and reorder lists
- Spotlight search
- Light and dark themes
- Cloud service support
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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
My List Items
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Maintain your lists with My Lists. Share your Lists with others. Features: - Easy to use - Simple UI - It has a widget so it can be added to your Home Screen - Share your lists with others - Realtime updates of changes to your lists to the people you shared it with - You can add, delete and edit list entries - You can view, add, delete and edit other people's lists in realtime - You can see all the people who are available to share your lists with.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: My List Items at Free against My Lists's $1.99. My Lists's advantage is chart position (#112 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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
My List Items is free to download; My Lists costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | My Lists | My List Items |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (27 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #112 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Neal Colston | Larry SHANNON |
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
My List Items
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
My Lists
No in-app purchases
My List Items
No in-app purchases









