Comparison

BetterLists vs Timestamp Marker

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

Head to head
About

BetterLists

Organize all your essential information in one place. Create customizable lists for tasks, groceries, expenses, and more. Easily manage data with flexible fields and powerful sorting options.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited customizable lists
  • Support for text, date, time, and number fields
  • Format fields for phone, email, currency, and more
  • Check, uncheck, and delete list items
  • Sort lists by any field
  • Import data from CSV files
Features
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BetterLists is an easy to use and flexible app for quick access to all your information. Now you can have your To Do list, expenses, and grocery list all in one place. BetterLists comes with: To Do Grocery List Expenses Birthdays Restaurants To Try You can use them as is, or modify them exactly how you want. Add your own. FEATURES - Create as many lists as you like. - Your lists can contain fields holding text, dates, times, and numbers. - Fields can be formatted many different ways. Notes, phone numbers, currency, and more. - Your lists can be modified anytime. Add or delete a field, change it's type or name. - Check and uncheck items so you can reuse a list over and over. - Delete items just by swiping your finger across them. - Email your lists to yourself. - Use Phone, Email, and Web address fields to dial, email, or go to a web address. - Sort your list by any field, and view up to 3 fields in List View. - Add Choice Lists so you can set fields from a preset list of choices, instead of typing each time. - Import CSV files to add lists. - Simple to use, yet powerful enough to handle all your lists. NOTES AND TIPS - To show multiple fields in List View. Go to Preferences (the gear icon) while in a list. Change the number of fields in list view to 1, 2, or 3. It will display up to the first 3 fields from each list. - To check off an item, touch to the left of the item in the list. - To delete an item from a list swipe the item and hit the delete button that appears, or touch the Edit button and then touch the red minus sign to the left of the item you want to delete. - To reorder items, touch the Edit button and then drag the items to the order you want. - To add a choice list to a field, add the choice list and choices by touching the choice lists icon in the toolbar, then edit the list and the field you want to associate with the list. Choose "Choice List" for the field type, and then the choice list you want to use for the field format. - To Backup and Restore your data go to the Tools icon and select Backup/Restore to get to the different options. - To Import CSV files go to the Tools icon while on main screen. If you have questions regarding CSV files please email me and I am happy to help. ***** Please email me at info@haspelsoftware.com with any questions. I can't respond to reviews, and I am very responsive to questions and feedback.

About

Timestamp Marker

Instantly create and edit time markers with a single tap. Add events with or without titles, and view time elapsed since your last recorded event. Calculate time differences between selected markers, including future timestamps.

Highlights
  • Instant timestamp creation
  • Editable event titles and times
  • View time since last event
  • Calculate time between markers
  • Support for future timestamps
  • Batch deletion of events
Features
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Create timestamps instantly, no need to stop and write. Add markers with a single tap, then edit anytime. • Add events with or without a title (default: “Marker”) • Edit time and title at any time, including setting future times • Main screen shows time since your most recent past event “Show Time Pass” (from markers list menu): No selection: time from now to latest past event • One selected: time between now and that event (past or future) • Two selected: time between both events Future timestamps are only included when explicitly selected. Time differences are always shown as absolute values. • Remove multiple events using “Delete Before”

Screenshots

BetterLists4 screens
Timestamp Marker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Timestamp Marker at Free against BetterLists's $2.99. Timestamp Marker also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). BetterLists's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Timestamp Marker is free to download; BetterLists costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BetterLists holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of BetterLists's written reviews are positive against 100% of Timestamp Marker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BetterLists ships an update monthly, Timestamp Marker every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BetterLists versus Timestamp Marker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBetterListsTimestamp Marker
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews82.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCharles HaspelRod Bauer

Customer experience

BetterLists

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive82.9%
Neutral2.9%
Negative14.3%

Timestamp Marker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BetterLists

No in-app purchases

None

Timestamp Marker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BetterLists free?
BetterLists costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Timestamp Marker free?
Timestamp Marker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BetterLists or Timestamp Marker?
BetterLists is rated higher. BetterLists averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Timestamp Marker averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BetterLists or Timestamp Marker have ads?
Neither BetterLists nor Timestamp Marker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BetterLists or Timestamp Marker?
BetterLists ships an update monthly, and Timestamp Marker every 6 weeks. Most recently, BetterLists was updated on October 21, 2026 and Timestamp Marker on October 8, 2026.

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