Comparison

BetterLists vs My Notes

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

My Notes

Features
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My Notes: Voice, Diary & Memos app is developed to keep notes secure and accessible anytime, anywhere. Create your account or signing with google. Create your notes in your desired folder. If you want to save notes in some separate folder, you can easily create new folder. Save notes in desired folder. If there are some important things and you want to lock them, just add them to your secure folder. Create and remember your pin code set on secure folder and it will keep your notes secure and locked. If you delete some important notes and want to get them back, go to trash folder and recover these notes. Multiple notes formates available. You can use this app in daily life to align your routine tasks. Voice notes are important feature of this app. Just create your voice note, record your voice and save in to your phone. Your daily assistant to align tasks and maintain routine.

Screenshots

BetterLists4 screens
My Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: My Notes at Free against BetterLists's $2.99. My Notes also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On update cadence, 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BetterLists versus My Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBetterListsMy Notes
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB72 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCharles HaspelSaad Ameen

In-app purchases

None

BetterLists

No in-app purchases

None

My Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BetterLists free?
BetterLists costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Notes free?
My Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BetterLists or My Notes have ads?
Neither BetterLists nor My Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BetterLists or My Notes?
BetterLists ships an update monthly, and My Notes monthly. Most recently, BetterLists was updated on October 21, 2026 and My Notes on October 25, 2026.

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