Comparison

ListMonger vs Mental Note for iPad ๛

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

Head to head
About

ListMonger

This app offers powerful and flexible list-making capabilities with features like nested sublists, customizable sorting, and easy item placement. It allows users to manage various types of lists efficiently, replacing traditional paper methods with a digital solution.

Highlights
  • Nested sublists
  • Sort on any field
  • Add items at any position
  • Dark mode
  • Backup & restore
  • Share lists via email
  • Flag items for filtering
Features
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Basic List-Making, On Steroids (nested sublists • sort on any field • add items at any position • dark mode • backup & restore • search • mail lists between users • more!) ListMonger provides powerful, quick, and easy list-making in the palm of your hand. Leave the post-it notes and scraps of paper behind, and fire-up ListMonger to conveniently keep track of any kind of list. ListMonger provides 11 pre-configured yet flexible fields, making it ready to serve an infinite variety of list-making needs, without any futzing around or complicated set-up each time you start a new list. Unique, powerful, and thoughtfully-implemented features separate ListMonger from the pack. ListMonger provides the ability to slice and dice your lists, right in hand, in ways that other iOS list-making apps simply can't do. List lovers rejoice! ListMonger offers: NESTED SUBLISTS Your list items can have lists of their own! And they can have sublists! And they can have sublists... ÜBER-SORTING Touch and hold any column name to sort on that field. Or re-order your items using drag and drop. Or visit the sort menu for more options, including the ability to save and recall a custom sort order. PUT IT WHERE YOU WANT IT Identify any list position as the insertion point when adding a new item. QUANTITY + AND - BUTTONS Easily increase or decrease the quantity field with + and - buttons. QUICK-CHANGE COLUMN VIEWS Quickly change the info shown on-screen using pop-over selection menus. FLAG ITEMS FOR QUICK FILTERING Lists can be easily filtered on either the flag or check field, or both. (eg, Flag the items you need from a master grocery list, turn-on the flag filter, and you’ll be left with a filtered list of just your currently needed items. Then use the checkmarks to check-off items as you pick them up.) SHARE YOUR LISTS Send a list to anyone via email. Or send your list data to another user, who can open and use it in ListMonger running on their device. (Please note that ListMonger does not sync across devices.) AUTO DATE-STAMPING OF CHECKED ITEMS Automatically keep track of when you did stuff. ENHANCED NOTES FIELD The notes field can pop into a full-screen view, with phone numbers, email addresses, and URLs auto-formatted as links. 11 FIELDS, 1 USER-DEFINED PER LIST Item, Quantity, Cost, Priority, Date, Flag, Check, Check Date, Notes, and Color, plus one user-defined field. BACKUP & RESTORE Safeguard your lists by copying the ListMonger database between your iOS device and a Mac/PC using App File Sharing / iTunes. THOUGHTFUL DESIGN Functions are easy to get at and easy to use. MORE… • Dark mode. • Launch password and/or individual list password protection. • Flexible item counting options. • Color-code items. • Search / filter items within a list. • Delete, move, or copy multiple items at once. • No ads, subscriptions, or in-app purchases required. Thanks for your interest!

About

Mental Note for iPad ๛

This app transforms your iPad into a versatile digital notepad. Seamlessly combine text, drawings, pictures, and voice recordings on a single page. Capture ideas in any format and share them easily.

Highlights
  • Combine text, pictures, audio, and drawings
  • Freehand sketching with multiple colors
  • Organize notes with tags
  • Password protect private notes
  • Export notes in PDF, text, and other formats
  • Share notes via email and cloud services
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"...a true notepad experience that may help you make a clean break from the pencil-and-paper era." -New York Times. Users describe Mental Note as "the only notepad app... that's actually better than, and as simple as, a pen and paper." It's "the future of note taking", and "a big sketchpad... [to] free-associate and put stuff down in any format". Mental Note for iPad brings the future closer with an even bigger sketchpad for you to capture your ideas on. Turn your iPad into a digital notepad.  Combine pictures, voice recordings, drawings and text - all on the same page, in any order you choose. An idea... a flash - a moment of genius.  When a thought hits, and you have to remember it, why limit how you record it?  The more context and sensory details you can capture, the clearer the idea can be put down. Use pictures, audio, sketching and text together on the same page... a digital page that can be shared with anyone. Mental Note allows you to capture ideas as they happen: use pictures, dictate, add text, sketch on anything.  Ideas clarified. Creativity captured. FEATURES - Draw with your finger using multiple colours and widths on top of pictures, text, or anywhere else on the page. Zoom in to sketch fine details. - Choose a picture from your album and add it to the page. - Add audio to the page by recording with the built-in microphone. Continue to edit your note while recording. - Organize your notes using tags. - Password protect your private notes and flag your important ones. - Attach Calendar events to your notes. - Undo, redo anything in the note by shaking the device. - Delete note sections using the toolbar button or by swiping any note section. - Move a note section by swiping and then dragging it to its new location. - Length of a note is limited only by device memory. - Export in a variety of formats including PDF, text, Mental Note format, and more. Send using email, iCloud, Dropbox, and more. * Send a note in Mental Note format so the note may be imported into another person's Mental Note app. * Using email, export a complete note directly from Mental Note as either a PDF document or a picture (each audio recording is attached to the email as a separate file). You can also email just the text from your note. - Export your notes and backups to your iCloud and/or Dropbox account. - Share a note with your friends using most installed apps. - Map the location a note was created at (if location services are enabled). - Change the size and font of the text in your notes. - Change the color and background of your notes. - Numerous other configuration options. THIS VERSION IS OPTIMIZED FOR iPad. FOR iPhone, PLEASE SEE Mental Note - the digital notepad. Read more: www.zymbiotic.com X @zymbiotic facebook.com/zymbiotic

Screenshots

ListMonger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ListMonger at 4.7 against Mental Note for iPad ๛'s 2.7. ListMonger also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 52%) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On 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

ListMonger costs $0.99 and Mental Note for iPad ๛ $4.99 up front. ListMonger sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Mental Note for iPad ๛ sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ListMonger holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of ListMonger's written reviews are positive against 52% of Mental Note for iPad ๛'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ListMonger ships an update every 2 months, Mental Note for iPad ๛ every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
ListMonger versus Mental Note for iPad ๛: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterListMongerMental Note for iPad ๛
Price$0.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.7 (29 ratings) — better2.7 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews — better51.7% of reviews
Number of ratings29 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInspiretisZymbiotic Technologies

Customer experience

ListMonger

All ratings29 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral3.4%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews101 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.0%

Mental Note for iPad ๛

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews149 reviews
Positive51.7%
Neutral22.8%
Negative25.5%

Bugs and requests

ListMonger

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • iPad version data loss after updates
  • App crashes on unsupported iOS versions
  • Lists slow to load and open
  • Text size became smaller in recent version
  • Sort order not persisting after save
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  • App stopped working with iOS 14 (fixed in later update)
  • iPad not running in universal mode
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions

Requested features

18 requests
  • Automatic cloud sync (iCloud, Dropbox, Google Docs)
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Reminder and notification alerts
  • Recurring/repeating list items
  • Desktop application for data entry
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  • Badge notifications for due items
  • Lock checkbox feature for one-time items
  • Auto-sort by checked items
  • View all flagged items across lists
  • Multiple-level deep search functionality
  • Keyboard shortcuts for quick item addition
  • Save and next button for rapid entry
  • Automatic removal of completed tasks
  • Total cost/amount calculation for lists
  • Customizable grid view fields
  • Reset notes/checks for entire list at once
  • iPad-optimized universal app
  • Bluetooth keyboard support

Mental Note for iPad ๛

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ListMonger

One-time3
  • $1 tip$0.99
  • $3 tip$2.99
  • $5 tip$4.99
3 purchases

Mental Note for iPad ๛

One-time3
  • Paper Customization feature$2.99
  • Straight Line Drawing feature$3.99
  • Dark Mode Override feature$3.99

Questions

Is ListMonger free?
ListMonger costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Mental Note for iPad ๛ free?
Mental Note for iPad ๛ costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ListMonger or Mental Note for iPad ๛?
ListMonger is rated higher. ListMonger averages 4.7 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Mental Note for iPad ๛ averages 2.7 from 6 ratings.
Do ListMonger or Mental Note for iPad ๛ have ads?
Neither ListMonger nor Mental Note for iPad ๛ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ListMonger or Mental Note for iPad ๛?
ListMonger ships an update every 2 months, and Mental Note for iPad ๛ every 5 months. Most recently, ListMonger was updated on October 7, 2026 and Mental Note for iPad ๛ on October 7, 2026.

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