Comparison

Card Decks vs Checklist

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

Head to head
About

Card Decks

Create and share custom card decks for various uses, from team meetings and planning to personal expression and task management. Configure individual cards with display times for timers or reminders, and easily share decks via email or messages.

Highlights
  • Configurable colored text cards
  • Group cards into decks
  • Create custom card sets
  • Timer and countdown functionality
  • Share decks via email/messages
  • Open source
Features
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Card Decks is a small utility application for your iPhone and iPad which brings you simple, configurable, colored, multi-line text cards that are grouped into card decks. A card deck can be used to show your vote or estimation on a certain topic in a meeting, e.g. in a planning meeting used in agile software development methods like Scrum or Extreme Programming. If the pre-configured cards don't fit your needs, just extend the existing cards or build your own set of cards, e.g. including special estimation numbers like "Pi" or "?". Or, if you are the chair of a session on a conference, you can use a card deck to remind a speaker of the remaining time for the presentation. Or, as a speaker, use a timer card deck to track the remaining minutes. Or, just use your cards to show your opinion, argument, or mood, in a simple, non-verbal way. Or, use the shuffle feature to randomly select a task from a card deck with tasks, or randomly assign tasks to students, team members, etc. Card Decks contains some pre-configured card decks with voting cards, simple colored cards, cards with numbers, colored cards which show remaining minutes, and some timers. Individual card decks can be created with the built-in editor. Each card in a card deck can be configured with a display time. This way, you can build your own countdown timer with individual numbers, texts, reminders, etc. Example timers for 15 and 60 minutes are pre-configured. Additionally, Card Decks supports sending and receiving card decks via e-mail, messages, etc. for sharing your card decks with your friends or colleagues. Either as an URL, or via a JSON-based document. Found a bug? Missing a feature? Drop a line to carddecks@0xc0.de, or open an issue in the project on GitHub. Card Decks is open source and licensed under the terms of the MIT license. Its source code is hosted on GitHub.

About

Checklist

A straightforward and uncluttered application for managing your to-do lists. Easily add and complete tasks without needing an internet connection or an account. Designed for speed and ultimate simplicity.

Highlights
  • Quick task addition
  • Mark tasks as completed
  • Full offline functionality
  • No accounts required
  • Ad-free experience
  • No tracking
Features
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Checklist-Lite is a simple and clean checklist app to help you stay organized. • Add tasks quickly • Mark tasks as completed • Works fully offline • No accounts, no ads, no tracking Designed for speed and simplicity.

Screenshots

Card Decks4 screens
Checklist3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Checklist at 5.0 against Card Decks's 4.5. Checklist also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Checklist holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Card Decks ships an update every 5 months, Checklist every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Card Decks versus Checklist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCard DecksChecklist
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArne HarrenTesfaldet Haileab

Customer experience

Card Decks

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

Checklist

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Card Decks

No in-app purchases

None

Checklist

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Card Decks free?
Card Decks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Checklist free?
Checklist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Card Decks or Checklist?
Checklist is rated higher. Card Decks averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Checklist averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Card Decks or Checklist have ads?
Neither Card Decks nor Checklist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Card Decks or Checklist?
Card Decks ships an update every 5 months, and Checklist every 3 weeks. Most recently, Card Decks was updated on October 3, 2026 and Checklist on October 9, 2026.

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