Checklists vs Lists To
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checklists
Create and manage various types of lists, from shopping to to-do, with a focus on simplicity and speed. This app offers an intuitive interface for everyday tasks, with features like quick item addition, search, and customizable themes. Share or archive your lists easily.
- Tap to mark items complete
- Quickly add items from history
- Search for items in lists
- Customizable themes and text size
- Share or archive lists
- Shake to delete completed items
- Organize items into categories
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Create lists for all kinds of purposes with this simple but versatile application. You can use it for creating shopping lists, to do lists, gift lists etc. The application focuses on simplicity, speed, and ease of use minimizing the number of taps needed to perform the most common tasks. The user interface is clean and intuitive without unnecessary clutter on the screen. The application is not intended for complex project and task management purposes, which makes it the right tool for managing everyday tasks. Features: • Just tap on an item to mark it completed, no need to hit small buttons. • Quickly add items to the current list from a database of previously used items by checking them from a list. • Use search to quickly find items in long lists or add them to the current list from the database of previously used items. • Select one of the three included themes and adjust the text size to suit your needs. • Share or archive lists via email. • Simply shake the device to delete completed items with vibration feedback. • Supports two lists of ten active items each in the free version, unlock unlimited lists with a one-time in-app purchase. Per-list features: • Create and arrange categories freely to suit your needs, e.g. to arrange items by aisles in a supermarket. • Sort the items automatically or manually within categories. • Completed items can be automatically moved to the bottom of the list or left where they are. • Show or hide the category titles to see as many items as possible at a glance. • View the list in landscape or portrait mode depending on the orientation of the device, or lock the list to portrait mode. • Select whether the incomplete items in the list are included in the application icon badge or not. • Enable or disable the shaking gesture.
Lists To
Organize all your tasks, lists, and to-dos with an intuitive and functional design. Easily manage shopping lists, work items, and more with intelligent features like sorting, reminders, and statistics. Synchronize across devices and share lists effortlessly.
- Task and list management
- Customizable reminders
- List sorting and organization
- Cross-device iCloud sync
- List sharing and printing
- Progress statistics
- Red badge icon for unchecked items
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ORGANISE ALL YOUR TASKS, LISTS AND TO-DO Punch of productivity ------------ • Managing tasks, lists, to-dos and checklists has never been this easy. • Keep tracks of all your lists : shopping lists, work items, grocery lists and more. Intuitive Design ------------ • Lists To-do was designed with simplicity and functionality. • stunning graphics make capturing ideas easy and awesome. • more than 150 category icons Intelligent features ------------ • delete all completed/uncompleted tasks immediately • sort lists alphabetically, inverse alphabetically, by date created, by dated created inverse or manually • duplicate lists • move items between lists • use the red badge icon of the app to show how many unchecked items are left for a list or for all your lists combined • check/uncheck a whole list • keep checked items at the bottom, separated from the unchecked items • get statistics for your lists (percent filled, number of unchecked things, etc.) • pin items or lists on top to easily access the important ones • universal search to find the list or list item you want • manage recently deleted items to instantly recover them Reminders ------------ • need to set a reminder for a lists item? Lists To do notifies you, so you’ll never miss an important task again!! • setup recurring reminders for things you need to do (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually) • import reminder dates from calendar Red Badge Icon ------------ • use the red badge icon of the app to show how many unchecked items a list has • the red badge icon updates automatically every time you perform a task! iCloud ------------ • synchronise automatically your lists between your iOS devices, signed-in with the same iCloud account. You don’t have to do any setup!!! • stay organised from all your devices Share lists ------------ • share your lists from right inside the app • take a screenshot of the whole list automatically and share it or set it as a lock-screen background • print your lists using AirPrint Lists Statistics ------------ View the progress of all your lists combined, as well as each list individually. You have to check every last task to get that 100%!!! Create a list for anything you want, highly flexible!!! ------------ • shopping lists • to do • checklists • bucket lists • quick notes • anything you can think of ..... LOVED BY USERS ------------ List! I've been using this app for about 5 minutes and I love it. Very picky about my list apps, and this wins, hands down. Very clean and easy. Great app! Great App! This is a great app. It's very easy to use and gets the job done. Love the app I use it almost every day. Shopping, chores (then I can delete them!), reminders of things I must do in the future (like taxes and plane reservations) Love it This app helps me stay on track. It makes a satisfying "click" when you mark an item as complete - love it! Very Practical Very Impressed with the ease of use, and the functionality. Very simple to add tasks and lists
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lists To at 84% against Checklists's 34%. Lists To also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 29 months). Checklists's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Checklists is free to download; Lists To costs $0.99 up front. Checklists sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lists To sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lists To holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lists To has 2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Checklists's written reviews are positive against 84% of Lists To's.
Checklists ships an update every 29 months, Lists To every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Checklists | Lists To |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 4.5 (2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.1% of reviews | 83.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Partaheikki Technologies | Thomas Tsopanakis |
Customer experience
Checklists
Lists To
Bugs and requests
Checklists
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Lists To
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when adding long list items
- App crashes when trying to open lists
- Lists disappear after device update
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to create sub-lists
- Implement reminders and due dates
- Allow custom icons and colors for lists
- Add option to sort lists alphabetically
- Enable syncing across devices
In-app purchases
Checklists
- Checklists Full$2.99
Lists To
- Theme Colors and Stickers Pack$0.99









