Comparison

Checklists vs The Task Board

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

The Task Board

This app offers a visual way to manage your to-do lists and notes. Quickly add tasks, swipe them between 'To Do' and 'Done' sections, and rearrange them on an unlimited board. It provides a clear overview of your progress and allows for easy data import and export.

Highlights
  • Visual task organization
  • Swipe to complete tasks
  • Unlimited board space
  • Task grouping and arrangement
  • Data import/export via copy-paste
  • Undo functionality
Features
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The Task Board is a brand new visual approach to organizing to do lists and notes. This is where you quickly note down and arrange your day-to-day tasks and easily mark them done. You enter your pending tasks on the "ToDo" tab and swipe-off all the finished ones to the "Done" tab. You can intuitively swipe the items back and forth between the "ToDo" and "Done" tabs. The board gives you a bird's eye view of all the items in one quick glance. It gives you a good idea of how many things are pending and how they're grouped. You can re-group and re-arrange the items as and when you like. The smooth scroll and pan gives you the feel of a frictionless whiteboard that stretches quite a bit with central area in focus. You can move the board around and bring any group of items in focus. You can also search for an item which brings the item in the central area of focus. To import a list of text items from any other app, simply copy it there and paste it to the task board. Similarly to do a backup of all the items on the board, select all, copy and paste it in any other app you like. You can do occasional cleanups by selecting and trashing the items. The undo button is helpful if you accidentally do something unintentionally. The task board works in both landscape and portrait orientations. These are some of the things you can do with this task board: - quick one-touch note taking - unlimited board space - swipe-off between the boards/tabs - easy scroll - smooth move around - search - arrange all - arrange related (group) - select on board - copy from board - paste on board - delete from board - zoom in and out with a pinch gesture - undo Enjoy managing your never ending list of day-to-day tasks.

Screenshots

Checklists4 screens
The Task Board4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Task Board at 100% against Checklists's 34%. The Task Board also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

Both are free to download. Checklists sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Task Board asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Task Board holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Checklists's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Task Board's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Checklists ships an update every 29 months, The Task Board every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Checklists versus The Task Board: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChecklistsThe Task Board
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 29 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPartaheikki TechnologiesViva Apps, LLC

Customer experience

Checklists

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive34.1%
Neutral9.8%
Negative56.1%

The Task Board

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Checklists

One-time1
  • Checklists Full$2.99
None

The Task Board

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Checklists free?
Checklists is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Task Board free?
The Task Board is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Checklists or The Task Board?
The Task Board is rated higher. Checklists averages 2.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while The Task Board averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Checklists or The Task Board have ads?
Neither Checklists nor The Task Board shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Checklists or The Task Board?
Checklists ships an update every 29 months, and The Task Board every 2 months. Most recently, Checklists was updated on September 17, 2026 and The Task Board on June 4, 2026.

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