Comparison

Checklists vs Appoint

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

Appoint

This calendar app learns your scheduling habits to suggest event details like titles, times, and locations. It offers multiple views, customization options, and privacy-focused local processing. Enjoy smart input, drag-and-drop rescheduling, and astronomical data.

Highlights
  • Smart event input with suggestions
  • Multiple customizable calendar views
  • Drag-and-drop event rescheduling
  • Privacy-focused local data processing
  • Sun, moon, and daylight data
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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Create events faster than you ever thought possible. Appoint learns how you schedule — suggesting titles, times, locations, and details before you finish typing. It's a calendar built for people who value their time. SMART INPUT Type "3pm" or "9-12am" and Appoint sets the time. Type "1.5h" and it sets the duration. Start typing a title and it suggests the rest — prefilling time, calendar, notes, and recurrence from your history. Contact names are detected automatically. All of this works in any language. EVERY VIEW YOU NEED Day, week, month, and list views — each designed for a different purpose. Pinch to zoom in day and week views. See relative dates in the list view ("today", "in 3 weeks"). Color-coded dots in month view show how busy each day is at a glance. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from over a dozen built-in color themes — or create your own from scratch. Light, dark, colorful, minimal — Appoint looks the way you want it to. Event colors adapt automatically to your chosen theme so everything stays readable and beautiful. Customize work hours, week start day, default duration, and preferred map app. DRAG & DROP Long-press to move events between times and days. Quickly reschedule without opening a single form. STATISTICS See exactly where your time goes. Break your schedule down by calendar and time period, spot your busiest days and recurring commitments, and watch the numbers update as you pick any date range. Export any range to CSV or ICS when you need the raw data. PRIVACY FIRST Your data stays on your device. No accounts, no cloud services, no tracking. Appoint works with iCloud, Google, Exchange, or any calendar service supported by iOS — but all the intelligence happens locally on your phone. SUN & MOON See sunrise and sunset times as subtle markers on your day and week timelines — calculated for your location, updating with the seasons. Moon phases appear on the month grid so you always know when the next full or new moon is. Astronomically accurate, no internet needed. Appoint only uses your approximate location — no precise tracking. WIDGETS Event countdown, upcoming schedule, sunrise & sunset forecast, and a full-year daylight chart — right on your home screen. Seven widgets in three sizes, each with theme support. ALSO INCLUDED - Powerful search across all fields and views - Scheduling conflict detection - Recurrence rules for repeating events - Multiple alarms and reminders - Invitations management - Integrated maps with turn-by-turn directions - Timezone support - Full iPad support Syncs with the built-in Calendar app — your events are always up to date. A one-time Appoint Pro purchase unlocks even more — no subscription, yours forever. Already bought Appoint? You already have Pro, with our thanks. feedback@appointcal.com

Screenshots

Checklists4 screens
Appoint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Appoint at 85% against Checklists's 34%. Appoint also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 29 months). Checklists's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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. Checklists sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Appoint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Appoint holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Checklists's written reviews are positive against 85% of Appoint's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Checklists ships an update every 29 months, Appoint every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Checklists versus Appoint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChecklistsAppoint
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (2 ratings)4.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.1% of reviews84.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 29 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPartaheikki TechnologiesUrs Gort

Customer experience

Checklists

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

Appoint

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive84.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Checklists

One-time1
  • Checklists Full$2.99
1 purchases

Appoint

One-time1
  • Appoint Pro$7.99

Questions

Is Checklists free?
Checklists is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Appoint free?
Appoint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Checklists or Appoint?
Appoint is rated higher. Checklists averages 2.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Appoint averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Checklists or Appoint have ads?
Neither Checklists nor Appoint shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Checklists or Appoint?
Checklists ships an update every 29 months, and Appoint every 2 weeks. Most recently, Checklists was updated on September 17, 2026 and Appoint on September 2, 2026.

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