Comparison

Checklists vs CheckList

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

CheckList

Features
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CheckList is a versatile app for creating all kinds of lists. Plan your shopping, pack for trips, organize household chores, work tasks, ideas, celebrations, recipes, pantry supplies, renovations, moving, and much more. Create your own lists from scratch or use the ready-made online catalog with 1000+ items, conveniently organized into categories. Add items in seconds by typing just the first few letters or using smart voice input, import lists from photos and the clipboard, rearrange them with simple drag and drop, set reminders, and mark items as completed with a double tap. Keep everything important in one place and reuse lists from your history. Build your own catalog, add items one by one or all at once, organize them into categories, and label them with colors. Customize the app to match your needs by choosing patterns and interface colors, and changing the app icon. Simplicity and ease of use are at the core of CheckList’s design. Almost every action can be performed with simple gestures, taps, and swipes, without complicated menus or unnecessary confirmations. Every feature is designed to make creating, editing, and managing lists fast, intuitive, and convenient for both everyday tasks and long-term planning. Features: • The app interface is available in 20 languages. • Ready-made catalog with 1000+ items and online updates. • Sync across all your devices with iCloud. • Unlimited lists and items. • Quickly switch between your lists. • Color labels for list items and catalog entries. • Progress indicator for every list. • Quickly add items by typing just the first few letters. • Smart voice input with catalog matching. • Import lists from the camera, photos, and clipboard. • Flexible catalog search by prefix or partial match. • Manually reorder items with drag and drop. • Quick color selection by tapping the color label. • Set quantities for individual list items. • Reminders for list items with easy management. • Protect individual items from accidental changes. • Group list items using different criteria. • Move completed lists and categories to history. • Convenient history search and list reuse. • Quickly share lists with family and friends. • Mark items as done with a double tap. • Choose catalog categories for each list. • Individual settings for each list. • Protect individual lists from accidental deletion. • Create your own items and categories. • Search the catalog within a selected category. • Bulk add items to the catalog using a separator. • Customize appearance with patterns, colors, and gradients. • Change the app icon to match your needs. -- From the Developer: I originally created this app for my wife after I noticed that she was making grocery lists for our home every day in the Notes app. Every time, she either started a new list from scratch or edited an old one, manually adding new items and removing the ones she no longer needed. Day after day, I watched her go through the same routine until one day I decided to find her an app with a ready-made catalog where she could create lists on the fly just by typing the first few letters and quickly check off purchases right there in the supermarket. But that turned out to be harder than I expected, as the apps I found felt inconvenient and poorly designed, and their ready-made catalogs were either missing or too limited and impractical. So I decided to build my own app without those shortcomings. After a lot of hard work, the result was CheckList, a lightweight, easy-to-use, and thoughtfully designed checklist app with a catalog for groceries and everyday shopping. But then my wife surprised me again. As we were getting ready for another trip, I found her making a packing list... and once again, she was doing it in Notes. And you can probably guess what happened next... -- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Checklists4 screens
CheckList4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CheckList at weekly against Checklists's every 29 months. Checklists's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and CheckList sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Checklists ships an update every 29 months, CheckList weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Checklists versus CheckList: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChecklistsCheckList
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 29 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB155 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPartaheikki TechnologiesPavel Vatulin

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Checklists

One-time1
  • Checklists Full$2.99
3 purchases

CheckList

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Checklists free?
Checklists is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CheckList free?
CheckList is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Checklists or CheckList have ads?
Neither Checklists nor CheckList shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Checklists or CheckList?
Checklists ships an update every 29 months, and CheckList weekly. Most recently, Checklists was updated on November 1, 2026 and CheckList on November 5, 2026.

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