Comparison

Board vs Listful

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

Head to head
About

Board

Organize and display your favorite photos and notes on a virtual bulletin board. Personalize your space with decorative emojis and easily access your visual reminders on your iPad or iPhone.

Highlights
  • Import and display favorite photos
  • Create notes
  • Add decorative emojis
  • Intuitive interface
  • Portable bulletin board
Features
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Board is an attractive and useful setting for your favorite pictures and notes. Add some decorative emojis to dress up your display and put your personal touch to it. Put this practical application on your iPad and carry your portable bulletin board with you, wherever you go. Board is a simple yet captivating bulletin board style app. Use it like you do a regular cork board. Choose decorative emojis to tack up little notes and reminders or your favorite pictures. You’ll have it all with you, everywhere you take your iPad or iPhone and half the fun is setting up your display. The Board app is bound to become a part of your daily life. It’s useful, decorative and makes use of the iPad’s big screen and multi-touch display. Works also great on iPhone! Features: ▪ Simple, attractive and intuitive interface ▪ Import and display favorite photos ▪ Create notes, easily ▪ Add decorative emojis ▪ Dedicated to the iPad, fun on iPhone Download your very own Board now. Once you set it up, you won’t ever want to be without it. In fact, you’ll look forward to changing and adding to your display as often as possible.

About

Listful

Easily create and share personalized wishlists for any occasion, from birthdays to holidays. Add items from any online store, collaborate with others, and avoid duplicate gifts with reservation features.

Highlights
  • Create wishlists for any occasion
  • Add items from any online store
  • Share lists with friends and family
  • Collaborate on lists
  • Reserve items to avoid duplicates
  • Price comparison
  • Price drop alerts (Pro)
Features
Currently charting
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You have 47 things you want and zero idea where you saved any of them. Listful is the one place that actually keeps track of it all. Add anything from any store. Amazon, Sephora, Urban Outfitters, Abercrombie, Adidas, IKEA. If it's sold online, you can add it. Build one list or a dozen, arrange them exactly how you want, and make something that actually looks good. Share it with one link. That's it. WHY PEOPLE SWITCH TO LISTFUL Most people are juggling gift ideas across their Notes app, random screenshots, and browser tabs they swore they'd come back to. Listful puts it all in one beautiful place. Organize by color, build shareable collages, and give the people who love you one link to shop from. HOW IT WORKS • Create a list for any occasion • Add items from any store by pasting a link or browsing in-app • Share it with one link (no app or account needed to view) • Shop it yourself or let the people who love you make your wishes happen WHAT YOU CAN DO • Add items from every store on the internet with one tap • Save fashion finds, outfits, and beauty picks all in one place • Use it as your personal running list of everything you want • Share lists by link, text, or directly to TikTok and Instagram • Let people reserve gifts so nothing gets doubled up • Get notified when someone reserves a wish • Track prices and get price-drop alerts • Build lists together with collaborators • Compare prices directly on your wishlist • Customize the app to fit your style • Add items manually when there's no link • Get personalized gift suggestions based on your lists PERFECT FOR • Christmas lists and holiday gift exchanges • Birthday wishlists for kids, teens, and adults • Wedding registries and bridal showers • Baby shower registries • Graduation gifts • Fashion wishlists and style saving • Everyday saving and shopping inspiration FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Is Listful free? Yes. Creating, sharing, and shopping wishlists is free. Does it work with any store? Yes. Listful works with every store on the internet. You can also add items manually with no link at all. Do my friends and family need the app to see my list? Nope. Your wishlist link opens in any browser. They can view, shop, and reserve without downloading anything. Fulfilling wishes should be easy. Download Listful and make it that way. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Board4 screens
Listful4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Listful at 4.8 against Board's 4.0. Listful also leads on ratings volume (25K vs 4) and review sentiment (80% vs 55%). Board's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Listful sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Board asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Listful holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Listful has 25K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Board's written reviews are positive against 80% of Listful's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Board ships an update every 3 weeks, Listful every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Board versus Listful: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoardListful
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.8 (25K ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.4% of reviews80.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings425K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#36 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB127 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPecora GmbHListful LLC

Customer experience

Board

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive55.4%
Neutral16.9%
Negative27.7%

Listful

All ratings24,478 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews617 reviews
Positive80.1%
Neutral7.0%
Negative13.0%

Bugs and requests

Board

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Listful

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Lists not saving properly
  • Unable to log in or reset password
  • App crashing or freezing on certain actions

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add support for more retailers like Walmart
  • Provide an option to view total value of wishlist
  • Allow users to make lists private

In-app purchases

None

Board

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Listful

Subscriptions4
  • Listful Pro 1 Month7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Listful Pro 1 Month7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Listful Pro 1 Year7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Listful Pro 1 Year7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Board free?
Board is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Listful free?
Listful is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Board or Listful?
Listful is rated higher. Board averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Listful averages 4.8 from 25K ratings.
Do Board or Listful have ads?
Listful shows ads; Board does not.
Which is updated more often, Board or Listful?
Board ships an update every 3 weeks, and Listful every 2 weeks. Most recently, Board was updated on October 23, 2026 and Listful on October 29, 2026.

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