List! Lite vs Simple List
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
List! Lite
Manage your tasks and ideas with an advanced list application. Create nested lists with notes, priorities, and due dates. Export and import lists via email or text.
- Multiple nested lists
- Notes, priorities, and due dates
- Copy/delete/move multiple items
- Dynamic sorting
- In-app email and export
- List item alert notifications
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An advanced list management app. As this is the most commonly requested feature, please note that List! Lite does not yet have iCloud/synchronization support. The lite version is limited to a total of 5 nested lists containing up to 50 items among them. The main list can contain any number of list items. The paid version of List! has no limitations on the number of lists that can be created or the number of items that they can contain. The paid version of List! also contains 140 additional list icons. Features: • Multiple nested lists • Landscape support • Multiline list item titles • Notes, priorities, and due dates/times • Help screens and ‘How To’ tip balloons • Icon badge number • Delete Checked/Check All/Uncheck All actions • Copy/Delete/Move multiple items at a time • Dynamic sorting on multiple attributes • In-app email of list and list items • In-app settings • Export/import list and list items via HTML email • Import list items via text • Badge background updates • List item alert notifications • Search Features not currently supported: • Synchronization • Passwords • Repeating due dates (available in List!)
Simple List
Organize your tasks with a straightforward list-based system. Navigate between different sections using simple swipes. This tool prioritizes ease of use for managing your to-do items.
- Swipe navigation between pages
- Swipe actions on to-do items
- Simple and easy to use interface
- Task organization
- List management
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This app contains 6 pages. User and swipe left/right (outside the list items) to move next/previous pages. It also supported highlighted features by swiping left/right directly onto the to-do items. ULTIMATELY SIMPLE & EASY TO USE !!!
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Verdict
List! Lite and Simple List both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of List! Lite's written reviews are positive against 50% of Simple List's. List! Lite also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for List! Lite against 4.7 for Simple List. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 57 and 18 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of List! Lite's written reviews are positive against 50% of Simple List's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | List! Lite | Simple List |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (57 ratings) — better | 4.7 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Secret Society Software | giang pham |
Customer experience
List! Lite
Simple List
Bugs and requests
List! Lite
Reported bugs
7 issues- App crashes when adding new items
- Data deletion after updates
- App freezes during list creation
- Random app shutdowns causing data loss
- Text import feature not working
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- Badge number not updating without opening app
- Poor transition between lite and paid versions
Requested features
16 requests- Nested lists within lists (sub-lists within sub-lists)
- Text search/find functionality
- Password or lock protection for lists
- Cross-device synchronization (iPhone/iPad)
- Drag-and-drop item reordering
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- Custom icons/images for lists
- Quantity field for shopping lists
- Barcode scanner integration
- Due time in addition to due date
- Recurring tasks support
- Calendar synchronization
- Ability to keep checked items in place
- More than 5 lists in free version
- Import from Notes app
- Better tutorial/onboarding guide
- Account-based syncing like Instapaper
Simple List
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
List! Lite
No in-app purchases
Simple List
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is List! Lite free?
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