Comparison

List! Lite vs Be

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Multiple nested lists
  • Notes, priorities, and due dates
  • Copy/delete/move multiple items
  • Dynamic sorting
  • In-app email and export
  • List item alert notifications
Features
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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!)

About

Be

Organize your life and tasks with a flexible system that aligns your actions with your priorities. This multidimensional tool functions as a planner, organizer, note-taker, and habit tracker with a clean, intuitive interface.

Highlights
  • Multidimensional to-do list
  • Life organizer and planner
  • Goal and habit tracking
  • Self-management tool
  • Clean and intuitive UI
  • Data structuring and navigation
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«Be-Do App» is a unique, flexible and very effective system to organise your life and get things done while staying focused on your true priorities. It’s a great way to always keep your being and doing attuned – so that your actions lead to results that are true to yourself. Be-Do is a multidimensional to do list, a planner, an organiser, an outliner, a note book, a tool for your self management, work life balance and habit forming. The user interface is clean and carefully designed. A set of simple and powerful techniques like indenting-outdenting, expanding-collapsing sections, in-place editing and sliding rows allow you to enter, structure and navigate your data with ease and power. Privacy policy: https://www.app-artisan.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://www.app-artisan.com/terms-of-use

Screenshots

List! Lite4 screens
Be3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: List! Lite at Free against Be's $2.99. List! Lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (57 vs 1). Be's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On update cadence, 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

List! Lite is free to download; Be costs $2.99 up front. Be sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. List! Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Be holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: List! Lite has 57 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

List! Lite ships an update every 3 months, Be every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 19, 2026 and June 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
List! Lite versus Be: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterList! LiteBe
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.8 (57 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings57 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSecret Society SoftwareAlessandro Luethi

Customer experience

List! Lite

All ratings57 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews133 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative10.5%

Be

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Be

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

List! Lite

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Be

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription3 Days trial$0.491 Month
  • Yearly subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Year

Questions

Is List! Lite free?
List! Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Be free?
Be costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, List! Lite or Be?
Be is rated higher. List! Lite averages 4.8 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while Be averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do List! Lite or Be have ads?
Neither List! Lite nor Be shows ads.
Which is updated more often, List! Lite or Be?
List! Lite ships an update every 3 months, and Be every 2 months. Most recently, List! Lite was updated on August 19, 2026 and Be on June 24, 2026.

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