List! Lite vs 1List (Reminders)
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!)
1List (Reminders)
This app helps you quickly create and manage reminders. It learns from your entries to speed up future additions and syncs seamlessly with iCloud Reminders across all your Apple devices. You can also manage your lists directly from your Apple Watch.
- Fast reminder creation
- Autocomplete suggestions
- iCloud Reminders integration
- Apple Watch app
- Syncs across Apple devices
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Fast and Simple. If you need to remember things, it has to be fast and simple. 1List is made for you. - Autocomplete Blazingly efficient. 1List helps you create new reminders based on your previous entries. The more you use it, the faster it gets. - iCloud Reminders Always in sync. 1List directly integrates with iCloud Reminders. You don’t need to create a new account, your reminders are available on all your devices. - Apple Watch app Keep track of your reminders, right from your Apple Watch, and add new items to your list at any time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: List! Lite at 4.8 against 1List (Reminders)'s 1.0. List! Lite also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 47%) and ratings volume (57 vs 2). 1List (Reminders)'s advantage is device support (5 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
List! Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: List! Lite has 57 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of List! Lite's written reviews are positive against 47% of 1List (Reminders)'s.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | List! Lite | 1List (Reminders) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (57 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.5% of reviews — better | 47.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Secret Society Software | Vincent Tourraine |
Customer experience
List! Lite
1List (Reminders)
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
1List (Reminders)
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
List! Lite
No in-app purchases
1List (Reminders)
No in-app purchases
Questions
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