List! Lite vs One Great Thing
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!)
One Great Thing
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One small action can make a difference. A quick task, a personal intention, or the one thing you just have to get done today. One Great Thing allows you to quickly capture this each day, and provides a satisfying visual to complete it. You can use the provided widgets to help keep your item front and center throughout the day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: List! Lite at every 3 months against One Great Thing's every 8 months. List! Lite also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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 ships an update every 3 months, One Great Thing every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on August 19, 2026 and August 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | List! Lite | One Great Thing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (57 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 86.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Secret Society Software | Finite Fractal Studios, LLC |
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
One Great Thing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
List! Lite
No in-app purchases
One Great Thing
No in-app purchases








