Comparison

List! Lite vs One Great Thing

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

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.

Screenshots

List! Lite4 screens
One Great Thing4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
List! Lite versus One Great Thing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterList! LiteOne Great Thing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (57 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings57 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSecret Society SoftwareFinite 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

None

List! Lite

No in-app purchases

None

One Great Thing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is List! Lite free?
List! Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is One Great Thing free?
One Great Thing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do List! Lite or One Great Thing have ads?
Neither List! Lite nor One Great Thing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, List! Lite or One Great Thing?
List! Lite ships an update every 3 months, and One Great Thing every 8 months. Most recently, List! Lite was updated on August 19, 2026 and One Great Thing on August 9, 2026.

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