Comparison

SimpleLists vs Best Shopping List

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

Head to head
About

SimpleLists

Organize your daily tasks and to-do items with a clean and intuitive interface. Create unlimited custom lists and manage individual items with simple touch interactions and drag-and-drop reordering. All your data is automatically saved for efficient task management.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited custom lists
  • Simple item management
  • Drag & drop reordering
  • Persistent data storage
  • Clean, minimalist design
  • Quick item entry
Features
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SimpleLists is a clean, intuitive task management app for iOS that helps users organize daily tasks and to-do items with simplicity and efficiency. Create multiple lists and manage individual items with a straightforward interface. Key Features: - Multiple Lists: Create unlimited custom lists for different purposes - Simple Item Management: Add, edit, and delete items with intuitive touch interactions - Drag & Drop Reordering: Easily reorder items within lists by dragging - Persistent Storage: All data automatically saved using Core Data - Clean Interface: Minimalist design focused on functionality - Quick Entry: Fast item addition with optimized text input

About

Best Shopping List

This app helps you organize your shopping by replacing paper lists. Easily add items, track what you've bought, and manage multiple lists with details like quantity and price. Share lists, back them up, and even print them.

Highlights
  • Multiple shopping lists
  • Add items easily
  • Mark items as bought
  • Share lists via email/message
  • Password protection
  • Dropbox backup & restore
  • Print lists
Features
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Best Shopping List is a very handy app to replace your paper and pen. Use this app to make sure never forget to buy another item. Add items you need to buy to it, and mark item as bought by a tap. Best Shopping List shows you clearly which items are need to be bought and which have been bought. Key Features: ⁃ Multiple shopping lists. ⁃ Add item to a list easily. ⁃ Add tax rate for item. ⁃ Mark an item as bought by a tap. ⁃ Show list name, total items and total expense. ⁃ Show quantity, price, and total price of an item and add note to it. ⁃ Share list via email. ⁃ Share list by message. ⁃ Supports AirPrint to print the lists directly. ⁃ Default and Custom categories. ⁃ Default and Custom units. ⁃ Default items under categories and you can add your own custom ones. ⁃ Password protection. ⁃ Set your own currency. ⁃ Badge to show number of items you haven’t bought. ⁃ Supports Dropbox backup & restore. ⁃ Supports WiFi Backup & Restore. ⁃ Supports transfereing data to full version. ⁃ Supports Apple Watch version. ⁃ Supports both iPhone and iPad. Please feel free to contact us if you have any question or suggestion by this email: userfeed@vip.tom.com.

Screenshots

SimpleLists3 screens
Best Shopping List4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Best Shopping List at Free against SimpleLists's $0.99. Best Shopping List also leads on ratings volume (219 vs 1) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 23 months). SimpleLists's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Best Shopping List is free to download; SimpleLists costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SimpleLists holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Best Shopping List has 219 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of SimpleLists's written reviews are positive against 72% of Best Shopping List's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpleLists ships an update every 23 months, Best Shopping List every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SimpleLists versus Best Shopping List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleListsBest Shopping List
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.2 (219 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews72.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1219 — better
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid O'Hara倩 赵

Customer experience

SimpleLists

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Best Shopping List

All ratings220 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral7.7%
Negative12.3%
Written reviews173 reviews
Positive72.3%
Neutral11.6%
Negative16.2%

Bugs and requests

SimpleLists

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Best Shopping List

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Items disappearing from lists
  • Crashes when typing certain letters
  • Inability to delete old lists

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to edit item details
  • Alphabetical sorting of purchased items
  • Option to disable categorization
  • Total cost calculation for lists
  • Seamless sync between devices

In-app purchases

None

SimpleLists

No in-app purchases

None

Best Shopping List

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SimpleLists free?
SimpleLists costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Best Shopping List free?
Best Shopping List is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SimpleLists or Best Shopping List?
SimpleLists is rated higher. SimpleLists averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Best Shopping List averages 4.2 from 219 ratings.
Do SimpleLists or Best Shopping List have ads?
Best Shopping List shows ads; SimpleLists does not.
Which is updated more often, SimpleLists or Best Shopping List?
SimpleLists ships an update every 23 months, and Best Shopping List every 7 months. Most recently, SimpleLists was updated on October 9, 2026 and Best Shopping List on October 26, 2026.

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