List! vs Simple Goals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
List!
Manage your tasks and projects with an advanced list application. Organize items with notes, priorities, and due dates, and utilize powerful sorting and export options. A free lite version is available for trial.
- Multiple nested lists
- Notes, priorities, and due dates
- Repeating due dates
- Dynamic sorting
- Export/import via HTML email
- Search functionality
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An advanced list management app. Check out “List! Lite” for free before purchasing. As this is the most commonly requested feature, please note that List! does not have iCloud/synchronization support. Features: • Multiple nested lists • Landscape support • Multiline list item titles • Notes, priorities, and due dates/times • Repeating due dates • 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
Simple Goals
Easily set and track your most important goals with this intuitive application. It provides a straightforward way to manage your aspirations and monitor your progress.
- Goal setting
- Progress tracking
- Intuitive interface
- iOS compatibility
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Simple Goals is a a goal setting app that allows you to easily set and track your most important goals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: List! at 4.8 against Simple Goals's 3.3. List! also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 67 months) and ratings volume (244 vs 3). Simple Goals's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
List! costs $1.99 and Simple Goals $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
List! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: List! has 244 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of List!'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Simple Goals's.
List! ships an update every 3 months, Simple Goals every 67 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | List! | Simple Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (244 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.1% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 244 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 67 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Secret Society Software | Motivate America, Inc |
Customer experience
List!
Simple Goals
Bugs and requests
List!
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes when importing/exporting large lists
- Inconsistent behavior when deleting or rearranging list items
Requested features
5 requests- Add syncing capabilities across devices
- Implement password protection or encryption for sensitive lists
- Improve user interface for better navigation and management of nested lists
- Introduce a calendar or due date view to see all tasks at a glance
- Allow importing and exporting of lists in various formats
Simple Goals
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
List!
No in-app purchases
Simple Goals
No in-app purchases
