Comparison

List! vs 5min

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Multiple nested lists
  • Notes, priorities, and due dates
  • Repeating due dates
  • Dynamic sorting
  • Export/import via HTML email
  • Search functionality
Features
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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

About

5min

Features
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5min helps you finish the small things you keep putting off. Pick a tiny task from the suggestions — something you could do in five minutes. Tap Go, and 5min hands you one card at a time. A short timer runs while you work. When you're done, swipe the next one. That's it. No projects, no priorities, no tags. Just small tasks and short focused sprints. — THE 5-MINUTE LOOP — • Plan: Pick from the suggestions to build your list for today. Mute anything that isn't for now. • Go: Tasks appear as a deck. Swipe left to skip, tap play to focus. • Sprint: A 5-minute timer runs. Go over if you need to — we'll stop you at +10 more. • Track: Watch your work add up. No streaks to break, just a clean record. — WHY 5 MINUTES — Small windows make it easier to start. You don't need motivation to do a five-minute task. You just do it. Stack enough of them and the week looks different. — LOCAL ONLY. PRIVATE BY DESIGN. — Everything lives on your phone. No accounts. No syncing. No analytics. No ads. We don't collect anything, because there's nothing to collect. If you turn on location, it's used only on your device to pick suggestions — it never leaves your phone. — BUILT FOR ATTENTION, NOT TIME-TRACKING — This isn't a Pomodoro tool. It's not a to-do list. It's a tiny ritual: pick a thing, do the thing, move on. Built for people who get stuck in their own planning. — FEATURES — • A library of short, everyday task suggestions to pick from • Suggestions that fit your time of day — and, if you allow it, where you are (home, work, and more) • Card-deck task interface (swipe left to skip) • 5-minute countdown timer with up to 10 more minutes of overtime • Daily reset — yesterday's leftovers come back fresh • Mute tasks for a set number of days or until a date you choose • Stats screen — time worked, tasks completed, and the categories you lean on • Daily quote on the home screen (shareable as image) • Daily reminder notification (optional) — 5min PRO — 5min is free. 5min Pro is an optional subscription that unlocks: • Premium animated timer backgrounds • A higher task limit — up to 100 tasks Pro is offered as monthly and yearly plans, with a free trial on the yearly plan. Prices are shown in the app and may vary by region. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. — iPhone only. iOS 18 and up. — Terms of Use (EULA): https://5min.club/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://5min.club/privacy.html

Screenshots

List!4 screens
5min4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 5min at Free against List!'s $1.99. 5min also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). List!'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On 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

5min is free to download; List! costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

List! ships an update every 3 months, 5min monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
List! versus 5min: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterList!5min
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (243 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings243 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSecret Society SoftwareNuskhaLabs

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

5min

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

List!

No in-app purchases

None

5min

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is List! free?
List! costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 5min free?
5min is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do List! or 5min have ads?
Neither List! nor 5min shows ads.
Which is updated more often, List! or 5min?
List! ships an update every 3 months, and 5min monthly. Most recently, List! was updated on November 1, 2026 and 5min on October 31, 2026.

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