Comparison

List Ease vs Chainkeep

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

Head to head
About

List Ease

This app helps you create and share grocery lists with real-time syncing. It offers features like spending tracking, barcode scanning, and budget management to make shopping easier and more organized.

Highlights
  • Real-time syncing for shared lists
  • Spending tracking with receipt scanning
  • Barcode scanner for adding items
  • List reminders and push notifications
  • Organize lists by category or recipes
  • Trip budgeting and cost calculation
  • Pantry inventory management
Features
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List Ease is the ultimate free & fun grocery list app and shareable shopping list app designed to streamline your shopping experience. Whether you're a busy mom, a meticulous planner, or a spontaneous shopper, our list maker app has got you covered! A favorite of the TODAY Show's Today.com, Forbes ‘The Best Apps For Smart Black Friday Shopping’ and CNBC ‘A Stress-Free Holiday Is Only One App Away’, List Ease is the best grocery shopping list app around! Create a shopping list, grocery list, to-do list, or any other checklist and share it with family and friends! Features of List Ease, your shared grocery shopping list app: - Share your grocery list, checklist, or daily to-do list with family and friends with real time syncing - Sync your grocery list with your other devices - Track your spending by scanning & saving receipts - Receive push message alerts when others on your shared list are purchasing checklist items or groceries - Get list reminders when you walk into a grocery store - Organize your shopping list any way you want – by food category, by recipes, or by available grocery coupons - Add groceries into our shopping list app easily and instantly using our barcode scanner - Add groceries from history – bring items from your last shopping list to your new list - Trip budgeting - ensure your grocery list isn't too expensive before you shop - Pantry inventory – simplify your life and save money by keeping track of already purchased items - Manage multiple shopping lists –flip between grocery and pantry lists in seconds - Perfect for Christmas, Thanksgiving, BBQs, and all event planning and holiday grocery shopping - Add quantities, measurements, prices, and additional notes to your food list items to keep perfectly organized - Calculate your costs to stay on budget - Mr. Listo, our free grocery list app’s mascot, is your shopping list maker companion- at home or in the supermarket! For in store reminders, be aware that continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. List Ease is 100% Free! Make your grocery shopping hassle-free and enjoyable with List Ease, the must-have grocery list app and shareable shopping list app. Try it today and never miss an item on your list again!

About

Chainkeep

This app helps you build and maintain habits with a focus on accurate streak tracking. It offers flexible scheduling, one-tap completion, and insightful statistics to keep you motivated. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience with customizable themes.

Highlights
  • One-tap habit completion
  • Flexible scheduling (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Accurate streak tracking
  • Habit strength indicator
  • Customizable themes
  • Private, ad-free experience
  • Data export/import
Features
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Chainkeep is a habit tracker built on two ideas: checking off a habit should take one tap, and your streak should be right. Most habit apps break a "three times a week" habit on the first day you rest. Chainkeep counts it the way you planned it: a week kept is a week kept. Daily habits, specific days, every few days, times per week or per month, and habits you are quitting are all tracked honestly. ONE TAP A DAY • Everything due today on one screen, ticked off in a single tap • Skip a day without breaking anything, or pause a habit for a holiday • Split your day into parts, like morning and evening • Quit habits count your days clean • Hold the app icon to add a habit straight away STREAKS THAT FIT YOUR SCHEDULE • Weekly and monthly targets keep their own streaks • A grace day for the odd miss, if you want one • Habit strength shows how established a habit is, even after a slip • Set a finish line, like 30 or 66 days, and watch it come closer EVERY STAT, FREE • Six months of calendar for every habit • Completion over the last 30 days and the last six months • The days of the week you actually do it, and the time you usually do • Longest runs, totals, and a month in review you can share REMINDERS THAT LEARN • A reminder at the time you choose • Smart nudges learn when you usually do a habit and remind you then YOUR LOOK • 24 colour themes to choose from • Light and dark themes, with a pure black option PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking • Your habits stay on your own devices • Export and import your data whenever you like CHAINKEEP PRO One payment, yours for good. No subscription. • Unlimited habits (free keeps six) • As many reminders as each habit needs • Archive habits you have finished • Sync between your iPhone and iPad through your own private iCloud Your stats stay free, always. Questions or ideas? Write to hi@noman.codes

Screenshots

List Ease4 screens
Chainkeep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: List Ease at 83% against Chainkeep's 0%. List Ease also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Chainkeep's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, monetization model, 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

Both are free to download. Chainkeep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. List Ease asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

List Ease holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: List Ease has 54K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of List Ease's written reviews are positive against 0% of Chainkeep's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

List Ease ships an update every 6 weeks, Chainkeep weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
List Ease versus Chainkeep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterList EaseChainkeep
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (54K ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews82.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings54K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperinMarket Media, LLCMd Noman

Customer experience

List Ease

All ratings51,975 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews577 reviews
Positive82.8%
Neutral6.9%
Negative10.2%

Chainkeep

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

List Ease

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Categories reappear after being deleted
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • Crashes when trying to categorize items

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add ability to delete scanned items from pantry
  • Improve syncing between shared lists
  • Add option to collapse/expand category list
  • Implement Siri integration for adding items
  • Allow sorting items within categories
Show 1 more
  • Improve pantry management features

Chainkeep

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

List Ease

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Chainkeep

One-time1
  • Chainkeep Pro$4.99

Questions

Is List Ease free?
List Ease is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chainkeep free?
Chainkeep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, List Ease or Chainkeep?
List Ease is rated higher. List Ease averages 4.7 out of 5 from 54K ratings, while Chainkeep averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do List Ease or Chainkeep have ads?
List Ease shows ads; Chainkeep does not.
Which is updated more often, List Ease or Chainkeep?
List Ease ships an update every 6 weeks, and Chainkeep weekly. Most recently, List Ease was updated on November 5, 2026 and Chainkeep on October 31, 2026.

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