Comparison

Lists To do vs Basic Shopping List

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

Head to head
About

Lists To do

Organize all your tasks, lists, and to-dos with ease. This app offers intuitive design, intelligent features for managing items, and powerful reminder capabilities. Keep track of everything from shopping lists to work items and never miss an important task again.

Highlights
  • Task and list management
  • Customizable reminders
  • Intuitive and customizable interface
  • List sorting and organization
  • iCloud synchronization
  • List sharing and printing
  • Progress statistics
Features
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ORGANISE ALL YOUR TASKS, LISTS AND TO-DO Punch of productivity ------------ • Managing tasks, lists, to-dos and checklists has never been this easy. • Keep tracks of all your lists : shopping lists, work items, grocery lists and more. Intuitive Design ------------ • Lists To do was designed with simplicity and functionality. • stunning graphics make capturing ideas easy and awesome. • more than 150 category icons • switch between light, dark & dark blue mode Intelligent features ------------ • delete all completed/uncompleted tasks immediately • sort lists alphabetically, inverse alphabetically, by date created, by dated created inverse or manually • duplicate lists • move items between lists • use the red badge icon of the app to show how many unchecked items are left for a list or for all your lists combined • check/uncheck a whole list • keep checked items at the bottom, separated from the unchecked items • get statistics for your lists (percent filled, number of unchecked things, etc.) • pin items or lists on top to easily access the important ones • universal search to find the list or list item you want • manage recently deleted items to instantly recover them Reminders ------------ • need to set a reminder for a lists item? Lists To do notifies you, so you’ll never miss an important task again!! • setup recurring reminders for things you need to do (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually) • import reminder dates from calendar • view all your upcoming items, based on the reminders you have set, for all your lists combined in one feed Red Badge Icon ------------ • use the red badge icon of the app to show how many unchecked items a list has • the red badge icon updates automatically every time you perform a task! iCloud ------------ • synchronise automatically your lists between your iOS devices, signed-in with the same iCloud account. You don’t have to do any setup!!! • stay organised from all your devices Share lists ------------ • share your lists from right inside the app • take a screenshot of the whole list automatically and share it or set it as a lock-screen background • print your lists using AirPrint Lists Statistics ------------ View the progress of all your lists combined, as well as each list individually. You have to check every last task to get that 100%!!! Create a list for anything you want, highly flexible!!! ------------ • shopping lists • to do • checklists • bucket lists • quick notes • anything you can think of ..... LOVED BY USERS: ------------ Great app! Simply great! Easy to use simple big text love love love !!! Easy This was exactly what I needed... Simple and easy! Perfect Simple to use. Exactly what I need it Awesome Practical. Super easy to use. So simple to use Love how easy this app is use.

About

Basic Shopping List

Easily create and manage your shopping lists. Quickly add common items with auto-complete and share your lists via SMS or email. Keep track of items already in your cart with a separate list.

Highlights
  • Create and manage shopping lists
  • Share lists via SMS or email
  • Auto-complete for common items
  • Track items in shopping cart
  • Reorder items
  • Delete individual items
Features
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A simple and easy to use shopping list to help on your everyday shopping. Features: - You can send the shopping list to someone else by SMS or e-mail. - Auto complete allows you to quickly add items common items. - Keeps a separate list with the items that you already have in your shopping cart. - You can delete individual items from both the shopping list and the shopping cart list. - Allows items to be reordered from both the shopping list and the shopping cart list.

Screenshots

Lists To do4 screens
Basic Shopping List3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Basic Shopping List at none against Lists To do's 1. Basic Shopping List also leads on iOS requirement (8.1 vs 15.6). Lists To do's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 18 months) and ratings volume (106K vs 6). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lists To do sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Basic Shopping List asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lists To do holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lists To do has 106K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 95% of Lists To do's written reviews are positive against 100% of Basic Shopping List's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lists To do ships an update every 3 months, Basic Shopping List every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Lists To do versus Basic Shopping List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLists To doBasic Shopping List
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (106K ratings) — better4.5 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews95.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings106K — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 18 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.68.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas TsopanakisBruno Ferreira

Customer experience

Lists To do

All ratings105,902 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral2.3%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews2,056 reviews
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.9%

Basic Shopping List

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Lists To do

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Tasks disappearing from lists
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • App crashing when trying to edit items

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to set due dates and reminders for tasks
  • Implement a calendar view to see tasks by date
  • Allow for nested/sub-tasks within lists
  • Add more icon options and customization
  • Improve sorting and reordering of tasks

Basic Shopping List

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lists To do

One-time1
  • Theme Colors and Stickers Pack$1.99
None

Basic Shopping List

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lists To do free?
Lists To do is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Basic Shopping List free?
Basic Shopping List is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lists To do or Basic Shopping List?
Lists To do is rated higher. Lists To do averages 4.8 out of 5 from 106K ratings, while Basic Shopping List averages 4.5 from 6 ratings.
Do Lists To do or Basic Shopping List have ads?
Neither Lists To do nor Basic Shopping List shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lists To do or Basic Shopping List?
Lists To do ships an update every 3 months, and Basic Shopping List every 18 months. Most recently, Lists To do was updated on September 25, 2026 and Basic Shopping List on June 4, 2026.

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