Comparison

Chaos Control™ vs Pocket Lists

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

Head to head
About

Chaos Control™

This app helps you manage goals, to-do lists, and tasks for both personal and professional life. It's based on the GTD methodology to prioritize outcomes and organize projects, tasks, and ideas efficiently. Seamless syncing across devices ensures your plans are always accessible.

Highlights
  • Goal and project management
  • GTD-inspired contexts
  • Daily planning
  • Chaos Box inbox
  • Cross-platform sync
  • Recurring tasks
Features
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Chaos Control is a personal organizer that will help you manage your goals, to-do lists and tasks in both your business and personal life. People don't usually achieve impressive results simply by being good at task management. It's the ability to set legitimate goals that makes the difference. Just write down your desired outcomes to make them real. This simple technique helps you to prioritize your goals before acting on them. Chaos Control is a task manager based on the best ideas of GTD (Getting Things Done) methodology created by David Allen. Whether you are running a business, launching an app, working on a project or simply planning your holiday trip, Chaos Control is a perfect tool to manage your goals, juggle your priorities, and organize your tasks to get things done. And the best part is, you can handle both heavyweight project planning and simple daily routine like shopping list management in one flexible app. Also, Chaos Control is available across all major mobile and desktop platforms with seamless sync. HERE IS HOW IT WORKS: 1) MANAGE YOUR PROJECTS Project is a goal combined with a set of tasks you need to complete in order to achieve it. Create as many projects as you like to write down all the desired outcomes you have 2) ORGANIZE YOUR GOALS Create unlimited number of projects and group them by category using Folders 3) USE GTD CONTEXTS Organize tasks from different projects using flexible context lists. If you are familiar with GTD you would just love this feature 4) PLAN YOUR DAY Set due dates for tasks and make plans for any particular day 5) USE CHAOS BOX Put all the incoming tasks, notes and ideas into Chaos Box in order to process them later. It works similar to GTD inbox, but you can use it as a simple to-do list 6) SYNC YOUR DATA Chaos Control works on both desktop and mobile devices. Setup an account and sync your projects across all of your devices This app is designed with creative people in mind. Designers, writers, developers, startup founders, entrepreneurs of all kinds and pretty much anyone with ideas and desire to make them happen. We combined the power of GTD with the convenient interface to help you with: • personal goal setting • task management • time management • planning your business and personal activities • building your routine • handling simple to do lists, checklists and shopping lists • catching your ideas and thoughts to process them later KEY FEATURES • Seamless cloud sync across all major mobile and desktop platforms • GTD-inspired Projects and Contexts supplemented with Folders, sub-folders and sub-contexts • Recurring tasks (daily, weekly, monthly and chosen days of the week) • Chaos Box - Inbox for your unstructured tasks, notes, memos, ideas and thoughts. Great tool for staying on track inspired by GTD ideas • Notes for tasks, projects, folders and contexts • Fast and smart search • Recurring tasks for managing activities that happen regularly • Nested folders and contexts for better projects and tasks structuring • PIN code protection: secure your data with a secure passcode • Favorite tasks, projects and contents Terms Of Use: http://chaos-control.mobi/toc.pdf Have a productive day!

About

Pocket Lists

Organize your life with a beautifully designed to-do list app. Create checklists, set sophisticated reminders, and collaborate on tasks with others. It's powerful yet easy to use for personal organization and shared projects.

Highlights
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Collaborative list sharing
  • Customizable list appearance
  • Prioritized to-do stream
  • Advanced location-based reminders
  • Natural language reminder input
  • Calendar view for tasks
Features
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Pocket Lists is a beautifully designed to-do list app for making checklists, focusing on important tasks, sharing & collaborating on to-do lists and tasks with friends and family. The app excels as both an everyday personal to-do list organizer with sophisticated reminder functionality, and as a family collaboration app for groceries, travel packing, Christmas lists, gift ideas, vacation planning, and more. You’ll love Pocket Lists for being powerful yet surprisingly easy to use. The app’s feature set makes it a superb replacement for most checklist and to-do list apps, including the stock Reminders app: • Sync your to-do lists across all your devices for free. • Share to-do lists and collaborate on tasks with friends, family, and teammates. Sharing a list is as easy as sending a link. • Personalize your to-do lists with a variety of beautiful icons and cover images for all sorts of things. 400+ awesome colorful icons included! • To-do Stream: a dynamic to-do list (filter) that collects to-dos among all your checklists, and displays them in the priority & due order, allowing you to focus on what’s important right now. • All types of to-do reminders: due date, due time, repeating, and location-based — drop pin anywhere on a map, select either “arrive to” or “leave from”, and even define a location radius. • Set due reminders by typing naturally: “Meeting tomorrow morning”, “Car service Saturday 7pm”, “Prepare Christmas gift list on dec 20 every year”, “Cinema Friday night” and so on. The app automatically understands due date from your input, and sets a reminder. • Calendar view: rotate your iPhone into landscape mode to see all your scheduled to-dos in a monthly calendar layout. • Import to-dos and events from stock Reminders and Calendar apps. • And a lot more: — Priorities & Notes for to-do items, — To-do item search, — Quick inline to-do add, — Support for #hashtags, — Dark Mode, — Archiving feature for hiding certain checklists, — Copy & Paste add of multiple to-dos at a time, — Send checklists via email, — Duplicate and re-use checklists when needed, — Use dividers to visually group to-dos within big checklists. Plus an awesome bundle of premium features available as an optional auto-renewable in-app subscription or a one-time purchase: + Web App that allows you to work with your checklists using any desktop computer, + Subtasks: easily divide big tasks into smaller to-dos, + Superpriorities (+3 priority levels): mark particular to-dos as urgent, critical, or not important, + Private lists: lock particular to-do lists with passcodes and unlock with Touch ID or Face ID, + Custom repeat controls: set to-do repeat intervals and frequencies flexibly, + Apple Watch app: use Pocket Lists on your wrist without even taking an iPhone out of a pocket, + Custom icons for to-do lists, + File attachments: attach files and photos to any to-do items, + Per-list and per-priority sound alert customization. The premium feature set is available as either monthly and yearly subscription or as a one-time purchase. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://pocketlists.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://pocketlists.com/terms/

Screenshots

Chaos Control™4 screens
Pocket Lists4 screens

Verdict

The call

Chaos Control™ and Pocket Lists both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 72% of Chaos Control™'s written reviews are positive against 42% of Pocket Lists's. Chaos Control™ also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Chaos Control™ sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Pocket Lists sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Chaos Control™ against 4.6 for Pocket Lists. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 488 and 1.4K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Chaos Control™'s written reviews are positive against 42% of Pocket Lists's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Chaos Control™ versus Pocket Lists: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChaos Control™Pocket Lists
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (488 ratings)4.6 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.0% of reviews — better42.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4881.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size318 MB184 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTarasov Mobile1312

Customer experience

Chaos Control™

All ratings488 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews161 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral9.3%
Negative18.6%

Pocket Lists

All ratings1,346 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews431 reviews
Positive42.0%
Neutral17.9%
Negative40.1%

User reviews

Chaos Control™

From 488 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 🚀 Streamlined organization
  • 💡 Helpful Chaos Box feature
  • 🚀 Seamless cross-device sync
  • 👍 Clean and attractive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🔒 Sync and login issues
  • 💰 Unexpected costs for full features
  • 🤔 Lacks some basic GTD functionality

Pocket Lists

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Simple and intuitive
  • 🔒 Secure with password protection
  • 👍 Customizable lists and categories
  • 👍 Shareable lists with family/team
  • 👍 Helpful for organization and productivity

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sync issues and data loss
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Unreliable reminders and notifications
  • 🐛 Scrolling and UI glitches
  • 🐛 Inability to reorder lists and tasks

Bugs and requests

Chaos Control™

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Tasks disappearing
  • Sync failures between devices
  • Frequent crashes
  • Login problems

Requested features

6 requests
  • Calendar integration
  • Subtasks and nested projects
  • Ability to manually sort tasks
  • More customization options
  • Email task creation
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  • Attachment support

Pocket Lists

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Lists disappearing or not syncing
  • Checked tasks reappearing as unchecked
  • Inability to restore purchases
  • Compatibility issues with iOS 16
  • Crashing on app launch

Requested features

5 requests
  • Calendar view for scheduled tasks
  • Ability to set reminders for specific tasks
  • Option to collapse/expand subtasks
  • More customization options for lists
  • Integration with other productivity apps

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Chaos Control™

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Subscription: 1 Month$3.991 Month
  • Premium for 1 month$6.991 Month
  • Premium Subscription: 1 Year$29.001 Year
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  • Premium Subscription: 1 Year$29.991 Year
One-time5
  • "Level Up" e-book$2.99
  • Premium Universal - Tier B$10.99
  • Chaos Control Premium$18.99
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  • Premium Universal - Tier C$20.99
  • Premium Universal - Tier A$79.99
8 purchases

Pocket Lists

Subscriptions5
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Family Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • Family Yearly14 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Family Yearly (Intro)1 Year trial$24.991 Year
One-time3
  • Premium Forever$19.99
  • Upgrade Premium to Family$19.99
  • Family Forever$34.99

Questions

Is Chaos Control™ free?
Chaos Control™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket Lists free?
Pocket Lists is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chaos Control™ or Pocket Lists?
Pocket Lists is rated higher. Chaos Control™ averages 4.6 out of 5 from 488 ratings, while Pocket Lists averages 4.6 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Chaos Control™ or Pocket Lists have ads?
Neither Chaos Control™ nor Pocket Lists shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chaos Control™ or Pocket Lists?
Chaos Control™ ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pocket Lists every 3 weeks. Most recently, Chaos Control™ was updated on November 6, 2026 and Pocket Lists on November 6, 2026.

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