Funnel vs WhatList
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Funnel
Quickly capture thoughts, tasks, notes, photos, sketches, and songs to your favorite apps. Integrates with popular productivity tools and offers convenient widgets for instant access.
- Capture tasks to multiple to-do apps
- Send notes and photos to PKM apps
- Capture sketches and calendar events
- Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets
- Shortcuts and Share Sheet support
- Built-in document scanner
- Song capture via Shazam integration
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Funnel allows you to effortlessly capture your thoughts and moments to various apps and services. The inspiration to capture something quickly comes from ideas written by David Allen, in his book Getting Things Done. Features: ======= • Capture tasks to Reminders, Todoist, OmniFocus or Things with due dates in natural language. • Capture notes and photos to a variety of popular note taking and personal knowledge management apps. • Capture sketches and calendar events • Beautiful Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets • Shortcuts Support • A built in document scanner. • Use Shazam to capture your songs directly to your apps. • iCloud Sync for your Destinations • A timeline showing your recent captures • A selection of delightful app icons to pick from. • A lock screen widget to easily access Funnel from your lock screen. • Drag and drop images or text from other apps into Funnel. • Once you capture something with Funnel, Funnel also provides you with a link to easily switch to the newly captured item. • Long press the Funnel icon for quick home screen actions. • Integration with the iOS Share Sheet (currently within the Funnel app only) • Dynamic Island/Live Activities Support • Control Center Widgets Creating Destinations: ================ To link Funnel to your note-taking or task management apps, navigate to the 'Destination' Tab, select 'Add New Destination', and choose an app from the provided list. After adding a Destination, you can click on it for further customization. You can also define templates that get appended or prepended along with your capture. Your Destinations and the order of your Destinations are all synced to your private iCloud account. Funnel offers 30 captures for free, and then requires a subscription or a lifetime purchase. All Yearly Subscriptions come with a 1-week free trial. Enjoy Funneling! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
WhatList
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**Organize anything with simple tagged lists.** Create unlimited lists, add items with descriptive text and optional links, and filter them instantly using tags. Everything stays in sync via iCloud so your lists are available on **iPhone, iPad, and Mac**. ## Key Features - Quick entry for items with easy tag selection - Search and filter items by multiple tags - Attach web links and see rich previews - Share Extension for adding text or links from other apps - Works offline with automatic sync when you reconnect - Archive items to hide them without deleting ## Common Use Cases - **Meal planning** – keep a “What to cook?” list of dishes tagged by meal type and prep time - **Books to read** – keep a list of titles you want to read - **Travel packing** – filter by trip type or family member - **Gift ideas** – tag by occasion or recipient - **What to watch** – track movies and shows you want to see - **Restaurants to go to** – remember places you’d like to try or revisit - **Study notes** – tag research topics or courses Whatever you need to remember, WhatList helps you capture and find it fast across all your Apple devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WhatList at none against Funnel's 4. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Funnel sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. WhatList asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Funnel | WhatList |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (47 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NoteSight Labs ApS | Siddhartha Reddy Kothakapu |
In-app purchases
Funnel
- Monthly Pro$1.991 Month
- Yearly Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Lifetime: Early Discount$39.99
- Lifetime$49.99
WhatList
No in-app purchases









