Comparison

Organizly vs Way Better Lists

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

Head to head
About

Organizly

Manage tasks, projects, and notes efficiently. Organize your work by grouping tasks into projects and pin important notes for quick access. Supports iCloud sync and dark mode for a seamless experience.

Highlights
  • Task management
  • Project organization
  • Note-taking
  • iCloud sync
  • Dark mode
Features
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Everything has a place. Organizly is a simple personal organizer for tasks, projects, and notes. Use it as a task manager, a to-do list, a home for notes, or all three. Capture it. Put it somewhere. Move on. Add a task before you forget it. Keep related things together in projects. Save notes you want to find again. Add due dates and reminders when they are useful, or leave them out when they are not. From a quick grocery list to an ongoing personal project, everything stays easy to add and easy to find. ○ Made for Everyday Life Organizly gives work tasks, trips, ideas, wishlists, packing lists, personal projects, and everyday responsibilities a clear place to live. Put something in Organizly, then stop holding it in your head. ○ Simple by Design • Create unlimited tasks, projects, and notes • Start from ready-made lists for packing, groceries, or moving • Add due dates and reminders • Find what you need with search, in the app or from Spotlight • Keep everything in sync with iCloud • Use Quick Add from the Lock Screen, Control Center, or Action Button • Save text, links, and text files from any app with the share sheet • Bring your lists over from the Reminders app • Undo accidental changes ○ On Apple Watch See what's next, check off tasks, and add tasks and notes by dictation, right from your wrist. You can also start a new task or note from Control Center on your watch. ○ On iPad A sidebar keeps every place one tap away, and tasks and notes open beside your list, so the next one is always in view. ○ More with Organizly+ Organizly+ adds more ways to automate and personalize your experience, with recurring tasks, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Apple Watch complications, Siri and Shortcuts, custom project colors, and project templates. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription. The core Organizly experience remains free. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://organizly.org/terms Privacy Policy: https://organizly.org/privacy Get it out of your head. Put it in its place.

About

Way Better Lists

Features
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Way Better Lists is the list app built for real life — packing for a trip, stocking the fridge, prepping for the week. The secret is Chunks: reusable blocks of list content you build once and mix into any list. Your camping gear. Your school supplies. Your weekly staples. Combine them in seconds to make exactly the list you need. CHUNKS Build reusable groups of items and merge them into any list. Pack smarter by combining an adult packing chunk, a kids chunk, and a beach essentials chunk into one complete trip list. TEMPLATES Save your best list combinations as templates. Generate a full list from a template in one tap — perfect for routines you repeat. GROUPS Create a group, add your people, and share any list, chunk, or template with everyone at once. Perfect for families and households who want shared libraries without the back-and-forth. VOICE Just say what you need. Way Better Lists parses your spoken items and adds them to your list instantly. (Premium) SNAPSHOTS Use your camera or a take a screenshot to upload a picture of a list, and Way Better lists turns it into a list automatically. SHARING Share lists, chunks, and templates with family members or anyone you collaborate with. Changes sync in real time. Way Better Lists is for people who are tired of starting from scratch every time. WayBetterLists Premium is available as a monthly ($4.99/month) or annual ($37.99/year) auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Way Better Lists Privacy Policy: https://app.waybetterlists.com/privacy-policy Way Better Lists Terms of Service: https://app.waybetterlists.com/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Organizly4 screens
Way Better Lists3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Organizly at none against Way Better Lists's 2. Organizly also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.1). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Way Better Lists sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Organizly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Organizly ships an update every 10 days, Way Better Lists every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Organizly versus Way Better Lists: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrganizlyWay Better Lists
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYeajean ChoDunwell Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

Organizly

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Way Better Lists

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$37.991 Year

Questions

Is Organizly free?
Organizly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Way Better Lists free?
Way Better Lists is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Organizly or Way Better Lists have ads?
Neither Organizly nor Way Better Lists shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Organizly or Way Better Lists?
Organizly ships an update every 10 days, and Way Better Lists every 2 weeks. Most recently, Organizly was updated on October 30, 2026 and Way Better Lists on October 31, 2026.

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