Comparison

TapList vs Cat Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

TapList

This app allows you to create visual to-do lists using photos, making it easy to track groceries, medications, or packing essentials. You can quickly capture or import images, mark items as complete, and share lists or individual photos with others. It offers iCloud syncing and beautiful color themes for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Photo integration for list items
  • Visual to-do lists
  • iCloud syncing across devices
  • Shareable lists and photos
  • Mark items as complete
  • Customizable color themes
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TapList is the photo-powered, easy list app. You can use it as a nice, simple, visual to-do list with the ability to check things as done. But you can also use it to quickly take photos of things you want to quickly access later — groceries, supplements and medications, packing lists, anything where a photo helps you get the right thing. And sharing a complete list, a list item with notes, or just an individual photo is quick and easy. You’ll end up using TapList every day. TapList is great for: Groceries To-Do’s Water Tracking Medications Workouts Supplements Packing Lists Photos of Documents Recipes Home Remodeling Projects Anything! ADD PHOTOS Capture photos right in TapList or import from your Photo library. TapList photos are backed up in iCloud and not in your iPhone’s Camera Roll. Usually you don’t want photos of products you need to buy or medications mixed in with your family photos. You can however export a photo captured with TapList to your Photos library. To minimize storage used photos are saved at a medium resolution in the High Efficiency Image File format. SYNCED WITH iCLOUD Your lists are automatically synced with iCloud. And if you use the TapList app on another device such as an iPad logged into the same iCloud account, your lists will be synchronized. MARK ITEMS AS COMPLETED Swipe right to check list items complete. Swipe left to delete list items or entire lists. REARRANGE LISTS OR LIST ITEMS Long press for half a second to begin dragging list cells or list item cells to reorder. SHARE WITH FAMILY OR CAREGIVERS Press the Share button to share a complete list, a list item with notes attached, or simply the list item photo. Using the Share button you can also save a photo to your camera roll. BEAUTIFUL COLOR THEMES Ten different themes to choose from! COMPLETE PRIVACY No usernames, passwords or logins. We don’t collect a single thing about you or how you use the app. Nothing whatsoever is transmitted from your device to us. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://taplist.today/privacy

About

Cat Keyboard

This app allows you to quickly input saved text snippets from your iPhone keyboard or Apple Watch. You can also display or speak text aloud on your Apple Watch, keeping your phrases organized in folders.

Highlights
  • One-tap text input
  • Save frequently used phrases
  • Organize phrases with folders
  • Display text on Apple Watch
  • Read text aloud on Apple Watch
Features
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Quickly input frequently used text directly from your keyboard or Apple Watch. You can also display text on your Apple Watch or have it read aloud through the speaker. 【Key Features】 ・Easy Text Input Save frequently used sentences and phrases to input them with just one tap from your keyboard or Apple Watch. ・Organize with Folders Keep your phrases tidy by organizing them into folders, making it easy to find exactly what you need even as your collection grows. ・Apple Watch Integration View text directly on your Apple Watch or play it back as audio through the speaker. Terms of Use: https://wordouen.sakura.ne.jp/KeyHolderKeyboard/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://wordouen.sakura.ne.jp/KeyHolderKeyboard/privacy.html

Screenshots

TapList4 screens
Cat Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cat Keyboard at Free against TapList's $5.99. TapList's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On rating, ratings volume, 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

Cat Keyboard is free to download; TapList costs $5.99 up front. TapList sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cat Keyboard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 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 — 4.8 for TapList against 4.7 for Cat Keyboard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of TapList's written reviews are positive against 83% of Cat Keyboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TapList ships an update every 3 weeks, Cat Keyboard fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TapList versus Cat Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTapListCat Keyboard
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better4.7 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings49 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB106 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperEmotive Engines, LLCkimihiro kubota

Customer experience

TapList

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cat Keyboard

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TapList

One-time1
  • TapList Premium$4.99
4 purchases

Cat Keyboard

Subscriptions3
  • Premium (1 Month)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Premium (3 Month)7 Days trial$7.993 Months
  • Premium (12 Month)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Cat Pro$24.99

Questions

Is TapList free?
TapList costs $5.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Cat Keyboard free?
Cat Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TapList or Cat Keyboard?
TapList is rated higher. TapList averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Cat Keyboard averages 4.7 from 9 ratings.
Do TapList or Cat Keyboard have ads?
Neither TapList nor Cat Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TapList or Cat Keyboard?
TapList ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cat Keyboard fortnightly. Most recently, TapList was updated on September 15, 2026 and Cat Keyboard on September 8, 2026.

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