Comparison

Recurring Checklist vs Ritual

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

Head to head
About

Recurring Checklist

This app simplifies event planning with customizable checklists, ready-to-use templates, and event reminders. Organize tasks into collections and sync them across devices. Widgets offer quick access to manage your to-dos on the go.

Highlights
  • Customizable checklists
  • Ready-to-use templates
  • Event reminders
  • Collections for organization
  • Home screen widgets
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Welcome to Checkful - Your Event Planning Superhero! Planning events just got a whole lot easier and more fun with Checkful, the beautiful app designed to fit perfectly into your busy life. Available on iPhone and iPad, Checkful is your ultimate companion for nailing every event without forgetting a thing. Here's how Checkful makes magic happen: Customizable Checklists: Create your checklists and fill them with tasks. Watch your progress as you complete each one. Done with the event? Reset your checklist and it's ready for next time! Ready-to-Use Templates: Not sure where to start? Use our checklist templates with suggested tasks for common events. Jumpstart your planning with ease! Collections for Organization: Group your checklists into collections for ultimate organization. Whether it's personal, work, or play, keep your plans neat and tidy. Event Reminders: Create events in Checkful and set reminders. Never miss a deadline or forget an important detail. Import or add new checklists to each event for seamless planning. Widgets for Quick Access: Finish tasks without even opening the app! Choose from small, medium, or large widgets for your home screen and check things off on-the-go. iCloud Sync: Have all your checklists and events synced across your devices. Plan on your iPad, and carry your plans with you on your iPhone. Simple, Beautiful, Effective. Checkful is designed to be as beautiful as it is functional. Its intuitive interface makes event planning a breeze, so you can focus on making every moment memorable. Ready to transform your event planning? Download Checkful today and start planning your next event like a pro! Terms https://indiegoodies.com/checkful/terms Privacy https://indiegoodies.com/checkful/privacy

About

Ritual

This app helps you regain control over your phone usage by blocking distracting apps during scheduled focus periods. It offers a deliberate window where chosen applications simply won't open, eliminating the need for willpower and preventing post-session regret.

Highlights
  • Block any app
  • Schedule focus windows
  • Manual focus sessions
  • Sealed ritual option
  • Track usage patterns
  • Private streaks
  • Home Screen widget
  • Live Activity integration
Features
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You opened Instagram for "just a second." Twenty minutes later, you don't even remember what you came for. Screen Time tells you about the scroll the next morning. Ritual stops it before it starts. Ritual is a focus app for people tired of fighting their phone. Set a ritual — a deliberate window where the apps that pull you away simply don't open. No willpower required. No shame after the fact. Just a clean intention, and the time to live it. — WHY RITUAL — The system Screen Time gives you the stats. Ritual gives you the actual block. • "Ignore Limit for 15 Minutes" is a one-tap escape on the system blocker. There is no such button in Ritual. • System limits drop after a phone restart. Ritual holds. • Sealed sessions add a 60-second breath exit. Ritual is designed so the moment of impulse can pass before the lock can. — WHAT YOU CAN DO — • Block any app. TikTok, Instagram, X, Reddit, mail, games, news. Pick freely from the system app list. • Schedule windows. "9–5 weekdays, no social. After 9 pm, no work." Set it once, the schedule runs forever. • Manual ritual. One tap, lock for 30 / 60 / 90 minutes — or any duration you set. • Seal the ritual. Opt into a 60-second breath exit. The ritual doesn't fail when you flinch. • See your patterns. Which apps cost the most hours, which days you held the line, which hour your willpower breaks. • Streaks that aren't a game. Your longest lock, your weekly trend, the month that turned the corner. Private. For you. • Home Screen widget. Today's lock at a glance — countdown when locked, your next ritual when idle. • Live Activity. The lock lives on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island while it's running. • Apple Watch. The countdown on your wrist, in case the phone is the thing you're trying not to look at. • iCloud sync. Schedules, history, and progress follow you to every device on your Apple ID. — THE 14-DAY FREE TRIAL — A focus app should never ambush you with a charge. You get 14 days, fully free. Your card is charged on day 14, never before. Cancel any time from Settings, one tap. We even put the cancellation link inside the app. — RITUAL PRO — Annual with a 14-day free trial, or one-time Lifetime. Both unlock everything: unlimited rituals, sealed sessions, full history, week and month insights, and every future Pro feature. Lifetime is for people who already know — yours across every iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch on your iCloud. — WHAT RITUAL IS NOT — • Not a guilt trip. The shame mirror trick stops working in three days. • Not a streak game. Your streak is private; you're not playing it for an audience. • Not a productivity hack. Productivity is a side effect of presence, not the point. — PRIVACY & PERMISSIONS — Ritual uses Apple's Family Controls framework to enforce your blocks. Everything runs on-device. We do not see which apps you block, when you lock, or how long you stay. There are no ads, no data sold, no profiles built. Read the privacy policy — it's two pages, written in plain English. — A RITUAL YOU CAN KEEP — Most blockers feel like a fight. Ritual feels like a decision you already made — to stop arguing with your phone twenty times a day, and get back the part of your life that used to belong to you. Block apps. Reclaim hours. Begin the ritual.

Screenshots

Recurring Checklist4 screens
Ritual4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ritual at 100% against Recurring Checklist's 0%. Ritual also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). Recurring Checklist's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Recurring Checklist sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Ritual sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Recurring Checklist holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recurring Checklist has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Recurring Checklist's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ritual's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recurring Checklist ships an update monthly, Ritual every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Recurring Checklist versus Ritual: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecurring ChecklistRitual
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKhuong PhamSoyeon Noh

Customer experience

Recurring Checklist

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Ritual

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Recurring Checklist

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$9.99
2 purchases

Ritual

Subscriptions1
  • Ritual Pro14 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ritual Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Recurring Checklist free?
Recurring Checklist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ritual free?
Ritual is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Recurring Checklist or Ritual?
Recurring Checklist is rated higher. Recurring Checklist averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Ritual averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Recurring Checklist or Ritual have ads?
Neither Recurring Checklist nor Ritual shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recurring Checklist or Ritual?
Recurring Checklist ships an update monthly, and Ritual every 5 days. Most recently, Recurring Checklist was updated on November 4, 2026 and Ritual on October 30, 2026.

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