Comparison

WhateverList vs Doably

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

Head to head
About

WhateverList

Organize your life with a versatile list-making application. Create and manage various types of lists, sync them across devices, and export your data. Premium features offer advanced customization and reminders.

Highlights
  • Create multiple colored lists
  • Sync data via iCloud
  • Quickly uncheck all items
  • Export data to CSV/JSON
  • Custom categories (Premium)
  • Scheduled notifications (Premium)
Features
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WhateverList is a simple, flexible, and powerful app for keeping track of your lists. Great for shopping lists, packing lists, wish lists, to-do lists, repeating checklists - whatever lists you need in order to stay organized. Designed to be easy to use but with powerful features available when you need them, WhateverList handles both simple one-off lists and complex workflows. KEY FEATURES - Create a variety of lists, each with its own color for easy organization - Sync seamlessly across your devices via iCloud - no separate account required, just your existing Apple Account - Uncheck all items from a list with a single tap - perfect for repeating routines like packing checklists and weekly grocery lists - Export your data in CSV or JSON format - your data belongs to you WHATEVERLIST PREMIUM Unlock these features with a Premium subscription: - Create custom categories to organize items within each list - Reorder lists, categories, and items - Copy or move items between lists, and duplicate entire lists - Schedule per-device list notifications, either one-time or repeating - Import and export items between WhateverList and the iOS Reminders app - Import items from a photo or screenshot of a list Questions? Visit our FAQ and support page: https://whateverlist.app/#faq Terms of Use: https://whateverlist.app/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://whateverlist.app/privacy-policy.html

About

Doably

Features
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You already know what you should be doing. That is the problem. Knowing was never the hard part. Starting is. Doably is built for the sixty seconds between "I should do this" and actually beginning. Type the thing you have been avoiding. It becomes a ladder of steps so small they feel silly to skip, and then Doably shows you exactly one of them at a time. ONE STEP ON THE SCREEN No list. No due dates. No projects, tags or priorities. Just the step you are on, a quiet countdown, and a button that says Done. The next step slides in only when the last one is finished. TELL IT HOW MUCH YOU HAVE Fried, Low, or Okay. Your answer does not change the steps. It changes how many you are asked to commit to right now. On a bad day, Doably asks for exactly one. IT STAYS WITH YOU The current step lives in the Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen, so it is still in front of you while you are in another app, or in the kitchen, or halfway out the door. 80 LADDERS ALREADY WRITTEN The dishes. The tax return. The message you have not answered. Getting out of bed. Every one hand-written, starting with a step you can do without deciding anything. TOO BIG? CUT IT SMALLER If a step still feels like too much, one tap splits it in half. Again, if you need to. WRITTEN ON YOUR DEVICE For anything the library does not cover, Doably writes the ladder using Apple Intelligence, entirely on your iPhone. Nothing you type is ever sent anywhere, because there is nowhere to send it. No account. No sync. No analytics. No network. FREE AND PREMIUM Free: three new ladders a week, twenty of the written ladders, the full focus session, and the Live Activity. Premium: unlimited ladders, all 80 written ladders, ladders written on your device for anything else, cutting any step smaller, saving your own ladders to reuse, full history and streaks, and the Home Screen widgets. Premium is $29.99 a year with 7 days free, or $69.99 once and it is yours. Writing your own steps is always free, and never counts against anything. Doably is a focus tool. It does not diagnose or treat anything, and it is not medical advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ofolabs.net/doably/privacypolicy App Terms: https://ofolabs.net/doably/terms

Screenshots

WhateverList4 screens
Doably4 screens

Verdict

The call

WhateverList and Doably are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. WhateverList sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Doably sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
WhateverList versus Doably: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhateverListDoably
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIntermezzo Consulting LLCFaruk Orman

In-app purchases

2 purchases

WhateverList

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium Annual1 Month trial$9.991 Year
2 purchases

Doably

Subscriptions1
  • Doably Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Doably Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is WhateverList free?
WhateverList is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Doably free?
Doably is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WhateverList or Doably have ads?
Neither WhateverList nor Doably shows ads.

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