Simple vs Only Checklists
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple
Streamline your day and achieve your goals with an intuitive task management tool. Easily create, manage, and prioritize tasks to stay organized and focused. This app is designed for effortless productivity, whether you're at home, work, or on the go.
- Intuitive interface
- Task creation and management
- Task prioritization
- Deadline tracking
- Streamline daily activities
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Introducing the Simple Task App – your ultimate companion for effortless productivity! Stay organized and focused with our intuitive interface designed for simplicity. Create, manage, and prioritize your tasks with ease, ensuring you never miss a deadline. Whether you're at home, at work, or on the go, the Simple Task App helps you streamline your day and achieve your goals. Download now and experience the power of simplicity in task management!
Only Checklists
Create reusable templates for procedures and run independent checklists from them. Track progress, archive completed tasks, and customize lists with colors and icons. Export and share your checklists in various formats.
- Create reusable checklist templates
- Run independent checklists from templates
- Automatic completion and archiving
- Customizable colors and icons
- Export to PDF, RTF, TXT, Markdown
- Siri and Shortcuts integration
- Private by design, no account needed
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Only Checklists does one thing, well: checklists. Not to-do lists. Not reminders. Just real, reusable checklists — the kind professionals rely on. A to-do list is a pile of one-off tasks. A checklist is a proven procedure you run the same way every time — packing for a trip, opening the shop, pre-flight checks, closing out the month. Only Checklists is built entirely around that idea. CREATE TEMPLATES, RUN CHECKLISTS Build a template once: title, description, and an ordered list of tasks, each with optional notes. When it's time to do the work, start a checklist from the template. Each run is its own independent record — check off tasks, mark items Not Applicable, and add comments as you go. Your template stays clean and unchanged, ready for the next run. AUTOMATIC COMPLETION AND ARCHIVING When every task is done (or marked N/A), the checklist completes itself, gets date-stamped, and moves to the archive. Your active list shows only what's in progress; the archive holds your history — browsable, searchable, and exportable by month. MAKE EACH LIST YOURS Give templates and checklists their own color and icon from a curated symbol catalog, so you can tell the packing list from the pre-flight check at a glance. Sort, search, and filter to find things fast. SHARE, PRINT, AND KEEP RECORDS Export any checklist or template as a polished PDF, RTF, Plain Text, or Markdown summary — choose whether to include comments, timestamps, and N/A items. Print directly from the app. Need a permanent or portable copy? Save a CheckLists Document that re-imports losslessly on another device, with optional encryption for sensitive procedures. WORKS WITH SIRI, SHORTCUTS, AND SPOTLIGHT Start a checklist from a template, check your progress, or complete a task — by voice or automation. Templates and checklists appear in Spotlight search, so the right list is always a swipe away. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your checklists live on your device. No account, no subscription, no tracking. If you want an app that nags you about due dates, there are plenty. If you want to do the same important things right, every time — Only Checklists is the one.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Simple at Free against Only Checklists's $0.99. Simple also leads on iOS requirement (17.5 vs 26.0). Only Checklists's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and chart position (#188 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Simple is free to download; Only Checklists costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Simple against 5.0 for Only Checklists. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Simple ships an update every 2 months, Only Checklists every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple | Only Checklists |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #188 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ShapeHaven Innovations LLC | Charles Ammon |
Customer experience
Simple
Only Checklists
In-app purchases
Simple
No in-app purchases
Only Checklists
No in-app purchases









