Comparison

Meeting Timer vs Sam's List

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

Head to head
About

Meeting Timer

Features
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Take back control of your meeting time with Meeting Timer. By tracking both the time and cost of your meetings, you'll become more concise and efficient, eliminating bad habits that threaten your productivity and that of your team (such as overly long meetings, too many meetings, unnecessary attendees, and undefined agendas). This tool helps you save both time and money. Features: - Add reusable meeting templates. - Customize meetings with colors, duration, and participants. - Set up roles and hourly rates. - Add participants and customize individual costs as needed. - Configure Instant Meetings for extemporary sessions. - Start, pause and stop timers. - Save data and add notes to your meetings. - Archive all your meetings to keep records easily accessible

About

Sam's List

Features
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Sam’s List is a calm, local-first app for the things that matter each day: write down a task, see what is relevant, and check it off. It also gives you a simple, private place to record everyday spending. NEW!! Sam’s List Cloud lets you connect your synced tasks and spending to a compatible AI assistant, with permissions you control TODOS, WITHOUT THE NOISE • Capture tasks in seconds • Organize them in folders or keep them in Inbox • See Today, All, Upcoming, and Calendar views • Add notes, start dates, due dates, reminders, and repeat schedules • Search and filter when you need to find something • Import selected Apple Reminders and Calendar events • Share text or links from other apps into a new task WIDGETS THAT HELP YOU ACT Put your list where you need it. Add dedicated Tasks and Spending widgets to your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Complete tasks from a widget, open the right list or task, and use a Smart Stack to move between task and spending widgets. SIMPLE SPENDING Record an expense with a name, amount, category, date, and note. Review this month’s total, see a clear category chart, browse recent expenses, and create, rename, reorder, or recolor your own categories. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No ads. No analytics. No tracking. Your tasks and spending records stay on your device by default. Optional private iCloud sync is available with Premium. PREMIUM, WHEN YOU WANT MORE Sam’s List Premium is a one-time lifetime purchase—never a subscription. It unlocks private iCloud sync, custom spending categories, Apple Calendar import, Quick Expense with Siri, Shortcuts or Back Tap, and Premium widgets. Sam’s List is a personal organizer and manual spending tracker. It is not a bank or financial advice service. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Meeting Timer4 screens
Sam's List4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Meeting Timer at none against Sam's List's 3. Meeting Timer also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Sam's List sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Meeting Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meeting Timer ships an update monthly, Sam's List every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Meeting Timer versus Sam's List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeeting TimerSam's List
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOimmei Digital Consulting AppsWhy&Key LLC

In-app purchases

None

Meeting Timer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Sam's List

Subscriptions2
  • Sam's List Premium subscription$4.991 Month
  • Sam's List Premium yearly$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Sam’s List Premium Lifetime$1.99

Questions

Is Meeting Timer free?
Meeting Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sam's List free?
Sam's List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Meeting Timer or Sam's List have ads?
Neither Meeting Timer nor Sam's List shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meeting Timer or Sam's List?
Meeting Timer ships an update monthly, and Sam's List every 2 months. Most recently, Meeting Timer was updated on November 8, 2026 and Sam's List on November 6, 2026.

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