Nested List vs Liubai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nested List
Organize your thoughts and tasks with a powerful nested list creator. Customize the appearance of your lists and use drag-and-drop functionality for easy rearrangement. Sync your data across devices seamlessly.
- Create and edit complex nested lists
- Customize list style and formatting
- Drag-and-drop list rearrangement
- Hotkey support for efficient editing
- iCloud synchronization across devices
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Main features: - Creating and editing nested lists of any complexity - Ability to customize the style and formatting of lists - Drag&Drop support - Hotkeys support - iCloud synchronization
Liubai
This private writing app allows you to capture your thoughts and choose their fate. Options include making text disappear, encrypting it until a specific time, or creating a sealed count. Your writing remains securely on your device without requiring an account or uploading content.
- Private writing space
- Text disappearance option
- Timed local encryption
- Sealed text count
- 30-second pause feature
- No account required
- Offline content storage
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Liubai is a private writing app for moments you do not want to face right away. Write what is on your mind, then choose what happens next. You can let the text disappear, keep it locally encrypted until a chosen time, seal it so only a count remains, or take a quiet 30-second pause. Your writing stays on your device. Liubai does not require an account, does not upload your content, and does not include social features, ads, or in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Liubai at 5.0 against Nested List's 3.0. Nested List's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Liubai holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Nested List ships an update every 3 weeks, Liubai every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nested List | Liubai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anton Cherkasov | Beijing Black & White Network Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Nested List
Liubai
In-app purchases
Nested List
No in-app purchases
Liubai
No in-app purchases
