Comparison

Smart List Maker vs SageGate

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

Head to head
About

Smart List Maker

Features
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Organize anything beautifully with AI-powered lists (free to try; subscription required for continued use). Create any list, fast ListKit makes it easy to start. Just type what you need, and AI can generate a complete list with suggested items. For every kind of list From daily tasks to shopping, reading, movies, travel, learning, food, goals, and ideas, ListKit is built for the way you actually organize life. Beautiful by default Choose from elegant layouts like rows, cards, gallery, and feed. Customize lists with icons, and cover images. Simple when you want. Detailed when you need. Keep lists lightweight or add reminders, dates, ratings, locations, progress, quantities, and more. Explore items with AI Need help expanding an idea, planning a trip, comparing options, or learning more about something on your list? Chat with any item without leaving the app (free to try; subscription required for continued use). Why ListKit Most list apps help you write things down. ListKit helps you create, organize, and explore them beautifully. Subscription Information ListKit is free to download. To unlock all features and unlimited use, a subscription is required. The subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and cancel it at any time via your Apple ID Account Settings. Terms of Service: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Elo7_XJlsED5jwCVNLUmVEtjOgkW0rcFsRYPtDuPLlg/edit?usp=sharing Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qCqehg-XP7ap-5VgnUSl80q2N0tDd1Qix81ilc0l0uk/edit?usp=sharing License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SageGate

Consolidate access to over 15 AI providers in a single application. Connect your own API keys and pay only for the conversations you have, significantly reducing costs. Your data remains private, stored locally or on your iCloud, with API keys secured by Face ID.

Highlights
  • Connect to 15+ AI providers
  • Pay-per-conversation pricing
  • Local data storage and privacy
  • API key protection with Face ID
  • Spending dashboards
  • Reusable prompt templates (Skills)
  • Document analysis
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Stop paying $20/month for each AI subscription. SageGate connects you directly to 20+ AI providers through one beautiful app — and you only pay for what you actually use. HOW IT WORKS Connect your own API keys and pay per conversation instead of $20/month per service. Many users spend under $5/month for heavier usage than any single subscription offers. SageGate shows you exactly what each message costs — no surprises, no waste. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS The free app has no accounts, no sign-ups, and no servers of ours. Your conversations live only on your device or your personal iCloud. Your API keys are stored in the iOS Keychain, and you can lock the whole app behind Face ID. Chats run over Apple's encrypted networking (TLS) straight to the provider you chose — SageGate is never in the connection, so we can't read or decode them. We never see your messages. Period. 20+ AI PROVIDERS, 40+ MODELS IN ONE PLACE Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, GLM, DouBao, ERNIE, HunYuan, MiniMax, Yi, Spark and more — plus Claude and Amazon Nova models through Amazon Bedrock on your own AWS. Ask ChatGPT for writing, switch to Claude for code, then check with Gemini — all in one thread. Three of the providers are aggregators (OpenRouter, Together AI, SiliconFlow) you can point at your own models, and any provider can use a custom API endpoint of your own. ONE KNOWLEDGE BASE ACROSS EVERY MODEL (SAGEGATE CLOUD — OPTIONAL) Your documents shouldn't be trapped inside one AI. SageGate Cloud gives you your own private vector database that every model can search — pulling back only what's relevant. Switch models and they all reach the same knowledge; nothing is siloed. Upload from your iPhone, or from any browser at portal.sagegate.ai. Upgrade only if you want the shared cloud brain. Still no accounts: - T4 Managed Cloud ($19.99/mo) — we host your encrypted vault; zero setup. - T3 Private Cloud ($5.99/mo) — your documents live in your own AWS. We handle only the transport — converting to Markdown, chunking, embedding, ingesting and retrieval all run transiently in our pipeline — and we keep nothing on our side. - T2 Self-Host ($1.99/mo) — your AWS only, extracted on your device; we never touch a byte. The app itself stays completely free — and giving back is built in: 10% of every App Store purchase goes to 501(c)(3) animal-welfare nonprofits (records published at sagegate.ai). SEE WHAT YOU SPEND Every message shows exactly how many tokens were used and what it cost. Daily, weekly, and monthly dashboards break down spending by provider. Think of it as a budgeting app for your AI usage. AUTOMATE YOUR BUSYWORK Set up Skills — reusable prompt templates for tasks you do every day, like summarizing emails or translating documents. Schedule tasks to run automatically when you open the app. BRING YOUR OWN FILES Drop PDFs, Word docs, spreadsheets, or presentations into the app. SageGate reads them on-device and lets any AI answer questions about them. Stay fully local for free, or add SageGate Cloud to index them for search. Drag files into iCloud Drive from your Mac and they appear instantly. REMEMBER WHAT MATTERS Tap "Remember" on any helpful AI response. That knowledge carries across every future conversation with every provider — your personal AI memory that grows with you. RUN AI ON YOUR OWN COMPUTER Connect to local models on your Mac — for work that should never touch the internet — through LM Studio, oMLX, Llama.cpp, and similar tools. WORKS IN YOUR LANGUAGE Full support for 13 languages: English, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Hindi, and Indonesian. ADDITIONAL FEATURES - Watch AI models "think" in real-time with visible reasoning streams - Export any AI response as a formatted PDF with one tap - Organize chats with folders, pins, search, and smart sorting - Full VoiceOver accessibility support, light & dark mode

Screenshots

Smart List Maker4 screens
SageGate4 screens

Verdict

The call

Smart List Maker and SageGate 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. Smart List Maker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and SageGate sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Smart List Maker versus SageGate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart List MakerSageGate
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB10 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLukyLabHT Holding

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Smart List Maker

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
9 purchases

SageGate

Subscriptions6
  • Self‑Host (Monthly)14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Private Cloud (Monthly)14 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Self‑Host (Yearly)1 Year trial$19.991 Year
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  • Managed Cloud (Monthly)14 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Private Cloud (Yearly)1 Month trial$59.991 Year
  • Managed Cloud (Yearly)1 Month trial$199.991 Year
One-time3
  • 1,000 Pages$2.99
  • 5,000 Pages$12.99
  • 10,000 Pages$19.99

Questions

Is Smart List Maker free?
Smart List Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SageGate free?
SageGate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Smart List Maker or SageGate have ads?
Neither Smart List Maker nor SageGate shows ads.

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