JoinListy vs NoteColab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
JoinListy
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JoinListy makes shared lists, calendars, and reminders effortless. JoinListy is the all-in-one shared list, calendar, and reminder app for groceries, tasks, packing, wishlists, chores, blank lists, events, and personal reminders. Whether you are planning groceries, organizing your home, preparing for a trip, tracking important dates, managing a shared calendar, or coordinating with family, roommates, friends, or teammates, JoinListy keeps everyone in sync. No more forgotten items, duplicate purchases, messy notes, missed tasks, calendar confusion, or endless chat messages. With JoinListy, everyone can view, edit, assign, and complete items together, while shared calendars and reminders help you stay on top of what matters. Supports 14+ languages for a smoother shared experience. 1. Shared Grocery Lists Create grocery lists for each store, recipe, or occasion. Add quantity, unit, categories, and optional images. Check items off in real time while shopping. 2. Shared To-Do & Task Lists Use JoinListy as your collaborative to-do list and household organizer. Assign tasks, add notes, due dates, images, and priority levels. 3. Shared Packing Lists Plan trips, vacations, moving, or weekend getaways with organized packing lists. Add quantities, sort by category, assign who packs what, and check things off together. 4. Shared Wishlist Lists Save gift ideas, birthday wishes, holiday shopping ideas, and personal wants. Add notes, categories, quantities, prices, links, and images. 5. Shared Chores Lists Keep your household running smoothly with chores lists built for shared responsibility. Assign chores, manage recurring tasks, and track routines. 6. Blank Lists Create a blank list for anything you need to organize: checklists, event planning, projects, school supplies, home inventory, party planning, and more. 7. Shared Calendar Plan events, appointments, activities, deadlines, errands, and reminders in a shared calendar. Add calendar entries, invite users, and collaborate so everyone can see what is coming up. 8. Personal Reminders Never miss an important moment with reminders for bills, birthdays, health, work, travel, shopping, and personal plans. Set a date and time, choose priority, add notes or a link, enable notifications, and repeat daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or selected weekdays. Real-Time Collaboration Invite family, friends, roommates, or teammates in seconds. See new items, edits, assignments, calendar entries, reminders, and completed tasks appear instantly. Notifications That Matter Get notified when tasks are assigned to you, when a high-priority item is added, when a calendar entry is added, or when a reminder is due. Perfect For - Families managing groceries, chores, calendars, and reminders - Couples planning errands, shopping, trips, and important dates - Roommates sharing household tasks and supplies - Friends organizing events, travel, and wishlists - Small teams coordinating checklists, calendars, and responsibilities Key Features - Shared lists for groceries, tasks, packing, wishlists, chores, blank lists, reminders, and more - Shared calendar for events, entries, reminders, and collaboration - Real-time sync across devices - Assignments, priorities, notes, due dates, and notifications - Quantities, categories, links, and optional images - Repeating reminders with flexible schedules - Clean and intuitive organizer - 14+ supported languages Why JoinListy? Life is easier when everyone works from the same list, shares the same calendar, and keeps reminders in one place. From grocery shopping and chores to travel packing, wishlists, daily tasks, blank lists, events, and reminders, JoinListy brings clarity to everyday organization. Download JoinListy now and simplify shared organization with the all-in-one shared grocery list, to-do list, packing list, wishlist, chores, calendar, blank list, and reminder app. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
NoteColab
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Your ideas. Your people. The same page. NoteColab brings your notes and conversations together, with live collaboration across iPhone, iPad and Android. Plan a trip, organise a household, capture meeting notes or keep a personal journal. WRITE TOGETHER ⢠Edit shared notes in real time across devices. ⢠See who is viewing or editing with live presence indicators. ⢠Recognise collaborators by their profile photos, with initials when no photo is set. ⢠Keep discussions alongside your notes with comments and @mentions. ⢠Invite people by email or share a link with editing or view-only access. CAPTURE IDEAS YOUR WAY ⢠Structure notes with headings, bold text and lists. ⢠Create checklists for shopping, packing and everyday tasks. ⢠Attach photos and record voice notes. ⢠Turn speech into text with dictation. ⢠Sketch ideas with drawing tools. ⢠Start with templates or share text and images from other apps. KEEP EVERYTHING ORGANISED ⢠Arrange notes with folders, tags and pins. ⢠Find what you need with search and filters. ⢠Set reminders so important notes stay on your radar. ⢠Archive finished notes and recover deleted notes from Trash. ⢠Revisit earlier drafts with version history. ⢠Access recent notes from a home screen widget. ⢠Enjoy a split-view layout on iPad. MAKE IT YOURS Add, change or remove your profile photo in Settings. Your photo appears in shared notes, comments and live editing indicators, helping everyone see who is contributing. Start free, with optional NoteColab Pro subscriptions for higher limits and additional features. Available plans and local prices are shown in the app. From a shared shopping list to your next big project, keep your ideas together with NoteColab. Privacy Policy: https://bluebear-devs.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://bluebear-devs.com/terms-of-service
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The clearest difference is ads: NoteColab at none against JoinListy's shown. NoteColab also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). JoinListy's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. JoinListy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and NoteColab sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
JoinListy ships an update monthly, NoteColab weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JoinListy | NoteColab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly ā better |
| Ads | Yes | No ā better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 ā better | 16.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MOBAPP PIXEL SRL | DAVID MICHAEL ROBERTS |
In-app purchases
JoinListy
- JoinListy Pro Free Trial (Monthly)3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- JoinListy Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
- JoinListy Pro Free Trial (Yearly)3 Days trial$24.991 Year
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- JoinListy Pro (Yearly)$24.991 Year
NoteColab
- NoteColab Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- NoteColab Pro Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year









