Comparison

The No List vs TextExpander

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

Head to head
About

The No List

This app helps you focus on what truly matters by logging the opportunities, projects, and distractions you've declined. By recording your "No's," you gain clarity, protect priorities, and create space for your most important "Yeses."

Highlights
  • Log declined opportunities
  • Protect priorities
  • Celebrate boundaries
  • Organize by categories and tags
  • Track decisions with stats
  • Simple, clutter-free design
  • Private on-device operation
Features
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Focus on what matters most. The No List is a simple tool to help you live with intention. Instead of tracking endless to-dos, The No List gives you a place to capture the opportunities, projects, and distractions you've turned down. Every "No" is a reminder of the clarity and focus you're building. By logging what you don't do, you create more space for the things that truly matter. --- Why The No List? - Protect your priorities - Stop second-guessing yourself by recording the decisions you've already made. - Celebrate your boundaries - Saying "No" is powerful. The No List helps you see that progress. - Stay balanced - Filter your No's by Work, Personal, Social, or custom categories. - Gain perspective - Quick stats show how often you're making space for what matters. --- Features - Quick entry for every "No" - Organize by categories and tags - Stats to track your decisions over time - Simple, beautiful design with no clutter - Works privately on your device --- Your time is limited. The No List helps you use it wisely. Because every strong "No" creates room for your best "Yes."

About

TextExpander

Access your saved text snippets and expand them instantly across any app on your iPhone and iPad. This keyboard app offers features like autocorrect, emoji search, and swipe typing, making it easier to input frequently used phrases, addresses, or links.

Highlights
  • Instant text expansion via custom abbreviations
  • Customizable keyboard with swipe typing
  • Emoji search and suggestions
  • Autocorrect and long-press for accented characters
  • Snippet suggestions in the suggestion strip
  • Fill-ins for dynamic snippet content
Features
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Your TextExpander snippets, on your iPhone and iPad. Sign in with your TextExpander account to access your snippet library at your fingertips. Type ";addr" to expand to your mailing address. Type "zcal" to expand to a link to your schedule / availability. You can type it in Messages, in Mail, in Slack, in your CRM, in your EHR. You get the idea. Your shared snippets are readily synced with the rest of your team. A KEYBOARD WITH SNIPPETS, SWIPE, EMOJI, AND AUTOCORRECT Swipe across the keys, and TextExpander now matches your path to English words and to your abbreviations. Swiped abbreviations automatically expand to their snippets. Plus you have everything else that you'd expect in a keyboard: Autocorrect, emojis (searchable by name, with skin tones, and recents), long-press for accented characters, one-handed mode, haptic feedback, and undo/redo. SNIPPETS THAT COME TO YOU Start typing, and matching snippets appear in the suggestion strip beside your word suggestions. Tap it to expand it. You never need to go looking. PERSONALIZE AND CUSTOMIZE WHAT YOU TYPE Fill-ins give superpowers to your TextExpander snippets, and they work in the app as well. Type the abbreviation, complete your fill-ins, and send. WHAT YOU NEED A TextExpander account, created at textexpander.com. Then add the keyboard in Settings and switch on Full Access (TextExpander needs this to read your abbreviations and insert your snippets). Your snippets now work everywhere you type.

Screenshots

The No List2 screens
TextExpander4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The No List at 5.0 against TextExpander's 3.3. TextExpander's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The No List holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of The No List's written reviews are positive against 100% of TextExpander's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
The No List versus TextExpander: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe No ListTextExpander
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better3.3 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings711 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.518.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid SparksTextExpander, Inc.

Customer experience

The No List

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

TextExpander

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

The No List

No in-app purchases

None

TextExpander

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The No List free?
The No List is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TextExpander free?
TextExpander is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The No List or TextExpander?
The No List is rated higher. The No List averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while TextExpander averages 3.3 from 11 ratings.
Do The No List or TextExpander have ads?
Neither The No List nor TextExpander shows ads.

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