Welm vs Listly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Welm
This task manager helps you regain control of your day with a no-nonsense approach. It's designed to keep you focused on what truly matters, offering a stark and unapologetic way to manage your to-do list.
- Task management
- To-do list creation
- Focus enhancement
- Daily control
- Unapologetic design
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Welm is a to-do list / task manager that's not for the faint-hearted. It's stark, unapologetic, and built to help you take control of your day, stay focused, and do what truly matters. Most productivity apps (like humans) try to do everything - tags, projects, subtasks, automations - until managing the system becomes its own task. Welm says Skitsnack. It's deliberately simple and rigid, with just enough constraints to keep you honest about what actually matters today, instead of letting your to-do list quietly turn into a second job. How it works: — Simple tasks: No smart lists, tags or nested logic to manage. Tasks are meant to be done, not sit beautifully in a database. — Three buckets: Now, Next, Later. That's it. — Finish what's in front of you: Your buckets only hold so much. The only way to do more things is by clearing your tasks. Welm isn't trying to be your friend (it can sometimes be a little rude). It isn't trying to organize and automate your entire life. It's simply making sure the few things that matter to you get done. At least that's what it tells us.
Listly
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Keep tasks and notes together without turning your life into a project-management system. Listly gives you flexible tabs, grouped lists, checklists, priority flags, rich text notes, and private note locks in one clean space. Use it for shopping, study, work, home planning, daily tasks, or quick ideas. Reorder tasks and tabs as priorities change, switch notes to a visual grid, get a daily reminder to review your day, and search across tasks and notes when you need to find something fast. TASKS THAT FIT · Create to-do lists and checklists · Organise tasks into tabs and groups · Flag the items that matter most · Reorder tabs and tasks as plans change · Search tasks by text NOTES BESIDE THEM · Write and format rich text notes · Switch to a visual notes grid · Add colour dots for quick scanning · Search notes by text · Keep individual notes private with Premium EVERYDAY EXTRAS · Personalize Listly with an interactive cover that opens like a real page and works with App Lock · Cloud sync across devices · Keep using supported features if your connection drops briefly; changes sync when you're back online · Daily reminder to review tasks and notes · Clean, distraction-free design · Light and dark modes · Data export PREMIUM Premium adds unlimited task and note tabs, unlimited notes per tab, interactive covers, an app lock, individual note locks, additional colour themes, and a home screen widget for at-a-glance task progress. LANGUAGE SUPPORT Listly is available in 31 localizations. Listly is part of Lightli, a family of minimal yet playful apps. By using this app, you agree to Lightli's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Terms: https://lightli.uk/terms/ Privacy: https://lightli.uk/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Listly at 16.0 against Welm's 18.0. On price, update cadence, 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. Welm sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Listly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Welm ships an update every 10 days, Listly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Welm | Listly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jerry Chang | Lightli LTD |
In-app purchases
Welm
- 2nd List$3.99
Listly
- Premium · Monthly$2.491 Month
- Premium · Yearly7 Days trial$16.991 Year









