Comparison

Notebook Lists vs Strich

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

Head to head
About

Notebook Lists

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This is a simple list making app to give the look and feel of a book with pages of lists. This list making app is different from most in that it works horizontally vs. vertically. It's my first app attempt made as a hobby so expect bugs and such. Features: A True Notebook Feel: A vintage book cover, graph paper pages, and custom fonts provide an analog feel. Horizontal Column Layout: A smarter, horizontal grid for your items that's perfect for both iPhone and iPad. Smart Resume: The app automatically "opens" to the last list you were editing, just like a real notebook. List Templates: Get started instantly with built-in templates for "Packing" and "Grocery" lists, complete with default categories. Item Catalog: Tapping the 'box' icon lets you add items from a master catalog. Anything you add is automatically saved to the catalog for future use. Powerful List Management: Tap and hold any list to Edit, Delete, or Duplicate it (copying all its categories and items). Tap, hold, and drag lists on the main page to reorder them. Intuitive Item Controls: Tap, hold, and drag items to reorder them or move them between categories. Tap and hold a category name to Edit or Delete it. Simple tap-to-check functionality. Help On Every Page: A simple ? button on each screen explains all the hidden features, like drag-and-drop and context menus. Built for All Devices: Fully responsive design that is designed to work on iPhone and iPad, in both portrait and landscape. iCloud enabled to sync across your iPad and iPhone

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Strich

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Strich is an app for keeping lists. Nothing else. No reminders, no due dates, no priorities, no tags, no statistics. The restraint is the product. A list in Strich is a permanent catalog, not a throwaway note: strike things off as you go, then reset the list with one gesture and use it again. Packing lists, grocery runs, routines, rituals β€” anything you do more than once. WHY STRICH β€’ Strike, don't check. Done items get a single clean stroke β€” the app's namesake ("Strich" is German for stroke). β€’ Reusable by design. Reset a finished list and it's ready for next time. The list is permanent, the checkmark is temporary. β€’ Topics hold what belongs together: the vacation with its packing list, kids' gear and paperwork β€” each topic with as many lists as you need. β€’ A bench instead of a trash can. Whatever you take off the list waits on the bench below it and comes back with a tap. Nothing is lost, nothing gets added twice. β€’ Sections keep long lists readable β€” type a chip or a colon prefix to file new items where they belong, or turn any line into a heading. β€’ Ruled paper, not another sterile productivity app. WIDGETS, SIRI AND THE LOCK SCREEN β€’ Widgets in two sizes, for one list or two. Tap an item to strike it. β€’ Siri and Shortcuts: β€œAdd to Groceries in Strich”, strike, reset, hear what is still open. β€’ The next open items on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, struck without unlocking. β€’ A β€œNew Item” button in Control Center, on the Lock Screen or on the Action button. β€’ Open any list from Search on the Home Screen. BRING YOUR OWN AI (OPTIONAL) Every topic and every list has a chat. Strichbot reads your lists and proposes changes: add the usual suspects to a grocery list, group a long list into sensible sections in one go, tidy things up. From the topics overview it creates whole topics, or merges two into one without duplicates. It only ever proposes. You see your real list in its future state, tap away the individual changes you don't want, and apply the rest. Nothing happens automatically. The assistant's tone and behavior are yours to set through your own system prompt. The assistant uses your own API key (Anthropic, OpenAI, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint), stored securely in your device's Keychain, with whichever model that provider offers. Strich has no servers of its own, no account, no tracking. Without a key, nothing is ever sent to an AI provider. ON ALL YOUR DEVICES, AND WITH THE PEOPLE YOU SHARE WITH Your lists follow you across iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud account. Switch phones and everything is simply there. And when a list is not only yours: share a single list or a whole topic by link. The other person opens it in their Strich, and from then on you write the same list β€” they strike an item, it is struck for you. The shopping list for two, without a group chat. Or hand one out to be read and not written: a guest invited to view only sees the list and its strokes and changes nothing. What others share with you gathers under "Shared with me", and you can leave a share whenever you want. Your chat with Strichbot stays on your own device. EVERYTHING ELSE β€’ iPhone and iPad, every orientation on the pad β€’ Import from any app via the iOS share sheet β€’ Export and share your lists as text β€’ Search within any list, regardless of case and accents β€’ Duplicate topics and lists β€” a good list becomes a template β€’ Send all done items to the bench at once, reset a whole topic at once β€’ English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese and Portuguese β€” the system language or the one you pick β€” light and dark β€’ No account, no sign-up, no ads β€’ Your data lives on your device and in your own iCloud β€” never on servers of ours

Screenshots

Notebook Lists4 screens
Strich4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Strich at every 9 days against Notebook Lists's every 8 months. Strich also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notebook Lists ships an update every 8 months, Strich every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Notebook Lists versus Strich: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotebook ListsStrich
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 9 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJohn BakerDominik Meierhofer

In-app purchases

None

Notebook Lists

No in-app purchases

None

Strich

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notebook Lists free?
Notebook Lists is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Strich free?
Strich is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Notebook Lists or Strich have ads?
Neither Notebook Lists nor Strich shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notebook Lists or Strich?
Notebook Lists ships an update every 8 months, and Strich every 9 days. Most recently, Notebook Lists was updated on October 24, 2026 and Strich on October 24, 2026.

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