Comparison

listam vs PearList

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

Head to head
About

listam

Features
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A minimalist P2P grocery list app. It's fully open source and verifiable, many powerful features incoming!

About

PearList

Effortlessly manage shared household lists like groceries, to-dos, and chores. Sync changes directly between devices without needing an account or relying on external servers. Assign tasks to household members to create a shared chore board.

Highlights
  • Multiple shared lists per household
  • Add, check, rename, assign, and delete items
  • Assign items as chores
  • Join by QR code or invite link
  • Offline functionality with sync
  • Open source and private by design
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PearList keeps your household's shared lists in sync across everyone's phones, with no account, no server and no company in the middle. Make a grocery list, a to-do list or a chore board. Anyone in your household can add items, check them off, rename them, assign them and delete them, and every change syncs directly between your phones. Assign an item to a person and any list doubles as a shared chore board. There is no sign-up and no login. You join a household by scanning a QR code or tapping an invite link. From then on everyone sees and edits the same lists. Because PearList is peer-to-peer, your lists live only on your devices. They are never uploaded to a server, so no company can read them, sell them or lose them in a breach. Everything syncs encrypted, directly device to device. Features - Multiple shared lists per household: groceries, to-dos, chores - Add, check, rename, assign and delete items, synced to everyone - Assign items to a person to use any list as a chore board - Join by QR code or invite link, no account needed - Works offline, syncs when your devices are online together - Open source and private by design: no account, no ads, no tracking PearList is fully open source: https://github.com/peerloomllc/pearlist

Screenshots

listam4 screens
PearList4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PearList at every 5 days against listam's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

listam ships an update every 6 weeks, PearList every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
listam versus PearList: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterlistamPearList
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerfrancesco romeoTimothy Hudgins

In-app purchases

None

listam

No in-app purchases

None

PearList

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is listam free?
listam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PearList free?
PearList is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do listam or PearList have ads?
Neither listam nor PearList shows ads.
Which is updated more often, listam or PearList?
listam ships an update every 6 weeks, and PearList every 5 days. Most recently, listam was updated on October 11, 2026 and PearList on October 12, 2026.

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