Checklist vs Diary & Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checklist
A straightforward and uncluttered application for managing your to-do lists. Easily add and complete tasks without needing an internet connection or an account. Designed for speed and ultimate simplicity.
- Quick task addition
- Mark tasks as completed
- Full offline functionality
- No accounts required
- Ad-free experience
- No tracking
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Checklist-Lite is a simple and clean checklist app to help you stay organized. • Add tasks quickly • Mark tasks as completed • Works fully offline • No accounts, no ads, no tracking Designed for speed and simplicity.
Diary & Journal
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ThreeLines is a beautifully simple daily journal app built on one principle: three lines is all you need. Each day, open the app and write three lines about your day. That's it. No templates, no word counts, no pressure. Just three lines to capture what matters. WRITE • Daily 3-line entries — what happened, how you felt, what you noticed • Attach a photo with a caption to any entry • Edit any past day from your calendar BROWSE • Calendar with List, Month, and Year views • Photo gallery view of every captured moment • Visual streak tracking and 12-month heatmap EXPORT & SHARE • Export your full journal as plain text or CSV • Share entries to X, Threads, Mastodon, Instagram, and Facebook • Formatters tailored to each platform's character limits PERSONAL • System / Light / Dark theme picker, persisted across launches • Apple Intelligence integration on capable devices (coming soon) PRIVACY FIRST Your entries stay on your device. No accounts, no sign-ups, no ads, no tracking, no data selling. Your thoughts are yours alone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Diary & Journal at weekly against Checklist's every 3 weeks. Diary & Journal also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Checklist ships an update every 3 weeks, Diary & Journal weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Checklist | Diary & Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tesfaldet Haileab | James Cooper |
In-app purchases
Checklist
No in-app purchases
Diary & Journal
No in-app purchases
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