Comparison

My Next vs Structured Outliner

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

Head to head
About

My Next

Features
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My Next: List is a calm, private list app for your personal life โ€” not work. Collect, organize, and track the things in your life without clutter, pressure, or noise. SIMPLE & FLEXIBLE LISTS Create lists for groceries, packing, gift ideas, books to read, movies to watch, and more. Pin favorites for quick access and switch between list and gallery view. YOUR LISTS ON APPLE WATCH Keep your shopping list on your wrist. Scroll with the Digital Crown, check off items, add new ones with dictation where available, and switch between lists. Sort items and swipe to delete, with the same list settings as on your iPhone. Changes made offline sync when your devices reconnect. Open List on your iPhone to set up the first sync. DONE YOUR WAY Choose how completed items behave. Keep them in place with a strikethrough, move them to a collapsible Done section, or remove them from the list. Set defaults globally or customize each list. CALM TO USE Undo actions when you need to. Deleted items go to the Bin and can be restored before they expire. No accounts, no feeds, and no unnecessary friction. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account required. No ads. Your lists are stored on your devices and sync between your paired iPhone and Apple Watch. Optional usage analytics use a random identifier and never include list names or item text. Subscription purchases and access are handled separately through RevenueCat. Back up anytime to iCloud, Files, or AirDrop. MADE FOR REAL LIFE Use My Next: List for shopping, packing, reading lists, home inventory, gift ideas, and everyday collections. Turn on Keep Screen Awake when you want your phone to stay on while you work through a list. FREE FOREVER Create up to 5 lists with 100 items per list for free. Upgrade to Extra for unlimited lists, unlimited items, and list templates. Terms of Use (EULA): https://mynextstudio.com/my-next/list/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://mynextstudio.com/my-next/list/privacy/

About

Structured Outliner

Features
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Keep your entire outline in a single portable file you control. No account, no server, no lock-in, future-proof. ORGANIZE IN UNLIMITED DEPTH Build trees as deep as you need. Expand, collapse, and reorder topics with just a few taps. Every topic can have its own notes. Write as much or as little as you like. SEARCH EVERYTHING Search titles or note content at once. The tree expands automatically to show every match in context, so you always know where a result lives in your outline. CROSS-LINK TOPICS Link any note to another topic using the outlook: link format. Tap to jump directly there. Tap the back arrow to return where you came from. OPEN FILES AND URLS Tap any file path or URL inside a note to open it. Connect your outline to existing documents in the folder: PDFs, photos, or anything else you reference. COLOR LABELS Assign a background color to any topic: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, or Purple. The color flows down to all child topics that don't have their own. Use it to visually separate sections at a glance. AUTOMATIC BACKUPS The app writes a .bak backup before every save. Restore at any time from the menu. SYNC YOUR WAY Store your file in iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, or any Files-compatible provider. Open it from there on each device. No special sync setup required. MEMPAD COMPATIBLE Structured Outliner uses the same .lst format as MemPad for Windows, a portable outliner that has been around since the early 2000s. Open existing MemPad files directly, no conversion needed. FREE VERSION Structured Outliner is free to use. Development is supported by a small banner ad shown at the bottom of the screen. PRO VERSION Upgrade to Pro to remove the banner ad, unlock Color Labels and Topic + Note Search and future planned features. One-time purchase. Restore on any device from the menu.

Screenshots

My Next4 screens
Structured Outliner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: My Next at none against Structured Outliner's shown. Structured Outliner's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. My Next sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Structured Outliner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Next ships an update monthly, Structured Outliner every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
My Next versus Structured Outliner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy NextStructured Outliner
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size61 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLars BruceFelipe Carraro

In-app purchases

7 purchases

My Next

Subscriptions4
  • Extra Monthly$1.991 Month
  • My Next: Extra$2.991 Month
  • Extra Yearly$14.991 Year
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  • My Next: Extra$24.991 Year
One-time3
  • Coffee$2.99
  • Support$4.99
  • Super Supporter$9.99
1 purchases

Structured Outliner

One-time1
  • Pro Version$7.99

Questions

Is My Next free?
My Next is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Structured Outliner free?
Structured Outliner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do My Next or Structured Outliner have ads?
Structured Outliner shows ads; My Next does not.
Which is updated more often, My Next or Structured Outliner?
My Next ships an update monthly, and Structured Outliner every 9 days. Most recently, My Next was updated on October 7, 2026 and Structured Outliner on October 24, 2026.

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