Comparison

BlastList vs depart.

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

Head to head
About

BlastList

Features
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Your to-do list has never looked like this. BlastList turns your tasks into alien invaders descending toward Earth — positioned in real time by their actual due date. Something due in 45 days floats quietly at the top of the screen. Something due tomorrow glows red near the ground. Something overdue shakes, pulses, and threatens everything. When you complete a task, tap it to blast it out of the sky. Watch it explode. Earn points. Build your streak. Protect Earth. HOW IT WORKS - Add any task with a due date - It appears on the game board as an invader, positioned by urgency - Do the task in real life - Come back and tap to blast it, confirm it's done, watch the explosion - Miss too many and Earth's shields go down THREAT LEVELS DISTANT - 30+ days away INCOMING - 14 to 30 days CLOSING IN - 7 to 14 days DANGER - 2 to 7 days CRITICAL - Under 2 days OVERDUE - Past due, shaking and glowing red EARN & LEVEL UP - Score points for every blast - Build streaks by staying on top of your list - Level up from Cadet to Legend - More game modes coming soon FREE TO PLAY BlastList is completely free. More game modes coming as optional upgrades. Stop staring at a boring checklist. Defend your planet.

About

depart.

This app provides a single countdown to tell you the exact moment to leave for your destination, factoring in live traffic and a safety buffer. It offers lock screen and dynamic island integration, and smart adjustments for Pro users. The core features are free, with an optional Pro upgrade for advanced planning.

Highlights
  • Live traffic-based departure countdown
  • Lock screen and Dynamic Island integration
  • Calendar event auto-start
  • Automatic departure detection
  • Smart departure adjustments (Pro)
  • Weather-aware buffer alerts (Pro)
  • Trip history and on-time stats
Features
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depart watches the traffic for you and tells you the exact moment to leave so you make it on time. one countdown, one decision, that's the whole app. you tell depart where you're going and when you need to be there. it pulls live drive time from apple maps, adds your safety buffer, and shows a single number: the minutes until you should leave. when traffic shifts, the number shifts. you don't have to keep checking. the countdown also lives on your lock screen and inside the dynamic island. when it's time to go, depart taps you on the wrist. and the moment you actually leave, the trip clears itself. depart is built around the leave-by decision, not around following you the whole drive. THE CORE IS FREE FOR EVERYONE • countdown timer with live traffic updates • lock screen live activity and dynamic island • calendar auto-start, so any location-tagged event becomes a trip • auto-end on departure, so depart clears itself once you've left • map confirmation popup before each trip starts • 8 home screen icon variants in 8 color palettes (custom hex too) • trip history with on-time stats • multi-trip queue, so you can chain a day's plans • share-eta via imessage • siri shortcuts: ask "hey siri, when do i leave?" • apple watch live activity • ios widgets in small, medium, large, plus lock screen circular, rectangular, and inline • upcoming-trips queue widget DEPART PRO ($9.99 one-time, or $0.99/month) • smart departure adjustments. depart learns from your history. if you arrive 3 minutes early every monday, depart quietly trims the buffer for that destination. • per-day buffer overrides. friday cushion can differ from sunday cushion for the same place. • weather-aware buffer and prep alerts. depart checks the forecast at your arrival time and adds minutes for rain or snow, with a heads-up a few hours out. • trip planner. transport mode per trip (walk or drive), parking buffer per destination, alternate routes, and a first-time-destination heuristic. • calendar conflict detection and meeting smarts. flag the meetings that actually matter and depart will grow the buffer for them automatically. • calm mode and quiet hours. lock the countdown to the sage tone, and silence courtesy reminders during a window of your choosing. • insights+. per-destination on-time rates, day-of-week patterns, and the total minutes of traffic depart caught before you left. • history export in csv, json, and pdf. • developer info. build, runtime, trip state, location, flags. pro comes two ways: a $9.99 one-time lifetime purchase, or a $0.99/month auto-renewing subscription. both unlock the same features, and every future pro feature ships at no extra cost. PRIVACY depart is local-first. no account, no sign-in. your destinations, trip history, and recurring templates stay on your phone. depart runs no server of its own. your location goes to apple maps for drive time (and, on pro, to apple weather for the forecast at your destination). your purchase is handled by apple and revenuecat, which sees an anonymous id, never your identity, location, or trips. that's the only data that leaves your device. WHO IT'S FOR people who hate being late but hate calculating when to leave even more. depart does the math, watches the traffic, and gets out of your way.

Screenshots

BlastList4 screens
depart.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BlastList at none against depart.'s 2. BlastList also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. depart. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. BlastList asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
BlastList versus depart.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlastListdepart.
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard SheaJaved Hoosein

In-app purchases

None

BlastList

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

depart.

Subscriptions1
  • depart pro$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • depart pro — lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is BlastList free?
BlastList is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is depart. free?
depart. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BlastList or depart. have ads?
Neither BlastList nor depart. shows ads.

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