Basic Checklist vs Daily Checklist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Basic Checklist
Create unlimited checklists for groceries, to-dos, or any organizational need. This free, ad-free app helps you stay organized and track accomplishments by crossing items off your lists.
- Unlimited checklist creation
- Ad-free experience
- Grocery list organizer
- To-do list management
- Track accomplishments
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Free and with no ads, this basic checklist allows you to create any number of checklists for the grocery store, supplies, to-dos, or anything else to keep you organized. If you're like me, crossing things off a list means you've accomplished something. Enjoy this free app to help make your productivity even more productive. Give it a try and see if it can work for you.
Daily Checklist
Create and manage repeatable checklists for daily routines, packing, or cleaning. This app helps you feel less forgetful and overwhelmed by ensuring you have everything you need before leaving the house. It's designed for simplicity and can be synced across devices.
- Create repeatable checklists
- Manage daily routines
- Packing and cleaning lists
- Syncs with iCloud
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Daily reminders
- Shortcuts integration
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CheckYourList lets you make repeatable checklists to help manage life’s challenges. You live in an overwhelming world, with new information constantly bombarded at you. Simple tasks like remembering what to take when you leave the house often feel overwhelming. We need to offload this cognitive function and be confident we do and take everything we need. Traditional to-do list apps are overwhelming, they make it difficult to surface lists when you need them. Apps that focus on repeatable lists are often focused on streaks and habits. CheckYourList solves your problem. It lets you create lists via a simple interface that you can use spontaneously. You can check your items off and feel confident that you have everything. Once the list is complete or whenever you need to, uncheck the entire list so it is ready to go again. It’s great for packing lists, daily routines, cleaning lists and things that you need to take with you constantly. FEEL LESS FORGETFUL Always feeling like you've forgotten something? Feel organized and free up mental energy. Make repeating checklists so you don't forget your stuff. DON'T BE OVERWHELMED We live in an overwhelming world. It's easy to forget things when leaving the house. CheckYourList is a simple app, designed to make you organized. REMEMBER YOUR STUFF Tired of turning up at the gym without your headphones? Forgot your lunch? Turned up at daycare but forgot your baby? STOP WASTING TIME Create repeatable checklists when you need to remember things every day. Stop wasting time backtracking and worrying if you have everything. CheckYourList and be confident whenever you leave the house. BUILT TO HELP WITH ADHD Hi, I'm Spencer and I built this app to help with my ADHD. I found myself forgetting things more and more after the birth of my son. Dropping him at daycare and then going to the gym, required so many things. I felt overwhelmed and would take ages to leave the house. I wanted a solution, so I built this app. Now I run through CheckYourList and am confident I have everything I need. SYNCS WITH ICLOUD Sync across your iOS and watchOS devices using apple iCloud. All your lists are automatically backed up to your iCloud account and will sync on any new device you log into. SHORTCUTS INTEGRATION Integrates with Apple Shortcuts. DAILY REMINDERS Set a daily reminder for each checklist that will remind you at a specific time each day. WIDGETS Add a home screen or lock screen widget to get a quick overview of how many items are left on your checklist, as well as a quick way to open the checklist. Try out the app with two checklists for free. Unlock the full version to get more than two checklists. Privacy Policy - https://checkyourlist.app/privacypolicy/ Terms of Use - https://checkyourlist.app/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Daily Checklist at 4.7 against Basic Checklist's 4.2. Daily Checklist also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 26 months) and ratings volume (266 vs 21). Basic Checklist's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and review sentiment (83% vs 70%). 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
Both are free to download. Daily Checklist sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Basic Checklist asks for nothing beyond the download.
Daily Checklist holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Checklist has 266 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Basic Checklist's written reviews are positive against 70% of Daily Checklist's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Basic Checklist ships an update every 26 months, Daily Checklist every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic Checklist | Daily Checklist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (21 ratings) | 4.7 (266 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 70.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 266 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 26 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Derek Carter | Brighten Labs |
Customer experience
Basic Checklist
Daily Checklist
Bugs and requests
Basic Checklist
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Daily Checklist
Reported bugs
4 issues- Update destroyed 150 item list
- Watch app doesn't work
- Glitchy, slow loading/adding/removing items
- Text becomes inverted in dark mode (white on white)
Requested features
15 requests- Ability to re-order lists
- Groups within checklists
- Dark mode support
- Home Screen/Lock Screen widgets
- Sublists or headings
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- Bulk add in text box format
- Export tasks
- Folder list view
- Drag and drop function for checklists
- Option to insert/view as sub-checklist
- Notifications to remind to go through checklist
- Haptic feedback on Apple Watch
- Reset list button on top of Apple Watch app
- Widget showing next few items on list
- Add Apple Watch complication
In-app purchases
Basic Checklist
No in-app purchases
Daily Checklist
- Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
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- Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$24.99
- Pro Lifetime$49.99
- Pro Lifetime$69.99
Questions
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