PearList vs TaskPlate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
TaskPlate
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TaskPlate is a straightforward task manager built around one idea: get things done without the clutter. CAPTURE IT FAST Tap + at the bottom, type, and press Return — saved, with the next blank line already waiting. Empty your head in one go, and add the details later if they matter. BOARD YOUR WAY Organize every task across three simple stages — To Do, In Progress, and Done. Swipe between them or tap to switch, and move tasks forward as you make progress. BREAK IT DOWN Add a checklist to any task and tick off the steps as you go. Press Return to move to the next step, check or uncheck the whole list in one tap, reorder items however you like, remove the ones you don't need, and see your progress right on the task list — "2 of 5" at a glance, without opening anything. STAY ON TOP OF WHAT MATTERS - Pin your most important tasks to the top of To Do or In Progress - Drag to reorder tasks exactly how you want them - Search instantly across task names, notes, and checklist items - Filter any list by due date — this week, month, quarter, or year — sorted earliest first - Select several tasks and move them to another list in one go - Add due dates and set alerts — local reminders 5 minutes, 15 minutes, an hour, or up to a week ahead, your choice - Tap an alert to jump straight to that task, and clear it when you're ready — it stays counted on the app icon until you do NOTHING GETS LOST Deleted a task by mistake? It's not gone — recover it anytime from the Deleted Tasks view before it's permanently purged. Set your own auto-cleanup schedule, or clear things out manually whenever you're ready. MAKE IT YOURS Choose Light, Dark, or System appearance, and pick your own accent color — from curated presets or a full custom color picker. In Light appearance, go further with Color Scheme: four warm, hand-picked palettes that recolor the whole app. Changed your mind? One tap puts it all back the way it started. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS TaskPlate doesn't require an account, doesn't use the cloud, and doesn't collect your data. Every task lives only on your device. No sign-up, no syncing servers, no tracking — just a private, fast to-do list. Please note: because nothing is sent to the cloud, your tasks are stored separately on each device and do not sync between your iPhone and iPad. Works great on iPhone and iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PearList at 15.1 against TaskPlate's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
PearList ships an update every 5 days, TaskPlate every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PearList | TaskPlate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timothy Hudgins | Vasuraj V Arni |
In-app purchases
PearList
No in-app purchases
TaskPlate
No in-app purchases








