Comparison

Only Checklists vs Emotion

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

Head to head
About

Only Checklists

Create reusable templates for procedures and run independent checklists from them. Track progress, archive completed tasks, and customize lists with colors and icons. Export and share your checklists in various formats.

Highlights
  • Create reusable checklist templates
  • Run independent checklists from templates
  • Automatic completion and archiving
  • Customizable colors and icons
  • Export to PDF, RTF, TXT, Markdown
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
  • Private by design, no account needed
Features
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Only Checklists does one thing, well: checklists. Not to-do lists. Not reminders. Just real, reusable checklists — the kind professionals rely on. A to-do list is a pile of one-off tasks. A checklist is a proven procedure you run the same way every time — packing for a trip, opening the shop, pre-flight checks, closing out the month. Only Checklists is built entirely around that idea. CREATE TEMPLATES, RUN CHECKLISTS Build a template once: title, description, and an ordered list of tasks, each with optional notes. When it's time to do the work, start a checklist from the template. Each run is its own independent record — check off tasks, mark items Not Applicable, and add comments as you go. Your template stays clean and unchanged, ready for the next run. AUTOMATIC COMPLETION AND ARCHIVING When every task is done (or marked N/A), the checklist completes itself, gets date-stamped, and moves to the archive. Your active list shows only what's in progress; the archive holds your history — browsable, searchable, and exportable by month. MAKE EACH LIST YOURS Give templates and checklists their own color and icon from a curated symbol catalog, so you can tell the packing list from the pre-flight check at a glance. Sort, search, and filter to find things fast. SHARE, PRINT, AND KEEP RECORDS Export any checklist or template as a polished PDF, RTF, Plain Text, or Markdown summary — choose whether to include comments, timestamps, and N/A items. Print directly from the app. Need a permanent or portable copy? Save a CheckLists Document that re-imports losslessly on another device, with optional encryption for sensitive procedures. WORKS WITH SIRI, SHORTCUTS, AND SPOTLIGHT Start a checklist from a template, check your progress, or complete a task — by voice or automation. Templates and checklists appear in Spotlight search, so the right list is always a swipe away. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your checklists live on your device. No account, no subscription, no tracking. If you want an app that nags you about due dates, there are plenty. If you want to do the same important things right, every time — Only Checklists is the one.

About

Emotion

This app offers a distraction-free writing experience with a vintage typewriter aesthetic. It features unique themes, mechanical keystroke sounds, and tools to build a daily writing habit. All content is saved offline and can be shared as PDFs.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free writing interface
  • Vintage typewriter themes
  • Mechanical keystroke sound and feel
  • Daily writing streak tracking
  • Offline functionality
  • PDF export and sharing
Features
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Emotion is a distraction-free, aesthetic typewriter for your daily thoughts. No feeds, no notifications, no clutter — just a page and a keyboard, styled after real vintage typewriters. Pick a machine, load the page, and write. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Emote your life daily — a calm space built for one thing: writing • Three hand-picked typewriter themes — Study Lamp, Floral Pink, and Forest Green — each with its own vintage machine, ink color, and paper • Real mechanical keystroke sound and feel with every letter you type • Daily writing streak and word-count tracking to help you build the habit • Every page autosaves as you type — nothing to lose, nothing to save manually • Print or share any page as a beautifully styled PDF • Works completely offline — everything stays on your device, always

Screenshots

Only Checklists4 screens
Emotion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Emotion at Free against Only Checklists's $0.99. Emotion also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On rating, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Emotion is free to download; Only Checklists costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Only Checklists against 5.0 for Emotion. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Only Checklists versus Emotion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnly ChecklistsEmotion
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCharles AmmonRishav Kant

Customer experience

Only Checklists

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Emotion

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Only Checklists

No in-app purchases

None

Emotion

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Only Checklists free?
Only Checklists costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Emotion free?
Emotion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Only Checklists or Emotion?
Only Checklists and Emotion are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Only Checklists or Emotion have ads?
Neither Only Checklists nor Emotion shows ads.

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