Comparison

Sync vs PinLists

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

Head to head
About

Sync

This app helps you compare your planned schedule with your actual activities, highlighting discrepancies and time usage patterns. It offers features like a two-track timeline, one-tap confirmation, habit tracking, and integration with Apple Health and Calendar.

Highlights
  • Dual timeline for plan vs. actual
  • One-tap activity confirmation
  • Repeatable plans and habit tracking
  • Real-time timer with Lock Screen control
  • Goal setting and to-do list integration
  • Apple Health and Calendar sync
Features
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Few days go exactly as planned. Sync lines up your plan and what you actually did on one timeline, and shows where they part. After a week, the hours that always slip become obvious. Plan your day in the morning, record what you did in the evening, and the two tracks line up side by side. Time that went as planned and time that drifted show in color. ■ Two tracks Plan and actual share one time axis. Drag over the hours, pick an activity, done. ■ One tap to confirm When a plan ends, a notification and a confirm card offer three buttons: Record as planned · Adjust and record · Skip. The buttons are right on the Lock Screen and in widgets. ■ Repeats and habits Turn a plan into a repeat or a habit as you save it. When you edit a repeating plan, choose "Save for this day only" or "Save for all future days." Plans that run past midnight save in one go. ■ Timer Start a timer and the actual track grows in real time. Stop it from the Lock Screen or the Dynamic Island. ■ Goals and to-dos Set weekly, monthly, or yearly time goals per activity and they fill in from your actuals. To-dos can have both a scheduled day and a deadline. ■ Apple Health, Calendar, Reminders Connect Apple Health (HealthKit) and your workouts and sleep — from Apple Watch or any app that writes to Health — flow into the actual track automatically. Read-only: Sync never writes to Health. Calendar events show beneath the plan track; choose which calendars to show, and the activity is picked for you when you import an event. To-dos stay in sync with a Reminders list. ■ Close the day Close your day before bed to see your Sync and time per activity, and leave a one-line note. ■ iPhone and iPad On iPad, Sync uses views made for the larger screen. Turn on iCloud sync to keep records in step on an iPhone and iPad signed in to the same Apple Account. Sync works only between Apple devices. Your records are stored on your device. With iCloud sync on, they move only through your own iCloud. No sign-up, no server of ours. Pay once, for less than a year of a typical subscription. No subscription, ads, or extra purchases.

About

PinLists

This app helps you remember and manage everyday tasks by keeping them visible. Easily capture tasks with speech-to-text, set reminders, and view them on your Lock Screen or Home Screen widgets. Collaborate with others by sharing lists and discussing tasks.

Highlights
  • Capture tasks with speech-to-text
  • Lock Screen widgets with Live Activities
  • Home Screen widgets for quick view
  • Search task details and notes
  • Collaborate on shared lists via iCloud
  • Set due dates and reminders
Features
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The hard part is not always doing a task. Sometimes it is remembering it at the right moment. PinLists gives everyday plans a place to stay visible, from errands and packing lists to the little things you plan with someone else. CAPTURE IT Add a task and choose its list, due date and reminder in the same flow. Turn speech into text in the app, or add a task through Shortcuts. Review recognized text before saving it. KEEP IT IN VIEW Pin pending tasks to a Lock Screen list and check off eligible items there. Add a Home Screen widget for another quick view. Lock Screen lists use iOS Live Activities; iOS controls their duration, number and arrangement. FIND THE DETAILS Search task titles, notes, completion notes and messages. Narrow results by list, status or tags. Leave a completion note to remember how something got done. WORK TOGETHER Share a selected list through iCloud. Members can discuss tasks with messages and replies, then mark the work complete. Personal tasks stay on your device. Joining someone else's shared list does not require Pro. Core task management is free. Pro unlocks creating shared lists, preselecting two separate Lock Screen lists, more themes and appearance options, and advanced reminders. Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription or a lifetime purchase. The App Store purchase sheet shows your local price. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Sync4 screens
PinLists4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PinLists at Free against Sync's $4.99. Sync's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

PinLists is free to download; Sync costs $4.99 up front. PinLists sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Sync asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sync against 5.0 for PinLists. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sync ships an update every 5 days, PinLists weekly. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sync versus PinLists: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSyncPinLists
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer037晶 李

Customer experience

Sync

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PinLists

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

In-app purchases

None

Sync

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

PinLists

Subscriptions2
  • PinLists Pro$0.991 Month
  • PinList Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • PinLists Pro$14.99

Questions

Is Sync free?
Sync costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PinLists free?
PinLists is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sync or PinLists?
Sync and PinLists are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Sync or PinLists have ads?
Neither Sync nor PinLists shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sync or PinLists?
Sync ships an update every 5 days, and PinLists weekly. Most recently, Sync was updated on November 13, 2026 and PinLists on November 13, 2026.

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