Comparison

SurveyMonkey vs Lest

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

Head to head
About

SurveyMonkey

Design, distribute, and analyze surveys and feedback forms on any device. Customize questions, track responses in real-time, and share insights easily. Ideal for both casual users and professional researchers.

Highlights
  • Create surveys, quizzes, and polls
  • Edit live surveys
  • Analyze charts and responses
  • Filter and compare results
  • Share survey links
  • Monitor responses with push notifications
Features
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Create, edit, and send surveys, review results, build with expert templates, and more — seamlessly across your desktop, tablet, and phone. Here’s some of that “more” we’re talking about: • Make a survey, quiz, or poll and send it out • Edit a live survey—fix a typo or add a question you forgot to ask • Open and close surveys in your account • Analyze charts and individual responses • Filter, compare, and analyze results • Share your survey link via text, email, or social media • Share results—decide what and with whom to share • Enable push notifications to monitor responses SurveyMonkey is a global leader in survey software. We’re trusted by 98% of the Fortune 500 and over 60 million users worldwide. We’re here for survey experts and dabblers alike. PS — if you’d like to take surveys to earn gift cards or donate to charity, head on over to the SurveyMonkey Rewards app. Our app is free to download and use. Signing up for a paid plan through the app unlocks access to more advanced survey tools through an auto-renewing subscription. Subscription prices may vary based on your country of purchase. If you already have a paid plan, simply log in to enjoy paid features. Privacy Policy: https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/policy/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/policy/terms-of-use/

About

Lest

Create reminders using your voice, set to trigger by time or location. It intelligently understands context like events and places, and can even send reminders to friends. No typing or complex setup required.

Highlights
  • Voice-activated reminders
  • Location-based triggers
  • Event-based reminders
  • Place memory
  • Plain time reminders
  • Thought saving
  • Send reminders to friends
Features
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Say it once. Lest reminds you at the right time, in the right place. "Take the chicken out of the freezer when I get home." That's the whole reminder. It goes off as you walk in the door, even with the app closed. No typing, no lists, no picking a time from a wheel. Easily change any time or location if needed. WHAT IT DOES • Place reminders. Say the store, the gym, home, work. Lest works out which one and fires when you arrive, or when you leave. • Looks up the time. "Record the next Texans game." "Remind me about the Severance finale." Lest finds when it's on and reminds you before it starts. • Remembers your places. Say "the gym" once and pick it on the map; every "the gym" after that is that gym. • Plain time reminders too. "Call the vet tomorrow at nine." Done. • Thoughts. Something worth keeping but no when yet? It lands in Thoughts instead of nagging you for a time. • Send one to a friend. "Send Jack a reminder to get protein bars" opens a text with it written out, and a reminder for him. HOW IT WORKS Speech is transcribed on your iPhone. Place reminders use iOS's own region monitoring, so your location never leaves the phone. There is no account and no sign-up. LEST PRO Everything above, with a free first month. Nothing is charged today; cancel any time in the first 30 days and pay nothing. After that it renews monthly or yearly at the price shown in the app before you subscribe, managed by Apple Terms: https://getlest.app/terms Privacy: https://getlest.app/privacy

Screenshots

SurveyMonkey4 screens
Lest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lest at 100% against SurveyMonkey's 41%. Lest also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.1). SurveyMonkey's advantage is ratings volume (2.8K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. SurveyMonkey sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $15.99 per month and Lest sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SurveyMonkey has 2.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of SurveyMonkey's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lest's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SurveyMonkey versus Lest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurveyMonkeyLest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.8K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.8K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSurveyMonkeyTREVOR NICHOLAS TAYLOR

Customer experience

SurveyMonkey

All ratings2,762 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral1.7%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews502 reviews
Positive41.4%
Neutral4.4%
Negative54.2%

Lest

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

Bugs and requests

SurveyMonkey

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login and authentication problems
  • Inconsistent survey response tracking
  • Syncing issues between web and mobile versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline survey capabilities
  • Improved mobile editing and customization
  • Tiered pricing plans for different user needs
  • Better customer support and communication

Lest

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

SurveyMonkey

Subscriptions10
  • SELECT Plan$15.991 Month
  • SELECT Plan$17.991 Month
  • SELECT Plan$21.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • Select Plan$22.991 Month
  • SELECT Plan$23.991 Month
  • SELECT Plan$25.991 Month
  • Standard Plan (monthly)$98.991 Month
  • SELECT Plan$199.991 Year
  • SELECT Plan$229.991 Year
  • Standard Plan (annual)$399.991 Year
4 purchases

Lest

Subscriptions4
  • Lest Pro Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Lest Pro1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Lest Pro Yearly1 Month trial$39.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • Lest Pro Yearly$79.991 Year

Questions

Is SurveyMonkey free?
SurveyMonkey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lest free?
Lest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SurveyMonkey or Lest?
Lest is rated higher. SurveyMonkey averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while Lest averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SurveyMonkey or Lest have ads?
Neither SurveyMonkey nor Lest shows ads.

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