GSDlist vs TabulaDB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GSDlist
This app offers a fresh approach to task management, allowing users to create detailed to-do lists with tags, locations, and team collaboration. It helps organize tasks by time, category, and location to create a focused daily list for efficient productivity.
- Task management with tags
- Location-based task organization
- Team collaboration features
- Categorization of tasks
- Daily 'Today' list creation
- Time-based task management
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A new take on ToDo Lists and task management with tags, locations, verbs, teams, and power. Build a deep list of things you intend to do, and manage them by time, category, and location into a Today list -- Getting' Stuff Done. The author is a veteran Apple developer and built this for his own use, and has over 37,000 closed items in the app, over almost 10 years of use. It's a good app.
TabulaDB
Create custom databases to track anything, from collections to personal projects. Offers pre-built templates or design your own with various field types. Data syncs via iCloud and can be exported for portability.
- Custom database creation
- Pre-built templates
- 15 field types
- iCloud sync
- Data export (CSV, JSON)
- Reports and charts
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TabulaDB – Build Your Own Database Track anything — your way. TabulaDB lets you create fully custom databases right on your iPhone, with exactly the fields you need and none you don't. Whether you're cataloging a wine collection, logging workouts, managing a home inventory, or building something entirely your own, TabulaDB gives you the structure to stay organized without locking you into someone else's template. Start in seconds with built-in templates Choose from seven ready-to-use templates — Home Inventory, Book Library, Movie Watchlist, Wine Collection, Fitness Tracker, Record Collection, and Contacts — or start from a blank database and design it yourself. 15 field types for every kind of data - Text, Integer, Decimal, Date and Date & Time, Checkbox, Rating, Picklist, Currency, URL,, Email, Phone, Image, Color and File Mix and match to capture exactly what matters. iCloud sync, automatically Your databases sync across all your devices via iCloud. Add a wine to your collection on your iPhone and it's there on your iPad. Your data is also protected by iCloud Backup. Reports and insights See your data come to life with charts and summaries. Built-in templates include tailored reports; track workout trends, see your reading pace, visualize your collection by category and custom databases get auto-generated summary cards. Your data, always portable Export any database as a CSV file to open in Numbers, Excel, or any spreadsheet app. Full JSON backups let you export and restore everything — all databases, fields, records, and images — in a single file. TabulaDB Pro — One-time purchase, no subscription The free version gives you 2 databases with up to 100 records each to explore the app. Upgrade once to unlock everything: - Unlimited databases - Unlimited records - Backup and restore - CSV export - Reports and charts - Custom templates A 7-day free trial gives you full access before you decide. TabulaDB is built for iPhone and requires iOS 17 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GSDlist at none against TabulaDB's 1. GSDlist also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). TabulaDB's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 9 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. TabulaDB sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GSDlist asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GSDlist against 5.0 for TabulaDB. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
GSDlist ships an update every 9 months, TabulaDB every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GSDlist | TabulaDB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glenn Reid | Brigg Thorp |
Customer experience
GSDlist
TabulaDB
In-app purchases
GSDlist
No in-app purchases
TabulaDB
- TabulaDB Pro$4.99









