Comparison

Checklist vs CheckDo

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

Head to head
About

Checklist

Organize tasks and build routines with ready-made templates and helpful suggestions. Share lists with others and follow steps in guided mode for everyday chores, work procedures, and personal projects.

Highlights
  • Ready-made checklist templates
  • Helpful task suggestions
  • Guided step-by-step mode
  • Shareable lists
  • Repeatable routines
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Checklist helps you organize what needs to be done, start from ready-made templates, build better lists with helpful suggestions, share with family or friends, and follow each step in guided mode. Use Checklist for everyday tasks, shared lists, repeatable routines, reminders, habits, and work procedures. WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH CHECKLIST • Start from ready-made checklist templates • Use checklist builders for groceries, routines, packing, and more • Get helpful task suggestions when building a list • Create task lists for everyday life • Share lists with family, friends, or teammates • Follow each checklist step by step in guided mode • Add reminders so important tasks do not slip • Turn repeated checklists into routines • Track progress and stay consistent • Use checklists for SOPs, procedures, and repeatable work USE CHECKLIST FOR • Grocery lists and shopping • Packing lists and travel checklists • Cleaning checklists and chores • Home maintenance • Morning routines and night routines • Daily habits and weekly resets • Workout and stretch routines • Family tasks and personal projects • Event planning • Work checklists, SOPs, and business procedures START FROM TEMPLATES, BUILDERS, OR SUGGESTIONS Do not start from a blank page every time. Browse ready-made public checklist templates, use a checklist builder, get helpful task suggestions, or create your own list from scratch. FOLLOW CHECKLISTS STEP BY STEP Guided mode helps you move through a checklist one step at a time, so you know what to do next and nothing important gets missed. Use guided lists for routines, packing, cleaning, workouts, family tasks, SOP execution, procedures, and any checklist where order matters. SHARE, REPEAT, AND TRACK PROGRESS Share checklists with family, partners, friends, or teammates. Use shared lists to plan a trip, coordinate chores, manage groceries, prepare for an event, or keep everyone aligned on a repeatable process. Turn repeated checklists into routines, schedule them, reuse them, and track progress over time. Use routines for morning habits, night routines, cleaning schedules, workouts, family tasks, weekly resets, and recurring work processes. FOR LIFE, FAMILY, AND WORK Checklist is useful for everyday checklists, guided routines, shared household lists, SOPs, standard operating procedures, and step-by-step business processes. Create a checklist, start from a template, build the list you need, share it, follow each step, and repeat it as a routine. Terms of Use: https://www.checklist.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.checklist.com/privacy

About

CheckDo

Organize your life with a visually appealing checklist app. Create custom categories with unique colors and sort tasks alphabetically or by due date. Easily manage and track your to-dos with intuitive swipe gestures and search functionality.

Highlights
  • Customizable categories with color gradients
  • Alphabetical and due date sorting
  • Swipe to edit or delete items
  • Mark items as done
  • Search functionality
  • Drag and drop reordering
Features
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CheckDo is a simple colorful checklist. Create your own categories and pick a color for it. The items will be colored with a gradient effect using the category color. Features: -Create new category or item by touching the + button. -Sort the categories alphabetically and the items alphabetically or by due date. -Touch a category to navigate into it to see all its items creating a gradient effect using the category color. -Swipe categories or items to open the editing menu. -Touch an item to mark it as done and keep in the list, or swipe to delete it. -Search for a category or item using the search bar. -Drag categories or items by holding and dragging them.

Screenshots

Checklist4 screens
CheckDo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: CheckDo at 100% against Checklist's 48%. CheckDo also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Checklist's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (104 vs 8). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Checklist sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. CheckDo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CheckDo holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Checklist has 104 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Checklist's written reviews are positive against 100% of CheckDo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Checklist ships an update every 4 days, CheckDo every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Checklist versus CheckDo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChecklistCheckDo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (104 ratings)4.6 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings104 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChecklist.comJason Koehn

Customer experience

Checklist

All ratings104 ratings
Positive64.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative31.7%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive48.4%
Neutral4.7%
Negative46.9%

CheckDo

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Checklist

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Lists deleted after update
  • Cannot log in
  • Password reset issues
  • Items disappear after update
  • Inability to order lists
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  • Item order scrambles
  • Cannot delete items on iOS
  • Notes do not wrap
  • Checklist order not lockable
  • Typing and editing issues
  • Sync problems
  • Login failures
  • Deleted items reappear
  • Cannot move items or lists
  • Login with Facebook/Google fails
  • Password requirements prevent login
  • App closes shortly after opening
  • Cannot edit single words

Requested features

9 requests
  • Dark mode
  • Add deadlines and reminders
  • Improve editing functionality
  • Allow item deletion on iOS
  • Enable note wrapping
Show 4 more
  • Lock checklist order
  • Better help/how-to guides
  • Option to not require login
  • Sync with iCalendar

CheckDo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Checklist

Subscriptions4
  • Checklist Plus Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Checklist Family Monthly$11.991 Month
  • Checklist Plus Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • Checklist Family Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year
None

CheckDo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Checklist free?
Checklist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CheckDo free?
CheckDo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Checklist or CheckDo?
CheckDo is rated higher. Checklist averages 3.6 out of 5 from 104 ratings, while CheckDo averages 4.6 from 8 ratings.
Do Checklist or CheckDo have ads?
Neither Checklist nor CheckDo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Checklist or CheckDo?
Checklist ships an update every 4 days, and CheckDo every 6 weeks. Most recently, Checklist was updated on November 1, 2026 and CheckDo on November 3, 2026.

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