Comparison

Basic Shopping List vs To Do, Note, Checklist

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

Head to head
About

Basic Shopping List

Easily create and manage your shopping lists. Quickly add common items with auto-complete and share your lists via SMS or email. Keep track of items already in your cart with a separate list.

Highlights
  • Create and manage shopping lists
  • Share lists via SMS or email
  • Auto-complete for common items
  • Track items in shopping cart
  • Reorder items
  • Delete individual items
Features
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A simple and easy to use shopping list to help on your everyday shopping. Features: - You can send the shopping list to someone else by SMS or e-mail. - Auto complete allows you to quickly add items common items. - Keeps a separate list with the items that you already have in your shopping cart. - You can delete individual items from both the shopping list and the shopping cart list. - Allows items to be reordered from both the shopping list and the shopping cart list.

About

To Do, Note, Checklist

Features
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One of the most simple to use checklist. Take a notes, save your things to do and all ideas fast and convenient. You can use to keep note quickly. Or you can use to keep a list of item that need to buy for grocery shopping trip. Features: - Minimalistic interface. - Drag-and-drop for re-arrange items.

Screenshots

Basic Shopping List3 screens
To Do, Note, Checklist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Basic Shopping List at none against To Do, Note, Checklist's shown. Basic Shopping List also leads on iOS requirement (8.1 vs 13.0). To Do, Note, Checklist's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 18 months). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Basic Shopping List ships an update every 18 months, To Do, Note, Checklist monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Basic Shopping List versus To Do, Note, Checklist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasic Shopping ListTo Do, Note, Checklist
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.1 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBruno FerreiraTinh Tran Minh

In-app purchases

None

Basic Shopping List

No in-app purchases

None

To Do, Note, Checklist

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Basic Shopping List free?
Basic Shopping List is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is To Do, Note, Checklist free?
To Do, Note, Checklist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Basic Shopping List or To Do, Note, Checklist have ads?
To Do, Note, Checklist shows ads; Basic Shopping List does not.
Which is updated more often, Basic Shopping List or To Do, Note, Checklist?
Basic Shopping List ships an update every 18 months, and To Do, Note, Checklist monthly. Most recently, Basic Shopping List was updated on June 4, 2026 and To Do, Note, Checklist on September 16, 2026.

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