Simple Checklist vs Wake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Checklist
Easily manage your recurring tasks and track your progress with a simple checklist. Perfect for routines like morning rituals or daily workouts, this app helps you stay on track and visualize your achievements.
- Create checklists with checkable items
- Share checklists with others
- Track completion progress
- Graph number of completions over a week
- Manage recurring tasks
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Simple Checklist puts easy checklist management in your pocket. Keep track of your progress as you step through a checklist of items, such as your morning ritual, your daily workout routine, or the steps to launch your space craft. FEATURES - Create checklists with items to be checked off. - Share checklists. - Complete checklists and graph number of completions over the last week. SUPPORT If you have any feedback or questions, we'd love to hear from you! You can reach us at simplechecklistapphelp@gmail.com or @simplecheckapp on Twitter.
Wake
Transform your life by setting goals and building daily habits. This gamified approach uses tokens and reflections to keep you motivated and track your progress. Earn rewards and visualize your "why" to achieve lasting personal growth.
- Set goals and build daily patterns
- Stake tokens for commitment
- Earn bonus tokens through streaks
- Weekly reflections for improvement
- Visualize your "why"
- Momentum calendar and streaks
- Dark Mode
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Stop sleepwalking. Start leveling up. Wake is your personal growth game — where you set real goals, build daily patterns, put stakes on the line, and power up every week by learning from what worked and what didn't. Build momentum, earn tokens, and watch your real life change one cycle at a time. Wake uses a token system at its core. To get started, new users purchase a token pack via in-app purchase — token packs are available in bundles of 10, 50, 100, 200, and 500 tokens. Once you're in, you can earn additional tokens for free by completing reflection streaks (4 reflections in a row = 50 bonus tokens). ### Why? Because personal growth shouldn't feel like a chore. We built Wake for anyone who has a goal they actually care about and wants a fun, structured way to chase it — week after week, level after level. Life is short and the things worth doing deserve more than a forgotten to-do list. ### How? Set a goal. Build daily patterns that move you toward it. Stake tokens on each pattern to keep things interesting — complete it and keep them, miss it and they're gone. Every week you power up with a quick reflection: what worked, what didn't, what's the plan for next round. Chain 4 reflections in a row and earn bonus tokens to stay in the game. Simple loop: play, reflect, level up, repeat. ### Features - Set goals and build daily patterns that make them happen - Stake tokens on your patterns to keep yourself committed and in the game - New users start with a token pack purchase — then earn more free through streak bonuses - Token packs available via in-app purchase: 10, 50, 100, 200, and 500 tokens - Skip passes also available for purchase — waive a weekly penalty when life gets in the way - Mission control home screen shows all active patterns at a glance - Strategic reminders and alerts to keep you on track throughout the day - Define and visualize your "why" so you never lose sight of what you're playing for - Momentum calendar and streaks to see your consecutive wins stack up - Adjustable progress charts to track how far you've come over time - Weekly reflections to power up and sharpen your approach each cycle - Earn bonus tokens by completing 4 reflections in a row - Goal score overview to see where you stand across all your goals at once - Easily move patterns between goals as your focus shifts - Share your progress and inspire others to level up too - Dark Mode - Ad-free
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Wake at Free against Simple Checklist's $2.99. Wake also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months). Simple Checklist's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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
Wake is free to download; Simple Checklist costs $2.99 up front. Wake sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Simple Checklist asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Simple Checklist against 5.0 for Wake. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.
Simple Checklist ships an update every 7 months, Wake every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Checklist | Wake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Michael Galloy | Makerville LLC |
Customer experience
Simple Checklist
Wake
In-app purchases
Simple Checklist
No in-app purchases
Wake
- 1 Skip$0.99
- 10 Tokens$0.99
- 50 Tokens$4.99
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- 100 Tokens$9.99
- 200 Tokens$17.99
- 500 Tokens$39.99









