Comparison

To Do List vs Fast Lists Sync

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

Head to head
About

To Do List

Organize your tasks, to-dos, and shopping lists with a simple and clear interface. Set reminders, add detailed descriptions, and sync data across devices via iCloud. Features intuitive swipe gestures for managing your entries.

Highlights
  • Create tasks and lists with one touch
  • Sort lists by preference
  • Add reminders for tasks
  • Detailed task descriptions
  • iCloud data synchronization
  • Today Widget support
  • Intuitive swipe gestures
Features
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ToDo Simple List keeps your tasks, checklists and shopping lists in one clean place. Make a list, add tasks, tick them off. • Lists by category: give each list its own color and icon — home, work, sport, shopping, study, travel and more • Tasks with notes: add a short description to any task • Reminders that repeat: get a notification at the right time, once or every hour, day, week or month • Drag to reorder tasks and lists, or sort them by name • Move completed tasks to the bottom or clear them in one tap • See how many tasks are done in every list • Use it as a to-do list, grocery list, packing list, cleaning checklist or work task manager • Clean, minimal design in light and dark mode • Made for iPhone and iPad Start free with up to 3 tasks in each list. No account needed. • Full version: a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Any option removes the limit of 3 tasks per list. • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. • Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the period at the price of the selected plan. • You can manage and cancel your subscription after purchase in your Apple ID settings (Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions). • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://appbysnap.tilda.ws/privacypolice

About

Fast Lists Sync

Create and manage reusable checklists for shopping, packing, and more. Syncs across devices with iCloud and offers advanced organizational features like nested sublists and drag-and-drop reordering. Ideal for keeping track of recurring tasks without forgetting anything.

Highlights
  • Reusable checklists
  • iCloud sync
  • Nested sublists
  • Drag and drop reordering
  • Manual and alphabetical sorting
  • Hide ticked items
  • Multi-window support
Features
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A lists app built for reusable checklists for things like shopping, packing etc. This app is currently free for upto 100 items spread between as many lists as you want. + Syncs between your devices with iCloud + Sort list contents manually or alphabetically + Nested sublists + Hide ticked items + View lists flattened (great to see the last items combined with hiding ticked items) + Untick all items in list to prepare for reuse + Quick inline item creation and editing - just set name press return + Sublists indicate the number of completed and the total number of items within them. + Drag and drop reordering and moving between lists/sublists. + Multi-window support on iPad (including drag and drop between them) Create and edit checklists and most importantly tick off completed items. It is great for reusable and easily editable checklists to make sure you don't forget anything. Lists that you want again and again are the real focus. Ideal for shopping, packing or keeping track of just about anything. No advertising, sign in or registration required. Your privacy is respected at all times, no data is sent to the developer (except as needed to validate purchases). Crash reports collected via Apple if you have opted in to share these with developers and data about purchases made is also collected but we can't link it to your identity. Apple has access to your synced lists in iCloud. *Fast Lists or Fast List Sync* Fast Lists is a stable reliable app with great reviews (4.7 stars global average), Fast Lists Sync is not a replacement but an alternative choice. Fast Lists will continue to exist and will over time adopt some of the features and updated design from this new app. The original also has absolute privacy benefits by keeping all data on the phone and not synced to the Apple's computers. Fast Lists + Privacy of local data + Reliability of local data and no risk of sync conflicts + Advanced iPad column display + Thousands of users, 4.8* rating, 9 year history + Supports back to iOS 8 - No sync - Manual sorting only (current feature set, may be added) Fast Lists Sync + Sync + Alphabetical sorting of list content option + Share by any mechanism not just email + Brand new code supporting latest features, dark mode, multi-window support + Additional features and first access to further developments - iOS 14 only - New product without years of testing by thousands of happy users yet. Privacy policy is available at https://www.human-friendly.com/privacy and the terms of service for subscriptions are here https://www.human-friendly.com/fast-lists-sync-tos

Screenshots

To Do List3 screens
Fast Lists Sync4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fast Lists Sync at 4.7 against To Do List's 3.0. Fast Lists Sync also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 4) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. To Do List sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Fast Lists Sync sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fast Lists Sync holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 13 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of To Do List's written reviews are positive against 50% of Fast Lists Sync's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

To Do List ships an update monthly, Fast Lists Sync every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
To Do List versus Fast Lists Sync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTo Do ListFast Lists Sync
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings)4.7 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.9% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings413 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander SeninHuman Friendly Ltd.

Customer experience

To Do List

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive55.9%
Neutral1.7%
Negative42.4%

Fast Lists Sync

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

To Do List

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$5.991 Year
One-time3
  • Tip developer$0.99
  • Full version$1.99
  • Full version — lifetime$14.99
2 purchases

Fast Lists Sync

Subscriptions2
  • Full Unlock - Unlimited items1 Month trial$0.991 Month
  • Full Unlock - Unlimited items3 Months trial$2.991 Year

Questions

Is To Do List free?
To Do List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fast Lists Sync free?
Fast Lists Sync is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, To Do List or Fast Lists Sync?
Fast Lists Sync is rated higher. To Do List averages 3.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Fast Lists Sync averages 4.7 from 13 ratings.
Do To Do List or Fast Lists Sync have ads?
Neither To Do List nor Fast Lists Sync shows ads.
Which is updated more often, To Do List or Fast Lists Sync?
To Do List ships an update monthly, and Fast Lists Sync every 2 weeks. Most recently, To Do List was updated on November 1, 2026 and Fast Lists Sync on November 11, 2026.

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