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Paperless: Lists + Checklists
  • CategoryProductivity
  • First releasedMarch 5, 2010
  • Versions1 archived
  • Installable1 of 1
  • AvailabilityStill on the App Store
  • SellerCrush Apps

RequirementsCompatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

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Get the app that Macworld says "deserves a spot on your iPhone"!

MAKE LISTS OF ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING

Paperless is a simple but powerful app for making lists. Use it to create to do lists, make grocery lists, take notes, write an outline of a story, prepare notes for a presentation, make a list of gift ideas, plan a vacation... or anything else you'd want to make a list for.

BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED

Assign a fun icon to each of your lists - there are over 450 to choose from. You can also select from 30 themes to customize the app's design to your liking.

SIMPLE AND VERSATILE

Paperless is easy to use with a clean, elegant and well thought out interface. Each list can either be a checklist or a regular list without checkboxes, making a wide variety of uses possible.

REALLY HELPS YOU GET THINGS DONE

For checklists and todo lists, many people prefer using Paperless over traditional "getting things done" apps - or, they use it in addition to one. There are no due dates or priority settings, so you're left to focus on the actual tasks at hand, rather than waste time changing those settings when your priorities change. Instead, if a particular task becomes important, you can simply move it to the top of the list.

AUTOMATIC BACKUP AND SYNCING

Automatically backup your lists and sync them between iOS devices via a free Dropbox account.

POWERFUL FEATURES

- send lists via email, others can import your list into their copy of Paperless - send a plain text version of a list via iMessage, or copy it into another app - easily duplicate lists - manually reorder lists and list items - sort list items alphabetically - copy and move items from one list to another - comprehensive search - passcode lock

PRAISED BY THE PRESS

"Paperless deserves a spot on your iPhone" - Lex Friedman, Macworld (4.5 out of 5 mice rating)

"Paperless has a permanent spot on the first page of my iPhone's home screen... it will probably earn a similar spot on yours." - Marianne Schultz, AppShopper

"... a good way to ensure things get done at your own pace, free of the disappointment of missing deadlines." - Nick Spence, Macworld UK

"I've been trying many To Do apps since iPhone 1.0 -- from the expensive Things to Toodledo and others -- and I don't use any of them regularly. Most just require too much effort. Paperless is the first one I've found that hits that sweet spot between being simple enough you'll actually use it and powerful enough to be useful." - Marc Zeedar, REALbasic Developer Magazine (4.8 out of 5 rating)

"This is one nice-looking list / task app... As a basic list app, the beautiful Paperless reigns supreme." - Bonnie Eisenman, 148apps.com (4 out of 5 rating)

PRAISED BY USERS

"Best app ever - The most incredibly useful app I've come across. Simple, effective and bloody marvelous!!!"

"The simplicity of the interface and the flexibility given to the user is perfection."

"Simply loved it - Best app I've ever downloaded, my life is so organized now! ..."

"After having tried a good deal of apps to get myself more organized - both free and paid - it is clear that this tops them all. Other apps presented a kind of novelty; I could fool myself into thinking that I was more organized, but it was never long before I abandoned them because it was obvious that they consumed unnecessary time. Paperless, however, has truly helped. It is streamlined, it is simple, it is sumptuous"

PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW

If you love Paperless, please leave a review and star rating. Thank you!

To install apps directly onto this device, it must be jailbroken with AppSync installed.
2.0.1
Requires iOS 3.1.3+
7.0 MB Install Download

Chart History

Top Paid · Productivity View chart ›
Peaked at #36 (July 2, 2021) · 17 archived captures · Sep 2010 – Aug 2021
Top Paid · Productivity · iPad View chart ›
Peaked at #188 (June 22, 2021) · 11 archived captures · Jun 2021 – Aug 2021
Top Grossing · Productivity View chart ›
Peaked at #145 (December 28, 2011) · 1 archived capture · Dec 2011

Archived Reviews

8 of 25
Almost perfect app
     
by saricross · March 21, 2026

Would be great if there was a desktop version that syncs with mobile; otherwise I love it so so much

Shopping list
     
by byHisgracealone · April 27, 2026

This is an old app and hasn’t been updated for a while, but it still works well. I have had so many grocery list apps, but I keep returning to Paperless. I’ve made two grocery lists on it. One as a Mater list and another for current needs. I find it very easy to copy what I want from the master list to the current one. I have space with each item to make notes on where I shop for it and other details. This possibility for other types of lists is endless. It’s a good solid app that doesn’t over complicate things that would make it more difficult to use. I’ve had plenty of those but keep returning to Paperless.

CRASHING on iPhone iOS 26
     
by jcoleman67 · January 15, 2026

I’ve used this app for years and loved it. It no longer works on my iPhone at all. It crashes about one second after opening the app. Please fix it!

Need sync to computer
     
by Cricket2point0 · June 12, 2025

I have been using this app for many many years and I stick with it because I love the simplicity, and the reusable checkbox function. I use it for a grocery lists, packing lists, to -do lists for each day of the week and it’s great to be able to recycle tasks (check something off the list and it goes to the bottom, grayed out, and then I can uncheck it to have a go back onto the list.) Two things that I really want to see in this app are 1) a web based app. I mostly use my lists on my iPhone, but I would really like to be able to do it on my Mac as well. And 2) More efficient Navigation. I have a lot of lists, including shopping lists at different stores and I would like to be able to move from list to list by swiping left or right rather than having to back out and then scroll through my whole list of lists and choose the next one.

Search Missing
     
by CerebralBoy · January 11, 2025

The search function has disappeared.

Keep Updating Please
     
by thelionessden · January 23, 2026

I bought this app many years ago and still use it to this day. Would love some new updates and minor changes like being able to order and move the lists up and down

Awesome list app, but…
     
by i-nerd · December 31, 2025

This is my absolute favorite list and Checklist app! I use it all the time, especially for recipes. I would change the title of my review, as well as the review if you would consider adding an option to upload photos into the body of the note. I would love to upload pictures of recipes as opposed to having to type them in or transfer them by text. Please consider this! Thank you so much.

Keeps me organized
     
by DMMNY · December 21, 2024

I have been using this app for years and recommend to all to keep track of so many different kinds of information -passwords, lists, etc. The app has many helpful features like folder creation, bullet or non bullet lists, etc. It is much better than apple’s Notes app for keeping track of information you want to save long term.

Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.