--- title: "Ikiru - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store" description: "Ikiru is a simple but powerful app for making lists, keeping notes and setting reminders. It aims to help you live a productive and meaningful life, by enabling you to focus on the things that are mos" --- # Ikiru — United States > Lists, Notes & Reminders ![Ikiru App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/e1/1d/eb/e11debb5-a04a-45ad-32f5-7ef8704ac62b/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-0-0-7-0-0-sRGB-0-0-0-GLES2_U002c0-512MB-85-220-0-0.png/434x0w.png) **Developer:** [James Rhoades](https://apptail.io/developer/james-rhoades-BtE) (United States) **Category:** Productivity **Rating:** 3.9/5 (101 ratings) **Price:** $4.99 **Bundle ID:** com.crushapps.Ikiru **Store:** Apple App Store **Country:** United States **Version:** 1.2.2 (released 2019-12-14) **Original Release:** 2016-08-09 **Languages:** English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish **App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id1111565046) **AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/ikiru-Pqfc/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/ikiru-Pqfc/united-states) ## Ikiru Description Ikiru is a simple but powerful app for making lists, keeping notes and setting reminders. It aims to help you live a productive and meaningful life, by enabling you to focus on the things that are most important to you. IKIRU IS VERSATILE Use it to create to do lists, shopping lists, take notes, store contact information, keep track of books to read, or movies to watch... or anything else you'd want to make a list for. IKIRU IS BEAUTIFUL With a clean and easy to use design, choose from over 2000 icons to assign to your lists. IKIRU IS POWERFUL - create lists within lists - assign a due date and reminder to list items - view all items with a due date in one convenient timeline - add a photo to list items - drag and drop to sort list items, or automatically keep a list sorted alphabetically, by modification date, completion date, and more - easily copy or move items from one list to another - mark items incomplete to return them to their original position in the list (this makes lists easy to reuse) - send a list via email, and the receiver can import your list into their copy of Ikiru - view items with due dates on your Apple Watch IKIRU KEEPS YOUR DATA SAFE - automatically back up and sync lists between iOS devices using iCloud - use Touch ID or a custom passcode to protect your information IKIRU HAS PURPOSE The word "ikiru" (ee-kee-roo) means "to live" in Japanese. It's also the title of an Akira Kurosawa film about a man who decides to do something meaningful with his life. Ikiru (the app) is my attempt at doing something meaningful with my life, and hopefully help others live meaningful and productive lives. IKIRU HAS HISTORY In 2010 I released a list-making app called "Paperless". From busy moms to airplane pilots to people who needed a little help remembering things after suffering a brain injury, Paperless has been used by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Ikiru is built upon that legacy - incorporating the best ideas from Paperless, greatly improving upon them, and adding big features that people have requested. IKIRU NEEDS LOVE If you find Ikiru useful, please rate and review it in the App Store. Thank you! ## Ikiru Screenshots - [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/f2/0e/02/f20e02a8-465b-b5f2-d61e-b97441ac0a97/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/75/e6/51/75e65102-d772-bcd1-a02c-acac5b0c5c06/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/a3/d3/d0/a3d3d002-a71b-8788-9f85-00510320c816/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/83/3a/45/833a45d4-06b5-a1c3-c1bb-f1dc005c3207/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/ad/fa/16/adfa1686-c6b0-62b0-3791-92022c3bff6b/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png) ## Ikiru Rating Breakdown in United States - 5 stars: 50 (50%) - 4 stars: 19 (19%) - 3 stars: 14 (14%) - 2 stars: 3 (3%) - 1 stars: 15 (15%) ## Ikiru Reviews in United States ### ****- "Nice stable app" This is a lovely stable app. This is very important with note keeping apps. I’ve had others that have lost notes, crashed after updating. This one, however, is very reliable. I made my notes look prettier and more colorful by putting emojis in front of my categories. The only thing that I wish with this app is that it had a universal search feature. It only searches the notes on the level you are on. -- ChloeNikee, 2026-01-08 ### ***** "Handiest list keeper, simple with a photo." Useful, syncable or not, as you wish. Don't need a shopping list on multiple devices. But can if I want to. -- Daily paper, 2025-12-31 ### ***-- "Do I rate this ⭐️⭐️ or a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️star??? I guess I’ll make it ⭐️⭐️⭐️… Please read why." For those who aren’t in reading the details. Long story short, this will make your life and lists so much better. I really do love it and use it weekly, if not daily. Now read and I’ll tell you things you can do. This is a long review, but I promise it’s worth it. I LOVE THIS APP! REALLY, REALLY!!! That’s why I’d give it a ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️However, it hasn’t had any updates in forever. Which is why I want to give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. If it would get some updates, I’d be more than happy to give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. I use it for groceries, bills, medications… things are easy to cross off and then restore. Things may take time to set up depending on your level of detail and number of things on your list. But it is well worth your time. Like bills… I have a list by date. If it’s only on a specific month. Then the bill and if I have auto deduct set. If so, which account is it coming out of. After I’ve finished a month, I mark everything incomplete. I’ve got things set up so they’ll sort by the number. Go thru, mark thins completed that aren’t due this month. Now I have a list of bills due and on what date. When I pay or a bill’s auto deduct date passes, I mark complete. Rinse and repeat. End of month, mark all incomplete and do it again. It has really helped me make sure I’m paying everything on time. I have a lot of medications and doctors. And a new doctor always wants to know what you’re on. I have a list with the med name (generic and/or brand), strength, quantity per am/pm, what is prescribed for, who prescribed it, and start date (if I know it). So very helpful. And if they read your meds to you, you can check things off. Then when they say, “are you on anything else,” you can see if there’s anything left unchecked on your list. I used to travel a lot for work. I have a packing checklist. A list of certain items at home, so I stop from buying something again if I already have it. Vaccines and dates back to babyhood. Restaurants, locations, how I feel about them, what I really like (if anything). Todo lists. History of car maintenance and repairs. Cat food, if they like or hate it. Surgeries/dates. Lists of places I want to go, movies I want to see, songs I want to buy, and on and on This app has been a godsend. But there’s a number of improvements I think they can make and the version listed in the App Store is years old. So I’m very disappointed that they seem to have made it and the forgot about it. Maybe they’re out of business, the person p -- Becket9, 2025-11-27 ### ***-- "Bogus reminders" I loved this app. Last several months I started to have reminders from past timed items. I got more and more of the lately. All the timed items are removed, and reminders are coming. Very annoying! -- RW_Venture, 2024-07-31 ### ***-- "Great app - that’s sadly stopped synching, and zero response from support" I’ve loved and used this app now for years. Suddenly, it’s stopped synching across devices. I’ve removed and reinstalled it several times, ensured I’m on all current OS versions, quadruple checked that all synch settings are on, and written the support email four times asking for guidance, each time ignored. It’ll be a shame to delete the app, which is now useless, as is their help line. -- PaulOgden, 2024-01-08 ### ***-- "Lacks punch for serious writers" There’s still no formatting after all this time. Last I checked, this is an all-around note taking and list making app. Formatted text is crucial in apps like this to create punch. You need bold, italics, underlines, and strike-throughs at the very least but bullets would be nice too. Formatting must be really hard to code for but c’mon already. This app has been around long enough to add these crucial features. The developer seems really nice, so hopefully he’ll take this request seriously. I’m raising my rating to 3-stars I hope that an update comes soon, but it can’t be higher than that without formatting. -- Macorin, 2023-11-15 ### ****- "Great app but needs updating" I have been using this app for years. It’s a great note taking app. I love it’s functionality and simplicity. However both my spouse and I have noticed a problem with current notes that are either not saving properly or deleting themselves. Another Ikiru reviewer complained about something similar happening with their notes. I am concerned that this app is not being monitored enough to keep up with iPhone updates. Unfortunately due to the app becoming glitchy I am going to look for a replacement. -- Skeptical in Cincinnati, OH, 2023-05-15 ### ***-- "Paperless was better" I had the original list app Paperless from this developer and enjoyed it. He changed everything when he stopped Paperless and launched Ikiru. I got it to support his work but I’ve never liked it nearly as much as Paperless and rarely use it. I see that an update is supposed to be in the works. I hope some of the color and utility of the old app returns. -- TaylorPlayer, 2022-11-06 ### ***-- "Ikiru loosing functionality" Love the program, love its structure, e.g. the ability to have a heading with subheadings and subheadings to the subheadings, To Do’s listed in chronological order, etc. However, some Ikiru features no longer function, such as automatic data sync upon closing, return to the the last view when reopening, etc. I can only attribute this to the fact that there have been several changes to Apple’s operating system and Ikiru has not kept up; there have been no updates for too long. For this reason, I’m now hesitant to entrust important information to Ikiru in case the next major Apple operating system update leaves Ikiru inoperable -- bobvon, 2021-08-11 ### ***** "Love Ikiru" It’s a simple to use app with lots of features. Can have several folders all on the home screen with sub folders. Can import or take pictures easily for a specific topic. -- Kieth M, 2021-07-11 [View all Ikiru reviews and detailed analytics on AppTail](https://app.apptail.io/signup?utm_campaign=ai-crawl&utm_content=reviews) ## Ikiru Store Rankings | Chart | Country | Category | Rank | |-------|---------|----------|------| | Top Paid | New Zealand | Productivity | #198 | | Top Paid | Pakistan | Productivity | #215 | ## Apps Similar to Ikiru - [Proton Calendar: Secure Events](https://apptail.io/app/proton-calendar-secure-events-Stv/united-states) - [MarkNote Lite](https://apptail.io/app/marknote-lite-QVob/united-states) - [EZ Tasks](https://apptail.io/app/ez-tasks-PKqb/united-states) - [ActionTree](https://apptail.io/app/actiontree-HyPc/united-states) - [AnyDoto: Any Text To Do Widget](https://apptail.io/app/anydoto-any-text-to-do-widget-Jyln/united-states) - [Simple Checklist : Repeat it](https://apptail.io/app/simple-checklist-repeat-it-VuYn/united-states) - [Lists - Nested lists & more!](https://apptail.io/app/lists-nested-lists-more-Lemo/united-states) - 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