Kortlist Open Kortlist
Offline-first

Make better purchasing decisions.

Kortlist is an offline-first comparison board for the purchases you actually agonise over — cars, houses, vacations, anything expensive. Line up your options, score what matters, settle ties with a one-on-one tournament, and share the whole board as a link. No servers, no sign-in, no fuss.

  • Works offline
  • No accounts
  • Installable
  • Free to use

* Values shown are indicative only and may not reflect real-world figures. Kortlist has no affiliation with the brands featured in this example.

How sharing works

A whole board, inside the link.

No databases, no invites, no permissions. The URL is the document.

  1. 01

    Pack

    Your whole board — items, columns, scores — gets compressed straight into a URL on your device.

  2. 02

    Send

    Drop the link in any chat, doc, email, or DM. There's no backend in the loop. Nothing to spin up.

  3. 03

    Open

    Whoever opens it gets a fresh local clone. They can edit, score, and share again — independent forever.

What you get

Small enough to live on your device.

Six things that make Kortlist different from every other comparison tool you've tried.

  • Local by default

    Your data stays on your device unless you opt into sync. Boards live in your browser and keep working offline.

  • Scores that count

    Thumbs up and down on every cell. The board adds them up so the winner emerges from the data.

  • Pairwise PlayCompare

    When the table can't decide, run a tournament. Pick a winner per matchup and let scores accumulate.

  • A whole board, in a link

    Share any board as a single URL. Whoever opens it sees the same cells, with no account and no setup.

  • Installable, anywhere

    Add Kortlist to your home screen on iOS, Android, macOS, Windows. It's a real PWA.

  • Sync across devices

    On any monthly plan, edits travel between every browser you're signed in on — near-instant, offline-safe.

Questions

Things people ask about Kortlist.

Short answers for the curious. If something's missing, it's probably on the roadmap.

  • What is a comparison board?

    A comparison board is a side-by-side table for decisions: options become columns, the parameters that matter become rows, and you score each cell. Kortlist turns your browser into a free, offline-first pros-and-cons list maker that runs without an account.

  • Do I need an account to use Kortlist?

    Not for the core app — boards live locally in your browser, so you can build, score, and share without signing up. A Google sign-in is only required if you want to use the optional URL Scan feature, which is tied to your per-account scan allowance. Both the marketing site and the web app use cookieless, privacy-respecting visitor counts (Pirsch); nothing personal is tracked.

  • How do I share a board with someone?

    Your whole board compresses into a URL. Drop the link into any chat, email, or doc; whoever opens it gets a fresh local copy on their device. No invites, no permissions, no sync.

  • Is Kortlist really free?

    The core is free and we intend to keep the basics free: building boards, scoring, sharing, and PlayCompare. The optional URL Scan feature runs on a per-account allowance with a small monthly quota of complimentary scans; additional scans can be purchased as one-time packs that never expire. No ads, and we won't sell your board data.

  • What can I compare on Kortlist?

    Anything with parameters worth weighing: apartments, job offers, cars, cameras, recipes, travel destinations, job candidates, subscription plans. If a spreadsheet would do it, Kortlist probably does it better.

  • Does Kortlist work without internet?

    Yes. Install it once as a PWA and the app runs fully offline on iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and Linux. Boards you've opened remain available on a plane, in the metro, or in a tunnel.

Ready when you are

Open a board. Decide something.

No download to start. Add it to your home screen when you're hooked.

Open Kortlist Then install it from your browser menu.