Free Bucket List Apps Compared — an Experience Map, Bucket List Apps, Notion and Goal Trackers

By 24Houring · 2026-10-22

If you want a free bucket list, 24Houring's experience map is worth a look. It puts what you have done and what you still want to do on one circle of five rings and ten areas, counts the wishes you achieve, and keeps a snapshot of the whole shape each year. It opens in the browser with no sign-up and has no Pro limit at all, so it suits people who would rather see what their experiences add up to than tick items off a list.

What to look for in a bucket list tool

A bucket list is not written once and filed away; you come back to it for years. Before comparing feature lists, check these six things.

• Does what you did stay? Some lists strike an item through and forget it; others keep what you did as a record.
• How much is free? Limits on lists or items, and whether photos or sharing cost extra.
• Sign-up and install: whether you need an app or an account before you can try it.
• Ideas: an empty screen, or examples to choose from.
• Devices and backup: iPhone, Android or computer, and whether you can export.
• Sharing: filling one list with a partner or family, or writing quietly on your own.

At a glance (as of October 2026)

Each alternative, briefly

• iBucket is good at keeping a bucket list with photos and stories, and at sharing one list with a partner, friends or family. Trip itineraries and a passport that collects stamps for places you have been live in the same app. The app is free; Premium, Goals and Places are separate in-app purchases ($8.99 each on the US App Store as of October 2026).
• Söka builds a bucket list with AI from a place and the kinds of activities you want, and lets you add items from hand-picked lists. Its map and scratch map suit travel goals. There is a free version; Söka+ costs $2.49 a month, $14.99 a year or $49.99 for life on the US App Store as of October 2026. It supports Korean, but the listing says it needs iOS 26 or later.
• Notion templates: searching Notion's official template gallery for "bucket list" turns up more than 100 templates, many of them free, from checklists by area of life to progress bars and yearly groupings. You can attach deadlines, priorities, photos and links however you like, which makes this the most flexible option. The trade-off is that you shape the structure yourself, and the Free plan limits blocks once two or more members share a workspace.
• Strides is not a bucket list app, but it is good at tracking goals with a number and a date, such as finishing a half marathon this year. Three goals or habits stay free; Plus removes the limit and adds sync and backup. There are no ads.
• Google Keep is the lightest route if one checklist is enough. It syncs between phone and web, and a note can be edited together with other people. Collecting what you have achieved, or sorting by area, is up to you, for example with labels.

Where 24Houring's experience map is strong

• What you have done builds up. The five rings run from "a taste" at the edge to "part of me" in the middle, so each experience sits at the depth you actually reached.
• Empty areas show. With ten areas around the circle, a lopsided picture (plenty of travel, nothing learned) is visible at a glance.
• A snapshot every year. One is kept each year (up to 30), and you can save another whenever you like, then set last year beside now.
• You do not start from a blank page. Each language comes with 100 starter experiences (70 shared, 30 for that language), and you can add up to 200 of your own.
• Completely free. Renaming the rings (up to 16 characters), a 2160×2160 PNG and a JSON backup are all free, and there are no ads. The PNG shows only what you have done; wishes and notes stay out, which makes it easier to share.

Where it is honestly weaker

• It lives in your browser by default. Clearing site data, or opening another device, will not show your map. Keep a JSON backup, or turn on Pro sync ($0.99 a month) to see it on several devices.
• The shared experience map is light. In a shared group (free, sign in with Google) a couple or a family fills one map of what they did together, live. If you want shared lists with photos and stories, iBucket fits better.
• Ideas come from a fixed list. With 100 starters per language, it will not keep producing new ideas the way Söka does from a destination.
• It records experiences rather than tracking daily progress. For goals with a number and a deadline that you check every day, a goal app such as Strides fits better; for breaking a big goal into steps, 24Houring's mandal-art chart is the better tool.
• On iPhone it runs in the browser. Open it in Safari or add it to the home screen; Android has a Google Play app.

Start a bucket list in 24Houring

1. Open the experience map, under Experience in the Relation tab.
2. Pick experiences you have had from the list, or write your own, and choose one of five depths.
3. Mark what you have not done yet as a wish ("I want to try"). Once you achieve it, it counts on the bucket list.
4. Rename the rings in your own words, and save a snapshot whenever you want to close a year.
5. Save a PNG, or keep a JSON backup.

Some related tools: countries visited and wished for go on the free travel map, and the big moments of a life on the life timeline. To break a big dream into an 81-cell plan, use the mandal-art chart; to draw where you want to be in ten years, the vision house. The experience map overview is at free bucket list, other tools are on free tools, and Free versus Pro is on pricing.

FAQ

Is there a free bucket list app with no sign-up?

24Houring's experience map opens in the browser with no sign-up or install. The experience map has no Pro limit, so every part of it is free, and there are no ads.

Can I choose from bucket list ideas?

Yes. Each language comes with 100 starter experiences, so you can begin just by picking. You can add up to 200 of your own, 600 in all.

Can I keep what I have done and what I want to do in one place?

Yes. Experiences you have had sit on one of five rings by depth, and wishes are kept as "I want to try". Achieved wishes are counted on the bucket list.

Can I see the same bucket list on my phone and my computer?

By default it is saved in the browser you are using. Pro sync ($0.99 a month) shows the same map on several devices; without sync, a JSON backup carries it over.