Tarnished Checklist Premium

Review by eFreeware

Elden Ring hands you an enormous world and very little bookkeeping. Quests move when you talk to the wrong person at the wrong time, bosses sit in regions you may not revisit for weeks, and the collectibles you meant to circle back for blur together. A notebook works until it doesn't, and a wiki page is a fine reference but a poor record of what you have already done.

Tarnished Checklist Premium, from developer LOCW, is built for exactly that gap. It is a companion app rather than a game: a place to log quests, bosses, Sites of Grace, Golden Seeds and achievements, check your build math, and keep the whole run in view. It costs $2.99, carries no ads and offers no in-app purchases, so the transaction is a single one.

The app has been on Google Play since July 2024 and has picked up more than 1,000 installs, with a 4.7 average across 102 ratings. Those numbers describe a small, committed audience rather than a mass-market tool, which fits the subject matter: this is for people already deep enough in the game to want a system.

Built for players who lose track of quests

The case for this app rests on how Elden Ring treats its side stories. A questline can stall for hours because an NPC has moved somewhere you have no reason to visit, and the game rarely tells you that anything is pending. The checklist approach suits anyone who wants a running list of what is open, what is finished and what comes next, whether that is a first playthrough or a third.

It should also appeal to completionists. Players who like to tune a build rather than guess at it get a stats calculator alongside the lists.

The other group this fits is anyone who cares about spoilers. The app includes spoiler protection so that quests and character endings stay hidden until you reach them, which matters in a game where a stray sentence can give away a late-game turn. If you have ever closed a wiki tab in a hurry, that feature is the point.

Quest and boss tracking, region by region

Quest tracking is the core of the app. It keeps the current state of each NPC and shows where to go for the next step, so a stalled questline becomes a to-do item rather than a mystery. For a game with as many interlocking characters as this one, having the state of each written down is the difference between finishing a storyline and abandoning it by accident.

Boss tracking works on a regional model: defeated bosses are recorded, and the full list is organized by area. That structure matches how most people actually play, clearing a region before moving on, and it makes the remaining fights in a given area easy to see at a glance. It is a record of what is done rather than a strategy guide, which keeps the app useful without turning it into a walkthrough.

Quests and bosses are the sort of thing that is easy to half-finish and hard to audit later, so grouping them under one roof is a sensible design choice.

Build math, themes and spoiler protection

The stats calculator is aimed at players who plan their attributes rather than respec on a whim.

Customization is handled through themes inspired by the game's regions, each with light and dark variants, so the app can be made to look however you prefer. The Premium version widens the theme selection further. This is cosmetic, but for an app you might keep open beside a long session, it is not nothing.

Spoiler protection runs across the quest and ending content, holding back information until you have reached the relevant point. The developer describes it as a way to preserve the element of surprise, and for a game built on discovery that is a meaningful feature rather than a checkbox. It is the kind of thing that makes a companion app usable during a first run instead of only afterward.

What the $2.99 buys, and what Premium adds

The app is a paid download at $2.99. There are no ads, and there are no in-app purchases, so nothing inside the app asks for more money once you have bought it. That is a straightforward arrangement and worth stating plainly, because companion tools often go the other way.

Premium status brings three things. Progress can be backed up and synced across multiple devices, which matters if you play in more than one place or want a safety net for a long-running save of checklists. Premium users also get access to additional themes, and early access to new features as they arrive.

The sync feature is the one with real practical weight. A checklist is only useful if it is current, and being able to carry it between devices keeps it that way. The extra themes and early access are smaller benefits, but they round out the package for anyone who expects to use the app over a long period.

How it compares with the alternatives

The obvious alternative is a general-purpose note-taking app or a spreadsheet. Those cost nothing extra and can be shaped to fit, but they require you to build and maintain the structure yourself, and they will not show you the next step of a quest or organize bosses by region. The value here is in the prepared structure, not in the idea of a list.

A wiki or guide site is the other comparison, and it wins on depth. It also tends to spoil things, and it is a reference rather than a record, so it does not tell you what you have already completed. An app with spoiler protection and a progress log sits between the two: less exhaustive than a guide, more organized than a notebook.

There is also the option of doing nothing and relying on memory. That works for a short run and falls apart over a long one, particularly with questlines that depend on order. A dedicated companion app is a reasonable purchase for anyone who has already decided the game deserves that level of attention.

A worthwhile companion for a long playthrough

Tarnished Checklist Premium does one job and does it in a focused way: it turns a sprawling game into a set of lists you can actually finish. Quest states, boss records by region, collectibles, achievements, build math and spoiler protection all live in one place, and the $2.99 price comes with no ads and no further purchases.

Recent updates have kept it current, with the September 2026 release adding content from the Tarnished Pack DLC, including new armor sets, weapons, shields and Torrent skins. That suggests the app is being maintained alongside the game rather than left behind, which is the main risk with any companion tool.

It suits players who are working through Elden Ring seriously and want their progress recorded rather than remembered, especially those who care about avoiding spoilers or who move between devices and want their checklists to follow. With a 4.7 average from 102 ratings and over 1,000 installs, it is a small but well-regarded tool. If you want a prepared structure for a long run, this is a sensible buy.

What's new in version 1.3.1

Added the content from Tarnished Pack DLC! New Armor Sets: Steel Armor Set, Silver Grooved Set, Leontiel's Armor Set and Golden Order Set New Weapons: Idus Sword, Hefty Scimitar, Leontiel's Greatsword, Golden Order Flail, Reverse-Bladed Sword and Reed Great Katana New Shields: Silver Grooved Shield and Ritual Thrusting Shield New Torrent Skins: Tree Sentinel Spectral Steed Attire, Silver of Caria Spectral Steed Attire and Funereal Night Spectral Steed Attire