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Excellent app! Changed the way we grocery shop
No more getting to the grocery store and realizing you forgot to bring list. My husband and I have been using the OurGroceries app for many years. We absolutely love it. It’s not glitchy or weird. It does everything it’s supposed to.
We love that it updates instantly in real time. We can be at the grocery store together in two different parts of the store or we can be at two separate grocery stores. If one of us marks something off or adds something on a list, the other one sees it instantly. We have a list for each of the grocery stores that we shop in. Multiple family members can share the account. Paying the small price to remove ads is worth it because you can scan barcodes to add things into your database of things you buy. You can create categories for the items in your personal database of groceries. We had a categories like personal care, frozen food, cold food, canned food, etc. that makes it easier to find things and add them to a list. Highly recommended! One of those game-changer apps that you didn’t even know you needed nearly as badly as you do.Show lessWRMLD
Almost perfect, but needs to consider the shopper
So this app is basically what I realized I needed, and fortunately found it existed already so I didn’t have to build it myself. The coordination between recipes and shopping is great, but could use a little tweaking.
For example, let’s say I have two recipes, each calling for 1/2 onion. If I add the item to my shopping list, do I get 1 onion or do I get 1/2 onion x2? Gets worse with 1/4 etc. So recipes should have units (selected in the menu; volume/mass depending on how your region does cooking measurements. 1/4 cup onion vs 0.5 onion vs 100g onion etc
Also, adding a “Store” & “aisle” column would be so helpful, especially if it could handle two or more stores. I frequently hit two or three stores, and they stock things in different places. For instance, Rotel canned tomatoes with chilies is in the tomato aisle in one store and the Mexican food aisle at another store. In my other system, I simply used the initial of the store (G for Giant, W for Wegmans,etc) and the aisle number so I knew to look for it in G10 or W01b. This also allows for increased efficiency if you are going to your favorite store and can select (sort by Store/aisle) so I only have to make one pass down each. Right now, I store this info in the notes, but that won’t sort.
90% of the way there!Show less/)(&,5)!
Essential Family Tool and Timesaver
Looked at a lot of grocery apps and ultimately selected this one, and have been so pleased. We’ve been using for about 5 years now. It lets all family members see the list, update the list, and have the update show in real time, as in instantly.
I like how we can easily create different specific lists for specific stores.
Additionally, for the large store where we grocery shop most frequently (Costco), it let me set up sub-categories in the order that I shop within the store (by numbering categories). After that initial work, it now automatically files any grocery item under the appropriate category,and thus for me in the right shopping order at Costco! That really makes the actual shopping quick.
I love how if I remember an item I need to buy at some random moment in my day, I can just quickly go into my lists and add it.
Lastly, it’s not a big deal, but I also like how items are removed from the list by tapping the item but they don’t instantly disappear. Instead, they go to a list below where they show as scratched out. You have to actively say delete that removed item sublist to completely get rid of those items. This feature—that I didn’t know I needed— lets you double check your cart or add an item back to the list if you tapped it accidentally.Show lessJMacL*