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Great, want premium with no ads
I’ve been using this app for two years or more. I love the simple, clean UI and the ability to sync to different devices. My memory span is pretty bad, so being able to quickly record something to purchase later is very useful. I also like the “Pantry” feature. I look through the fridge, cabinets, etc and cross reference with the Pantry list to make sure I don’t forget something at the grocery store.
I wish there was a way to purchase a premium version (single purchase, not subscription). The banner advertisements at the top of the app are difficult to close, and clicking the “X” usually results in accidentally adding that sponsored product to the shopping list, which then has to be manually removed.
Other than this mild annoyance, this app is a timesaver. I recommend it!Show lessdopakreem
Wish there was a paid for version
I’m still adjusting to testing this app out vs other shopping lists. I like the layout and especially customization options... but holy cow are the ads annoying! They are placed right next to where you type in what you need, so it “accidentally” ads ad items to your cart, which half the time I don’t notice until I go back and review my list. Very sneaky and annoying, especially if you were in a hurry and let’s say share this list with another family member that then buys unnecessary and unwanted items. I would gladly pay for this to go away, in fact I tried to when searching in options, but developer says is no longer available (but used to be 😐). Time will tell if I stick with this or go another route, but having to adjust and triple review my list is not helpful.Show lessCaitie-Beth
A couple suggestions
I’ve been a GroceryIQ user for 8 years but that doesn’t work any longer with iOS 14 on my iPhone. So I needed to find a replacement. I tried several list apps and Out of Milk was the winner! It most closely resembles all the features of what I was used to. I have a couple suggestions to help make it even greater. Could the items on the list be sorted in alphabetical order within the categories? I buy a lot of produce weekly for my family and I often can’t recall if I’ve added a particular item. It would make searching through what is already on the list so much easier if the categories were sorted alphabetically instead of last added on top. The second suggestion would be to be able to create a “favorites” list and move items from that list to the grocery list. I found it useful to have an all encompassing list of all the items we buy regularly and be able to scan through that list to make sure I didn’t forget to check on the quantity on hand for this week’s list.Show lessFun app 2
For Me...it’s a two-fer!!!
I absolutely love this app - for the obvi reasons: the shopping /pantry lists BUT the to-do list that’s included > FABULOUS!!!! I’ve always tried to have a to-do list on my iPhone but could never get used to, well, using it. With your to-do list IN WITH the shopping list, which I’m on everyday, I use the to-do list constantly and I actually GET STUFF DONE!!!! Woooooohoooooo!!
This would be a 5 star app but my iPad keeps telling me “unable to install out-of-milk, try again later?” and I’m not sure what that means but it DOES seem to mess with the syncing of it, and my iPhone. I’ve already uninstalled/re-installed it, with luck, once but it’s up to no good again. So....if that issue could go buh-bye this would be a 5(++++++) app!!!!!!Show lessjshort_33
Good App except
I’ve used this app for years and until recently, I have been very happy with it. It allows me to create a number of lists I can share and it updates while I’m in the store and my wife thinks of new items at home. Once I was getting items and checking them off and my wife was home adding them again thinking they were not there. Had to call her and tell her to stop. However, in spite of my liking the App, I do have some issues. First is that I’ve had problems with it adding items on its own. They’ve always run adds promoting items and now those items are automatically being added to the list. This is annoying and confusing when multiple people use the list. Second is an issue with categories. I ended up with more than one of a particular category and deleted it. It keeps coming back more than likely caused by putting in an item that I have bought previously. Anyway, these issues may may not come up for everyone and that is good. Because of the significance of the first item to me, I’m just going to check out the other similar apps in the meantime.Show lessBill in Murrieta
Good app - terrible ergonomics
Once I buy a grocery I tap the name and it gets crossed off and drops to the list of items I no longer need. So it's great. Nicely organized and easy to customize. The problem is when I want to use it again. If I type in a search; it doesn't tell me which is from my own history or which is from the app database. Then it duplicates items in the list below as well as the "history" list. The history list is in alphabetical order. The crossed off list is not. Items are all repeated multiple times. So each time I need to create a grocery list I have to scroll through two lists, delete lots of repeated products, etc. It also autopopulates a product name with several repeated choices and lots of them are misspelled. This app is years old and it's still easier to write everything down on a piece of paper like we did in the 90's than it is to use this app. Icing on the cake: the barcode scanner fails 99% of the time to read anything.Show lessHenry Deltoid
A Great Concept But…
I like this app a lot in principle but there's one annoyance: other people. It seems to draw its suggestions and categorizations from user input. That means there are tons of typos, items miscategorized, duplicate categories, etc. For example, there's "Baking", "Baking and Cooking", "Baking & Cooking", etc. Which one your items get classified into is random chance based on what the original user decided to do. The biggest advantage of classifying your items is that you can arrange the categories according to the layout of your store and it will arrange your list accordongly. But when you unknowingly select an item in a mew category, it places the category alphabetically instead, messing up your ordering.
If I were the developers, I would create a limited number of pre-set categories and allow users to create their own, but not make them public.
(Does this seem more like a bug/feature request than a review? That's because the "Submit a Request" button in the app leads to a webpage that throws a 403 error)Show lessTheRealAaron
Very useful, awkward categories
My wife and I have been using the app for a while. It’s very useful, with several features we haven’t explored yet, but the categories feature really needs some work. I had shared categories as well as ones I created my own and somehow ended up with loads of duplicates (4 “Dairy”, 3 “Produce”, etc). I tried to Manage Categories to delete the dupes, but the categories can’t be viewed alphabetically, which complicated matters (no idea how they’re being sorted now), and after I did delete all the duplicates — everything not shared — all the deleted categories still appear in the menu I see when I try to edit an item’s category, making Manage Categories pretty useless. I’m disabling categories for now to avoid the frustration, but the category list to select from really needs to update to match the Manage Categories screen. Sorry to focus on a negative, but it’s my biggest trouble with the app since all attention spent on categories for easier shopping ends up being wasted time. Thanks!Show lessPeoswriter
(Almost) perfect for my family!
I really like this app. It is great that anyone in the household can add items whenever they remember and there is no need to worry about forgetting the list at home! I recently started playing around with the pantry feature which I thought would be a really nice way to keep track of all of my spices. One suggestion for the pantry that I think would be super useful is a place to put the expiration date. Especially if the app could alert you when something is approaching its expiration date so you can either use it or toss it out. Also, items do not sort alphabetically which can be kind of a pain when a certain category is quite lengthy. These minute issues aside, I have been very happy with it.Show lessa_real_mes
Pretty Good, but could be great if not for bugginess.
The app has a lot of good functions, and would be great if it weren’t for some annoying bugginess.
First, some changes to items, like making a note, don’t save if you’re switching between apps. Also the function to copy an item to another list definitely doesn’t save properly. I am often switching between apps when I’m meal planning and making a list at the same time. When I am shopping, I switch apps to check the store apps for coupons, deals, etc. This results in changes I make in the list disappearing, and has caused me to miss buying an item I needed more than once.
Next, the database for list items isn’t persistent locally. Meaning if you make changes to an item, such as changing the category it is under, those changes don’t save for the next time you add that same item to your lists again. They are storing their item database somewhere, it just isn’t impacted by changes you make to items within your lists. This leads me to leaving a lot of items on my lists (as checked off) that I don’t really need every week, so that it retains my edits (as long as an app switch doesn’t wipe them out first). Which brings me to my last complaint...
If you have an item on your list already, there is no indication of that when adding it. You can end up with duplicate items on your list, if you don’t notice it’s there already and just use that entry.Show lessRosannePDX
