# Shopping Cycle — This is how we shop

> This is how we shop (iPhone/iPad app by Frank Dohrmann.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shopping-cycle/id6764365394 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Frank Dohrmann](https://appshunter.io/developer/1895750002)
- Category: Shopping, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 24 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Polish, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-09-17
- Data updated: 2026-11-09

## What is Shopping Cycle?

Shopping Cycle is a free, ad-free shopping list with a strong focus on managing the supplies that every shopping trip creates. All features are available without any purchase; the in-app purchases and subscriptions are a voluntary way to support development. The app came about because none of the apps our family tried really fit.

Shopping Cycle treats shopping as a cycle: planning the trip, doing the shopping, managing the supplies and using them up (in time) – Plan, Shop, Store, Use. Data is stored in iCloud and can be shared with other iCloud users.

A few of the features at a glance:

PLAN

* Product suggestions based on your previous purchases.
* A look at your supplies right while adding items.
* Templates for quickly adding your usual shopping (taking supplies into account).
* Creating new products with Apple Intelligence support – from iOS 27 on devices with Apple Intelligence also from a photo, via Apple Private Cloud Compute.
* Different environments keep shopping and pantry lists sensibly together – your own lists as well as shared ones (home, holiday flat, helping a neighbour, ...)

SHOP

* Location-based reminders – for the shopper (“You still wanted to shop at the supermarket”) and the family (“Frank is shopping at the supermarket right now”).
* Places with several stores side by side – for the supermarket with a bakery, right next to the drugstore.
* Learned in-store orders for quick checking off.
* Capture best-before dates right while shopping – typed in or with image recognition.

STORE

* Putting purchases away after shopping: into any list, spread across different storage locations – with sensible defaults, of course.
* Purchases can be split right away – the roast as 2 steaks into the fridge and as a roast into the freezer.
* Each storage location has a cooling class so that best-before dates can be calculated sensibly.

USE

* Best-before dates are monitored continuously and adjusted when storage locations change.
* Notifications remind you of expiring products, widgets give a quick overview.
* When an item is used up, one tap puts it back on the shopping list.

There is a lot to discover. And if something is missing – or a translation is off – please get in touch!

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://www.shoppingcycle.de/datenschutz-app.html

## Is Shopping Cycle safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Shopping Cycle.

## Is Shopping Cycle legit?

Shopping Cycle has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Shopping Cycle is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3.0 — 2026-11-06

• “Used Up”: Before an item goes on the shopping list, you can adjust the count, amount and all other details.
• When putting items into the pantry, identical items with the same best-before date are combined into one entry.

### 1.2.9 — 2026-10-28

• The first launch on Apple Watch would have been perfect for Halloween - scary to look at. But now it simply runs better.

Fixes:
• For items with a short shelf life, the expiry notification sometimes arrived only after the best-before date.
• When moving items to the pantry, the best-before label was shown broken up when space was tight.

### 1.2.8 — 2026-10-25

• Extensive optimizations, especially in automated testing.
• The “Pantry & Freshness” widget now shows the product list by default instead of the view by location.

Fixes:
• “Used Up” now removes only the selected quantity from the pantry instead of always the whole item, and it can be undone.
• Mac: In pantry and shopping lists, the whole row now responds to a click, not just the text and image.
• The variables in the stores' link editor now appear in the selected language instead of always in German.
• VoiceOver no longer reads out the background logo.

### 1.2.7 — 2026-10-14

• Items can now be moved: to another list, another environment, another storage location and even another household. Single items via the context menu, several via the list menu – in several steps and with undo in the dialog.
• The reference environment now also applies to the expiry notification, the reminders when entering a store and the Live Activity. It can also be selected in the environment settings.
• When checking off an item that actually belongs to a different store, learning locations has been made more user-friendly.
• Templates no longer preselect items that are already on the shopping list.
• The “Stock” tab includes the open entry and switches to other entries within the same dialog.

Fixes:
• The expiry notification matches the “Expiring Soon” filter.
• Renamed products appear with their new name in the lists right away.
• The last brand on a shopping list item can be deselected.
• Items marked as new lose the marker once you have seen them and left the app.
• On the Mac, the displayed list follows a change of environment.

### 1.2.6 — 2026-10-02

• Photos can now be cut out: the subject is lifted from the background and cropped to its outline.
• Camera photos for products can be cropped to a square.
• Barcode matches are completed with additional product details by Apple Intelligence (can be turned off in Settings).
• The Search tab opens search with the keyboard right away.

Fixes
• The app could hang after choosing a photo.
• The Live Activity starts on a store with open items.
• Visual alignment with the iOS version on the Mac.

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