Comparison

Macey's vs Clever Cupboard

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Macey's

Streamline your grocery shopping with a digital list, weekly ad access, and recipe integration. Easily find stores, manage your purchases, and add ingredients directly to your list for a convenient shopping trip.

Highlights
  • Digital shopping list
  • Weekly ad offers
  • Store locator
  • Recipe database
  • Add ingredients to list
  • Email shopping list
Features
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The Macey's app has the power to super-charge your shopping experience! Download today to take advantage of a variety of useful features such as: - A handy shopping list to group future purchases together for shopping convenience! Add items from other parts of the application, or add your own custom entries. Easily check off items as you go throughout the store! Includes handy features such as emailing list contents out, or quickly editing quantities on items added to the list. - Access weekly ad offers directly on your phone, and add the offers directly to your shopping list, all with one click! - Use our store locator feature to select a home store or find the nearest Macey's location! - Check out our recipe database on the go and add ingredients directly to your shopping list with the push of a button! Features handy multi-filter search functionality to find just the dish you're craving. We appreciate your interest and feedback as we continued to develop the best possible app for you! Look out for future updates and enhancements as we continue to deliver the best possible shopping experience for our customers.

About

Clever Cupboard

Easily plan meals, store recipes, and generate grocery lists with AI assistance. Import recipes from photos, URLs, or text, and organize your shopping by category for a streamlined experience.

Highlights
  • AI recipe import
  • Weekly meal planner
  • Auto-generated grocery lists
  • Recipe storage
  • Categorized shopping lists
Features
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Clever Cupboard is the smarter way to plan meals, save recipes, and build your grocery list — all in one place. Import any recipe in seconds with AI. Snap a photo, paste a URL, or type it in, and Clever Cupboard instantly pulls in the ingredients and steps. No more switching between apps or losing recipes in a browser tab. Plan your week with ease. Build a meal plan, and your grocery list writes itself — organized by category so shopping is fast and painless. Features: • AI recipe import from photos, URLs, or text • Weekly meal planner • Auto-generated grocery lists • Clean, distraction-free recipe view • Unlimited recipe storage with Pro Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Macey's4 screens
Clever Cupboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Clever Cupboard at 5.0 against Macey's's 2.1. Clever Cupboard also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). Macey's's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (79 vs 2). On price and update cadence there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Clever Cupboard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Macey's asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clever Cupboard holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Macey's has 79 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Macey's ships an update every 2 weeks, Clever Cupboard every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Macey's versus Clever Cupboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMacey'sClever Cupboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (79 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews13.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings79 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size288 MB126 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAssociated Food Stores, Inc.Nicholas Sorensen

Customer experience

Macey's

All ratings79 ratings
Positive24.1%
Neutral1.3%
Negative74.7%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive13.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative86.8%

Clever Cupboard

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Macey's

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Clever Cupboard

Subscriptions1
  • Clever Cupboard Pro$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Clever Cupboard Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Macey's free?
Macey's is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clever Cupboard free?
Clever Cupboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Macey's or Clever Cupboard?
Clever Cupboard is rated higher. Macey's averages 2.1 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while Clever Cupboard averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Macey's or Clever Cupboard have ads?
Macey's shows ads; Clever Cupboard does not.
Which is updated more often, Macey's or Clever Cupboard?
Macey's ships an update every 2 weeks, and Clever Cupboard every 8 days. Most recently, Macey's was updated on October 21, 2026 and Clever Cupboard on October 19, 2026.

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