Grocery vs Raid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grocery
This app streamlines grocery shopping by organizing lists, allowing for easy item addition via Siri and recipes, and offering smart sorting based on shopping habits. It also features inventory tracking and multi-store support for a more efficient shopping experience.
- Share lists with partners via iCloud
- Apple Watch integration for fast checking
- Create recipes for quick ingredient addition
- Inventory tracking with expiration dates
- Smart sorting based on shopping habits
- Multi-store support with geofencing
- Siri integration for adding items
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Grocery is the smartest and fastest grocery shopping app. Keep your list sorted while you shop with your Apple Watch. Easily add items from Siri and Recipes. ** App Store App of the Day - January 23rd 2021** ** MacStories Must-Have iOS Apps - 2018 ** "Extra navigational steps, like remembering where you are in a list or backtracking through a store because of the order on paper, can really push a person over the edge if going to the store is their current 'Impossible Task'. They might opt for leaving with only half of their items, or just not go at all…which can project this task into the future, always a little unfinished or uncertain. Grocery reduces steps needed in the moment, and provides that little bit of joy every time an item is checked off the list in the UI. Knowing that I just made the future better, by going to the store and checking things off the list and improving the sorting algorithm! This is actually a huge relief: reduced doomsday feelings because I know that future store runs are going to be even easier/better because of what I did today (yay positive agency)!" - Amelia W. - Key Features - • Share your lists with partners and add items to your list on iCloud! • Grocery keeps your list in Reminders so sharing a list is as simple as sharing your calendar. • Checking items off your list on Apple Watch is lightning fast. • Create Recipes in Grocery for quickly adding ingredients to your shopping list, and a cooking experience optimized for mobile. • Always know what items are in your pantry and when they expire with Inventory Tracking! - Reminders - • Add items to your list on Mac or iCloud Reminder's apps • Share your list by sharing a Reminder's list with others - Siri - • Tell Siri: "Add Eggs to my Grocery list" • Create Siri Shortcuts to quickly add groups of items - Lightning Fast - • Custom auto-complete with your list items and notes - Sorting - • Grocery learns every time you shop • Keeps track of the order you mark off items to sort your list next time - Multiple Stores - • Add a Store for every place that you shop • Associate lists with stores based on how you want to shop at multiple locations • Assign geofences that change the selected store wherever you go - Recipes - • Recipe files are stored in iCloud Drive and sync between all your devices • Innovative Markdown Recipe format optimized for cooking on mobile phones • Automatically detects timers in recipe steps - CleanUp - • “12 oz of Chocolate Chips” becomes “Chocolate Chips: 12 oz” • Detect multiple or duplicated items - CoreML - • CleanUp can use a custom CoreML model to recognize item titles and notes - Backup & Data - • Your list is always stored in Reminders for easy backup or access outside of Grocery • Grocery will never modify your other Reminders lists - Quick Add - • Quick Add uses your shopping history to suggest items you frequently shop for. • It's great for adding frequently shopped for items to your grocery list. - iPad - • Grocery supports split view for Recipes, so cooking on your iPad works better than ever • iCloud syncing makes creating a shopping list on your iPad super easy Premium Features: • Households share your stores, shopping history, planned recipes, pantry status, and all premium features with family members! • Keep track of all the items in your pantry • Automatic expiration and replenishment settings Grocery Premium is charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your Account will be charged the same price for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription’s one-year period. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions or cancel auto-renewal at any time on your Account Settings in the App Store. Privacy: https://gist.github.com/cnstoll/e32bd7c159497faefee4236f6fbed113 Terms: https://gist.github.com/cnstoll/6dc3a5c5b93fcbf3279f62efe80e8336
Raid
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Raid turns a study session into a train ride you take with other people. Choose how long you want to focus, invite your friends with a six letter boarding code, and depart together. The journey runs on a live map, everyone watches the same countdown, and the whole crew arrives at the same station. RIDE TOGETHER Host a ride and share a boarding code, or invite friends directly from the app. Everyone sees the same route, the same clock and the same arrival. Rest stops are built into longer journeys, so a break is part of the timetable rather than a failure. TALK IN THE CABIN Every ride has a cabin chat, plus a live voice line you can join with one tap. Audio only, never recorded. CREWS AND THE WORLD BOARD Name a crew, share its code and climb a crew board that only counts rides you took together. A world board ranks every rider, and only minutes with your doors locked count. Climb the rank ladder from Passenger upward and unlock new travelcard designs. Watch live trains cross your city's map, pinch out to the whole world, and tap a train to see who is aboard. LOCK THE DOORS Pick the apps that distract you and seal them for the length of a ride. The selection is made in Apple's own picker and never leaves your iPhone. Slipping into a sealed app is always possible, but it costs the train time, and your crew sees the delay. KEEP WHAT YOU EARN Every arrival prints a ticket stub recording the route, the train, your seat and the people you rode with. Longer journeys print on rarer stock. After every sealed ride, tear open a souvenir packet and collect cards across four lines. Locomotives in the depot are unlocked by the distance you travel, never by payment. PLAN AHEAD Schedule departures with friends for later in the day or the week. Build a timetable you actually keep, and watch your streak and total distance grow. Raid is free to download. First Class and Supervision Passes are optional auto-renewable subscriptions. Focusing is easier when somebody is waiting for you at the other end. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://thera1d.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Raid at none against Grocery's 3. Raid also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Grocery's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Grocery sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Raid asks for nothing beyond the download.
Grocery ships an update every 2 months, Raid every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grocery | Raid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4.7K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 38.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.7K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Conrad Stoll | Minmi Kim |
Bugs and requests
Grocery
Reported bugs
5 issues- Items disappearing from lists
- Inability to remove or edit stores
- Slow performance on larger lists
- Apple Watch app issues and unreliable sync
- Reminders integration causing data loss
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to create separate lists for each store
- Option to sort items by category/aisle
- Inventory management and expiration tracking
- Easier recipe import and management
- Better sharing and collaboration features
Raid
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Grocery
- Grocery Premium - Monthly$3.991 Month
- Grocery Premium14 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Grocery Premium - Forever$29.99
Raid
No in-app purchases









