Comparison

Grocery list vs Snip

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

Head to head
About

Grocery list

Create and manage lists for groceries, recipes, trips, and more. Features automatic item detection with images, sharing capabilities, and iCloud backup. Offers a 7-day free trial of all premium features.

Highlights
  • Create and manage various lists
  • Automatic item detection with images
  • Share lists with others
  • Collaborate on shared lists
  • Lock Screen widget for list status
  • iCloud backup and sync
  • 7-day free trial of premium features
Features
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Since 2019 at the App Store. Featured on the App Store's "Apps We Love" list. Save money at the supermarket without forgetting anything. Manage grocery lists with real prices and learn how to identify a genuine offer on the shelf. And there's much more... - Estimate savings and which supermarket offers the best deals for each list. - Import supermarket prices from your country, updated monthly. - Control product prices and their trends. - Create supermarket sections to organize your list according to the aisles. - Clone lists to replicate your last purchase. - Create reminders so you don't forget to go to the supermarket. - Use inspiration lists to quickly generate what you need. - Share lists with app users or send them to a messaging app. - Use the app synchronized across all Apple devices, even your watch. 7 days of all features, free of charge. All this with beautiful illustrations and icons from the website https://icons8.com.br and Irene M. Ray (Ouch!), to facilitate navigation. I bet you'll fall in love with this app as much as we did!

About

Snip

Capture, organize, and quickly retrieve important personal details. Save everything from measurements to instructions, with smart search and automatic structuring. Build a personal reference library that grows with you.

Highlights
  • Save and organize personal details
  • Capture with photos and text scanning
  • Automatic information structuring
  • Smart search and retrieval
  • Customizable snip types
  • Nudges and reminders for dates
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Some information is too useful to lose, but too occasional to keep in your head. Snip gives those details a place of their own: easy to capture, organized for quick retrieval, and ready when you need them. From window dimensions when shopping for curtains to plant care instructions you want to keep handy, Snip helps you save the little things that make everyday life easier. Keep product details, measurements, instructions, dates, or anything else you want to find again. Add photos and custom details to items, and scan text with your camera for easy capture. Snip automatically brings everything into a consistent structure, making your information easy to browse and search without having to spend time and effort on structuring and organizing all your content. Over time, tall your captures become a personal reference library built around your life. And as it grows, everything stays organized and easy to find. No more trying to remember that little detail you need, only to realize it’s slipped your mind. Now you just open Snip. --- For free, Snip includes: - Save up to 20 snips to capture your details - Create up to 3 contexts. Your snips are organized into contexts so you can easily find them again - Six different Snip types designed specifically for intuitively adding and recalling your most important bits and details – sizes, items, specifications, dates, how-tos, and scribbles (free text). Each type has a structured and simple input format that fits it perfectly, and its own display format that intuitively shows the nature of the information. - Automatically surface the types and contexts you use most - Pin items to the app's home screen for easy access - Add custom details to snip items if their default structure is too simple - Set nudges (notifications) for date-type snips, either before the snip's date or a certain time after the date has occurred - Search snips by type, context, name, or contents. Show related snips and smarter AI search results when Apple Intelligence is enabled. - iCloud syncs items across your devices (iPhone, iPhone Duo, and iPad) PREMIUM offers, in addition to the above: - Unlimited snips - Unlimited contexts - Smart snip insights – computed and derived values and conversions (for Size and Date type snips) - Attach up to 3 images to your snip items - Roll forward Date type items automatically after a date passes - Scan text using your camera - Lock screen and Home screen widgets for adding and finding your details even more easily Snip Premium is available as Monthly or Yearly subscriptions, or as a Lifetime purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.koenhanselman.com/snip/#privacy

Screenshots

Grocery list4 screens
Snip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Snip at 5.0 against Grocery list's 4.0. Snip also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%). Grocery list's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Grocery list sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Snip sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Snip holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grocery list has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Grocery list's written reviews are positive against 100% of Snip's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grocery list ships an update every 9 days, Snip every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Grocery list versus Snip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrocery listSnip
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB18 MB
Age rating+44+
Developerdavi orzechowskiKoen Hanselman

Customer experience

Grocery list

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive69.6%
Neutral8.7%
Negative21.7%

Snip

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Grocery list

One-time1
  • Premium$1.99
3 purchases

Snip

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$17.99

Questions

Is Grocery list free?
Grocery list is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Snip free?
Snip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Grocery list or Snip?
Snip is rated higher. Grocery list averages 4.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Snip averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Grocery list or Snip have ads?
Neither Grocery list nor Snip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grocery list or Snip?
Grocery list ships an update every 9 days, and Snip every 2 weeks. Most recently, Grocery list was updated on November 6, 2026 and Snip on October 31, 2026.

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