Comparison

Snabble vs Shopping Cycle

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

Head to head
About

Snabble

Scan items as you shop, pay directly on your phone, and skip the checkout line. Manage your shopping lists, store loyalty cards, and enjoy a faster, more flexible shopping experience.

Highlights
  • Scan products while shopping
  • Pay directly on your smartphone
  • Skip checkout lines
  • Create shopping lists
  • Use voice input for lists
  • Store and use loyalty cards
Features
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With the Snabble app, you can scan products directly while shopping using your smartphone, pay on your device, and leave the store without waiting in line. You always have your shopping cart in view. You can also create shopping lists – by typing, using voice input, or scanning products you already have at home. Loyalty cards can be stored and used when needed. Snabble makes shopping faster, easier, and more flexible – without the detour to the checkout lane.

About

Shopping Cycle

Features
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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

Screenshots

Snabble4 screens
Shopping Cycle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Shopping Cycle at every 3 days against Snabble's every 2 months. Shopping Cycle also leads on device support (4 vs 1). Snabble's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Snabble ships an update every 2 months, Shopping Cycle every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Snabble versus Shopping Cycle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSnabbleShopping Cycle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersnabble GmbHFrank Dohrmann

In-app purchases

None

Snabble

No in-app purchases

None

Shopping Cycle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Snabble free?
Snabble is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shopping Cycle free?
Shopping Cycle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Snabble or Shopping Cycle have ads?
Neither Snabble nor Shopping Cycle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Snabble or Shopping Cycle?
Snabble ships an update every 2 months, and Shopping Cycle every 3 days. Most recently, Snabble was updated on November 2, 2026 and Shopping Cycle on November 9, 2026.

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