Comparison

Smart & Final vs The Shared Cart

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

Head to head
About

Smart & Final

Shop for groceries and household essentials at low prices. Order online for same-day delivery or store pickup. Access weekly ads, clip digital coupons, and view your order history.

Highlights
  • Online ordering for delivery or pickup
  • Access weekly ads and promotions
  • Clip digital coupons
  • View order history
  • Store locator
Features
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Smart & Final offers the same great low pricing in our app as you'll find in our stores. Simply download the app, create an account or log in to access all these great benefits: • Place Orders Online… for delivery same-day or pickup from your local Smart & Final • Access Weekly Ads and Promotions… view flyers directly on the app and clip coupons for great savings • View Order History… through the app or at SmartandFinal.com • Find Your Nearest Store… with our store locator

About

The Shared Cart

Organize groceries, errands, and projects with shared shopping lists. Easily add items by typing, pasting, or voice, and manage lists by store, category, or custom order. Keep track of purchases and repeat past trips.

Highlights
  • Shared shopping lists
  • Add items by pasting or voice
  • Organize by store and category
  • Track purchased items
  • Repeat past shopping trips
  • Add item photos and notes
  • Customizable sorting
Features
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Your shopping list, your way—now with a head start on the next trip. The Shared Cart keeps groceries, errands, and household projects organized without the back-and-forth. Make a list for each store, add quantities, notes and photos, and cross things off as you go. Shopping together? Share just the lists you choose through iCloud. LESS TYPING. MORE SHOPPING. • Paste a whole shopping list and review it before adding • Paste recipe text, choose the ingredient lines you need, and edit shopping quantities • Try Add by Voice (Beta) to dictate items or ask for a new list, then review and confirm • Use Frequently Added for your regular favorites • Check possible duplicates before adding them MAKE NEXT WEEK EASIER • Finish Shopping Trip to save that store’s purchased items on your device • Repeat Last Shopping Trip, deselect what you don’t need, and bring existing items back without duplicates • Keep current photos, notes, quantities and Custom Sort positions • Undo the latest eligible item deletion or completion action during your app session YOUR STORE. YOUR ORDER. • Switch stores from an alphabetical selector • Choose Categories, A–Z or Custom Sort • Hold and drag active items into your shopping order • Remember your Custom Sort on this device • Keep crossed-off items at the bottom in A–Z and Custom Sort, or hide them • Cross off or restore an entire list from List options DETAILS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE • Add item photos so the right product is easy to recognize • Enter quantities with plus/minus buttons or a number keypad • Customize categories, archive lists, and make personal copies of shared lists • See sharing sync status separately from private backup status • Optionally back up the personal and shared lists you own to your private iCloud storage • Restore backups as new personal copies without replacing existing lists • Choose light or dark appearance, text size and haptic feedback • Find Help & How to Use from the question-mark button Personal lists work without signing in. Sharing and iCloud backup require iCloud and an internet connection. Saved trips and remembered Custom Sort stay on your device; repeating items in a shared list updates it for everyone. Undo lasts for the current app session and does not cover whole-list or account deletion. Recipe import accepts pasted text, not photos, PDFs or website links. Review ingredient lines and shopping quantities before adding. Voice (Beta) supports English on devices with on-device speech recognition and requires microphone and speech permissions. There is no server-transcription fallback. Always review the results. No ads. No tracking. No subscription. Just a better way to shop together.

Screenshots

Smart & Final4 screens
The Shared Cart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Smart & Final at Free against The Shared Cart's $1.99. Smart & Final also leads on ratings volume (9.6K vs 1). The Shared Cart's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On in-app purchases, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Smart & Final is free to download; The Shared Cart costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Shared Cart holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart & Final has 9.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart & Final ships an update every 2 months, The Shared Cart every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Smart & Final versus The Shared Cart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart & FinalThe Shared Cart
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.6 (9.6K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings9.6K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size119 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSmart & Final Stores LLCRonnie McClean Jr.

Customer experience

Smart & Final

All ratings8,674 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral2.9%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews435 reviews
Positive15.4%
Neutral10.8%
Negative73.8%

The Shared Cart

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Smart & Final

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Digital coupons not working
  • App crashing/freezing
  • Login/sign-in problems
  • Incorrect pricing/discounts

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to see item stock at local store
  • Easier coupon clipping process
  • Loyalty points program
  • More user-friendly interface
  • Better integration with website

The Shared Cart

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Smart & Final

No in-app purchases

None

The Shared Cart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart & Final free?
Smart & Final is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Shared Cart free?
The Shared Cart costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Smart & Final or The Shared Cart?
The Shared Cart is rated higher. Smart & Final averages 4.6 out of 5 from 9.6K ratings, while The Shared Cart averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Smart & Final or The Shared Cart have ads?
Smart & Final shows ads; The Shared Cart does not.
Which is updated more often, Smart & Final or The Shared Cart?
Smart & Final ships an update every 2 months, and The Shared Cart every 10 days. Most recently, Smart & Final was updated on October 25, 2026 and The Shared Cart on October 17, 2026.

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