Sapient List vs Mi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Sapient List
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Smart Grocery Shopping Management for iOS and iPadOS Smart Data Structure enables effective grocery shopping management: Items are the core of Sapient List. Use name and remark to describe your items, add a barcode to quickly prepare for shopping by using your iPhoneβs camera to scan the barcode of needed Items. Add Images to facilitate Item identification in a shop. Link Items to Shops and Aisles: when shopping you will be shown only the relevant Items for the Shop and Aisle you are currently in. Link Items to a Storage and a Shelf: prepare your shopping list by checking what is missing in your panty, refrigerator, freezer etc. Categories and Subcategories add flexibility and enable shopping planning based on the criteria relevant to you. iCloud Sync: Automatically keep your Shopping Lists up to date on all your iOS devices. iCloud Share: Share your Shopping Lists with family and friends. No Subscription, full privacy
Mi
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Your smart and always available shopping list. With Mi-Papelito you create your smart, always available shopping list. You always need a shopping list! With Mi-Papelito you have your shopping list on your cell phone and your Apple Watch. What does Mi-Papelito do for you? Mi-Papelito organizes and optimizes your shopping intelligently. You plan what you need and where to get it. Mi-Papelito is intelligent and learns the items you buy regularly. With each new planning you feed Mi-Papelito with your needed items and the stores where you can buy them. In this way, you create a shopping list for you and your family that you won't want to miss, that you won't have to throw away and, above all, that you won't have to rewrite over and over again. Mi-Papelito learns at what intervals you buy certain items, and highlights items that are needed again for your future purchase decisions. If you allow it, Mi-Papelito will remind you that you still wanted to buy something as soon as you are near the store in question.β¨For each item, feel free to save several stores where you can buy that item. Assign a category to each item, for example "Fruit & Vegetables", "Cheese counter" or "Sanitary". The next time you shop, Mi-Papelito will sort your items by category. For example, if you're in the vegetable section, you'll see everything you wanted to buy in the fruit & vegetable section. You can save your own pictures to the articles. So you know which are the "right noodlesβ. Mi-Papelito offers you the possibility to create several independent lists. With Mi-Papelito you can also do the shopping of your flatmates, parents, grandparents and friends. Create a person in Mi-Papelito, which you can link with your contacts. You can then add items to this person's shopping list. Do you use multiple iOS devices? Then you can install Mi-Papelito on all your devices and synchronize the data of your shopping list via iCloud. Want to share your list with boyfriend/girlfriend, wife/husband, daughter/son to work with the list together? With Mi-Papelito you can invite people to collaborate with your list that you are used to with Apple. Mi-Papelito doesn't share any data, you don't have to register anywhere to use Mi-Papelito. Mi-Papelito also does not collect data for advertising purposes and does not display ads. Versionen Mi-Papelito This is the free basic version. All functions up to a maximum number of entries are possible. You can manage 2 shopping lists and a total of 50 articles. On a list for a purchase can be at most 5 articles. You can synchronize the Mi-Papelito data on your devices via iCloud, you can also share your lists with your family or friends. Mi-Papelito Pro With Mi-Papelito Pro you can create as many lists, items and shopping lists as you want. We offer you Mi.Papelito Pro in subscription. The subscription is renewed automatically, you can cancel it at any time in the App Store. The subscription costs: 2,99 β¬ for 6 month, 4,99 β¬ for 12 month. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sapient List at every 6 weeks against Mi's every 12 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Sapient List sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Mi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 6 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sapient List ships an update every 6 weeks, Mi every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sapient List | Mi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks β better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.6 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Klug | Andreas Herzig |
In-app purchases
Sapient List
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
Mi
- Mi-Papelito Pro 6M$2.996 Months
- Mi-Papelito Pro 1$3.991 Year









