PAK'nSAVE vs Grocer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PAK'nSAVE
This app helps you save money on groceries by providing low prices and weekly deals at your fingertips. Create and share shopping lists, order groceries online for pickup, and manage your store details.
- View low prices and weekly deals
- Create and share shopping lists
- Order groceries online for pickup
- Find local stores
- Manage personal details
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Make the most of your grocery shopping with the PAK'nSAVE app. With low prices at your fingertips, you can enjoy seamless saveyness in store and online. PAK'nSAVE appiness! Get our low prices online! It's easy as - browse products in the app and build your shopping list without going over budget. Then just place your order and swing past to collect your groceries from the store. Plan your shop Create, save and share multiple shopping lists so you can send your family or flatmates to do the shopping, without getting off-track or off-budget! Smartness. Weekly deals At PAK'nSAVE our policy is New Zealand's lowest food prices and with the app you can view the latest deals and low prices from your local store. Your digital Club+ card Always have your Club+ card on you! Scan it with every shop at New World, PAK'nSAVE and Four Square, big or small.
Grocer
Easily compare grocery prices from major New Zealand supermarkets. Track price history over time and manage your shopping lists across multiple devices. Customize your experience by selecting preferred stores for tailored comparisons.
- Compare prices across multiple stores
- View price history
- Manage shopping lists
- Cross-device list synchronization
- Select preferred stores
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Grocer helps you compare grocery prices across major supermarkets in New Zealand. With Grocer, you may: - Compare prices across multiple stores. - View price history over time. - Manage shopping lists across devices. - Select your preferred stores. End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PAK'nSAVE at none against Grocer's 1. PAK'nSAVE also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). Grocer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (44% vs 18%). On price, monetization model, 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
Both are free to download. Grocer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.00 per month. PAK'nSAVE asks for nothing beyond the download.
PAK'nSAVE ships an update every 3 weeks, Grocer every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PAK'nSAVE | Grocer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.9% of reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | FOODSTUFFS (N.Z.) LIMITED | Roc Wong |
Customer experience
PAK'nSAVE
Grocer
Bugs and requests
PAK'nSAVE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Grocer
Reported bugs
46 issues- App does nothing, just a loading symbol
- Constant upload required and freezes
- Constantly prompts for update
- Stops selecting more than two supermarkets
- App won't load under iOS 18.1
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- Page won't load since update
- Search engine out of whack
- No longer loads on iPhone 7+
- Update won't load
- Previous version loads but doesn't function
- Unusable after update
- Camera doesn't load correctly
- Nothing loads after update
- Page keeps loading
- Search function only works once
- Lost functionality after update
- Search engine worse
- List view not compact
- Cannot pick to only go to two stores
- Annoying to delete and re-add stores
- New version has multiple software bugs
- App goes straight to store selection on launch
- User design experience is terrible
- Free text search functionality is awful and inaccurate
- Loading circle of death
- Deleted all saved lists after update
- Stopped working on old iPhones
- Keeps spinning the loading icon
- Group by store mode shows price for only one item
- New update makes the app useless
- New version is not better
- Search function on new version is not good
- App just keeps loading
- Doesn't work on iPhone 14 Pro Max
- App regularly does not reflect in-store prices
- Items keep disappearing from list
- Lost all items on iPhone
- Cannot rearrange list
- Cannot make more than one list
- Some items in list will drop off for no reason
- Cannot share lists
- Cannot amend list into sections
- Cannot add more than one list
- Print button doesn't work
- Scrolling through long lists is impractical
- Doesn't cross over to phone from iPad
Requested features
15 requests- Add more Pak N Save stores
- Allow location-based store selection
- Create multiple lists
- Save items for easier finding
- Group similar items by category
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- Share lists with others
- Add Mitre 10 stores
- Option to group by store for lists
- Low to high search option
- Select specific supermarket for items in list
- Improve search refinement and filtering
- Allow users to roll back to previous version
- Add price history feature
- Improve list management (categories, reordering)
- Sync across multiple devices
In-app purchases
PAK'nSAVE
No in-app purchases
Grocer
- Grocer Pro1 Month trial$3.001 Month
