Loaf vs Needmore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Loaf
Manage your grocery lists and recipes from anywhere. Share lists with friends and family, and add recipe ingredients with a single tap. Never forget an item again with this intuitive shopping companion.
- Collaborative grocery lists
- Recipe storage and management
- One-tap recipe ingredient addition
- Barcode scanning for items
- Automatic item categorization
- Offline access
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* Your New Grocery Companion * Loaf is a new way to easily manage your grocery list from anywhere. Say goodbye to misplaced sticky notes and forgotten purchases. With Loaf, you'll always have your grocery list at your fingertips. * Invite Your Friends And Family To Your List* From family members to roommates, you can create and invite anyone to your list. Updates to the list will automatically be shared with your group, keeping everyone in sync. * All Your Recipes In One Place * Tired of digging out old cookbooks or losing links to recipes online? Loaf provides a convenient location to store all of your recipes so you'll never lose them again. * Add Recipe Ingredients To Your List With A Single Tap * Instead of adding each ingredient one by one to your grocery list, Loaf can add all of the ingredients to your grocery list with a single tap of a button. Need to double the recipe? Just increase the number of batches and Loaf will automatically add twice the amount of ingredients. Already have some of the ingredients? Loaf allows you to select which ingredients you need before they are added to your grocery list. * Never Forget An Ingredient Again * When viewing a recipe, Loaf allows you to keep track of your ingredients and what step you're on. You'll never lose your place again * Add Items With Ease * To add to your list, simply search for what you want and Loaf will do the rest. Items will be placed automatically in the correct category to keep your list nice and tidy. You can also scan the item's barcode and Loaf will do all of the heavy lifting for you.
Needmore
Easily manage grocery lists with friends and family. Add recurring items to a pantry and move them to your shopping list when needed. Include descriptions and photos for clarity.
- Create shared grocery lists
- Invite friends and family
- Manage a recurring item pantry
- Add item descriptions
- Include item photos
- Simple and easy to use
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Needmore makes managing grocery lists easy and simple. Create a list. Invite your people. Add your common recurring items to your Pantry and move to your Needmore when you, well, need more of that item. Add a description and photo to help your spouse, housemates, or office friends find the exact right thing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Needmore at none against Loaf's shown. Needmore also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Loaf against 5.0 for Needmore. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Loaf ships an update every 5 weeks, Needmore every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Loaf | Needmore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ventric Technologies LLC | Astrawal, Inc. |
Customer experience
Loaf
Needmore
In-app purchases
Loaf
No in-app purchases
Needmore
No in-app purchases









