Comparison

Shop Total vs BasicList

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

Head to head
About

Shop Total

This app helps you manage your shopping expenses by creating lists and tracking the total cost of your items in real-time. It allows for detailed budgeting per shopping trip and helps you verify store promotions and price changes.

Highlights
  • Create and manage shopping lists
  • Track item costs in real-time
  • Budget per shopping list
  • Verify store promotions
  • Compare tracked costs with store receipts
  • Analyze spending patterns
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Shop Total is a shopping list app in which you can keep track of the total cost of all your shoppings. You can prepare the shopping lists at home and then in the store enter the amount (unit price) next to each item. The app calculates on the fly the total, even when multiple entries are set for the same item. The pro version can be unlocked via an In App Purchase. Pro features; - Unlimited entries - A clear button to clear all the check marks, units, promotions and prices in each shopping list, so you can reuse the list - Two more app icons, dark mode and gold - Calculator, use it without leaving the app Advantages:  - You can budget your shoppings, create multiple lists - You can budget per shopping list, for even better control - You can compare the bill from the store with what you have tracked - You can see if the promotions are correctly billed (long press before the checkmark box to mark it) - You can store the list in the photo roll, it has a date, so you can see later if items you buy regularly have increased in price. You can also sort the list before saving for better comparison with the real store receipt. - In some stores you get discounts above a certain total or each x amount, now you can see in the store if you have reached this amount - You can copy lists, so you don't have to retype so much - You can see where you spent the most money on with, Where's my money? Some budget tips; You can give the main page title the name of the month and enter a global budget for this month. Then create shopping lists per store per week. For Example; Walmart-week1 Walmart-week2 Walmart-week3 Walmart-week4 If you don't want to track the price of each article, you can still monitor your budget progress by giving the first item the total price of the receipt. Studio: 7 Red Bits Creative Concept, design: Sara Bollen Development: Robin Bollen Support, suggestions, tips: 7redbits@gmail.com

About

BasicList

Create grocery lists by directly entering items or by adding pre-defined meals. Items are automatically categorized to streamline your shopping experience.

Highlights
  • Direct item entry
  • Meal customization
  • Add meals to list
  • Categorized items (shelf, cold, frozen, not food)
  • Efficient shopping experience
Features
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just a simple grocery list. You have the option to enter items directly to the list, or to enter meals, customize the ingredients, and then add them to the list from the meals menu. The items on the list are categorized in four categories (shelf, cold, frozen, and not food) to make your shopping experience as efficient as possible.

Screenshots

Shop Total4 screens
BasicList4 screens

Verdict

The call

Shop Total and BasicList both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of BasicList's written reviews are positive against 0% of Shop Total's. BasicList also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Shop Total's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.3). On price, rating, update cadence and device support 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. Shop Total sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BasicList asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Shop Total against 5.0 for BasicList. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Shop Total's written reviews are positive against 100% of BasicList's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shop Total ships an update every 5 days, BasicList weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Shop Total versus BasicList: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShop TotalBasicList
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.3
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobin BollenTravis Ratliff

Customer experience

Shop Total

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

BasicList

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Shop Total

One-time1
  • Shop Total Pro$1.29
None

BasicList

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shop Total free?
Shop Total is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BasicList free?
BasicList is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Shop Total or BasicList?
Shop Total and BasicList are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Shop Total or BasicList have ads?
Shop Total shows ads; BasicList does not.
Which is updated more often, Shop Total or BasicList?
Shop Total ships an update every 5 days, and BasicList weekly. Most recently, Shop Total was updated on November 3, 2026 and BasicList on November 4, 2026.

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