Comparison

SimpleLists vs Grocery

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

Head to head
About

SimpleLists

Organize your daily tasks and to-do items with a clean and intuitive interface. Create unlimited custom lists and manage individual items with simple touch interactions and drag-and-drop reordering. All your data is automatically saved for efficient task management.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited custom lists
  • Simple item management
  • Drag & drop reordering
  • Persistent data storage
  • Clean, minimalist design
  • Quick item entry
Features
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SimpleLists is a clean, intuitive task management app for iOS that helps users organize daily tasks and to-do items with simplicity and efficiency. Create multiple lists and manage individual items with a straightforward interface. Key Features: - Multiple Lists: Create unlimited custom lists for different purposes - Simple Item Management: Add, edit, and delete items with intuitive touch interactions - Drag & Drop Reordering: Easily reorder items within lists by dragging - Persistent Storage: All data automatically saved using Core Data - Clean Interface: Minimalist design focused on functionality - Quick Entry: Fast item addition with optimized text input

About

Grocery

Create and manage grocery lists with ease. This intuitive app helps you remember what to buy, track prices, and calculate your total cost. Share lists with others and enjoy more efficient shopping trips.

Highlights
  • Intuitive interface
  • Simple product input
  • Product recommendations
  • Multiple list creation
  • Price and amount tracking
  • List sharing
  • Automatic product grouping
Features
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The easiest, the quickest and attractive shopping list in the whole App Store. This app will make your supermarket visits much more efficient and easy. This minimalist, intuitive application that remembers what you need to buy. Forget the paper leaves and notes is the last century. With our app shopping trip has become much easier and more enjoyable! The application is very easy to use, just start typing the name of the product that you need and the app will automatically give you a huge list of recommendations which have applications in memory. A simple click on a list item you zero purchased product. You can enter the price of the product and amount when you mark and it will calculate the total shopping cost. You will not surprised how much you will pay on cash. Our application will be indispensable and wonderful decoration for you and your phone, as well as facilitate shopping. Features of the app: • Beautiful and intuitive interface • Simple input products • A large number of tips • Create multiple lists • Edit list items • Very simple and clear operation with a list • Automatic grouping of products on the list • Shopping list items price and amount entry • Share list with your contact as note picture

Screenshots

SimpleLists3 screens
Grocery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Grocery at Free against SimpleLists's $0.99. Grocery also leads on ratings volume (205 vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 23 months). SimpleLists's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases 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

Grocery is free to download; SimpleLists costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SimpleLists holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grocery has 205 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of SimpleLists's written reviews are positive against 42% of Grocery's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpleLists ships an update every 23 months, Grocery every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
SimpleLists versus Grocery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleListsGrocery
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (205 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better41.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1205 — better
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid O'HaraMatrix Software Co.

Customer experience

SimpleLists

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Grocery

All ratings204 ratings
Positive85.8%
Neutral5.4%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral22.9%
Negative35.4%

In-app purchases

None

SimpleLists

No in-app purchases

None

Grocery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SimpleLists free?
SimpleLists costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grocery free?
Grocery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SimpleLists or Grocery?
SimpleLists is rated higher. SimpleLists averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Grocery averages 4.5 from 205 ratings.
Do SimpleLists or Grocery have ads?
Grocery shows ads; SimpleLists does not.
Which is updated more often, SimpleLists or Grocery?
SimpleLists ships an update every 23 months, and Grocery every 5 months. Most recently, SimpleLists was updated on November 1, 2026 and Grocery on November 11, 2026.

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