BISApp vs Grocery Guru App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BISApp
Stay informed about the Birmingham Islamic Society's events and activities. Access important information, including prayer times, to help you connect with the community.
- Activity information
- Salat timings
- Community connection
- Event updates
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Provides Information about Birmingham Islamic Society activities, salat timings, etc.
Grocery Guru App
This app helps you manage your groceries by logging expiration dates via barcode scanning. It suggests recipes based on expiring items and plans your shopping trips to reduce food waste.
- Barcode scanning for grocery items
- Expiration date logging
- Recipe suggestions based on expiring food
- Shopping trip planning
- Food waste reduction
- Inventory management
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Grocery Guru is a grocery automation app, designed to make grocery shopping easier, while saving money. Using barcode scanning technology, Grocery Guru is able to read barcodes of your grocery items and log the expiration date of each item. With this information, Grocery Guru can suggest recipes based on what items are going to expire sooner. It also helps you plan your next shopping trip by letting you know when items are running low or about to expire. This makes it easier to manage your groceries and reduce food waste.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BISApp at monthly against Grocery Guru App's every 8 months. BISApp also leads on ratings volume (533 vs 3). On price, rating, ads and 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
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 — 4.9 for BISApp against 5.0 for Grocery Guru App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BISApp has 533 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BISApp ships an update monthly, Grocery Guru App every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BISApp | Grocery Guru App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (533 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 533 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ozair Inc. | Nicole Flynn V Yeaton |
Customer experience
BISApp
Grocery Guru App
Bugs and requests
BISApp
Requested features
8 requests- Add widgets
- Add compass for qibla direction
- Add daily Hadith
- Add one verse from the Quran daily
- Add youth channel
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- Give space after time and show AM or PM
- Change 'Jummah Khateeb Schedule' to 'Jumuah Khateeb Schedule'
- Prompt users to rate the app after a few days
Grocery Guru App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BISApp
No in-app purchases
Grocery Guru App
No in-app purchases
