Comparison

List Ease vs KitchenPal Shared Grocery List

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

Head to head
About

List Ease

This app helps you create and share grocery lists with real-time syncing. It offers features like spending tracking, barcode scanning, and budget management to make shopping easier and more organized.

Highlights
  • Real-time syncing for shared lists
  • Spending tracking with receipt scanning
  • Barcode scanner for adding items
  • List reminders and push notifications
  • Organize lists by category or recipes
  • Trip budgeting and cost calculation
  • Pantry inventory management
Features
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List Ease is the ultimate free & fun grocery list app and shareable shopping list app designed to streamline your shopping experience. Whether you're a busy mom, a meticulous planner, or a spontaneous shopper, our list maker app has got you covered! A favorite of the TODAY Show's Today.com, Forbes ‘The Best Apps For Smart Black Friday Shopping’ and CNBC ‘A Stress-Free Holiday Is Only One App Away’, List Ease is the best grocery shopping list app around! Create a shopping list, grocery list, to-do list, or any other checklist and share it with family and friends! Features of List Ease, your shared grocery shopping list app: - Share your grocery list, checklist, or daily to-do list with family and friends with real time syncing - Sync your grocery list with your other devices - Track your spending by scanning & saving receipts - Receive push message alerts when others on your shared list are purchasing checklist items or groceries - Get list reminders when you walk into a grocery store - Organize your shopping list any way you want – by food category, by recipes, or by available grocery coupons - Add groceries into our shopping list app easily and instantly using our barcode scanner - Add groceries from history – bring items from your last shopping list to your new list - Trip budgeting - ensure your grocery list isn't too expensive before you shop - Pantry inventory – simplify your life and save money by keeping track of already purchased items - Manage multiple shopping lists –flip between grocery and pantry lists in seconds - Perfect for Christmas, Thanksgiving, BBQs, and all event planning and holiday grocery shopping - Add quantities, measurements, prices, and additional notes to your food list items to keep perfectly organized - Calculate your costs to stay on budget - Mr. Listo, our free grocery list app’s mascot, is your shopping list maker companion- at home or in the supermarket! For in store reminders, be aware that continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. List Ease is 100% Free! Make your grocery shopping hassle-free and enjoyable with List Ease, the must-have grocery list app and shareable shopping list app. Try it today and never miss an item on your list again!

About

KitchenPal Shared Grocery List

Manage groceries, track pantry inventory, and plan meals with this comprehensive kitchen app. It offers barcode scanning for product comparison, recipe suggestions based on available ingredients, and shared lists for family organization. Save time and reduce food waste with smart inventory management and automated alerts.

Highlights
  • Shared grocery lists
  • Pantry inventory tracking
  • Barcode scanning & product comparison
  • Meal planning
  • Recipe suggestions
  • Expiry date alerts
Features
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Welcome to KitchenPal - The one 'shopping & kitchen' app to rule them all! Shared Grocery Lists, Pantry Tracking, Barcode Scanning, Product & Nutritional Comparison, Meal Planning, Family organizer, and Recipe Ideas - all rolled into one, great award-winning app (Recommended by NPR, Healthline and more). KitchenPal learns and provides suggestions the more you use it, just like a smart assistant. Use one or all the features. Share your kitchen and shopping lists with family. Upgrade to Premium and family members are upgraded for free. Save time & money - never forget another product while shopping, minimise food wastage through automated pantry checks, and with tasty & healthy recipes recommended based on your ingredients at home, easily plan meals together with your family. GROCERY LISTS - Create your shopping list for groceries in seconds, incl. quantities - Easily scan barcodes & compare Nutritional Scores between different brands & products before adding to your shopping list - Share grocery lists with others, and mange it together in real-time - Easily access past shopping lists & track your purchases - Receive automated recommendations based on your pantry inventory tracker [recently finished, running low, frequently bought] and favourite recipes PANTRY MANAGER - Easily organize your kitchen into pantry, fridge food, freezer, cleaning supplies, etc (even a bar section) or create your own* - Set quantities & food expiry dates: ideal for pantry check and as food inventory tracker (we detect expiry automatically for items like fridge food / produce) - Receive alerts before expiry date - Add your favourite brands by using the barcode scanner function* (our library contains 4Mn+ products from most major grocers) - Share & sync the app with your family and manage pantry inventory together - Easily move items from the pantry to your shopping list INGREDIENT TO RECIPES - Search recipes by ingredient from millions of tasty recipes & ideas - Link to the pantry manager and automatically get recipes which match your existing food inventory (not available on any other recipe app) - Find fridge recipes keeping your health & diet in mind (Keto*, Low FODMAP*, Gluten free, vegan, etc) - Keep fit with light and healthy recipes (with nutritional information for easy tracking in fitness apps) - Add missing ingredients or your favourite recipes to your grocery list with a single click - Upload your own recipes* and share with others MEAL PLANNER - Add recipes by meal to your calendar; days or weeks in advance* - Send your meal planner to your Shopping List (incl. the option to automatically ignore ingredients already in your kitchen) PERSONALISED SETTINGS - Fill in your profile details to get personalised nutritional recommendations - Set your specific diet preferences & allergies (gluten free, lactose free, vegetarian, vegan, no shellfish, etc) - Choose between Metric or U.S. Measurements & set preferred currency - An in-built tracker that helps save money & reduce food wastage *PREMIUM FEATURES Upgrade to our Premium services to be able to: - Scan Unlimited Items to the Kitchen - Upload your own recipes - Plan your Meals - Export Your Pantry List - Create Custom Storage Sections in the Kitchen - Set Filters while searching recipes [Keto & Low FODMAP, or by Cuisine, Prep Time, etc] Still wondering if KitchenPal is for you? - Easily add items using barcode scanner, voice or text input - Customise your kitchen layout (food cupboard, fridge, freezer, garage, etc) - Use fridge food expiry & pantry inventory tracker to reduce waste & save money - Create a new grocery list in seconds, based on an automated pantry check (never forget milk, eggs, etc) - Manage & share Shopping List or Kitchen with others (family organizer) - Find healthy recipes to cook linked to your food inventory, or search recipes by ingredient Privacy: https://kitchenpalapp.com/T&P/PrivacyPolicy.html Terms of Service: https://kitchenpalapp.com/T&P/TermsOfService.html

Screenshots

List Ease4 screens
KitchenPal Shared Grocery List4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: List Ease at none against KitchenPal Shared Grocery List's 9. List Ease also leads on ratings volume (54K vs 680) and review sentiment (83% vs 65%). KitchenPal Shared Grocery List's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, monetization model 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. KitchenPal Shared Grocery List sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. List Ease asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

List Ease holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: List Ease has 54K ratings behind it against 680, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of List Ease's written reviews are positive against 65% of KitchenPal Shared Grocery List's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

List Ease ships an update every 6 weeks, KitchenPal Shared Grocery List every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
List Ease versus KitchenPal Shared Grocery List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterList EaseKitchenPal Shared Grocery List
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (54K ratings) — better4.5 (680 ratings)
Positive reviews83.0% of reviews — better65.3% of reviews
Number of ratings54K — better680
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperinMarket Media, LLCiCuisto Pte. Ltd.

Customer experience

List Ease

All ratings51,975 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews572 reviews
Positive83.0%
Neutral6.8%
Negative10.1%

KitchenPal Shared Grocery List

All ratings660 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.4%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews265 reviews
Positive65.3%
Neutral12.1%
Negative22.6%

User reviews

List Ease

From 54K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Great app for grocery shopping
  • 👍 Practical and clean interface
  • 👍 Separates items into categories
  • 👍 Allows creating multiple lists for different stores

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Categories rearrange themselves
  • 🐛 Difficulty editing or deleting categories
  • 🐛 Syncing issues between devices
  • 🐛 Inability to hide checked off items
  • 🐛 Lack of option to reorder categories easily

KitchenPal Shared Grocery List

From 680 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Helpful for managing kitchen inventory
  • 🚀 Efficient barcode scanning
  • 👍 Useful for meal planning
  • 👍 Excellent customer support

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes and bugs
  • 🔍 Limited database of products
  • 🔒 Paywall for basic features
  • 🔍 Difficulty adding custom items
  • 🔍 Inaccurate inventory tracking

Bugs and requests

List Ease

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Categories reappear after being deleted
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • Crashes when trying to categorize items

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add ability to delete scanned items from pantry
  • Improve syncing between shared lists
  • Add option to collapse/expand category list
  • Implement Siri integration for adding items
  • Allow sorting items within categories
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  • Improve pantry management features

KitchenPal Shared Grocery List

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues and account sharing problems
  • Incorrect item counts and expiration date tracking
  • Recipes not loading properly
  • Barcode scanner not recognizing many products

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to create custom categories
  • Option to edit recipe ingredients
  • Grocery store integration
  • Expiration date tracking for multiple quantities
  • Customizable themes and color schemes

In-app purchases

None

List Ease

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

KitchenPal Shared Grocery List

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Subscription (Anniversary)$1.991 Month
  • KitchenPal Premium – Monatlich$3.991 Month
  • KitchenPal Premium 3 months$5.993 Months
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  • Annual Subscription (Anniversary)$7.491 Year
  • KitchenPal Premium 12 months$14.991 Year
One-time4
  • Lifetime Offer: Anniversary Special$14.99
  • Family Lifetime Offer (Anniversary)$19.99
  • Lifetime Offer (One-Time Payment)$29.99
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  • Family Lifetime Pack Single Payment$39.99

Questions

Is List Ease free?
List Ease is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KitchenPal Shared Grocery List free?
KitchenPal Shared Grocery List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, List Ease or KitchenPal Shared Grocery List?
List Ease is rated higher. List Ease averages 4.7 out of 5 from 54K ratings, while KitchenPal Shared Grocery List averages 4.5 from 680 ratings.
Do List Ease or KitchenPal Shared Grocery List have ads?
List Ease shows ads; KitchenPal Shared Grocery List does not.
Which is updated more often, List Ease or KitchenPal Shared Grocery List?
List Ease ships an update every 6 weeks, and KitchenPal Shared Grocery List every 2 months. Most recently, List Ease was updated on October 28, 2026 and KitchenPal Shared Grocery List on October 26, 2026.

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