Comparison

List Ease vs Olive

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

Olive

A shared family organizer for tasks, meals, calendars, and groceries. Plan your week together, capture tasks easily, and build grocery lists automatically. Designed for real families, it offers a clutter-free experience with optional AI helpers.

Highlights
  • Shared family planning
  • Task capture and sorting
  • Meal planning and grocery lists
  • Instant household sync
  • Routine and chore tracking
  • Kid-friendly mode
  • AI-powered assistants
Features
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Olive is the shared family organizer. One calm place for your family's week — tasks, meals, calendar, and groceries — shared with your household and out of your head. WHAT YOU CAN DO • See the whole family's day on Today — the one screen that answers "what's happening?" • Just tell Olive — type or dictate what's on your mind and it sorts everything into the right place • Plan the week in minutes — priorities, meals, and events in one Sunday reset • Plan meals, then let Olive build the grocery list from your week automatically • Share one household — every change syncs instantly to everyone you invite • Give kids their own chores, routines, and rewards they'll actually check off DESIGNED FOR REAL FAMILIES Olive is built for parents tired of cluttered apps that try to do everything. No nagging notifications, no leaderboards, no turning your home into a game. Everything you add is shared with your household automatically. KID MODE Hand your phone to a kid without worry. PIN-protected exit, age-appropriate views, and no accidental edits to grown-up plans. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your data stays in your household. We don't sell or share your family's information, and we never train AI on it. OLIVE PLUS Olive is free to use. Olive Plus unlocks the AI helpers — Ask Olive brain-dump sorting, Smart Weekly Review, and Smart Grocery Auto-Build. $4.99/month or $39.99/year. Cancel anytime. — — Subscription auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://everlight-digital.com/privacy

Screenshots

List Ease4 screens
Olive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: List Ease at none against Olive's 2. List Ease also leads on ratings volume (54K vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). Olive's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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. Olive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. List Ease asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Olive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: List Ease has 54K ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of Olive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

List Ease ships an update every 6 weeks, Olive monthly. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
List Ease versus Olive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterList EaseOlive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (54K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings54K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperinMarket Media, LLCBRENDAN ISAAC PRATT

Customer experience

List Ease

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

Olive

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

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

Olive

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

List Ease

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Olive

Subscriptions2
  • Olive Plus7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Olive Plus7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is List Ease free?
List Ease is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Olive free?
Olive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, List Ease or Olive?
Olive is rated higher. List Ease averages 4.7 out of 5 from 54K ratings, while Olive averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do List Ease or Olive have ads?
List Ease shows ads; Olive does not.
Which is updated more often, List Ease or Olive?
List Ease ships an update every 6 weeks, and Olive monthly. Most recently, List Ease was updated on October 28, 2026 and Olive on October 28, 2026.

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