Simple Shopping List vs ShoppySpends
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Shopping List
Create and manage multiple shopping lists with item prices. Automatically calculate expenses based on item cost or quantity and price. Track total paid, unpaid, and overall expenses for each list.
- Multiple shopping lists
- Item pricing
- Automatic expense calculation
- Quantity-based pricing
- Paid/unpaid tracking
- Total expense summary
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This simple app helps to: + Prepare many lists of shopping items with price. + Can input expense of item directly or input number of items & price for each item, then expense is calculated. + Each list is calculated with 3 conditions: total paid, total unpaid and total expenses.
ShoppySpends
Effortlessly manage your grocery shopping and track your spending. Create shareable lists, scan receipts to add items quickly, and visualize your financial habits with detailed statistics. Syncs seamlessly via iCloud.
- Shareable grocery lists
- Receipt scanning for item entry
- Weekly and monthly spending statistics
- iCloud synchronization
- Widgets and Siri Shortcuts integration
- Multi-currency support
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Plan groceries faster and spend smarter. Build shareable lists, scan receipts to prefill items, and see weekly/monthly stats—all synced with iCloud. Why ShoppySpends: • Quick Add: type, hit return, keep going • Receipt Scan: fast on‑device extraction (edit before saving) • Spending Stats: weekly & yearly charts, multi‑currency • Share Lists: collaborate via iCloud • Widgets + Shortcuts: complete items, add via Siri Premium (free): Unlimited lists & items, sharing, yearly analytics, all widgets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ShoppySpends at 5.0 against Simple Shopping List's 4.5. ShoppySpends also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 8 months). Simple Shopping List's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. ShoppySpends sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Simple Shopping List asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShoppySpends holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Shopping List has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Simple Shopping List ships an update every 8 months, ShoppySpends every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Simple Shopping List | ShoppySpends |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | giang pham | Marko Malesevic |
Customer experience
Simple Shopping List
ShoppySpends
In-app purchases
Simple Shopping List
No in-app purchases
ShoppySpends
- Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
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