Buy Loop vs ListiMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Buy Loop
This AI-powered app learns your shopping habits to suggest needed items, preventing guesswork and overspending. Organize purchases by category and plan efficiently with an intuitive interface to make shopping quicker and more cost-effective.
- AI-powered item suggestions
- Tracks past purchases
- Organizes items by category
- Efficient shopping planning
- Intuitive user interface
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BuyLoop helps you create shopping lists, compare nearby store options, track purchased items, and remember what needs restocking. Smart lists. Local price memory. Inventory tracking. Faster refills.
ListiMate
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The grocery list that stays out of your way. Add what you need, share it with the people you live with, and tick things off with one thumb in the supermarket. ListiMate started out of frustration with note apps as grocery lists: duplicate items, lost order, too much clutter. So it does a few things differently. ONE ITEM, ONE ROW Add milk when milk is already on your list and ListiMate brings the existing item back instead of making a duplicate. Things you need again rise to the top, so the list stays short and tidy. BUILT FOR THE SHOP • Tick items with one tap; they move to an “In the basket” group so you can see what's left • Mark items as urgent so they stand out in red • Add quantities, notes and the store where you buy something • Drag items into the order you walk through the shop • Works offline and syncs when you're back online SHARE WITH YOUR HOUSEHOLD Share a list with your partner, family or housemates and see changes appear in real time. Invite people as editors or view-only members, and see who's on each list. RECIPES AND YOUR WEEK • Save recipes, or import one from a link • Add a recipe's ingredients to a list in one tap • Group recipes into cookbooks and share them • Plan your meals for the week and turn the plan into your grocery list FEELS LIKE PART OF YOUR PHONE • A native tab bar for Week, Lists, Recipes and Settings • Dark mode that follows your phone, or pick Light or Dark yourself • Text follows the size you set on your phone • Works with VoiceOver • Home-screen widgets so your list is one glance away • Daily reminders when there's something to buy YOURS, AND PRIVATE • No forced sign-up: start right away, sign in only to share • No tracking and no ads • Free, made in the EU • Use it on iPhone, Android and the web; your lists stay in sync • Delete your account any time and hand shared lists to someone else • Available in English, Dutch and Arabic Download ListiMate and make your next grocery run a little calmer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ListiMate at every 3 weeks against Buy Loop's every 4 months. ListiMate also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Buy Loop ships an update every 4 months, ListiMate every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buy Loop | ListiMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | yiming zhang | Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Mahfouz Gadalla |
In-app purchases
Buy Loop
No in-app purchases
ListiMate
No in-app purchases









