Buy Loop vs Pantria Basket
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.
Pantria Basket
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Pantria Basket is a simple shared grocery list for households. Create a private grocery group, invite another person, and keep your shopping list synced in real time. When you notice that something is missing at home, open one of your grocery groups and add it to the shared list. While shopping, mark items as bought so everyone in the group can see what has already been picked up. Pantria Basket is built for quick everyday use: - Private shared grocery groups - Real-time item updates - Push notifications for group activity - Add, edit, remove, mark as bought, reorder, and flag important items - Optional image URLs for grocery items - Group invitations with acceptance - Item history showing who changed what and when - Active Now view to see who is currently in the same group - Archived groups for old lists It is designed to make shared shopping calmer, clearer, and less duplicated.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pantria Basket at every 2 days against Buy Loop's every 4 months. Pantria Basket also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 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, Pantria Basket every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buy Loop | Pantria Basket |
|---|---|---|
| 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 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | yiming zhang | Paulo Antunes |
In-app purchases
Buy Loop
No in-app purchases
Pantria Basket
No in-app purchases









