Comparison

Grocery/ShoppingList vs Never Arrives

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

Head to head
About

Grocery/ShoppingList

Features
Currently charting
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Turn your recipes into a grocery list you can shop from. Photograph a printed recipe or choose a recipe image, review the ingredients, and add them to MyGroceryList. Import more recipes one at a time to build a combined list with cumulative ingredient totals. START WITH SIRI Say "Hey Siri, scan a recipe in MyGroceryList" to open the recipe scanner. Take a photo, check the recognized text, and add the ingredients to your list. You can also start from the app or Apple's Shortcuts app. ONE INGREDIENT, ONE TOTAL Matching recipe ingredients share a single row. Common equivalents, such as flour and all-purpose flour, are combined. Fractions are preserved, and compatible measurements are added together. Different varieties, such as almond flour and regular flour, stay separate. Weight and volume remain visible as separate amounts when they cannot be combined. COUNTS AND PACKAGE SIZES THAT MAKE SENSE See the actual number of eggs or cans you need. A recipe calling for two 15-ounce cans keeps both the two-can count and the size of each can. Measured ingredients show totals such as 5 1/2 cups directly in the list. ORGANIZE AS YOU ADD Recipe ingredients use matching existing categories and previous ingredient assignments. Supported custom categories, such as Baking, Vegetables, Spices, and Seafood, are used when available. Unmatched ingredients go to Other. Review category assignments before adding. KEEP EVERYDAY SHOPPING SIMPLE - Add groceries by typing, voice, or quick suggestions. - Scan product barcodes to look up available nutrition information from Open Food Facts. - Create and arrange your own categories. - Check off groceries, search your list, and filter by category. - Save lists to history and reuse them later. - Print your grocery list or send it by email. - Sync lists through iCloud across devices signed in to the same Apple ID. Recipe text recognition happens on your device. For best results, photograph the ingredients section of a printed English recipe and review the text before adding. Available for iPhone and iPad running iOS 17 or later.

About

Never Arrives

Features
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Never Arrives is a virtual shopping simulator that lets you enjoy the feeling of shopping freely. Browse everyday products and luxury items, spend virtual Coins, add products to your cart, place simulated orders, follow fictional delivery progress, and share a savings bill with friends. Log in regularly to receive bonus Coins and submit wishes for products you would like to see added. All products, orders, payments, deliveries, and savings shown in the app are virtual. No physical goods will be delivered.

Screenshots

Grocery/ShoppingList4 screens
Never Arrives4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Never Arrives at Free against Grocery/ShoppingList's $0.99. Grocery/ShoppingList's advantage is chart position (#22 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Never Arrives is free to download; Grocery/ShoppingList costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 5 level
Grocery/ShoppingList versus Never Arrives: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrocery/ShoppingListNever Arrives
Price$0.99Free โ€” better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Best chart rank#22 โ€” betterโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB15 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperGreg Anderson้‘ซ ๅฎ‹

In-app purchases

None

Grocery/ShoppingList

No in-app purchases

None

Never Arrives

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grocery/ShoppingList free?
Grocery/ShoppingList costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Never Arrives free?
Never Arrives is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grocery/ShoppingList or Never Arrives have ads?
Neither Grocery/ShoppingList nor Never Arrives shows ads.

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