Comparison

GroceryTrack vs Tally

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

Head to head
About

GroceryTrack

Effortlessly track grocery spending and manage your pantry with AI-powered receipt scanning. Automatically categorize expenses, monitor your budget, and get insights into your purchasing habits. It helps prevent food waste by tracking pantry items and suggesting recipes.

Highlights
  • AI receipt scanning
  • Automatic expense categorization
  • Pantry management with freshness estimates
  • Customizable budget creation
  • Searchable purchase history
  • Voice-activated queries
  • Offline functionality
Features
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GroceryTrack turns every grocery receipt, paper or digital, into a clear, private picture of your spending, your pantry, and what to buy next. No loyalty cards. No store integrations. No spreadsheets. SNAP, FORWARD, SHARE, OR OPEN A FILE • Snap a photo of any paper receipt. Our AI reads the items, categorizes them, and totals them in seconds. • Forward digital receipts from your inbox: Instacart, DoorDash, Walmart, Whole Foods, Amazon Fresh, Uber Eats, Costco, Target, or anywhere that emails you a receipt. • Share a PDF, an image, or a link to an online receipt from Mail, Files, Messages, or Safari, or open a file in GroceryTrack straight from Files. • Check it right after scanning: fix the store, date, total, or any line, and see the tax the receipt printed. • Added a receipt twice? It is flagged as a possible duplicate: keep both or delete the extra. KNOW WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES • Your month's grocery total sits at the top. Restaurant receipts, non-grocery purchases, bag fees, and deposits are left out, so the number is honest. • A 7-day chart splits each day into grocery and restaurant spend. • Thirteen clear categories, each with its own icon and a plain rule: Produce, Meat & Seafood, Dairy & Eggs, Deli & Prepared, Bakery, Frozen, Pantry, Snacks, Beverages, Household & Personal Care, Pet, and more. See dollar amounts and percentages side by side. • Recategorize any item in one tap. Your choice always wins. • Search your history by store or staple item: tap the search field and they are one tap away. ASK YOUR RECEIPTS • "What do I buy most often?" "When was my last trip to Whole Foods?" "How much did I spend on groceries last month?" The Ask tab answers in plain language, from your own receipts. • Ask by voice: tap the mic and say your question. A PANTRY THAT RUNS ITSELF • Every grocery item you scan lands in a live pantry with a freshness estimate that knows fridge from freezer. • Set your own best-by dates, count down multi-packs ("2 of 6 left"), and portion-track single items so nothing quietly expires in the back. • A "needs attention" section surfaces what to use soon. One tap turns what's running low into a shopping list, and AI suggests recipes from what you already have. • Choose how far back your pantry looks, from one week to forever. A BUDGET THAT FITS YOUR LIFE • A 7-question setup builds a personal monthly target from your household, cooking habits, stores, diet, food waste, and deliveries. • Adjust your budget anytime with a slider in your profile. • Restaurant spending is tracked separately so it doesn't blow up your grocery goal. WORKS WITH WHAT YOU ALREADY USE • Send your shopping list to Apple Reminders, and block out your grocery day in Calendar. • A Home Screen widget shows your month-to-date grocery total. • Optional weekly and monthly summaries as notifications. • Connect Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client to your grocery data. Read-only. • Works offline. Receipts sync when you're back online. SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE • English, French, and Spanish. Follows your iPhone's language, or pick one in Profile. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • Sign in with Apple, Google, or email. Optional Face ID or Touch ID lock. • No ads. No session recordings. We never sell your shopping data. FREE TO START, PRO IF YOU WANT MORE GroceryTrack is free for 10 scans a month with 3 months of history, and every new account starts with 30 days of Pro. GroceryTrack Pro unlocks unlimited scans, your full history, year-on-year summaries, the Grocery Year heatmap, CSV export, and a choice of AI model. BUILT FOR iPHONE AND iPAD A native iOS app with a clean design that follows light and dark mode. Your currency and time zone travel with you. Requires iOS 18. Feedback or a feature request? Use the in-app form or write to support@grocerytrack.food. We read every message. Terms of Use: https://grocerytrack.food/terms Privacy Policy: https://grocerytrack.food/privacy EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tally

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Your bank shows $87.42 at the grocery store. It won't show you that $12 of it was coffee. That detail only exists on the paper receipt, and the paper receipt ends up in the trash. Point your camera at a receipt and Tally reads it: the store, the date, the total, and every line item as printed. Each receipt is kept with its photo, so you can go back to it later and see what you bought and what it cost. Tally accepts receipts from the last two weeks. Crumpled thermal paper is hard to read, and when Tally isn't confident about a receipt, a person reviews it instead of the app guessing. Every accepted receipt earns 25 points. Points are a score. They have no cash value and nothing redeems them. Your receipts are never sold or shared with advertisers or data brokers, and there's no advertising or tracking in the app. Receipt photos are sent to an AI service only so their text can be read. You can delete your account and everything in it from Settings, and it happens right away. Tally is free. It's made by Strawberry Digital, a small studio in Tampa, Florida. Questions, or a receipt it read badly: matt@strawberrydigital.llc. We read every email.

Screenshots

GroceryTrack4 screens
Tally3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tally at none against GroceryTrack's 3. Tally also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). GroceryTrack's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price and ads 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. GroceryTrack sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Tally asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
GroceryTrack versus Tally: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroceryTrackTally
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoleoStrawberry Digital LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

GroceryTrack

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annually$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro$3.99
None

Tally

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GroceryTrack free?
GroceryTrack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tally free?
Tally is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GroceryTrack or Tally have ads?
Neither GroceryTrack nor Tally shows ads.

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