Comparison

Grocery Map vs Fresh

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

Head to head
About

Grocery Map

Features
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Grocery Map helps make shopping runs more organized and efficient — with less backtracking and fewer forgotten items. BUILD YOUR LIST YOUR WAY Add items by category, search your history, or use Auto-Add Staples to suggest items from your recent trips. Import from recipes, photos, or your own notes. NAVIGATE THE STORE Grocery Map lays out your list on an interactive aisle map designed to match your store. A smart route engine helps guide you down aisles in a logical order — and can put cold items toward the end of your trip. YOUR STORES, YOUR WAY Choose from built-in layouts for popular grocery stores, or build a fully custom store. Your list reorders to match whichever store you select for today's trip. TRACK YOUR HISTORY Review past trips and see which items you buy most. Analytics show your top items, favorite stores, shopping streaks, and more. SHARE WITH EASE Send your list to Apple Reminders, share a clean text summary, or export a map image — handy for sharing with your household. GROCERY MAP PRO Unlock more of the app: • Unlimited custom stores • Unlimited Quick Meals • Full shopping history • Premium accent colors • Alternate app icons • Full analytics dashboard • Advanced route strategies • Map image & PDF export • Auto-add staples Try Pro free for 1 week, then $19.99/year or $2.99/month. Cancel anytime. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://keegan-pal.github.io/grocery-map-site/privacy.html

About

Fresh

This app helps you track groceries to prevent spoilage. It uses AI to identify items from photos or receipts, sorts them, and estimates expiration dates. Get reminders, recipe suggestions based on your inventory, and plan meals to reduce waste.

Highlights
  • AI-powered grocery scanning
  • Expiration date tracking
  • Recipe generation from inventory
  • Meal planning and shopping lists
  • Shared kitchen tracking
  • Food and money saved impact
Features
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Groceries go bad before you get to them. Fresh fixes that. Snap a photo of your grocery haul, or scan a receipt, and Fresh identifies what you bought, sorts it into your fridge, freezer, or pantry, and tracks how long it's good for by reading printed dates when it can, and giving you an honest, clearly-labeled estimate when it can't. WHAT FRESH DOES - AI-powered scanning: photograph a whole grocery haul at once, scan a receipt, or add a single item — Fresh identifies each one and figures out where it belongs. - Freshness tracking: see what needs to be used soon at a glance, with reminders before things go bad, not after. - Recipes from what you have: generate recipes built around your actual kitchen, tuned to your diet, allergies, and preferences, so nothing good goes to waste. - Meal planning and shopping lists: plan the week, and Fresh tells you exactly what you're missing. - Share a kitchen: track groceries together with roommates or family in a shared household, with a simple activity feed so everyone stays on the same page. - See your impact: Fresh tracks how much food (and money) you've actually saved over time. Fresh is built for people who buy groceries with good intentions and then let life get in the way. Let Fresh keep track, so you don't have to.

Screenshots

Grocery Map4 screens
Fresh3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fresh at none against Grocery Map's 2. Fresh also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.5). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Grocery Map sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Fresh asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Grocery Map versus Fresh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrocery MapFresh
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.516.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKEEGAN ALEXANDER PALMOREAlexander Borelli

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Grocery Map

Subscriptions2
  • Grocery Map Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Grocery Map Pro Annually7 Days trial$19.991 Year
None

Fresh

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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