Comparison

Grocery list vs Flipnotes

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

Head to head
About

Grocery list

Easily create and manage multiple shopping lists for groceries, gifts, and more. Share lists with family members across different devices and platforms for seamless coordination. Features include a self-learning dictionary, color-coded item grouping, and the ability to send lists via SMS or email.

Highlights
  • Multiple shopping lists
  • Online synchronization
  • Cross-platform sharing
  • Self-learning dictionary
  • Color-coded item grouping
  • Send lists via SMS/email
Features
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"Grocery list - online sync" is an elegant app to keep track of your shopping lists. Create multiple shopping lists , for example one for groceries, gifts , things you need to remember etc. It is also possible to buy synchronization, so that multiple devices can share shopping lists . Ideal for families who need flexibility, whether it is one or the other to shop. You can select which lists must be synchronized, and which should remain your own private list. - Built-in self-learning dictionary: Entered items are automatically stored in the dictionary for future fast entry through word prompter - The items can be grouped in colors, so that the list is grouped by where in the supermarket the items are. - Checkmark the goods of while you shop, so you always have an overview of what you are missing . Items that are ticked , goes to the bottom of the list. They can easily come back on the list, simply by clicking on them. - Send your shopping list by SMS or email. - Synchronize with other iPhones / iPads and sync also with devices from other platforms. - Change the language from within the settings. - Multiplatform install the app on iOS and other platforms.

About

Flipnotes

Features
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Flipnotes finally solves the notebook problem: the more you put in, the harder it gets to find anything. Stop organizing your notes โ€” just capture them. Flipnotes records everything in time, files it automatically, and lets you flip through your days like a paper notebook. Intuitive from the first second, with deep functionality underneath, it becomes the daily companion you actually keep using. CAPTURE IN SECONDS Type a thought. Hold to record a voice note. Snap a photo with a zero-lag camera. Save a place with one tap. Jot a checklist. Share into Flipnotes from any app. There are no titles to invent, no folders to choose, no filing to do โ€” you capture the moment you have it, and you're done. FLIP THROUGH YOUR DAYS Your notes live on a timeline you flip through like paper. Today is where you land; yesterday is one swipe away; last month is a few more. Everything stays where it happened โ€” in its day, in order, exactly where your memory expects it. It feels less like an app and more like a notebook that turns its own pages. NO ORGANIZING. EVER. While you get on with your life, Flipnotes quietly sorts everything you capture: shopping lists, ideas, bills, menus, boarding passes, business cards, addresses, diary entries. Notes file themselves into categories automatically. You do nothing, and yet everything ends up in its place. FIND ANYTHING INSTANTLY Search across everything you've ever written, said, or photographed. Browse by category, scan your photos in the gallery, or see every place you've saved on your own beautiful map. Your notebook stops being a pile and becomes an index of your life. MENTION A DATE, GET AN AGENDA Write "dinner with Marie on the 17th" and it lands on your agenda by itself. Any date you mention โ€” in any language, typed or spoken โ€” becomes a calendar entry. Your plans assemble themselves out of your notes. VOICE NOTES THAT WRITE THEMSELVES Press, speak, done. Voice notes are transcribed automatically, so they're searchable like text and readable at a glance โ€” and the original recording is always one tap away. TRULY OFFLINE-FIRST Everything works without signal. Capture for a week off-grid โ€” on a hike, on a flight, in a dead zone โ€” and it all syncs when you're back. Your notes are always on your device, never behind a loading spinner. And they're on the web too, so your whole notebook is waiting on any screen you open. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your notes are yours. No ads, no tracking, no selling your data. Mark any note private and it is never sent to any AI feature โ€” a locked corner of your notebook for the things that stay yours alone. WORKS WITH YOUR AI (OPTIONAL) Connect Claude or any MCP-compatible assistant and talk to your notes: create a note from a chat, ask what's on your agenda this week, find that restaurant someone recommended. Whether you're capturing ideas, house-hunting, journaling, planning trips, or just trying to remember what happened last Tuesday โ€” Flipnotes keeps up with your life and hands it back to you, organized. --- Flipnotes comes with a free one-month trial. Continue with Personal Plan or go Pro for heavy capture: more photos, more storage, more transcription. Subscriptions renew annually and can be cancelled anytime in your App Store settings. Terms: https://flipnotes.life/terms Privacy: https://flipnotes.life/privacy

Screenshots

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Flipnotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flipnotes at Free against Grocery list's $0.99. Flipnotes also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 19 months). Grocery list's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Flipnotes is free to download; Grocery list costs $0.99 up front. Grocery list sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Flipnotes sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grocery list ships an update every 19 months, Flipnotes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 4 level
Grocery list versus Flipnotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrocery listFlipnotes
Price$0.99Free โ€” better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 โ€” better16.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size12 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTommy HassFlipnotes

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Grocery list

One-time4
  • 6 months sync$0.99
  • 1 Year sync$1.99
  • 2 Years sync$2.99
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  • 5 Years sync$4.99
4 purchases

Flipnotes

Subscriptions4
  • Personal$3.991 Month
  • Pro$25.491 Month
  • Personal$39.991 Year
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  • Pro$249.001 Year

Questions

Is Grocery list free?
Grocery list costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Flipnotes free?
Flipnotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Grocery list or Flipnotes have ads?
Neither Grocery list nor Flipnotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grocery list or Flipnotes?
Grocery list ships an update every 19 months, and Flipnotes weekly. Most recently, Grocery list was updated on October 1, 2026 and Flipnotes on October 8, 2026.

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