Comparison

Shared Grocery List Organizer vs Shopping List

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

Head to head
About

Shared Grocery List Organizer

Organize your grocery shopping with a smart list that categorizes items by aisle and recognizes over 20,000 products. Share lists with family and friends to coordinate shopping trips and prevent impulse buys. Features include cost calculation and auto-lock for convenience.

Highlights
  • Organizes items by aisle
  • Recognizes over 20,000 grocery items
  • Shareable lists with real-time updates
  • Cost calculation for shopping trips
  • Auto-lock checklist
  • Natural language item input
  • Recipe ingredient parsing
Features
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Smart shopping list for US shoppers. It knows almost every product in the supermarket and will arrange them by aisle. Share your list with family and friends. Never forget to buy something again. Use a list to save money — no more hunger-driven impulse buying. Calculate the cost of your shopping†. • Huge database of over 20,000 grocery items. Includes generic products and brand names. • Share your list with family and friends. You'll see their changes, and they will see yours. Shopping together? Split up, mark-off items as you go. Your list will update to show what is left to buy. • Create different lists for different shops, events or to share with different people. Give each list a name and colour. Choose from 12 vibrant colours. • Self-improving suggestions — the more you use it, the smarter it becomes. • Auto-lock checklist to prevent accidental touches while walking around the shop†. • Add items from earlier shopping trips, or create a template list to copy from. Copy or move items between lists. • Type naturally: “3 pints of milk”, “large steak”, “beef or lamb”, “wine for tonight”, “birthday card - Amy”, “2 large tins of beans”, “3 small red tomatoes”, “5kg potatoes”. • Paste ingredients from a recipe and watch as each product is recognised and categorised by its location in the supermarket. • Add your own categories. Enter a name and choose a colour from one of the 24 schemes available. • Rearrange your categories† • Quickly clean-up the list to remove bought items. † Some features require a premium subscription Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Shopping List

Easily create and manage shopping lists with a simple, intuitive interface. Search for thousands of products, organized by category, and share your lists with others. It's a straightforward tool for keeping track of your purchases.

Highlights
  • Create shopping lists
  • Search thousands of products
  • Products sorted by category
  • Share lists with others
  • Intuitive and easy to use
Features
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Shopping Notes is a simple and powerful shopping list app that helps you organize groceries, household items, and everything you need to buy. Create shopping lists in seconds, add products from thousands of categorized items, and keep your grocery planning fast and organized. Share shopping lists with your spouse, family, or friends for easier collaboration and never forget an item again. Use ready-made templates, create custom lists, and manage weekly grocery shopping, travel checklists, pantry restocks, and more. Whether you need a grocery list, shopping checklist, or shared shopping planner, Shopping Notes makes shopping smarter, faster, and stress-free.

Screenshots

Shared Grocery List Organizer4 screens
Shopping List4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shared Grocery List Organizer at 4.6 against Shopping List's 3.7. Shared Grocery List Organizer also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (59 vs 3). Shopping List's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 41%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Shared Grocery List Organizer sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Shopping List sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shared Grocery List Organizer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shared Grocery List Organizer has 59 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Shared Grocery List Organizer's written reviews are positive against 50% of Shopping List's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shared Grocery List Organizer ships an update every 6 days, Shopping List every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Shared Grocery List Organizer versus Shopping List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShared Grocery List OrganizerShopping List
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (59 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews41.2% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings59 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProduct Growth LLCDanh Pham

Customer experience

Shared Grocery List Organizer

All ratings59 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral5.1%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews165 reviews
Positive41.2%
Neutral7.9%
Negative50.9%

Shopping List

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Shared Grocery List Organizer

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Shared lists showing read-only access when should be editable
  • Lists disappearing or resetting after app use
  • Items randomly ticking off without user action
  • Sync not working between shared devices
  • iPad app displays phone layout instead of tablet view
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  • Subscription status not recognized after device transfer
  • Shared lists not updating bidirectionally
  • App crashes or becomes unresponsive
  • Previous lists reappearing unexpectedly
  • Autocomplete greying out text after certain words

Requested features

12 requests
  • One-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • iCloud sync across multiple devices
  • Apple Watch app support
  • Web version for desktop access
  • Ability to add duplicate items to list
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  • Alphabetical sorting within shopping lists
  • Reorder categories and items freely
  • Force sync button for manual updates
  • Inline list editing without tapping each item
  • SMS/email list sharing option
  • Restore 'clear all' with confirmation dialog
  • Better onboarding experience for new users

Shopping List

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Shared Grocery List Organizer

Subscriptions10
  • Shopping UK Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
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  • Shopping UK Premium (Yearly)$6.991 Year
  • Shopping UK Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly Membership7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly Membership7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly Membership7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$29.99
  • Lifetime Promo$29.99
1 purchases

Shopping List

One-time1
  • Upgrade Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Shared Grocery List Organizer free?
Shared Grocery List Organizer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shopping List free?
Shopping List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shared Grocery List Organizer or Shopping List?
Shared Grocery List Organizer is rated higher. Shared Grocery List Organizer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 59 ratings, while Shopping List averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Shared Grocery List Organizer or Shopping List have ads?
Neither Shared Grocery List Organizer nor Shopping List shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shared Grocery List Organizer or Shopping List?
Shared Grocery List Organizer ships an update every 6 days, and Shopping List every 3 months. Most recently, Shared Grocery List Organizer was updated on October 26, 2026 and Shopping List on October 30, 2026.

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