MARTIN'S SCAN IT! Mobile vs Martin’s
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MARTIN'S SCAN IT! Mobile
Transform your phone into a grocery scanner for in-store shopping. Scan items as you bag them to streamline your checkout process. Initial setup requires a visit to the customer service desk.
- Mobile grocery scanning
- Scan and bag items
- In-app instructions
- Customer service assistance
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Quickly turn your mobile device into a scanner with our easy-to-use mobile app. Use your smartphone to Scan and bag your groceries while you shop. If you are new to the app, you’ll need to stop by the customer service desk to finish setting up your MARTINS Card for SCAN IT! Mobile. In-app instructions available for first-time users. If you experience any difficulties with MARTINS SCAN IT! Mobile, visit our Customer Service desk for assistance.
Martin’s
Get groceries delivered the same day from your local supermarket. Enjoy in-store prices, sales, and loyalty rewards. Personal shoppers select your items with care, and you can easily reorder from past purchases.
- Same-day grocery delivery
- In-store pricing and sales
- Loyalty card integration
- Personal shopper selection
- Scan pantry items for lists
- Order history and favorites
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Order same-day groceries from Martin’s Super Markets and get the same prices available in-store, including all sales, earn Pet and Baby Club points, and Fuel Savings by linking your Martin’s Super Markets Loyalty Card to your Martin’s Groceries To Go account. Scan products in your pantry to build your lists, saving you time and making sure you get the exact products, even when having the store shop your order. Your order will be selected by personal shoppers who are trained and committed to giving you the best produce, meat, deli and other items. Your personal shoppers will contact you with any questions about your order or instructions or if an item is not available. Use your past orders to quickly select and order your groceries, leveraging your favorites, order history and recommended items. Just browse the weekly ad or the entire store, select your items and order for pickup.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MARTIN'S SCAN IT! Mobile at 2.5 against Martin’s's 1.6. MARTIN'S SCAN IT! Mobile also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Martin’s's advantage is review sentiment (30% vs 22%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MARTIN'S SCAN IT! Mobile holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 22 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 22% of MARTIN'S SCAN IT! Mobile's written reviews are positive against 30% of Martin’s's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MARTIN'S SCAN IT! Mobile ships an update every 3 months, Martin’s every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MARTIN'S SCAN IT! Mobile | Martin’s |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (14 ratings) — better | 1.6 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 30.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.3.5 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ahold U.S.A, Inc. | Martin's Super Markets |
Customer experience
MARTIN'S SCAN IT! Mobile
Martin’s
Bugs and requests
MARTIN'S SCAN IT! Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Martin’s
Reported bugs
75 issues- Coupons never load
- App won't recognize password
- Password reset email not received
- Cannot navigate without signing in
- Error message when signing up
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- Cannot add rewards card to wallet
- Rewards card number invalid or not fully enterable
- Code won't scan at self-checkout
- App loads extremely slow for Groceries to Go
- Have to close app to see if order went through
- Getting errors updating orders
- Checkout is a pain
- Digital coupons never worked after new version
- In-store kiosk suggested as solution for coupons
- Same problem with coupons on web browser
- Scrolling to top for search bar
- Not easily browsing
- Search function pulls less relevant products
- Takes several clicks to get to coupons
- Takes several seconds for app to load coupons
- Not easy to locate items for coupons
- Coupons often don't apply at checkout
- Slow scrolling for coupons
- Took forever to change favorite store location
- E-Wallet is useless for those without credit cards
- New app is awful and slow
- Digital coupons more complicated and takes more taps
- New screen opens after clicking coupon
- Barely enough cell reception to run app in store
- App and online site stopped working
- App cannot show up-to-date inventory
- App cannot look at past orders and reorder items
- Prices not honored for next-day pickup orders
- App is slow and unappealing
- Load times are incredibly slow for coupons
- App will not let me log in
- Failed login attempt message
- Cannot create new account because email is linked
- Invalid login error repeatedly
- App login is not working
- Frustrating to reconfigure everything when opening app
- Won't let me log in after changing password
- App keeps quitting
- Wouldn't let me update my card
- App is unusable most of the time
- Specials won't come up
- App times out
- New app won't add loyalty card
- Coupons are confusing to navigate
- Very slow when clipping coupons
- Ran into several errors on app
- Request has been throttled
- Slot Missing on payment field
- Name disappears every time saved on payment field
- System declines Discover card every time
- App picks up Indiana location when user is in PA
- Only options for store are in Indiana and MI for PA user
- App won't accept American Express for payment
- App is buggy
- Cannot create an account
- App continues to crash when selecting store location
- Payment portion is antiquated and hard to use on iPhone
- reCAPTCHA does not fit on screen
- Saved payment methods declined as invalid
- Cart doesn't clear after order goes through
- Randomly changed store location to out of town
- Cannot select local store
- Keeps bringing up Warsaw, IN location
- Cannot use app if it doesn't let me select my store
- Insists on Warsaw, Indiana location
- Location map shows current location but won't show nearby stores
- Useless if you can't create account
- Spend a lot of time putting order together only to find out delivery time isn't available
- App is slow and not as easy as Walmart
- Saved payment method keeps saying invalid card number
Requested features
9 requests- Bring back SKU code scanning
- Add home delivery for seniors
- Allow editing of carts after checkout
- Enable shopper to key enter items without requiring department first
- Add Apple Pay or PayPal
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- Default credit card portion to a number pad
- Support dynamic text size
- Show available delivery/pickup times before creating order
- Allow adding items to order after checkout
In-app purchases
MARTIN'S SCAN IT! Mobile
No in-app purchases
Martin’s
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MARTIN'S SCAN IT! Mobile free?
Is Martin’s free?
Which has better reviews, MARTIN'S SCAN IT! Mobile or Martin’s?
Do MARTIN'S SCAN IT! Mobile or Martin’s have ads?
Which is updated more often, MARTIN'S SCAN IT! Mobile or Martin’s?
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