Grocery Gadget

• Monthly subscription — $0.99/month
• Monthly subscription — $9.99/year ($0.83/mo)
• Family subscription — $14.99

Last verified 6 Aug 2026

4.5 3625 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Five stars is the new zero stars!

   The new (well, years now) owners of this company, PingWell, bought the program from the original developer, and reneged on all contracts that had built the company in the first place. I am one of those who paid BIG bucks (I forget if it was $5 or $10) in the early days, when most apps were free or at most 99¢, because I wanted to support a good developer and have advertisement-free list-sharing for life. Pingwell is your typical Hong Kong/Chinese company that will take all it can steal, and deliver as little as it is forced to. Apparently Apple doesn’t enforce contracts between developers and customers. Pingwell will ignore you, tell you to just subscribe, shrug, and if you push hard enough, it will just tell you to ask Apple for a refund. Atrocious business practices! So, apparently, all of my previous reviews have just been deleted. I guess when you rate something ONE STAR it just gets thrown in the trash by Apple. Great way to serve your customers. :-( TL;DR: Just use Apple’s built-in Notes app, creating tick-box lists, and share that among your friends and family to create your own shopping list program. Do NOT to give criminals money. Stop putting up with advertising stealing your precious time and attention. We only have ~38m minutes in a lifetime! ;-)

   captain AppleBoy · 6 Aug 2026

2. 4/5Great with a few snags

   I don’t mind paying $10/yearly for something that works well, and to avoid ads. However, I asked repeatedly how to get rid of the ads and was met with silence. It wasn’t until I wrote a second irate review that I received a response with a vague explanation for how to upgrade. It took me half a day, many tears, and outside help finding access to an ancient email account, but I finally managed to get the pro version working. There is no other app like this out there. I know because I’ve tried them all. The fact that each item can be in different aisles in different stores is what really sets this app apart. And that the aisles for each store can be sorted is the other piece that no other developer seems to understand. That you can manipulate things like taxes, add notes, sort the stores on the main screen, and include photos is just icing on the cake. The enormous difficulty in syncing the app could definitely be fixed. You can’t change the email address, so if you haven’t accessed that email, good luck resetting your password. Also good luck resetting your password once you do finally get in because the link to reset it isn’t valid. Despite all of this, I still highly recommend it and am really excited to be able to see my list without half of it blocked by ads and not have ads pop up as soon as I try to do anything.

   ladymblack · 6 Aug 2026

3. 5/5Great app, especially for real-time synchronization

   I have been using this app for many years, possibly a decade. As I run out of items at home, I can grab my phone and add what I need to the Grocery Gadget app. My husband is always in and out of the grocery store, so I synchronize the list with his phone as well. If he’s at the store and I suddenly realize we need something, I can add it to the list while he’s at the store and it will populate on his phone. From home, I can see the items as he checks them off. I can set up a separate list for the grocery store, Costco, Home Depot, or any other store we shop at. I have even set up recipes by name and added ingredients for those specific recipes. I love that we can see items in a multiple line view in the app in case it is a detailed description. After shopping is completed, I click on the “shopping done” button. All items that were purchased will be removed from that list, and items that could not be found will remain on the list for the next shopping trip. We personally don’t use the aisle feature, but I can imagine it would be a great time saver. Highly recommend this app. It’s been a fantastic convenience for us.

   Web_Bruin · 6 Aug 2026

4. 5/5I 💗 this app!!

   I’m a long time user of this app and absolutely love it!! I’ve tried many other grocery apps, but none hold a candle to the functionality and customization of this one. It helps me stay organized and on budget weekly. There is some initial setup involved, but well worth it. You can set up different stores/lists and when you add an item you can designate which stores carry it, as well as assign separate pricing per store. You can also create and assign aisles to each item so it saves time and eliminates ping pinging across the store when you’re shopping. You can also add tax per item. You can move and copy items to different stores and share a shopping list with someone else. If you ever have an issue, simply email support and they are very responsive. This is by far one of the most used apps on my phone. Thanks to the Grocery Gadget team for all you do and for making my Mom job of weekly grocery shopping a lot more enjoyable.

   ptamomof4 · 6 Aug 2026

5. 1/5expensive to share

   It is cumbersome to use as a free app because the ad banner is a big nuisance. To remove the ads you have to subscribe and it is expensive for what it is, a check list that you organize based on your shopping habits. The big draw is being able to sync your list with another. But each person needs to subscribe individually to remove the ads. Using it and saving your shopping information only makes it that more valuable to you and the app developers cash in on that value by having you pay for access to your information without ads. The app works better than ever in regards to syncing but the price point at $20 a year to sync between two devices or $30 for 3 devices, is excessive for a glorified check list that gets its database from the users personal input. Ad banners use data when not contected to wifi and are too easy to click on while holding it as a check list. I like the app well enough to use it, though some features are not well thought out to be useful, such as the price feature. Different stores feature different size items so price per ounce or per unit is needed. I just wish family sharing was enabled for subscription to the app without ads. I would probably purchase it at $10 a year if it included all my devices.

   tcz97 · 6 Aug 2026

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