The best grocery list app in 2026 depends on your household

There is no single best grocery list app. AnyList suits recipe planners, OurGroceries runs on almost any device, Out of Milk tracks a running total, Bring! adds recipes and brochures, and Listonic brings an AI list assistant. Plenty is for iPhone households that want loyalty cards and a grocery budget next to the list.

Written by the Plenty team · Checked on 25 September 2026

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How did we compare the apps?

Six apps, one rubric. Each app was checked on voice, barcode scanning, the shared list, Apple Watch, loyalty cards, budget and receipts, aisle order, widgets, and languages and devices.

For the five other apps we used only their own websites, help centres and App Store listings. A feature that is not mentioned there is marked “not listed on their site”, which does not prove it is missing. Checked on 25 September 2026; we will check again before 25 March 2027, so after that date confirm with the source.

Six grocery list apps on nine points

Checked on 25 September 2026. “–” means not listed on the app's own site or App Store listing. Numbers refer to the sources below.
	Plenty	AnyList	OurGroceries	Out of Milk	Bring!	Listonic
Voice	Dictation, Siri	Siri, Alexa¹	Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant on Android⁷	–	Siri, Alexa¹⁷	Listed on the App Store²³
Barcode scanning	Yes	Yes²	Yes⁷	Yes¹¹	–	–
Shared list	Code or link	By email⁶	One shared household account⁷	By account email¹²	By email¹⁶	Email, link or WhatsApp²⁵
Apple Watch	View and tick off	View, tick off, add³	View, tick off, add⁷	Not in its compatibility list¹¹	Separate watch app²⁰	Watch app listed²³
Loyalty cards	Yes	–	–	–	Yes¹⁵	–
Budget and receipts	Monthly budget, receipts	Running total⁴	Price tracking not yet available⁸	Running total¹¹	Prices not totalled¹⁶	Total cost of the list²⁴
Aisle order	Drag or learned	Arrange categories⁴	Rearrange categories⁷	Rearrange categories¹⁴	Move categories¹⁶	Group by aisle, custom order²³
Widgets	Home, Lock Screen, Live Activity	Yes¹	Home and Lock Screen⁷	Android only, per a 2022 help article¹³	Yes²²	Home widget²⁶
Languages and devices	11; Apple only	2⁵; also Android, web¹	9⁹; also Android, web¹⁰	3¹¹; also Android¹³	13¹⁸; also Android¹⁹, web²¹	38²³; also Android, web²⁶

In the last row, the number is the count of languages on the app's App Store listing. Out of Milk's iPhone app is not offered in the Dutch, German, French or Italian App Store.

AnyList: best for recipe and meal planners

AnyList imports recipes from websites and builds a grocery list from a meal plan¹. Its Apple Watch app can add items as well as tick them off³. The app is in English and German only⁵.

OurGroceries: best for households on many devices

OurGroceries runs on iPhone, Android, Apple Watch, in a web browser and on Echo devices¹⁰. Everyone in the household signs in to one shared account⁷. Its FAQ says price tracking is not available yet⁸.

Out of Milk: best for a running total

Out of Milk shows a grand total and a running total, and has pantry and to-do lists¹¹. Sharing works between Out of Milk accounts by email¹².

Bring!: best for recipes and brochures

Bring! adds seasonal recipes and stores loyalty cards¹⁵, and is also available for Android¹⁹ and on the web²¹. It does not total prices¹⁶. Read our Plenty vs Bring! comparison.

Listonic: best for an AI list assistant

Listonic can build a list from a typed or spoken request or a photo, and calculates the total cost of a list²⁶²⁴. Its App Store listing mentions voice input²³, while its help centre says voice input is not available on iOS²⁷; check before relying on it.

Plenty: best for iPhone households that track spending

Plenty keeps the household's lists live, shows the right loyalty card at the till and records a monthly budget from scanned receipts. It learns your aisle order. It also saves imported recipes and adds their ingredients to a shared shopping list. There is no Android version.

Which grocery list app should you choose?

Planning meals from recipes: AnyList or Bring!.
Sharing with someone on Android: OurGroceries, Bring!, Listonic or AnyList.
Keeping loyalty cards and grocery spending with the list, all on iPhone: Plenty.

Sources

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