Plenty vs Bring!: which grocery list app fits your home?

Bring! is a grocery list app with recipes, retailer brochures and versions for Android and the web. Plenty runs only on Apple devices but also keeps your household's monthly budget and receipts. Below we compare both apps on nine points, with a source next to every fact about Bring!.

Written by the Plenty team · Checked on 25 September 2026

Written by the Plenty team; we make Plenty. We have tried to be fair, including where another app does something better.

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Plenty: this month's spending, your list and the loyalty card on one screen.

Plenty recipe update

Plenty recipe importing was checked against version 1.8.2 on 5 October 2026. The other app sources retain their original review dates. Save a recipe. Shop its ingredients.

How did we compare the two apps?

Both apps were compared on the same nine points: voice, barcode scanning, the shared list, Apple Watch, loyalty cards, budget and receipts, aisle order, widgets, and languages and devices.

Every Bring! fact comes from Bring!'s own features page, help centre, privacy policy or 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.

Plenty and Bring! side by side

Checked on 25 September 2026. Numbers refer to the sources below.
	Plenty	Bring!
Voice	Dictation inside the app in 11 languages, plus Siri phrases (how it works)	Through Siri and Alexa; the Google Assistant integration has ended¹
Barcode scanning	A product barcode becomes a named item in your language, via a built-in product index and Open Food Facts	Scanning products to add them: not listed on their site (checked 25 September 2026)²; the built-in scanner is described for loyalty cards⁸
Shared list	Invite the household by code or link over WhatsApp, Messages or Mail; live updates and notifications; Plenty always needs an account (Apple or Google sign-in)	Invite people by the email address they use with Bring!³; changes are shared in real time²
Apple Watch	View lists and tick items off; no adding on the watch	A separate Apple Watch app that lets you use several lists at once⁴
Loyalty cards	Yes: scan or type a card, show it large at the till, shared with the household	Yes, loyalty cards can be saved in the app²
Budget and receipts	One monthly budget per household; scan the receipt or type the total; spend by shop and by category	Prices can be typed into an item's description but are not totalled; budget or receipts: not listed on their site (checked 25 September 2026)³
Aisle order	Drag a list's categories into order, or let Plenty learn the order after about three trips (how it works)	Categories can be moved to match your store; single items cannot³
Widgets	Home Screen (tick off from the medium widget), Lock Screen and a Live Activity while shopping	Home Screen widgets with a list preview, plus a recipe widget⁵
Languages and devices	11 languages; iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch; no Android, no web	13 languages⁶; also on Android and Android Wear watches⁹ and as a web version¹⁰

Where is Bring! better?

Recipes. Bring! offers seasonal recipe ideas every week, saves recipes from the web and adds the ingredients to your list². Plenty also saves imported recipes and adds their ingredients to a shopping list; it does not offer a seasonal recipe discovery feed.
Brochures and offers. Bring! lets you browse digital brochures from retailers⁷. Plenty shows no offers.
Mixed-phone households. Bring! is also available for Android⁹ and in a web browser¹⁰. Someone without an iPhone or iPad cannot join a Plenty household.
Alexa. Bring! works with Alexa¹; Plenty works with Siri only.

Where is Plenty different?

Plenty keeps a monthly grocery budget: scan the receipt or type the total and see what is left, by shop and by category.
You can put a product on the list by scanning its barcode.
Plenty learns your aisle order from the order in which you tick items off.
A Home Screen widget to tick items off, and a Live Activity during the shop.

Who should choose which?

Choose Bring! if you want seasonal recipe ideas, like browsing brochures, or share the list with someone who uses Android.

Choose Plenty if everyone at home uses an iPhone and you want the list, the loyalty cards and this month's grocery spending in one place.

Questions

Can I move my list from Bring! to Plenty?

Yes, by copy and paste. In Bring!, open the list, tap “...” and choose “Send list”, according to its help centre. In Plenty, choose Import in the list's ••• menu and paste the items, one per line, or as CSV text with name, quantity and unit.

Sources

Each source was checked on the date above. Apps change; if a fact here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.

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