What is the best grocery list app for iPhone?

Apple Reminders, for most people. It's free and already installed, and a Groceries list sorts each item into a section like Produce as you type. If someone in your house uses Android, get OurGroceries.

What is the best free grocery list app for iPhone?

Apple Reminders if everyone has an iPhone, OurGroceries if not. Every OurGroceries feature is free, sharing too, and you pay only to remove the small ads: US$5.99 a year or US$19.99 once.

Can I share a Reminders grocery list with someone on Android?

No. Apple shares Reminders lists only with people signed in to an Apple Account with Reminders turned on in iCloud. A house with both phones does better with OurGroceries, AnyList, Listonic or Bring!, which all run on iPhone and Android.

Why isn't my Reminders list sorting items into categories?

Its list type isn't set to Groceries. Open the list, tap Show List Info and change List Type to Groceries. Sorting also needs iOS 17 or later and Reminders turned on in iCloud.

Is there a grocery list app without a subscription?

Yes. Apple Reminders and Google Keep are free, Paprika costs US$4.99 once, and OurGroceries drops its ads for a one-time US$19.99.

Which grocery list app turns recipes into a shopping list?

AnyList, for most cooks. Save your recipes in it, then tap their ingredients onto the shopping list. Paprika does the same for US$4.99 once and merges repeated ingredients into one line.

9 best iPhone grocery list apps in 2026, free and paid

How we chose

For most people the best iPhone grocery list app is Apple Reminders, because it costs nothing and its Groceries list sorts the shop for you. Each of the other eight had to beat it at one job, like a partner with an Android phone or a weekly budget to stick to.

We put six questions to every app:

What does it cost, and what does the free version leave out?
Can the person you shop with use it on their phone, Android included?
Does it group items by aisle, and can you change the order to match your shop?
Can a recipe go straight onto the list?
Which version of iOS does it need?
What does it do better than Reminders? No answer meant no place on the list.

Every price (in US dollars) and feature below comes from the maker's own site or App Store listing, read on 30 October 2026. We didn't install the apps and take them round a supermarket, so you won't find star ratings or test scores here. For the rest of your to-dos, Todoist tops the best productivity iPhone apps.

The 9 best grocery list apps for iPhone

Stop at the first one that sounds like your house.

1. Apple Reminders: best for a house where everyone has an iPhone

Reminders comes free on every iPhone, and since iOS 17 it has a list type made for food shopping. Apple's grocery page explains what it does: each item you add drops into a section such as Produce, Meat or Frozen Foods. Drag one into a different section and the list puts it there the next time you add it.

Share the list over iCloud and the people you invite can add and tick off items, and everyone sees each change. Type @ and a name to give an item to one person, and turn on an alert for when someone adds or finishes something. Every person on the list has to be signed in to an Apple Account with Reminders turned on in iCloud, says Apple's sharing page.

Siri takes items while your hands are wet, and the list is on your Apple Watch at the till. On an iPhone 15 Pro or newer with Apple Intelligence, share a recipe from Safari and Reminders suggests the grocery items in it.

Pick it if everyone who shops has an iPhone and you want to pay nothing. Skip it if someone in the house uses Android, because Apple's list sharing needs an Apple Account on every phone.

2. OurGroceries: best free list for iPhone and Android together

Nothing in OurGroceries costs money, shared lists included, its user guide says. Small ads at the bottom of the screen keep it running. To share, everyone types the same email address into their copy of the app, and a change on one phone reaches the others within seconds.

Its FAQ covers iOS 16 or newer, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS and Alexa, plus a web version. Its App Store listing says a photo of a jar is enough: the app works out what it is and lists it. Scan a barcode, or pin a photo to an item so your partner brings home the right yogurt. A saved recipe sends all its ingredients to the list in one tap.

Removing the ads costs 99 US cents a month, US$5.99 a year or US$19.99 once, and one upgrade covers every device on the account.

Pick it if your house mixes iPhone and Android and nobody wants to pay. Skip it if you plan meals on a calendar. OurGroceries keeps recipes, but meal planning isn't on its feature list.

3. AnyList: best for turning recipes into a list

AnyList suggests common items as you type and files them by category, and you can rearrange the categories so the list follows your shop's layout. Share a list and every change shows up for everyone straight away. Siri and Alexa both take items, and AnyList is on Google Play as well as the App Store.

The recipe box is the reason to choose it. Keep your own recipes beside ones you find online, then tap the ingredients you're out of onto the shopping list.

AnyList Complete costs US$9.99 a year for one person or US$14.99 a year for a household. It adds the Mac, web and Apple Watch apps, a meal planning calendar, photos on items, a running total of prices and a reminder when you're near the store.

Pick it if dinner starts with a recipe and you want the list built from it. Skip it if your iPhone can't run iOS 18, which the current version needs.

4. Listonic: best for knowing the bill before the till

Listonic lets you put a price on each item as you plan, and it adds them up, so you know what the shop will cost before you queue. Items sort by aisle, A to Z or in your own order. You can add them by voice, and it suggests your regulars from what you've bought before.

Shared lists update in real time, with a notification when someone adds or removes something. Its App Store listing says the list works offline and catches up once you're back online. There's an Android app, a web app that needs no account, and a new Apple Watch app.

Listonic's FAQ calls the app free forever. Paying removes the ads and adds themes, from 99 US cents a month in the App Store, with yearly and lifetime plans too.

Pick it if you shop to a budget and want the total before the checkout. Skip it if you won't pay and don't want ads, because the free app carries them.

5. Bring!: best when your house would rather tap than type

Bring! shows your list as tiles you tap, or as a plain list if you prefer. Everyone on a shared list gets a push notification when something is bought or added. Siri and Alexa take items too, and it runs on Android, tablets, Apple Watch and the web as well as your iPhone.

The App Store listing says items group themselves, and you can rename the groups to match your supermarket's aisles. On a recipe website, one tap brings the ingredients onto your list and saves the recipe in Bring!'s recipe book.

Making and sharing lists is free, says Bring!'s FAQ, and the App Store lists a paid plan at US$1.99 a month or US$8.99 a year.

Pick it if you share the shopping with flatmates or children who won't type a list. Skip it if you plan meals by date. Bring! saves recipes, but neither its site nor its listing mentions a meal calendar.

6. Buy Me a Pie!: best for an older iPhone and colour by aisle

On the App Store it's called Grocery List with Sync, and it still runs on iOS 12. Give each item a colour for its part of the shop, say green for vegetables, and the list keeps the colours together. It learns your words. Type a few letters and a regular comes back.

Siri adds items and the list sits on your Apple Watch face. Pull the list up to clear the ticked items. Buy Me a Pie!'s site adds an Android app and a web version, and you can share a whole account or invite people to a single list.

Pro gives you unlimited lists and sharing with as many people as you like, plus more colour groups and no ads. It's US$2.99 a month or US$29.99 a year, or US$49.99 to own it, after a month's free trial.

Pick it if your iPhone is too old for the newer apps here. Skip it if you want unlimited lists and sharing without paying, because that's what Pro sells.

7. Paprika Recipe Manager 3: best if you'd rather pay once

Paprika is a recipe manager that writes your grocery list, and on the App Store it's US$4.99 once, with no subscription. Save a recipe from any site with its built-in browser, plan meals by the day, week or month, and add the ingredients to a list.

The list sorts by aisle and merges repeats, so one egg on Monday and two on Thursday become a single line for three eggs. You can set your own aisles in your own order and keep several lists. A pantry tracks what you have with expiry dates, and the list can go to Apple Reminders. Your recipes are stored on the phone and open with no signal.

Want it on a Mac, Windows or Android too? Each one is a separate purchase.

Pick it if you cook from a big recipe collection and you're tired of subscriptions. Skip it if two of you write the list. Paprika syncs your own devices and sends a recipe by AirDrop or email, and its listing stops there.

8. Cozi Family Organizer: best when the list sits beside the family calendar

Cozi puts a colour-coded family calendar, to-do lists and the shopping list in one free app, and the whole family shares one account. Each person signs in with their own email and the shared family password, and anything one of you adds shows up for the rest in real time.

Cozi's Gold page prices the upgrade at US$39, and the App Store renews it yearly. Gold takes away the ads and adds a month view, calendar search, a birthday tracker and Shopping Mode, where ticked items drop to the bottom of the list. Without it, you can't add or view events more than 30 days ahead.

Pick it if the person who runs the calendar also runs the shopping. Skip it if all you need is a list, not a family organiser with ads in it. Need the calendar more than the list? The best calendar apps for iPhone set Cozi against Apple Calendar and Fantastical.

9. Google Keep: best if the list is one note among many

Google Keep is a free notes app that does checklists. Share the grocery list and you'll watch items get ticked off in real time, and a location reminder brings the list up when you reach the shop.

Pick it if you already live in Google's apps and a plain checklist is enough. Skip it if you want aisles. Keep's listing says nothing about grouping items, and the app needs iOS 18 or later.

What each one costs

Prices are as of October 2026.

App	Free version	Paid from	Also on
Apple Reminders	Everything	Nothing to buy	iPad, Mac, Watch
OurGroceries	Everything, with ads	99 US cents a month	Android, web, Watch
AnyList	Lists, sharing, recipes	US$9.99 a year	Android, web (paid)
Listonic	Lists, sharing, with ads	99 US cents a month	Android, web, Watch
Bring!	Lists, sharing, recipes	US$1.99 a month	Android, web, Watch
Buy Me a Pie!	Some lists and sharing	US$2.99 a month	Android, web, Watch
Paprika	None	US$4.99 once	Android, Mac, Windows
Cozi	Lists, calendar, with ads	US$39 a year	Android, web
Google Keep	Everything	Nothing to buy	Android, web

Reminders and Keep have nothing to sell you. OurGroceries, Listonic, Buy Me a Pie! and Cozi pay for their free versions with ads, and all four App Store pages list data used to track you across other companies' apps and websites. Scroll to App Privacy on a listing before you choose.

Set up a Groceries list in Reminders

Ten minutes of setup gets you a list that sorts itself all week.

Check your iPhone runs iOS 17 or later and that Reminders is turned on in iCloud settings.
In Reminders, tap Add List, give it a name, tap List Type and choose Groceries, then tap Done.
Type the week's items, and each one lands in a section by itself.
Drag anything in the wrong section to the right one, and Reminders files it there from then on.
Put the sections in the order you walk the shop by holding a section and dragging it. Apple's organizing page notes that the Others section is the one you can't move.
Share the list from its share button and send the invite in Messages.
Add the Reminders widget to your Home Screen, so you can tick items off without opening the app.

Already keep the shopping in an ordinary list? Open it, tap the More button, choose Show List Info and change List Type to Groceries. Ticked items hide themselves, and Apple's page on completed items shows how to see them again or clear them.

One more trick: set a reminder to check the list that goes off when you arrive at your supermarket. Using Reminders for more than food? The best reminder apps set it against Google Tasks, Todoist and six more.

Which one fits your kitchen

Find the line that sounds like your house.

Everyone has an iPhone, and nobody wants to pay: Apple Reminders.
An Android phone in the house, still free: OurGroceries.
Dinner starts with a recipe: AnyList, or Paprika to pay once.
A weekly food budget: Listonic.
Flatmates or children adding items: Bring!.
An iPhone stuck on an older iOS: Buy Me a Pie!.
One calendar for the whole family: Cozi.
The list is one note among many: Google Keep.

Keep the shopping in one app and nowhere else. A second list on the fridge door is where the eggs go missing. Notes beyond the shopping? The best note taking apps for iPhone start with Apple Notes.

Forget the shop itself, not just the milk? In ActivityTracker a weekly routine like the Saturday shop gets its day, and if the day comes and it isn't done, the assistant nudges you.

See how routines nudge you

Before you move the whole list

A switch that goes wrong costs a week of "did you get the eggs?" messages. Run these checks first:

Look up your iOS version under Settings, General, About. AnyList and Google Keep need iOS 18, Bring! and Cozi need iOS 17, and Buy Me a Pie! still runs on iOS 12.
Install the app on the second phone too, and share one test list between you.
In the shop, put both phones in airplane mode, tick off two items, then switch signal back on. Listonic says it syncs changes when you reconnect, so see whether yours does.
Agree who pays before anyone does. One OurGroceries upgrade covers every device on the account, and AnyList's household plan is US$14.99 a year.

Maya's first week with a shared list

Made-up example: Maya shares a flat with Ben and his teenage sister, Jess. Maya and Jess have iPhones and Ben has an Android phone. Until now the shopping list has lived on the fridge door, where nobody can read it from the supermarket.

Sunday: Maya installs OurGroceries, and all three type the same email address into the app. She adds the week's staples, rice, eggs, spinach and oat milk, and the list files them by aisle.

Tuesday: Jess finishes the cereal and adds it from the bus. Ben's phone shows it before she gets off.

Wednesday: Maya photographs the oat milk carton they like and pins the photo to the item, because last time Ben came home with the sweetened one.

Thursday: Ben ticks off cereal, oat milk and bread on a top-up shop, and Maya watches them cross off from her desk.

Saturday: Maya does the big shop and walks the aisles in the order the list shows, with no doubling back.

Sunday, one week in: 31 items added, 28 bought and 3 carried over to next week. Nobody texted "do we need eggs?", and the fridge note went in the recycling.