AnyList vs Groly

AnyList helps people make shared shopping lists, organize recipes, and plan meals. Lists provide autocomplete, automatic grocery categorization, and instant updates for collaborators; users can also create task, packing, and other custom lists. Recipes can be collected, searched by name or ingredient, and turned into shopping-list items. Imports from recipe sites and blogs are limited to five on the free plan, while Complete offers unlimited imports. The meal calendar supports recipes and notes and can produce a grocery list for selected dates. Items can be added with Siri or Alexa, and online shopping is available through services including Instacart, Walmart, Kroger, Safeway, Albertsons, Amazon Fresh, and H-E-B. Lists and recipes sync across signed-in devices, with account data backed up in the cloud. AnyList runs on Android, iOS, macOS, web, and as an extension. The free plan covers core list creation and sharing. AnyList Complete costs $9.99/yr for an individual or $14.99/yr for a household, and includes Mac and web apps, meal planning, and premium features.

Groly is a free, open, mobile-first progressive web app combining shared grocery lists, health tracking, nutrition logging, and meal planning. Multiple users can edit shopping lists with real-time synchronization and offline changes; lists also support barcode scanning, automatic categories, and item suggestions. The health tracker records supplements, water, caffeine, meditation, and mood, with history views and PDF export. A food diary tracks calories and macros using generic foods and branded product data from Open Food Facts. Users can create recipes, import them by URL, plan meals by week, and send ingredients to shopping lists. Product lookups use Open Food Facts, Open Products Facts, and Open Beauty Facts, routed through the Groly server and cached in SQLite. Groly runs in Docker, offers an Unraid installation option, and stores its SQLite database in a mounted data volume. It is self-hosted, with no open registration; an administrator invites users through single-use links expiring after 48 hours. HTTPS is required for PWA installation, offline mode, push notifications, camera access, and secure production cookies. The Docker image targets linux/amd64.