Bring! vs Buy Me a Pie!

Bring! is a shopping-list app for planning purchases alone or with household members, roommates, or office colleagues. List changes are shared with other members in real time. Users can sort items by supermarket aisle, mark urgency, and choose light or dark mode and tile or list display. The app also provides local brochures, lets users add offers to a list, and stores loyalty cards. Each week it offers seasonal recipe ideas; users can save online recipes and add ingredients to a shopping list. Voice control works through Amazon Alexa and Siri. Bring! is available on Android, iOS, and the web. Its core functions, including shared shopping lists, recipes, and special offers, are free at free. The maker says app and website data are hosted and processed on Amazon Web Services servers. Its privacy policy says the app may collect device identifiers, IP addresses, account details, email addresses, country and language, and items or offers of interest. Support is available at [email protected].

Buy Me a Pie! is a shopping-list service for making, organizing and sharing lists across Android, iOS, macOS and the web. Website lists appear on users’ devices in real time, and people can keep lists synchronized by sharing an account or inviting others to specific lists. Invitations can also be sent by email to people without accounts. A grocery-item dictionary and color groups help organize list contents. The Free plan costs nothing and allows 3 shopping lists, sharing with 2 other accounts and 8 color groups. Pro plans add unlimited lists and sharing, additional color groups, an ad-free experience and premium support. They cost $2.99 a month, $29.99 a year or $49.99, paid once. A 30-day trial is listed. Accounts use a login name and PIN, and data is stored in the cloud for access from supported devices or the website. The terms state an average availability target of 97%, excluding maintenance downtime.