BuyBye vs Groly

BuyBye is a shared grocery-list app available on Android, iOS, and the web. People can share lists by link, with changes updating across phones in real time. Items are automatically sorted into grocery categories, and voice entry supports English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Hindi, and Japanese. Users can import recipes with ingredients filed by category, or schedule meals in a planner and send their ingredients to a shopping list. Lists remain available locally, and edits sync when a connection returns. An account is optional when starting a list; it is used for sharing and syncing across phones. The Free plan is free and includes up to five lists, two people per list, five recipes, and current-week meal planning. Pro costs $9.99 a year, billed or $1.99/month, and Pro Family costs $14.99 a year for up to six linked accounts. The maker notes some Android browsers may show a Play Protect warning when installing the web app.

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.