Grocery Buddy vs OurGroceries
Grocery Buddy
grocerybuddy.appOurGroceries
ourgroceries.comSide by side
| Figure | Grocery Buddy | OurGroceries |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $0.50/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 7 |
| Spec score · Shopping List Apps | 7.8 (#15) | 8.8 (#1) |
| Purpose | Grocery Buddy helps users build grocery lists with product pictures, autocomplete, and automatic organization. | OurGroceries is a grocery list app for keeping shopping lists synchronized across a household. |
| Security | The privacy policy says the company takes reasonable measures to protect information but cannot guarantee its security. | The privacy policy says the service uses log review, off-site backups, encryption and security software, while disclaiming guaranteed security. |
| Support | The site lists [email protected] as its contact email. | The creators say they personally read app-store reviews and respond to every email, and provide [email protected] for contact. |
Plans
OurGroceries
- FreeFree
- Monthly ad removal$1 a month
- Remove Ads monthly subscription$1 a month
- Remove Ads yearly subscription$6 a year
- Yearly ad removal$6 a year
- Lifetime ad removal$20, paid once
- Lifetime upgrade$20, paid once
In their own words
Grocery Buddy
Grocery Buddy has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
OurGroceries
OurGroceries is a grocery-list app for coordinating shopping across a household. People signed in to the same account see updates to shared lists instantly. A list item can include a photo, note, quantity, category, or barcode; items can be grouped by category or aisle and reordered to follow a store route. Users can save recipes and add chosen ingredients or the whole recipe to a shopping list. Items can also be added with Amazon Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistant on Android; an MCP integration for Claude and ChatGPT is described as experimental. Lists can be sent to Instacart for delivery in the United States and Canada. The app is available on Android, iOS, macOS, and web. The free plan includes all features and list sharing, with ads in a few screens. Ad-removal options are $1 a month, $6 a year, or $20, paid once; the subscriptions start with a 7-day free trial. Exports are ZIP files containing XLSX and JSON, but cannot be re-imported after external changes.