Grocery Gadget vs Groly

Grocery Gadget is a shared shopping-list app for organizing household shopping and coordinating trips to the supermarket. Users can scan products or choose from thousands of common household items, then follow an AI-generated aisle-by-aisle shopping sequence. Lists can be shared and synced, with support for multiple lists and stores organized by aisle. The app also lists per-item price comparison across stores. Lists can include product images and coupon notes, and can be shared by email, text, or messaging apps. Grocery Gadget is available on iOS and the web. Its App Store listing specifies compatibility with iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple Vision, and Apple Watch. The free plan costs nothing and contains ads. A monthly subscription is $0.99 a month. The yearly option is $9.99 a year, removes ads, and includes a one-month free trial according to the App Store description; it renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. A Family subscription is listed at $14.99 as a one-time purchase, with no billing term specified. The maker is identified as Simple Automations, Inc.

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.