Groly vs Listek

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.

Listek is a free grocery-list app for iOS and Android that groups products into supermarket categories and adds shopping insights. Shared lists can be edited in real time across iPhone and Android, and separate lists can be kept for different stores. The app can review a full list with a Nutri-Score, an AI summary and suggested food swaps. Users can set goals such as weight management, higher protein, reduced sugar or lower-carb eating. Allergy and sensitivity filters can flag products for closer attention, but they do not scan exact packaging or detect cross-contamination; warnings and AI guidance may be incomplete or inaccurate and are not medical advice. Listek also offers weekly and three-month shopping insights, a daily recipe suggestion based on recent shopping, saved frequently used items, loyalty-card storage and non-food checklists. It does not map items to a store’s physical aisles. The app is free to download, with grocery-list creation and organisation included; additional features may be available in the app.