KitchenOwl vs Smart Grocery
KitchenOwl
kitchenowl.orgSmart Grocery
smartgrocery.appSide by side
| Figure | KitchenOwl | Smart Grocery |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $0.83/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Shopping List Apps | 8.0 (#12) | 6.9 (#31) |
| Platforms | The privacy policy names Android, iOS, Web, Windows, macOS, and Linux applications. | The App Store listing names iPhone, iPad and Mac, and specifies iOS 16.0 or later, iPadOS 16.0 or later and macOS 11.0 or later. |
| Recipes | Users can create recipes, scrape them from popular websites, organize them, and add their ingredients to shopping lists. | Users can create recipes, add their ingredients to a shopping list and sync recipe files through iCloud Drive. |
| Support | The documentation directs users to GitHub issues for bug reports and feature requests and lists [email protected] for privacy questions. | The official site lists [email protected] as its contact email. |
Plans
Smart Grocery
- Grocery Premium - Monthly$3.99 a month
- Grocery Premium$9.99 a year
- Grocery Premium - Forever$29.99, paid once
In their own words
KitchenOwl
KitchenOwl is a free grocery list and recipe manager for households, with meal planning and expense tracking. Household members can collaborate on recipes, shopping lists, plans, and expenses. Lists support descriptions and categories, can be sorted by store, and sync in real time across users and devices. Users can create recipes or import them from popular websites, then add ingredients to shopping lists. Meal plans can use preferences and pantry inventory to generate suggestions and connect with shopping lists. Members can split bills and review monthly expense reports and charts. The apps provide partial offline support for keeping track of grocery lists. KitchenOwl also lists Home Assistant integration for automations and smart home connectivity. It is available on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, and the web, with self-hosting supported. The official server installation uses Docker or Docker Compose, and the documentation recommends HTTPS behind a reverse proxy. KitchenOwl is Free Software under the AGPL-3.0 license.
Smart Grocery
Smart Grocery has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.