Is there a good app for share a grocery list with family?
Poorly Executed: 46 apps already serve this, and 36 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it.
Data refreshed August 3, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to share a grocery list with family, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| list sharing delivery | bug | 2 | Quando io inserisco il contatto ed invio la lista l'altro numero non la riceve |
| family-group sharing of meal plans/recipes | missing-feature | 1 | the ability to share meal plans and recipes in a family group not just share a copy |
| shopping-list sharing | missing-feature | 1 | I can not share this ingredient list to my husband |
| grocery-list sync | reliability | 1 | right before Thanksgiving, the app stopped syncing the grocery list |
| shared family cookbook | missing-feature | 1 | searching for a way to have a second cookbook as shared family recipes |
| grocery-list usability | ux | 1 | my only suggestion is to make the grocery list more user friendly |
| menu planning, pantry and shopping-list refinement | ux | 1 | la parte de planificación de menú como la de despensa y lista de la compra podrían mejorar |
| dynamic grocery list | missing-feature | 1 | I refunded since an dynamic grocery list is a key feature for me |
| grocery-list sync with website | reliability | 1 | it is no longer syncing my grocery list with the website |
| poor grocery list generation | ux | 1 | The absolute worst app for generating a grocery list |
| no saved reusable grocery list | missing-feature | 1 | a saved basic grocery list for each store ... it automatically adds all those items to my order |
| family-friendly recipe selection | other | 1 | Diese meisten vorgeschlagenen Gerichte sind aber leider viel zu speziell |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Groceries Shopping List | 4.8 | 84,119 | Free |
| ShareShop lists | 0.0 | 0 | $2.99 |
| AnyList: Grocery Shopping List | 4.9 | 79,607 | Free |
| Prepear | 4.4 | 501 | Free |
| AnyList: Grocery Shopping List | 4.8 | 29,672 | Free |
| Meal Planner & Grocery List | 4.5 | 21,655 | Free |
| Jot Shopping List | 0.0 | 0 | $1.79 |
| Grocery List App - Out of Milk | 4.5 | 243,145 | Free |
Should you build it?
The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it. Opportunity here scores 66 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChristopherLandaverde/Lixt | stale | 2 | Java |
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