AnyList: Grocery Shopping List App Reviews

I LOVE this app. My husband and I both use it to update our shared grocery lists and we even used it to keep track of some wedding to-dos when we got married. I love that you can make a list collaborative, pick different colors for different lists, and that the app usually groups items into categories. The perfect app for those who share shopping duties.

I love the ability to store recipes and create an easy shopping list for the dinners I want make! I also like the favorites feature for the basics (milk, bread, etc). The app is very easy to use, syncs well, and allows you hide crossed off items while shopping. Feels like they have thought of everything! I have the family plan so I can also add recipes via my computer and they instantly show up on my phone.

This is my 2nd attempt at review, because Apples programmer who designed this review process was a moron, and thought it would be funny to erase my review if the nickname was already taken. Anyway, this app is as good as it gets, it is very cheap, and it is very useful. You can import or build your own recipes, put them into categories and sub lists such as breakfast, dessert, vegan, Joes recipes, etc - you can add nutritional information, edit ingredients, add extra steps or whatever you want. It also imports the preparation and cooking directions so you don’t even need to visit the website – it also stores the website URL that you got it from! Now – let’s say you are going to go shopping and want to cook 10 recipes. Add them to your grocery list (which, by the way, the lists can be categorized and manipulated akin to the recipes), and your grocery list will have all of the ingredients added into neat categories to streamline your shopping. So all produce will be under one category, all spices, all meats, dairy, etc.. It even adds subscripts to each shopping list item that lets you know which recipes each item belongs too… which you can save for later for easy categorizing at home. You can even add notes to the item itself to let yourself know which aisle the item can be found in at your favorite store. But wait… there is more… lol, you get to share the app with your entire family without needing to pay anything additional. You can share recipe lists, grocery lists, stuff for the house lists… and when one of you updates anything that is being shared, it is updated for everybody. Your wife at the store and you forgot that you needed bananas? Add bananas to the shared grocery list and it will pop up on her list and notify her via the phone. You saw an amazing recipe for Belgian waffles? Add it to your shared breakfast list and text your wife about your amazing find. Now, one criticism I would offer is about their meal plan functionality. You can manually add recipes for each day on the calendar and create a meal plan as far into the future as you would like, which is nice. However, you can’t copy and paste entire weeks. You even must open the day and manually select each recipe for that day if you want to copy the one day. It is a minor gripe, but it would seem to be easy to implement and would greatly improve their meal plan functionality. As of now I just meal plan ad hoc on a weekly basis using the grocery list. All in all, 5/5 stars. Seriously.

This is a fantastic app! My wife and I use it mainly for grocery purposes, but it can serve other purposes. It is linked between us, and when she adds something to the list, I am immediately notified. While shopping, it is really easy to cross off items, and it instantly removes them from any users device that it is linked to. We simply add to it as we run out of things, and it is a huge help while shopping. We have used other apps in the past for this purpose, but have been disappointed by them. This app has no flaws. What are you waiting for? No annoying ads, no bugs that we have experienced. You start using it, and it does what you want it to do. Simple and excellent. The Dude abides.

The menu planning calendar is great. Our family uses it every week to plan meals and grocery shopping.

I have a lot of apps and I stop using a lot of them after about 2 weeks. Not this app, I use it everyday! It syncs across multiple devices very easily and it the design is something that blows me away. I have a shared grocery list with my wife. If I add something she gets it in her list. If she adds something I get it in my list. I just started using the meal planner and making dinner is so much easier. I dont come home and then try and figure out what I can make for dinner, its already been planned. Also I share all my recipes with my family. Importing recipes is a breeze too!

This is truly one of the most convenient apps I have ever used. And I use it frequently... Not just for myself, but for my Mom and it works out great. I love that I can create list for Christmas or special occasions or even particular stores. I would be lost without this app.

I use the free version and I love it! Just enough to list items and share it with others.

We use a shared shopping list every day. Just about perfect for its purpose.

I absolutely love this app! We use it for all of our stores that we shop at, and it syncs immediately across all devices. Even set up Christmas lists to add things throughout the year, and makes it easy to delete things when they are bought. Great app for shopping organization!

This app is so easy to use and makes shopping a breeze. We can both add items as we think of them and when we swing by the store we have the list on our phones. It makes life easier and is one of our favorite tools.

Super easy to build grocery list, or to-do list, or any list! The recipe import feature is fantastic - I use it all the time and have all my favorite recipes stored in it.

This app is very user friendly. You can add additional items at any time. Items are categorized to make shopping easier, and you can change an items category if needed. I just updated so that I can add recipes to my file. When I want to buy items for that meal, it just takes one click and they are added to the shopping list. If you dont need an item, you can unclick it and it wont be added to the shopping list. Once you are shopping, you tap on an item and it disappears. You can sync with others so that more than one can add to the shopping list. SO easy!

I literally have downloaded and purchased over 10 list programs for shopping, and this one and this version is hands down the best. As an iPhone, IPad, Apple Watch and MacBook user, this one delivers. Great watch integration, sync works great (and fast), old items are stored, and in alphabetical order !! Great job on this app !!

1. Internet import of recipes into simple format 2. Manual import option 3. Meal planning calendar to schedule recipes 4. Export meal plan schedule to grocery list 5. Ability to scale up/down portions 6. Categorizes groceries automatically 7. Easy to navigate and use as cookbook I cant say enough!!! I have been looking for something to replace my folder of printed recipes for years. I no longer have to write down a meal plan, or grocery list either! It is all right here in this app, and so much is automated. Perfect for those of us who need help organizing as well as those who are planners. Could not be happier!

Great interface, syncs with family, this is the best list app.

We use this app to share a grocery lists and plan our weekly meals. Its great.

I use this app every day as a personal chef. Planning multiple clients menus and their grocery lists is a breeze. There are so many ways to customize menus & lists with different colors, tags & categories. Importing is so easy and if there is a site that doesnt import right, most of the time the developers have responded and fixed it within hours, if not minutes. This app has made my job much easier!

This is my one stop shop for grocery shopping and meal planning. Best of all, the Watch app streamlines the grocery errand itself!

I cant remember how many years Ive been using this app, but it has been several! I use it for multiple grocery lists, for job lists, daily to-do lists, you name it, I probably have a list for it. I probably used it more than any other app, except for Facebook. Id miss it more than Facebook, Im sure. I recently had a family work day. I broke my upper leg 10 1/2 months ago, and there are so many things I still cant do. I made a list of all the things I could think of that Id like to have done, including the materials the family would need to do everything on the list. I shared the list with my daughter a couple of days ahead of time, so that they knew what I wanted and came prepared for the various tasks. I highly recommend this app for everyone. Its GREAT!!