Choosing the best grocery price comparison app depends largely on how, when, and where you shop. Some grocery shopping apps have other time or money-saving features as well, such as digital coupons and digital lists. Learning the features and tools available on supermarket price comparison apps will enable you to find the perfect one for you and your family.
Best for Sharing Lists: Flipp
Get help with shopping from your spouse, child or roommate when you both use this app. In addition to being able to search for items, you can also create custom lists or combine your lists with someone else.
Search for items and find sale prices or best deals.
Browse sales ads from all sorts of stores near you.
App stores previous lists for faster list making.
Only enables you to compare prices for items in sales.
If you are a fan of digital coupons and rebates, you may want to know that they are doing away with these features, as well.
Best for Bonus Features: Grocery King
Compare grocery prices and keep other info at the ready with his handy shopping app. You can check to see if a store is currently open, sort shopping lists by distance to save time and get alerts when you are near a store where you want to shop. You can also attach photos to your lists so you always know you’re getting the right items.
Compares grocery store pices.
List features include sorting and syncing lists with others.
Scan bar codes, receipts, store loyalty cards, coupons and gift cards to store on the app.
You can only compare prices of items in sales ads or average prices.
Not especially intuitive to use for finding sales and prices.
Only available for iOS.
Best for Delivery: Instacart
Technically, this is not a grocery price comparison app but rather a grocery delivery app. However, if grocery stores in your area offer Instacart shopping, you can easily use it to find out current prices on specific items at different stores.
Extensive list of stores, depending on your location.
Product photos help ensure you are comparing the correct items.
Not available for all grocery stores or in all areas, especially smaller local stores and rural areas.
Grocery items may be higher on the app than they would be in the store.
Honarable Mention: My Grocery Deals
Although My Grocery Deals is a website and not an app, you can definitely use it on the go to check prices on groceries. There are some additional features on the site, too, like coupons and a Deal Gallery that can be sorted by category, top lists, stores, and location.
Find the best prices by address, city, or zip code.
Can find coupons for your area.
Can only compare prices of sale items in ads.
Not an app.
Don’t Discount Store-Specific Apps
Check to see if your favorite local grocery stores have their own apps. Not only can they help you compare prices, but they typically offer extras such as digital coupons and freebies.
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