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July 19, 2010 7:11 AM Subscribe
An Android shopping list app that fits my (snowflake?) needs. Am I really shopping the wrong way that none of the shopping apps I have found work the way I want them to?
I am looking for a shopping list app for my Android phone that I have so far been unable to find. It seems there are plenty of GROCERY shopping programs, but these are not exactly what I need. I have a set of requirements that so far no app has been able to fulfill. Here is what I need:
- I need to be able to set up "items" that I want to buy
- These items need nothing more than a name, a "status", and (optionally) a quantity
- The item status should just be "needed" or not
- I want to set up "stores" that I shop at (Home Depot, Target, generic grocery, etc)
- I want to assign an item to one OR MORE of these stores. For example, I can buy orange juice at the grocery or Target, I can buy light bulbs at Target or Home Depot, only Home Depot sells lumber.
- Once I have all the items assigned to stores, I can come into the app, look at the items, and click on the item I need, and it shows up in the shopping list for each of the stores where it is available
- When I go shopping I click on the store I am at and I see the list of items currently marked as "needed"
- When I click on an item on a store's list while shopping, it is marked "not needed" and removed from the shopping list on all the other stores where it is available (until needed again)
So far I have gone through several apps which come close on a few of these requirements, but don't meet them all. Some discard items every time I purchase them so they have to be re-entered every time I need them. Some can only assign an item to one store. Some only allow one store. Etc. Does anyone know of an Android app available to US customers that comes close to what I want?
I am looking for a shopping list app for my Android phone that I have so far been unable to find. It seems there are plenty of GROCERY shopping programs, but these are not exactly what I need. I have a set of requirements that so far no app has been able to fulfill. Here is what I need:
- I need to be able to set up "items" that I want to buy
- These items need nothing more than a name, a "status", and (optionally) a quantity
- The item status should just be "needed" or not
- I want to set up "stores" that I shop at (Home Depot, Target, generic grocery, etc)
- I want to assign an item to one OR MORE of these stores. For example, I can buy orange juice at the grocery or Target, I can buy light bulbs at Target or Home Depot, only Home Depot sells lumber.
- Once I have all the items assigned to stores, I can come into the app, look at the items, and click on the item I need, and it shows up in the shopping list for each of the stores where it is available
- When I go shopping I click on the store I am at and I see the list of items currently marked as "needed"
- When I click on an item on a store's list while shopping, it is marked "not needed" and removed from the shopping list on all the other stores where it is available (until needed again)
So far I have gone through several apps which come close on a few of these requirements, but don't meet them all. Some discard items every time I purchase them so they have to be re-entered every time I need them. Some can only assign an item to one store. Some only allow one store. Etc. Does anyone know of an Android app available to US customers that comes close to what I want?
Response by poster: Grocery IQ is what I am currently using, but (at least on the Android) you cannot set an item as "available" at multiple stores other than "All Stores". So I either get my orange juice from just the grocery, or from the grocery, and Home Depot, and Barnes and Noble, and Target, and Sears, etc.
posted by JJtheJetPlane at 7:28 AM on July 19, 2010
posted by JJtheJetPlane at 7:28 AM on July 19, 2010
Ah, now I see what you're saying. Can you just add items to each store you buy them at? For instance, add milk to your Whole Foods list and to your Trader Joe's list, add lightbulbs to your Home Depot list and to your CVS list, etc.? Certainly more tedious while getting set up, but then it would be there forever, no?
posted by wisekaren at 7:48 AM on July 19, 2010
posted by wisekaren at 7:48 AM on July 19, 2010
Sringpad has an android app as they use a cloud service, so you can create lists on your computer and it syncs. They have a shipping list section.
posted by hylaride at 8:16 AM on July 19, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by hylaride at 8:16 AM on July 19, 2010 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: wisekaren, I could do that, but then I would also have to remember to go into each store and mark them "needed" each time as well. Grocery IQ would be perfect, and I want it to be my best solution (since I already have it installed), but the developer just needs to add the ability to mark an item as available at multiple stores, not just one or all. Also, the fact that items are not persisted by rule (they do go to a "history" that I would need to keep track of) is a downside.
posted by JJtheJetPlane at 9:32 AM on July 19, 2010
posted by JJtheJetPlane at 9:32 AM on July 19, 2010
the developer just needs to add the ability to mark an item as available at multiple stores
Have you contacted the Grocery IQ developer to ask about this feature? Maybe it's on his roadmap and some more requests push it to the top for the next update?
posted by chazlarson at 10:38 AM on July 19, 2010 [1 favorite]
Have you contacted the Grocery IQ developer to ask about this feature? Maybe it's on his roadmap and some more requests push it to the top for the next update?
posted by chazlarson at 10:38 AM on July 19, 2010 [1 favorite]
Springpad has an android app...
I use and like Springpad, but it doesn't really do anything like what the OP is looking for.
posted by coolguymichael at 12:46 PM on July 19, 2010
I use and like Springpad, but it doesn't really do anything like what the OP is looking for.
posted by coolguymichael at 12:46 PM on July 19, 2010
Try Note Everything with the Durable Checklist option.
Then make a separate durable checklist for each store.
posted by tra at 1:02 PM on July 19, 2010
Then make a separate durable checklist for each store.
posted by tra at 1:02 PM on July 19, 2010
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posted by wisekaren at 7:21 AM on July 19, 2010