A shared grocery list for the whole family
By the makers of Somiya. What our shopping list does, what it does not do, and when a free app is enough.
The family grocery list fails in the same way every time. One person adds milk, the other is already in the store, and the list on their phone is an old copy. Or the list is in a group chat, under forty other messages. A shared grocery list app fixes this only if every phone shows the same list, at once, including the phone in the store basement with no signal.
What Somiya's shopping list does
- The same list on every phone. An item added on one phone appears on every family phone at once.
- Works with no signal. Add and tick off items offline. The list syncs when the phone is back online.
- Sorted by aisle. Items go into categories — produce, dairy, bakery, frozen and more — so you walk the store once.
- Weekly items come back by themselves. Set milk to repeat every week. When you tick it off, it returns on the next date.
- Add again from history. Things you bought before are one tap away.
- Several lists. One per store, or one for the party next week. Every list is shared with the family.
- Assign an item. “The cake is yours” is an item with a name on it, not a message someone forgets.
- Tell the family in one tap. The bell on the list sends one push to everyone: the list changed. A cooldown stops it from becoming spam.
- Undo. Deleted the wrong item? Undo it.
Bring the list you already have
You do not need to type the old list again. Take a screenshot of it in your current app, or copy its text, and Somiya reads the items from it. You see every item before it is saved, and you can undo the whole import for 30 minutes.
When a free app is enough
If the grocery list is the only thing your family shares and everyone has an iPhone, Apple Reminders is free, lets you share a list and sorts groceries into sections. Start there.
Somiya is for the family that also shares a calendar and tasks, and wants all three in one place, with no ads and with reminders that reach the right person.
When Somiya is the wrong choice
- Anyone in the family uses Android. Somiya is iPhone-only today.
- You want recipes and meal plans that fill the list. We do not build meal planning — here is why, and which apps do.
- You want prices, coupons or delivery. Somiya is a list, not a store.
- You need it free. After the 14-day trial it is $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year for the whole family.
Price
One subscription covers the whole family, up to 8 people: $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year ($19.99 for the first year). In Europe, €5.99 a month or €39.99 a year (€22.99 for the first year). The first 14 days are free. The same subscription includes the shared family calendar and shared tasks.
Questions
What is the best shared grocery list app for a family?
If the list is the only thing you share and everyone has an iPhone, Apple Reminders is free and sorts groceries into sections. If you want the grocery list in the same app as the family calendar and tasks, with no ads, Somiya. If you want recipes and meal plans that fill the list, use a dedicated meal-planning app; Somiya does not do meal planning.
Does the shared list work in a store with no signal?
Yes. In Somiya you can add and tick off items with no connection. The changes sync to the rest of the family when the phone is back online.
Can I make an item repeat every week?
Yes. An item can repeat daily, weekly, monthly or on a custom interval. When you tick it off, it comes back on the next date.
Can we have more than one list?
Yes. A family can keep several lists, for example one per store, and every list is shared with the whole family.
How do I tell my partner the list changed?
Tap the bell on the list. Everyone in the family who has notifications turned on gets one push that the list was updated. A short cooldown stops repeated pushes.
Can I move my grocery list from another app?
Yes. Take a screenshot of the old list, or copy its text, and Somiya reads the items from it. You see every item before it is saved, and you can undo the import for 30 minutes.