Shared grocery note app. Tiny thing but removed SO many annoying conversations and forgotten items.
If you want the “it just works and nobody has to think about it” answer: AnyList is probably the best overall shared grocery list app right now.
What makes it better than most grocery apps is that it understands the real problem isn’t “making a list.” It’s preventing duplicate purchases, forgotten items, chaotic texting from the cereal aisle, and one person buying onions while the other is actively holding onions!
The shared sync is excellent. You can literally watch items disappear as the other person checks them off in the store. It also auto-sorts items by grocery category, which sounds small until you realize you’re no longer zigzagging through the supermarket like a confused NPC.
And also we made a rule that whoever cooks doesn’t clean. This ensures peace in our relationship, ha.
Tiny Household Systems That Weirdly Prevent Arguments
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Interested in routines, objects, storage systems, or “rules” that made shared living smoother with partners, roommates, or family.
Shared grocery note app. Tiny thing but removed SO many annoying conversations and forgotten items.
If you want the “it just works and nobody has to think about it” answer: AnyList is probably the best overall shared grocery list app right now.
What makes it better than most grocery apps is that it understands the real problem isn’t “making a list.” It’s preventing duplicate purchases, forgotten items, chaotic texting from the cereal aisle, and one person buying onions while the other is actively holding onions!
The shared sync is excellent. You can literally watch items disappear as the other person checks them off in the store. It also auto-sorts items by grocery category, which sounds small until you realize you’re no longer zigzagging through the supermarket like a confused NPC.
And also we made a rule that whoever cooks doesn’t clean. This ensures peace in our relationship, ha.