Nimblist is the collaborative grocery list your whole household shares. Updates appear on everyone's phone in real time, so you never buy the milk someone already grabbed.
It does everything a shopping list should — then a few things no other one does.
SHOP TOGETHER, IN REAL TIME
• Share a list with family or housemates — add, tick off, and edit together live
• Items auto-sort into aisles so you shop the store in order
• Add several items at once by voice — say them, check the review step, done
• Or scan a barcode or type — either way, items are categorised for you
TURN ANY RECIPE INTO A LIST
• Import a recipe from a URL straight to your list
• Snap a photo of a cookbook page or handwritten recipe and Nimblist reads the ingredients
• Save, tag, and share recipes with your household
COOK FROM WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE
• Track your kitchen pantry — see what you can cook right now
• Adding a recipe skips what's already in your cupboard
• Free use-by estimates flag food before it spoils, so you waste less
PLAN THE WEEK
• A simple meal planner that builds your shopping list as you go
• Share a meal plan with the people you cook for
WORKS WITH YOUR LIFE
• Hands-free adds with Alexa
• Connect to Home Assistant
• Capture recipes from your laptop with the Nimblist browser extension
PRIVACY-CONSCIOUS
• Export your data anytime
• A free self-hosting option for the technically inclined
Free to use, with an optional Premium upgrade for pantry-to-recipe matching and photo pantry import.
Download Nimblist and turn the weekly shop into something your household just handles.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://nimblist.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://nimblist.app/privacy
Nimblist Premium is an auto-renewing subscription (Monthly £2.99 / Yearly £29.99). Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings.
Came across this totally by chance a few weeks ago, was using it as a website and have started using the app too. I’ve been looking for a good all-in-one app for recipes, meal planning, and grocery list and this one finally hits the mark! Super fast, easy to use, works really well. It’s a new one on the market so I’m excited to see what comes next, everything is really thoughtfully integrated.Also the recipe import is incredibly fast and super accurate, I almost can’t believe it.
This release is mostly about making the app trustworthy when your connection isn't.
Offline and syncing
• Edits and deletes made offline could get stranded in the queue, or be overwritten by a background refresh. Both are fixed.
• If an edit failed to sync, the item was removed from your list even though it still existed. It now stays put.
• The "couldn't sync" banner's Retry button now actually retries.
Lists and sharing
• Unsharing a list now asks for confirmation first, and a failure no longer clears the rest of your shares.
• The Family tab refreshes on its own, so pending invites and new members appear without a pull-to-refresh.
• Reopening a finished list no longer counts as another completed shop.
Meal planner and recipes
• Editing a meal plan someone shared with you created duplicate entries and silently failed to remove the old one. Fixed.
• Fixed importing a recipe from a photo, and recipe images now load reliably.
• Aisle colours now match the real aisle names.
Accounts and notifications
• New: sign out of all other devices, from the Account sheet.
• Push notifications now register reliably even if your connection drops during sign-in, instead of silently staying off.
• Signing out now clears device-specific state, so a second account on a shared phone gets a clean start.
• Sign-in errors now explain what actually went wrong instead of showing a raw error code.
Accessibility and polish
• Text colours now meet WCAG AA contrast, and the login and register screens work properly with a screen reader and an external keyboard.
• We no longer ask you to rate the app while you're standing at the checkout.
Version 1.1.20
The developer, Thomas Norton, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Purchases
Contact Info
User Content
Identifiers
Usage Data
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Thomas Norton
Size
81.1 MB
Category
Food & Drink
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.