Milk for Us 4+

“Milk for Us” - I love it and use it daily. I’m a Groceries & Groceries4 convert (no longer available). I looked hard to find a good shopping app. After working with an App and tailoring the database it’s difficult to change. I’ve now used “Milk for Us” for 9+ months. It’s quick, basic and simple to use. It has all basic needs and abilities for shopping items, also easily modifiable. It also has a “note” field which can be used for various comments and/or item quantity wanted. It also allows you to strike through completed items as you shop, then delete when you want to declutter the list. Nice App for those who just want an easy app to use without all the pictures, prices and etc. Also shareable with family members or send via text or email.

I was really pleased when this new version came through with an all new rewritten native Apple Watch app. Previously, the Watch didn't sync with the iPhone while in the store shopping and I was sure this would finally solve it. Sadly, this is no better. I really don't understand how a can developer write a Watch app that simply doesn't talk in real time to its associated iPhone. What is the point? What I am looking for is to be able to mark something off the list on my watch and have it immediately sync to my phone, and my wife's, showing that the item is no longer on the list. Otherwise, we come back together having picked up two of everything. The Watch and iPhone do sync, but they do it so slowly as to be completely useless for actual shopping. I tested the speed of changes in either direction and it takes several minutes to sync. For example, I just added some items to my iPhone at 10:06 pm and the Watch didn't show the changes until 10:14. That is much too slow to be useful. It looks like my search for a good shopping list app that supports the Apple Watch is back on. In fairness, though, it syncs quickly between two iPhones. The large delays seem to be with the Apple Watch. So if you don't have an Apple Watch, this might still be a good option for you.

I love using this for my iWatch. I make lists and can easily view them while at the store. Really my biggest complaint is that you have to click an isle or else it won’t get added to the list. I use this for more than just the grocery store so it’s annoying when most of the things I put on the list don’t have an isle. It makes adding things to the list take so much longer with this extra unneeded step. I think they should make it an option and not mandatory!