A grocery list built for families and groups who shop together, instead of a spreadsheet or a shared note. Plan at home; whoever’s at the store sees every add, sorted by category.
A household grocery list has one job: everyone adds to it, and whoever’s at the store can trust it. Spreadsheets, notes and to-do apps were made for other jobs, so the sorting and checking fall to you.
One item, the way each list keeps it.
A spreadsheet
A shared note
A to-do app
All three leave the sorting, quantities and stores to you.
With Ella’s Cart
Every item gets its own line and sorts into its category as you add it, with the quantity and the store right there. Whoever is at the store sees the same list.
How a week goes, in three parts
At the island, the moment it comes to mind.
1 · At home
Type an item and it lands in its category, with the quantity you need and the store you get it from. Everyone on the list sees it right away.
2 · At the store
Shopping mode shows what’s left to get. Tap Got It as things go in the cart, and the list at home keeps up while you shop.
Saturday at Jazzy’s Grocery, with the list in hand.
Groceries home, and next week’s list already started.
3 · Next Sunday
Save the list you buy most weeks. Next Sunday, put it back on the list and add what’s new.
“For years our family’s grocery list lived in Google Keep. It was great at first. But as the years went on, it ballooned: the same item listed twice, misspellings, different brands of the same thing. It became unmanageable. So I had an idea for a list that keeps itself tidy, and my husband built it. Friends and family started using it next. Now it’s ready for yours.”
Sign up with your email. Your first list is ready.
Invite your household with a link. Only people you invite can see the list.
Everyone adds from home; whoever’s at the store taps Got It.
Share a list with an invite link. You decide who’s on it.
Works in your phone’s browser today. The iPhone app is in beta.
Follows your phone’s setting, so the list is easy to read at night.
Yes. The shared grocery list is free.
Only the people you invite with a link. List Settings shows who owns the list and who’s on it.
No. It works in any phone or computer browser. The iPhone app is in beta if you’d like to try it.
Yes. Note which store has each item, then switch the list from categories to stores when you split a trip.
You don’t have to. If the note works, keep it. Ella’s Cart is for when the list keeps getting lost in edits: each item has its own line, quantity and store, and the person at the store sees what’s left to get.
Start your list, send the link to your household, and shop from the same page.