Why use a note?
Reminders app does the auto sort as well. Has for some time now.
"Siri, add milk to the grocery list" and you can have a template for your grocery items if you like.
With a note, you need to manually add everything each time
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iOS 17 Reminders App Can Automatically Sort Your Groceries Into Categories
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Reminders app does the auto sort as well. Has for some time now.
"Siri, add milk to the grocery list" and you can have a template for your grocery items if you like.
With a note, you need to manually add everything each time
The items are usually already on the list and I just have to uncheck them. I prefer that to trying to get Siri to understand me. My grocery items are also in a different language than the system language.
Maybe I could do the same with Reminders, but mentally the grocery list is not a “reminder” for me, it’s “notes for later”, so Notes it is.
It would be even more amazing if it used your location to determine what grocery store your were in, then reorganize by isle. I’d pay for a feature like that.
I don’t know if Reminders can, but AnyList works perfectly for this. My wife and I do exactly as you describe … she might go pick out fruits as I get veggies, or she’ll get baking stuff while I hit the meat counter … works like a charm.
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This is exactly what I do. Over the course of the past three years, my list grew and I put in sub-categories (non-checklist) by type of food/location in store and uncheck items I need. Then in the store, I check them off as I drop them into the cart. Having ALL potential items can trigger me to pick up something I might need for a future meal, that wasn't on the list when I walked in. I will admit I'm not an impulse shopper, and can go into the store starving, and not pick up junk food, so having a list for me is to "not forget", rather than, "don't buy".
Yes they can. You can do this with iOS16, you just need to make sure to share the list. My boyfriend and I use reminders and have a shared grocery list. Both him and I add things to the list throughout the week and it syncs in real time, he's notified when I add things, and vice versa. As he clears groceries when he buys them, I get notified when he has cleared an item too. You just need to make sure the list you create is shared with whoever you want to have the capability to update.
Does any list work with Apple Watch and allow sharing with family members?
Edit: Just looked it up, it seems like an awesome app, but it links so much information to your account for advertising, including purchase history.
I personally use Paprika for recipes, easily the most used app I have and imo tho most intuitive recipe app out there, plus it isn't a subscription. Shame they don't get more press.
I've been paying for AnyList complete for years and have no interest in the recipe functionality. It's like a baby version of Paprika.
I use the Walmart/Instacart integration, it's alright but honestly faster to use a computer to shop online.
One feature of OurGroceries that keeps me there is remembering past items. I can type "enj" and "enjoy life chocolate chips" cokes right up and I can tap to add it. Quicker than typing out the full name or asking Siri to add it.
There's nothing dairy about Almond Milk either... hint: there is no milk in almond 'milk'. But tofu, almond milk, oat milk, are all usually in the same section as milk, eggs, cheese.
I’m losing my mind, where is this option exactly?? I tried creating a new list and there’s no mention of setting the “type” of list or any mention of a grocery setting
All I see is a field to type the name of my list and the icon and color picker - nothing else.
All I see is a field to type the name of my list and the icon and color picker - nothing else.
Yes, AnyList works with the Apple Watch. You can add/tick off items from your wrist.
Maybe nice feature but stores by me seem to have stuff all over the place, at least 6 cold sections in different locations in store. Also apple need to sort out the constant searching problems, ie, capital on first letter of iPhone stopped being found when it worked previously, or having to de-select all items and then select again individually for it to work.
Indeed...and you can actually rearrange the categories into the order of your store which is super useful.
You can add notes in reminders as well as photos etc...that's already available in iOS16
It's actually not, as you can rearrange the categories to match your store. I've already done this and it works great.
We regularly use around five supermarkets, a butcher, and lots of "other" shops (deli, milk on farm, etc.)
And some products only available in one, or the make in another is unacceptable.
And every one is laid out differently. With some things changing around almost every visit.
And every one making different decisions about the relatively arbitrary categories like whether yogurt is with other dairy or on its own.
We use a piece of paper. And what is stored in our brains.
And some products only available in one, or the make in another is unacceptable.
And every one is laid out differently. With some things changing around almost every visit.
And every one making different decisions about the relatively arbitrary categories like whether yogurt is with other dairy or on its own.
We use a piece of paper. And what is stored in our brains.
It takes Apple an entirely new iOS system for this?
Also, it can't even get tofu right?
2023 Apple capabilities are wild, I tell you!
Also, it can't even get tofu right?
2023 Apple capabilities are wild, I tell you!