# AnyList review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Shared grocery lists with recipes and meal planning Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. AnyList is a list app built mostly around grocery shopping. Lists are shared with family members and update for everyone as items change. It also stores recipes, turns their ingredients into list items and has a calendar for planning meals. - **Category:** To-Do List Apps - **Made by:** Purple Cover, Inc. - **Website:** https://www.anylist.com - **Runs on:** Web, macOS, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want a general to-do list, since there are no due dates or projects. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, AnyList has a free plan, and paid plans start at $9.99 per year for one person. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free download for iOS and Android with list creation and sharing, autocomplete and categories, and up to 5 saved recipes. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Create and share lists, voice entry through Siri or Alexa, basic themes, and up to 5 saved recipes. | | AnyList Complete (Individual) | $9.99 per year for one person | Adds web and Mac apps, unlimited recipes, meal planning, item photos, prices, folders and priority support. | | AnyList Complete (Household) | $14.99 per year for a household | The same Complete features for a household. | Read from https://www.anylist.com/complete on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with AnyList before buying. ## Key features - **Shared lists:** Share a list with family or friends and changes appear for everyone sharing it. Items are suggested as you type and grouped by category. - **Recipe collection:** Save recipes, import them from websites, and add their ingredients to a shopping list. Free accounts keep 5 recipes; Complete is unlimited. - **Meal planning calendar:** Plan upcoming meals on a calendar in list or calendar view and send the ingredients to a list. Part of AnyList Complete. - **Store filters and prices:** Assign items to the stores where you buy them, filter the list per store, and enter prices to see a running total. Complete only. - **Voice entry:** Add items with Siri or Alexa. Complete adds an Apple Watch app and location reminders for when you are near a store. ## Good for - Households that share one grocery list - People who want recipes, meal plans and shopping in the same app - Anyone who wants a cheap yearly price ## Worth knowing - It is built around shopping and cooking, with no due dates or projects for general to-do lists. - The web app, Mac app, Apple Watch app and meal planning need the paid AnyList Complete. - The free plan holds 5 recipes and lacks item photos, folders and location reminders. - The badge count that excludes lists, and the Apple Watch app, are Apple-only. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. AnyList is a list app built around grocery shopping, shared with your household, with recipes and a meal planning calendar. It has no due dates or projects for general to-dos, and the web app, Mac app, Apple Watch app and meal planning need AnyList Complete at $9.99 a year. - **Value for money: A.** AnyList Complete is $9.99 a year for one person or $14.99 a year for a household, well under the category's $2.08-a-month cheaper quarter. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The free download covers list creation, sharing, voice entry and up to 5 saved recipes. One person could shop on that, though not with the web or Mac app. - **Features: C.** Shared lists, recipes, a meal planning calendar, store filters and prices. For a to-do category it's narrow: the listing says it has no due dates or projects. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record, but you install it and start a list with nothing to set up. - **Platforms and integrations: A.** Web, Mac, iPhone and Android, with Siri, Alexa, Instacart, Walmart and Kroger. The Apple Watch app is Apple only. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from AnyList's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among to-do list apps - AnyList's GPA of 3.2 is higher than 122 of the 133 other to-do list apps we grade, and level with 4. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 117 of 133) and worst on features (C, above 8). - Its paid plans start at $0.83 a month when paid by the year for each person, against a middle price of $3 for the category: 3 of the 71 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/to-do-lists ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of AnyList you could make: tasks. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.2 is higher than 122 of the 133 other to-do list apps we grade. It costs $9.99 a year. - You could make: Tasks: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Apps for macOS, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - You could not: Several people working in it at the same moment. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Siri, Alexa and Apple Watch among them. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: an Apple Watch app and Siri. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## What people say - **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.9 out of 5 from 81,467 ratings in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id522167641 ## Works with Siri, Alexa, Apple Watch, Instacart, Walmart, Kroger **Tags:** Tasks, Real-time collaboration ## Alternatives - [Any.do](https://toolgpa.com/tools/any-do): To-do list and calendar app with separate family and team plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/any-do-vs-anylist) - [Microsoft To Do](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-to-do): Free to-do list from Microsoft that syncs with Outlook tasks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anylist-vs-microsoft-to-do) - [Google Tasks](https://toolgpa.com/tools/google-tasks): Google's to-do list, built into Gmail, Calendar, Chat and Docs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anylist-vs-google-tasks) - [Apple Reminders](https://toolgpa.com/tools/apple-reminders): Apple's free to-do app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anylist-vs-apple-reminders) - [Todoist](https://toolgpa.com/tools/todoist): Cross-platform to-do list with natural-language task entry. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anylist-vs-todoist) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.anylist.com/complete - https://www.anylist.com/features - https://www.anylist.com/apps - https://www.anylist.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/anylist Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).