Listek

Listek is a free grocery list app for Android and iOS that groups products into supermarket categories and provides shopping and nutrition insights. Shared lists can be updated in real time across iPhone and Android, and separate lists can be kept for different stores. My Storage holds frequently used items, and the app can store loyalty cards. Before shopping, users can review a whole-list Nutri-Score, an AI summary and suggestions for healthier swaps, with goals such as weight management, more protein, reduced sugar or lower-carb eating. Filters cover lactose, nuts, soy, high histamine and FODMAP, and can flag items for closer attention. The app also offers a weekly overview, three-month Nutri-Score trends and food-habit insights, plus one daily recipe suggestion based on recent shopping activity. Users can save recipes they claim. Lists can organize non-food checklists, including household, trip, holiday and pharmacy items. Listek is store-neutral and does not know a particular store's physical aisle layout. Allergy warnings are based on general product knowledge, not exact package scanning, and cannot detect cross-contamination; AI summaries, scores, swaps and warnings may be incomplete or inaccurate and are not medical advice. Grocery list creation and organization are included; additional features may be available in the app.

Listek combines shared grocery lists with nutrition summaries and shopping history insights. Its allergy guidance has clear limits, so users should not treat it as a substitute for checking packaging or medical advice.

It suits solo shoppers, couples, families and housemates who want shared lists and shopping summaries. It can also organize non-food checklists for trips, household needs, holidays or pharmacy items.

Listek is a free grocery-list app for Android and iOS that organizes items into supermarket categories and adds nutrition-focused shopping analysis. It is a good fit for couples, families, housemates, and solo shoppers who want shared lists plus a view of longer-term food habits. Its value is highest when dietary guidance is treated as a helpful prompt, not a medical decision-maker.

Overview

Listek synchronizes shared lists in real time between iPhone and Android. Household members can add products, mark them purchased, and see changes as they happen, which suits divided errands and last-minute additions. Separate lists for different stores keep trips distinct, while My Storage saves frequently used products and loyalty-card storage supports repeat shopping.

The app is store-neutral: it groups products into broad supermarket categories but does not know a specific retailer’s physical aisle layout. That makes it an organizer rather than an in-store route planner. It can also handle household, trip, holiday, and pharmacy checklists, although its most distinctive tools concern groceries and nutrition.

Key features

Shared, organized shopping

Automatic category sorting reduces the work of turning a rough list into a shop-ready checklist. Real-time cross-platform updates are particularly useful for households using different phones. Separate store lists prevent products for different errands from being mixed together, but shoppers who rely on aisle-by-aisle navigation will find the store-neutral approach limited.

Nutrition and dietary guidance

Before a shop, Listek can assess the list as a whole with a Nutri-Score, an AI-generated summary, and suggestions for healthier swaps. Goals include weight management, increased protein, reduced sugar, and lower-carbohydrate eating. This is more informative than a basic checklist for people trying to connect purchases with a dietary objective.

The guidance has important boundaries. Allergy and sensitivity filters cover lactose, nuts, soy, high histamine, and FODMAP concerns, and can flag products for closer attention. They rely on general product knowledge rather than scans of the exact package, cannot detect cross-contamination, and may be incomplete or inaccurate. The summaries, scores, swaps, and warnings are not medical or diagnostic advice, so anyone managing a serious allergy or health condition still needs to check packaging and follow professional guidance.

History and recipes

A weekly overview, three-month Nutri-Score trend, and food-habit insights let users look beyond one shopping trip. Listek also suggests one recipe per day based on recent shopping activity and lets users save recipes they claim. These features make the app more useful for people who want shopping records to influence future meals, rather than merely track what remains to buy.

Pricing

Listek is free to download and its free plan costs nothing. Grocery-list creation and organization are included, with additional features potentially available in the app. There are no paid tiers or seat charges stated for the plan, making it straightforward for a household to start sharing without a subscription commitment. Because the free offering is the sole published plan, readers who need a guaranteed feature set should confirm what is enabled in the app before relying on a particular nutrition or recipe tool.

Platforms

Listek is available on Android and iOS through Google Play and the Apple App Store. Real-time syncing works across iPhone and Android, so mixed-device households are supported.

Who it's for

Choose Listek if you share grocery duties with a partner, family, or housemates and want everyone to see list changes immediately. It also suits solo shoppers who want Nutri-Score recaps, dietary targets, shopping-history trends, and recipe prompts alongside a conventional list. It is less suitable for shoppers who require exact aisle directions or dependable allergy screening from package-level data.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Real-time sharing across iPhone and Android keeps divided errands coordinated.
• Pros: Whole-list Nutri-Score, AI summaries, dietary goals, and healthier-swap suggestions add context beyond item ticking.
• Pros: Weekly and three-month history views help users spot food-habit patterns.
• Pros: Separate store lists, saved items, loyalty cards, recipes, and non-food checklists broaden its everyday use.
• Cons: Store-neutral categories do not provide retailer-specific aisle routing.
• Cons: Allergy flags may miss hazards, cannot detect cross-contamination, and are not medical advice.
• Cons: The free plan’s in-app feature availability is not fully defined, so some tools may require checking after download.

Alternatives

Pick Buy Me a Pie! instead if you need Android, iOS, macOS, and web access, with a free allowance of three lists shared with two other accounts and eight color groups. Choose BuyBye for free support covering up to five lists, two people per list, a five-recipe box, and current-week meal planning.

Grocery Gadget is an alternative for iOS and web users. Listonic is worth considering when unlimited lists and free core features are the priority across Android, iOS, and web. mitlist suits households wanting all features free, up to four members, attachments, and extensive active-list capacity across web, mobile, API, and self-hosted deployments.

Choose OurGroceries if you want free list sharing with all features included and can tolerate ads, across Android, iOS, macOS, and web. Pepperjack is an iOS option with two free lists, unlimited guests, shared lists, and real-time sync. Together is another Android and iOS alternative.

Verdict

Listek is a strong choice for households that want frictionless cross-platform list sharing plus nutrition and shopping-history context at no cost. Choose it for dietary prompts and trend awareness; look elsewhere if store-aisle navigation or clinically reliable allergy protection is essential.