Spisko vs OurGroceries: a free alternative that tracks your pantry
Looking for an OurGroceries alternative? Spisko is a free shopping list app with no ads and a pantry behind it: what you buy goes into it, and it tells you what's running low before your next trip. Here is how the two compare, feature by feature.
Spisko and OurGroceries, feature by feature
| Feature | Spisko | OurGroceries |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, with no ads; Spisko Plus is US$1.89 a month or US$16.99 a year on Google Play | Free with ads; removing them is $0.99, $5.99 or $19.99 for life on the US App Store |
| Shared lists, updated live |  Yes: a shared space for up to six people is free; with Spisko Plus, changes show up live and a bar shows who's shopping right now | Yes: everyone signs in to the same account and sees changes right away |
| Sorted by aisle | Yes: twelve aisles, filled in for you, in each store's own order | Yes: categories or aisles you create and drag items into, remembered per store |
| Barcode scanning | Yes, free: scan to add an item or to tick it off | Yes; their product database is U.S.-centric, by their own FAQ |
| Recipes and meal planning | Yes, with Spisko Plus: import a recipe from a link or pasted text, see what is missing, put it on your list or print it. No meal-planning calendar yet | Yes: recipes with their main ingredients, added to a list |
| Works with your AI assistant | Yes, with Spisko Plus: connect Claude, or any MCP client, and talk to your list and pantry | Alexa and Siri, for adding items by voice; nothing about AI assistants on their site |
| Platforms | Any browser, installed like an app on iPhone, Android and desktop | iPhone, Android, the web, Apple Watch and Alexa devices |
| Languages | Six: English, Spanish, French, German, Serbian and Russian | Nine, per the App Store listing |
| A pantry that fills itself as you shop | Yes: finish a trip and what you bought is in your pantry, with low-stock flags and restock suggestions for the next list |  Not supported: no pantry or stock tracking in its FAQ or its user guide, only a master list of past items |
| Works offline | Yes: open, tick off and add with no signal; changes sync when you're back online | Not listed on their website |
Checked on 5 November 2026 against ourgroceries.com, its FAQ, its user guide and its US App Store listing. An X means their own material shows the feature isn't there; "Not listed on their website" means none of it describes the feature, so the app may still have it. If something here is wrong, tell us and we'll fix it.
Where OurGroceries is the better choice
- You want the simplest shared setup: one account for the whole family, on phones, the web and Alexa.
- You want recipes with their ingredients a tap away from the list.
- You add items by voice, through Alexa or Siri.
Where Spisko is the better choice
- You want the list to remember what you bought: your pantry fills itself and tells you what is running low.
- You want everyone to have an account of their own, in a shared space whose admins decide who is in, each in their own language.
- You want the aisles filled in for you, in the order you walk each store, instead of sorting items into categories by hand.
- You want no ads, offline use that syncs later, and an AI assistant that can talk to your list.
Frequently asked questions
Can I move my lists from OurGroceries to Spisko?
As text: copy your items out of OurGroceries, one per line, and paste them into a Spisko list. Spisko shows what it read, links what is already in your pantry and adds the rest, an amount in front included ("2 milk"). There is no direct import from a OurGroceries account. Your pantry then builds itself from the first trip.
Do we all share one account in Spisko?
No. Everyone has their own account and joins a shared space with an invite link. The space’s admins decide who is in, and each person sees the app in their own language.
Is Spisko really free?
Yes. Shopping lists, the pantry, sharing with your household, aisle order, barcode scanning and offline use are free, with no ads and no card.
Try the pantry for yourself
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