Knows the cheapest shop for every item
Coles, Woolies and Aldi side by side on every row, with the cheapest one flagged.
For Australians · Free on iPhone & iPad
The Shops.
A shared shopping list with daily prices next to every item — so you can see when it's cheaper at another shop before you buy.
Compare Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and Panetta on one list the whole household shares. Free.
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Find the cheapest shop
You're in Coles holding a yoghurt, wondering if Aldi has it cheaper.
Like a lot of families, we shop at a centre with a few shops in walking distance — our household's usual "going to The Shops" is Aldi and Coles. Open the app, check the row for whatever's in your hand, and if another shop has it cheaper you just get it when you go in there.
And if you'd rather sort the list out at home first, the same comparison works from the couch.
- Daily price updates for every item at every shop, in one tap
- Unit prices like the shelf tickets show, so 600g vs 1kg is an easy comparison
- Prices refresh daily; in-store price and availability can still change
Compare like for like
Your yoghurt might be the name brand at Coles and Aldi's own — you pick exactly which products to compare.
Each item on your list carries its prices from every shop, and most of the time that's automatic — add a product and the same thing comes grouped across Coles, Woolies and Aldi. But you decide what counts as comparable: if you reckon Aldi's own yoghurt is comparable to another brand at Coles, link those two up and compare them side by side. Once you've chosen, nothing overwrites it — the row compares the products you'd actually buy and re-checks them against the new prices every night.
- Add a product and the same thing comes grouped across shops for you — automatically, most of the time
- Or build your own: pick the exact products at each shop you want to compare
- Once you've chosen, your picks stick — and prices refresh against every shop each night
The Shops optimiser — savings calculated
Everything at Woolies would be $186. Splitting between Aldi and Woolies gets it to $159.
Once your list is in, the app totals what each shop would cost on its own, then works out the cheapest way to split the trip — and you decide whether an extra stop actually earns its keep. Some weeks the second stop is worth the $26, some weeks it isn't, but you can see the difference and make that choice before you are at The Shops.
- Best single-shop and the best split, side by side — pick what suits you each week
- Plans across Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and Panetta; custom shops stay on the shared list too
- Quantities count properly — 2 packs of chips totals as 2, not 1
Shared with your household
You're in Aldi whilst they're in Coles, both ticking off the same list.
Add something from the couch and it shows up on your partner's phone in the aisle. They tick off the vegemite, you tick off the bananas, and nobody doubles up. If whoever's at home remembers the avocados, whoever's at The Shops sees it straight away.
- Share the list with a six-character code — no email, no signup forms
- Changes show up on every phone in real time
- A buzz when an item's added or ticked off, so whoever's at home knows what's happening
Scan to add
Scan the barcode and it's on the list — quicker than typing it.
Point the camera at a barcode and the product lands on your list with the brand, package size and Nutri-Score already filled in. The kids can do it. Tap the item afterwards to see which shop has it cheapest today and what the unit price works out to.
- Brand, package size and Nutri-Score filled in automatically
- Type the name instead if the barcode's scuffed or missing
- Product information when it is available from the barcode database
Search every shop
Search any product and see it at every shop at once.
Not on your list yet? Type what you're after and it comes back from Coles, Woolies and Aldi together — the same product grouped, each shop's price side by side, with unit prices so the sizes line up. Find the cheapest, tap Add, and it's on your list.
- One search covers all shops at once
- The same product grouped across shops, ranked by best match or lowest price
- Unit prices on every line, so 1L vs 2L vs 3L is an easy call
Order online
Not up for doing The Shops? Send the list to Woolworths or Coles and order it online.
Some weeks you may not want to do The Shops. Send the list you've been building all week to your own Woolworths or Coles account — or send the cheapest split across both. Review the list there, then check out for pickup or delivery the normal way. Nothing gets retyped, and you see the totals before you commit.
- Build your whole list in your own Woolworths or Coles account, ready for you to review
- Or take the cheapest split across both — each item from whichever's cheaper
- It's your own shop account — pickup or delivery, your call
Why this exists
Built for one family. Available for all of them.
Hey, I'm Rhys, an independent developer in Sydney. Our household does The Shops at a centre with a few shops in it — Panetta, Aldi and Coles. When doing The Shops, the phrase "wherever is cheapest" gets used a lot. That's difficult to track manually, and there was no tool that let you compare different products across The Shops easily, so I built it.
Core price comparison and household sharing will always be free. The app costs me little to run, and saves me more than it costs. There are no investors, so there's nobody telling me to sell your data. I might add an optional Pro tier later for AI features — things like turning a recipe link straight into list items — but the core never gets gated.
— Rhys, Sydney
What's in the box.
All of this. Included.
Know where it's cheapest
Knows what's on special
When something on your list drops to a special or a locked-in price at one of the shops, the row flags it, along with what you'd save.
You choose what to compare
The same product gets grouped across shops for you, and you can pick the exact products at each shop you want to compare — so the cheapest call is yours, not a guess.
Size comparison
Tap a product to see every other pack size, with unit prices so you can tell when the bigger pack is actually better value.
Search across every shop
Find any product across Coles, Woolies and Aldi in one search, ranked by today's unit price.
A running savings total
Tick something off at the cheaper shop and the app banks the difference, so there's a running total of what shopping this way has saved the household.
Shop together
Shared with your household
One list on every phone in the house, updating in real time.
Household activity, in one place
Every add, tick and price change lands in one feed, so whoever wasn't at The Shops can catch up on what happened without scrolling the whole list.
Notes on items
"Get the unsalted one." "For chocolate cake." Add a note to any item so nobody in the household has to guess.
Your local shop too
Your IGA, butcher, market or anywhere else — add them as a custom shop and tick items off the same shared list.
Built the way you shop
Scan to add
Point the camera at a barcode and the item lands on the list with nutrition info attached.
Category browsing
Fourteen categories — fruit & veg, meat, dairy, pantry, frozen, bakery and more.
Order online
Send your list to your Woolworths or Coles account — or the cheapest split across both — and check out for pickup or delivery.
iPhone and iPad
The same shared list on the Apple devices in your house, laid out to make use of the room on a tablet.
Use it as a guest
Start a list straight away. Sign in only when you want to share.
Sign in to share
Use Apple sign-in to keep one household list in sync.
Light and dark mode
Follows your phone's light or dark setting, so a late-night check in a dim kitchen stays easy on the eyes.
How it works.
One to three steps. About a minute.
1
Open the app in guest mode
No account, no sign-up — you're straight onto a list.
2
Add items, see prices
Decide at home, at the centre, or in the aisle — the cheapest shop is flagged on every row.
3
Sign in to share with your household
Use Apple sign-in, send a six-character code and they tap it in. That's it.
- No ads, anywhere
- No tracking across apps
- List data in Australia
- Delete your account in app
Frequently asked.
How much can I actually save?
It depends on your list and how often the cheapest shop changes — Aldi might have the bananas this week, Coles the next. Once your list is in, the app does the maths for you and shows the actual dollar difference between buying everything at one shop and splitting the trip across two, so it's a number you can see rather than a guess.
What if my partner won't install another app?
You can use the list solo — every feature works for a household of one. If they change their mind later, send them the six-character invite code from Settings → Household. Their phone catches up to the current list in a few seconds.
How is this different from Notes / Reminders / [other list app]?
Same list, plus the prices. Instead of writing "bananas" and finding out at the till that Coles is $4.50 and Aldi is $2.80, you know before you put them in the trolley. Notes doesn't know what bananas cost, and neither does Reminders — that's really the difference.
Is it really free?
Yes. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads. The app saves me more than the current cost to run and I don't take investment. Core price comparison and household sharing will always be free. I might add an optional subscription tier later for AI features that cost me real money to run — the core never gets gated.
Where do the prices come from?
Refreshed once a day from publicly available retailer information for Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and Panetta. The price at the register is always the authoritative one — please confirm at checkout, especially for fresh produce sold by weight.
What about retailers I shop at that aren't in the four?
Add any shop as a custom shop in Settings — your local IGA, butcher, market, anything — and tick items off the same shared list. We can't show prices for custom shops, but the list still works to coordinate with your household.
How do I share a list with my partner / family?
Settings → Household → "Share". Share the six-character code. They open Settings → Household → "Join" on their device and enter the code. Both phones see the same list, in real time.
How does ordering online work — is it safe to connect my Woolworths or Coles account?
You sign in to Woolworths or Coles on their own website, inside the app's browser — The Shops never sees or stores your password. From there it builds your list into a saved list in your own account, and you review and check out yourself. You're always the one placing the order, and you can clear the list any time. It's entirely optional — the rest of the app works without it.
What happens to my data if I delete the app?
Open the You. tab and choose Delete account, or email support and we'll help. Your account, profile and notification records are removed; a shared household stays available to its remaining members. Full details are on the Privacy page.
Will The Shops work outside Australia?
Not yet. The retailer data is Australia-specific, and the iPhone and iPad release is available in Australia only.
Know where it's cheaper before you walk in — or whilst you're standing in there.
Free on iPhone and iPad, no ads, built in Sydney by one person for his own family.
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