List Buddy

What List Buddy is

List Buddy brings shared shopping lists, meal planning, and event planning together in one app for Android, iOS, and the web. Shopping items can be added by typing, voice, pasting, or AI Smart Add, and lists sync in real time when shared. AI Smart Add can turn a description into a shopping list; free-plan refinements count toward its monthly allowance. The meal planner lays out meals for the week and can take recipe ingredients from a URL and add them to a shopping list. Event tools include RSVP tracking, to-do checklists, and themed shopping lists. Lists remain usable offline: changes are saved locally and sync when the device reconnects. The free plan includes unlimited lists, with up to two people per list, seven meals and five events per month, 15 AI Smart Adds, and five photo uploads per month. Premium Monthly costs $3.99 a month and includes unlimited meals, events, AI Smart Adds, photos, and videos, along with Alexa and Siri hands-free control and web access. Premium Annual costs $29.99 a year and includes Premium features. The maker lists English, Spanish, French, and Arabic as supported languages. It says personal information is encrypted, shared data is available only to invited people, and it does not sell data.

Who it suits

List Buddy suits households or groups that want to coordinate shopping, weekly meals, and event tasks in shared lists. Its free tier fits smaller groups with modest monthly meal, event, AI, and photo needs; Premium adds higher allowances, voice assistant control, and web access.

Limits

The free plan allows up to two people per list, seven meals and five events per month, 15 AI Smart Adds, and five photo uploads per month. Premium Monthly costs $3.99 a month; Premium Annual costs $29.99 a year.

Getting started

1. Visit https://www.list-buddy.com/.
2. Choose the free plan or a Premium plan.
3. Use the Android, iOS, or web app; web access is included with Premium.
4. Create a shopping list and add items by typing, voice, pasting, or AI Smart Add.
5. Share a list with the people who should have access.

Verdict

Pick List Buddy if you want shopping, meal, and event planning in one shared app, with offline list access and recipe ingredient importing. Consider Premium if the free monthly limits are too restrictive or you need Alexa, Siri, or web access.