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One of the most useful apps on my phone is a free grocery list app called Grocery IQ<\/a>. As a person who visits the grocery store often, it\u2019s very handy to have my lists all in one place on a device that I always have with me. I can add to it no matter where I am and just pull it out whenever I\u2019m at the store.<\/p>\n Getting Started:<\/strong> After downloading the grocery list app, I made\u00a0several lists for the various stores I visit – the natural grocery store, a mainstream grocery store, Target, the pet store, and even lists for stores in other cities for those times when I have access to them.<\/p>\n Related: Food App Helps You Make Healthier Choices<\/a>, Your Personal Nutritionist with Rise App<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n For each store, you can adjust the aisles to list in the order that you get to them. Aisles can be deleted (for example baby stuff, meat department, etc.), and the names for aisles can be changed. I altered one of the aisles to be Bulk Bins, because there wasn\u2019t a designated section for that.<\/p>\n Then I made a list of favorite foods that I buy with the most regularity. At the beginning of the week, I can scroll through my favorites ticking off what I need. Don\u2019t feel like scrolling through a list? Items can also be added by just typing them in or giving a voice command.<\/p>\n Perhaps best of all, this grocery list app has a synch feature, so that you can add other phones to the same list. This means that my husband can also add to the list remotely from his phone, and when he stops by the grocery store, he knows if I\u2019ve already purchased something. That way we don\u2019t end up with multiple packages of strawberries or other perishables if we both have decided to do a grocery run on the same day. When he gets something from the list or adds to it, it prompts me on my phone with a notification, so that I know it\u2019s been done.<\/p>\n Using the app:<\/strong> When we\u2019re at the grocery store together, as we each tick the boxes, it moves the items to the bottom of the list. When it\u2019s time to checkout, just hit a checkout button and it removes them from the list altogether. Anything that wasn\u2019t available just stays on your grocery list for a future visit.<\/p>\n The downside:<\/strong> The only downside of this grocery list app is that they are attached with a coupon service. I assume that\u2019s how they make money \u2013 by advertising. Sometimes there will be a little notation next to an item, indicating that there\u2019s a coupon available for a \u201csimilar\u201d item. For someone with my buying habits, the coupon part of it is useless. Obviously, there aren\u2019t a lot of coupons out there for farmers market tomatoes and bulk bin chickpeas. For those items that I do buy packaged, there are no coupons available. Their coupons are more big corporation-focused than they are organic\/vegan\/natural-focused. It\u2019s easy enough to ignore that part, and for the price (free), it doesn\u2019t matter so much.<\/p>\n What is your favorite method for keeping an organized grocery list?<\/strong><\/p>\n Image credit: Photo by Cadry Nelson<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the most useful apps on my phone is a free grocery list app called Grocery IQ. As a person who visits the grocery store often, it\u2019s very handy to have my lists all in one place on a device that I always have with me. I can add to it no matter where I am and just pull it out whenever I\u2019m at the store. 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