My wife is still very much a “pen and paper” person.Īs any well meaning technologist will tell you, convincing a pen and paper fan to use their iPhone for performing every day tasks is no mean feat. Not only are you asking them to abandon a lifelong habit, you’re asking them to trust in technology. The problem of course is tech doesn’t always behave the way it should. My search for a worthy replacement for the pen and paper started 8 years ago. I believed then (and still do now) that a great shopping list manager must be easy to use, it must work flawlessly, and it needs to deliver clear advantages that far outweigh the use of the trusty pen and paper combo. My search started with the iPhone Reminders app which ships with all iPhones. I was quickly thinking “if only there was an app that offered better syncing options”. I moved to Wunderlist and happily showed my wife how convenient it was to share lists. It lacked features specifically for Shopping Lists but it seemed good enough. Our experience with Wunderlist started off well but occasionally items would go missing from lists. I started troubleshooting after a few botched supermarket trips and I found that Wunderlist was dropping items from our lists. Occasionally, Wunderlist would drop items right in front of my eyes. Goodbye WunderList! Pen and Paper 1, Technology 0. My wife quickly reverted back to pen and paper while I quietly lamented this failure of technology. Unperturbed, I continued my search for a great shopping list manager. After scouring the internet and reading numerous reviews, I decided AnyList was technology’s best chance at clawing back a much needed win in my household. The key features of the free version of their app are what I consider the most important: The team behind AnyList describe their app as “the best way to create and share a grocery shopping list and organize your recipes.” The app is regularly updated and the most recent version at time of writing this article is 5.7.
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