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AnyList: Grocery Shopping List
Purple Cover, Inc. · 78,971 ratings · ★ 4.9
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Top complaints - extracted from 8 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"doesn"
3 negative reviews mention this · 38% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Doesn't show aisle numbers. Pointless" - thhhfsddhjh
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"shopping"
3 negative reviews mention this · 38% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Effective But Crude. Bought app to make it easier for shopping as a single elderly guy. Guess I “assumed” it would integrate with the grocery store shopping app already on my phone. It doesn’t. It’s nice but a technicality crude app that is reliant on everythin…" - NitramAA5
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"been"
3 negative reviews mention this · 38% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Stopped importing recipes. I really liked this app, and I even paid for it. I can’t get it to import from websites anymore, which was super handy. It’s been a minute since the function simply stopped working so I’m just copying my recipes by hand or into Notion befor…" - xebata
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Doesn't show aisle numbers
Pointless
Effective But Crude
Bought app to make it easier for shopping as a single elderly guy. Guess I “assumed” it would integrate with the grocery store shopping app already on my phone. It doesn’t. It’s nice but a technicality crude app that is reliant on everything web based and no compatibility with anything. “Support” is relatively good, but to be told it is incapable of doing what you bought it for should be stated in Apple Store’s App description. Cute useless app. More than a disappointment. This app has a very, Very Long way to go to be useful to me. I do wish them the best.
Problem
I have lost all my stores and lists. I still have the app. It happened suddenly. How do I restore them?
Shares with Amazon
They shared all of my information to Amazon. I pulled up my shopping list on Amazon to see all of my AnyList lists inside. How is that for privacy. Thank you for selling my information. Maybe they sent me a notification with an email to cover their tail but now Amazon has my lists-even random lists. Do. Not Use. Do Not Trust.
Update: AnyList sent me a message telling me that it’s my fault that they shared with Amazon because I’ve been a faithful user of AnyList for too many years. That’s why I’ve cancelled.
Update: AnyList sent me a message telling me that it’s my fault that they shared with Amazon because I’ve been a faithful user of AnyList for too many years. That’s why I’ve cancelled.
Shopping list
Use almost every day
Sharing Capabilities
The sharing capabilities don’t work very well. Often the person I send it to doesn’t get a link.
Stopped importing recipes
I really liked this app, and I even paid for it. I can’t get it to import from websites anymore, which was super handy. It’s been a minute since the function simply stopped working so I’m just copying my recipes by hand or into Notion before I delete the app.
Edit: After posting this review, it mysteriously started working again. 🙄
Edit: After posting this review, it mysteriously started working again. 🙄
No customer support!
I’ve actually been using this app (paid subscription) for YEARS. Until I got a new phone and could not get logged back in. I’ve used the same email address but the app kept saying could not locate that account. I reached out not once, not twice but 3 times via email with no response! After about a month of trying to get logged in ( because all of my recipes were saved there) I gave up. This is my last ditch effort to gain access to my account and get some sort of support!
Sentiment summary
98%
Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)