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24 alternatives to I built a free app for New Yorkers to save money on groceries

I built this because I see that grocery savings are achievable in NYC. People usually just go to the store they're used to going to, and it's rarely worth the effort of combing through card cashback, weekly coupons, CPG rebates. Most people leave real money on the table by not stacking them, and even more don't even know that these deals are out there.... so I built a way to automate it. You can use it for free, no login, currently NYC-only with ~690 stores. I built it so that you just search whatever you want (use commas if you want to search multiple items). Or - use the AI tool to help…

This free app helps New York City residents find grocery savings by automatically combining card cashback, weekly coupons, and manufacturer rebates across approximately 690 stores. Users search for items they want to… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    Capitan▲367

    AI powered shopping list: Never forget anything at the store

    2015 · getcapitan.com · its alternatives →

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    Blahget▲100

    Voice-based AI expense tracker app

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Your personal grocery shopping helper and budget tracker

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Turn local grocery store deals into personalized meals

    Apr 2026 · dishcount.co · its alternatives →

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    My Expenses is a very simple app to track expenses for one-time budgets. Let's say you're going on vacations in Italy and you want to allocate $1.500 to this trip. You create a budget "Italy" in 30 seconds and you're ready to go. Each time you make an expense in Italy, you add it to the app in a few seconds and you instantly know you're remaining budget. I'm bored of super complex apps. Yes, they do a lot of things, but it often takes a while to get used to the app and understand all its features. That's why I created this app. I want people to be able to track their expenses in seconds, as…

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    AppDesk▲90

    Every morning I'd open App Store Connect in Safari, enter my password for the millionth time, then wait 8 seconds for the dashboard to load and continue fumbling around for what I needed. Everything took too many clicks and way too long to load. I did this for years and got tired of it. Good thing Apple provided API access for all this data. So I finally built the app I wanted, just the way I liked. Fast, keyboard-friendly navigation, data syncs and gets stored only on the local device. Meet AppDesk — a native macOS client built with SwiftUI for App Store Connect. Everything runs locally —…

    Mar 2026 · appdesk.dev · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! I’m a solo iOS dev who kept losing track of where my grocery and shopping money was going, so I built ReceiptIQ Pro. What it does: - Scan any receipt with on-device AI/OCR and instantly categorize the items. - Auto-build spending charts, budgets, and exportable CSVs—no manual typing. - Works offline; iCloud backup/restore optional. No data leaves your phone unless you choose to. - Small extras: warranty reminders, bill tracking, and income logging. Tech bits: - Swift/SwiftUI on iOS. - Apple’s Vision framework + my own ML post-processing. - A lightweight Python backend…

    2025 · receiptiq.me · its alternatives →

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    A simple, real-time shared shopping list app

    2018 · ueberliste.de · its alternatives →

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    Buy groceries, earn cash back

    2014 · checkout51.com · its alternatives →

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    A little background: I'd been throwing this idea around in my head for a while, and finally had some free time between two quarters of school, and decided to make the site. I spent several days over the break laying out the backend for the site, and starting coding, and then the next few weekends finishing it up (and I've been making small changes since then). Where I got the idea: I originally got the idea when trying to look up coupons for some pizza places, and having a lot of trouble finding any that worked at my store since they were all regional, or weekly codes, so I just manually…

    2012 · abiteofpizza.com · its alternatives →

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    Shop smarter with Minty, your AI-powered savings buddy. Discover hidden deals, earn Cashback, and make the most of your online shopping. Join now for a $10 welcome bonus!

    2012 · addshoppers.com · its alternatives →

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    We are excited to announce the launch of DealUps (www.dealups.mobi), a free iPhone app that lets you find deals you can use right here, right now. DealUps delivers hyperlocal, geographically targeted deals for over 18,000 restaurants and daily deal sites such as Groupon based on your current location. We leverage your current location and deliver passive notifications of relevant nearby deals, regardless of what you happen to be doing on your phone at the time. Download DealUps for free here: http://bit.ly/dealups In conjunction with our launch, we're giving away $250,000 in Restaurant.com…

    2011 · bit.ly · its alternatives →

  13. 13MS

    I’m excited to share Savewise Cashback, a powerful new tool to help you save money on every online purchase. I was inspired to build this after I realized that cashback offers vary every day across every shopping portal. I imagined a “Google Flights” for cashback offers was something that would save me so much time, and help me earn more cash back and miles while shopping. With this tool, you no longer have to check every shopping portal to find the best cashback or mileage offers before making a purchase. It also shows you some historical data on offers by portal since the rates change…

    2024 · cashback.savewise.xyz · its alternatives →

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    Hey, I'm an iOS engineer who took on the seemingly mad task of creating a new grocery app in this day and age. Yes, there are plenty out there, but I promise there's a method to my madness. It's born out of a personal need – my wife would rattle off a list of things to buy, and I'd struggle to remember them all. She's not a fan of typing into apps or shared notes, and honestly, neither am I when it's about speed. The epiphany was that all existing grocery apps have an input problem. They're not catering to the way real people communicate about errands. So, I built HoneyDo to solve my own…

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    I’m a financial analyst, and for years I managed our family budget in a massive Excel sheet. I loved the control, but it eventually became an "unpaid second job" of fixing broken CSV formats and patching formulas. The real problem: The spreadsheet was a barrier, not a bridge. It didn’t help me have better money conversations at home. Telling my wife “Dining is high” wasn't helpful; we needed to see where we were overspending (e.g., that one specific cafe vs. grocery runs) without me having to act as a "human pivot table" every Sunday night. I didn't want an app that required our bank…

    Feb 2026 · opboard.io · its alternatives →

  16. 16AS

    No cookies / tracking / logins / monetization, just a free PWA.

    2023 · shoptogether.app · its alternatives →

  17. 17MS

    For years, I have struggled to understand my cash flow and save for the future. In addition to that, my wife has many credit cards and accounts that complicate matters. I am building a tool that connects all our accounts, helps us create a budget, and tracks and adjusts expenses on the fly. I am also sprinkling some AI magic on it for financial suggestions. I am looking for feedback on the implementation. More importantly, I am looking for more beta testers to improve the product.

    2023 · financemadelovely.com · its alternatives →

  18. 18IM

    My free to use app lets you schedule your favorite recipes with a few clicks

    2024 · simplechore.xyz · its alternatives →

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    This week's deals. Tonight's dinner.

    Mar 2026 · mysmartgrocer.ca · its alternatives →

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    I built a macOS app to track my subscriptions after realizing I was spending over $XXXX annually on services I barely used. I wanted a simple, privacy-focused tool to help me stay on top of recurring charges without relying on third-party integrations or sharing financial data. Key Features: – Visual Calendar: See all upcoming charges in a monthly view. – Custom Notifications: Set reminders for upcoming payments. – Highlights: Flag subscriptions as annual, trial, or one-time. – Statistics: View projected yearly spending, average monthly costs, and peak spending months. – Custom Categories:…

    2025 · appps.od.ua · its alternatives →

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    Scan your fridge, save money & reduce food waste with AI

    2025 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    Rappn▲6

    The grocery shopping in Switzerland, made simple and cheaper

    Jan 2026 · rappn.ch · its alternatives →

  23. 23IB

    I recently built an iOS app called Settld: Group Restaurant Finder that helps friends decide where to meet by finding restaurants that are roughly equally far from everyone’s location, and displaying information about them. We’ve all been in chaotic group chats where no one can agree on where to eat — this app cuts through that by calculating a “sweet spot” for the group. For 2 people, it’s the midpoint. For 3 people, it’s the circumcenter. For 4–6 people, it uses a minimum enclosing circle approach (Welzl’s algorithm). It then shows the top 15 nearby options so there’s no more “where do we…

    2025 · settld.space · its alternatives →

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    Your AI-powered coupon finder for every store

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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