Make a grocery list in a minute
Start from the shopping list template, or open a blank note and type [ ] and a space before each item. Press Enter for the next one. Anything you need every week can stay in the list: untick it instead of typing it again.
Turn on Move ticked items to the bottom in Settings, and what's still to buy stays at the top while you walk round. Planning meals first? The meal plan template ends with a To buy checklist.
Share it with your family
Put the list in a folder, choose Share, and invite your family by email or @username. They can add things from their own phones, and you see each change within about a second. If two people type at once, both keep their words. The list is encrypted end to end, so Memlow's servers can't read what's on it.
A notebook can be shared with up to 19 people. Sharing needs a free Memlow account with Google Drive backup turned on. You can also send one list with a link that works for 1, 7 or 30 days; people can read it in a browser without an account. More on the shared notes page.
Works in a shop with no signal
Your list lives on your phone, so it opens and ticks with no connection at all. Anything you change catches up with the rest of the family when the phone is back online. On a computer, the web app works offline too after your first visit.
Group items by aisle
The shopping list template has a heading for each part of the shop: fruit and vegetables, dairy and eggs, bread and grains, and household. Add your own headings for the butcher, the pharmacy or the bazaar. A heading folds away, so you can close the sections you've finished.
- Put a reminder on one item, such as "bread on the way home", and it rings at that time.
- Add a photo of the brand you want, or a voice note of what the recipe needs.
- On Android, the Note widget shows the whole list on your home screen, ticked right there.
Free, with no AI
Memlow is free. The web app has no ads; the Android app shows a few, never while you write. Nothing reads your list or suggests products. There's no iPhone app. Family members on iPhones could try the web app in a browser, but we haven't tested it in Safari on an iPhone, so we can't promise it works well there.
