What actually happens when six people share one list.
Not a feature summary. These are the specific mechanics that keep a shared list feeling like one list instead of six copies of it.
- Real-time sharing
- Share a list's invite code and anyone who enters it joins. From then on every edit lands on every device on that list.
- To buy, then Purchased
- A list is two sections. Tapping an item moves it from To buy down to Purchased, for everyone at once. That one mechanic is what stops the double-buying.
- Grid or list view
- Flip between a grid of emoji tiles and a plain list. Same items. Use whichever one you scan faster mid-aisle.
- A real grocery catalogue
- 501 items across 16 categories are built in, each with an emoji, so adding 'Milk' takes a tap rather than typing and hoping everyone spells it the same way.
- Variants, quantity and notes
- Apple means Fuji, Granny Smith, or Honeycrisp. Pick the one you want, set how many, and leave a note for whoever ends up doing the shop.
- Search, sort and reorder
- Search across your lists, sort them, or drag them into the order you want. That order is yours alone. Rearranging never moves the cards on anyone else's phone.
- Archive, don't delete
- Finished lists move out of the way but stay recoverable. Nothing gets thrown out.
- Activity history
- Every add, edit and tick is logged, with who did it and when. So "did somebody already grab this?" finally has an answer.
- Store cards, per list
- Scan a loyalty card with the camera and assign it to a list, so the roommate card sits with the roommate shop and not the family one.
- Saved recipes
- Heart a recipe and it's saved to your account, on every device you sign in to.
- Works offline
- The back of most supermarkets is a dead zone. Keep adding and ticking things off anyway. Everything syncs the moment the signal comes back.
- Light, dark, or system
- Pick a theme, or let it follow the phone. Handy when the only light left in the kitchen is the fridge.
Three steps, once.
- 01
Create a list
Give it a name, an icon, and a colour. Weekly groceries, a party, the roommate house account.
- 02
Invite people
Share the list's invite code. Anyone who enters it can add items and tick them off.
- 03
Shop together
Tap items into your cart as you go. Everyone else sees it happen.
You don't type "milk" — you pick it.
Basket ships with a real grocery catalogue. Items arrive with an emoji and a set of variants, instead of as free text somebody else has to interpret.
Apple → Fuji · Granny Smith · Honeycrisp. Pick the variant, set a quantity, add a note.
- Fruit & Vegetables
- Dairy, Eggs & Cheese
- Bakery & Bread
- Meat & Poultry
- Seafood
- Pantry Staples
- Beverages
- Snacks & Sweets
- Frozen Foods
- Household
- Personal Care
- Home and Garden
- Pet Supplies
- Care and Health
- Grain Products
- Ingredients and Spices
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CategoryBrowseScreen
Browsing a category and picking a product variant
Move one to Purchased.
This is the interaction the whole app is built around. On everyone else's phone, it moved the moment your thumb lifted.
Your store cards, in the Deals tab.
Scan a loyalty or membership card once with the camera. Basket keeps it filed by store with the number masked, and renders a barcode or QR the register can actually read.
- Scan once with the camera; no typing the number off the back.
- Renders as a real barcode or QR code that scans at the till.
- Assign a card to a specific list, so the roommate account stays separate from the family shop.
- Edit or delete a card any time from the same tab.
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DealsScreen
The card wallet with a scannable code open
Corner Co-op
•••• 4821
Green Grocer
•••• 1057
Fresh & Co
•••• 6633
Store names shown are illustrative. Basket stores whatever card you scan, and has no partnership with any retailer.
Recipes get a page of their own.
Browse dishes with every ingredient ready to drop straight onto your shared list — cook and shop from the same place.
Browse recipes →