Researched October 2026 · iOS v7.1

AnyList Review (2026): Worth $14.99 a Year for Cooks?

A shared grocery list that also keeps recipes. We checked what it does for people who cook from videos, what the free plan really covers, and where the paywall sits.

Giulia Terrana · October 17, 2026 · AI Cooking Tools

Summary

This AnyList review covers what the app does for people who cook from videos. AnyList is a shared grocery list with a recipe box, rated 4.9/5 on both the App Store (81K ratings) and Google Play. AnyList Complete costs $9.99 a year, or $14.99 for a household. It imports recipes from websites, not from TikTok or Reels, and free accounts cap web imports at 5. Our verdict: 8.2 out of 10, a strong shopping companion for video cooks.

8.2 /10

AnyList is the best shared grocery list we found for a household, with 4.9/5 across roughly 112,000 App Store and Google Play ratings. AnyList Complete costs $9.99 a year ($14.99 for a household). The catch for video cooks: it imports recipes from websites and blogs, not from TikTok or Reels. Verdict: a strong shopping companion, not a video-to-recipe tool.

Shared grocery list: 9.5/10
Recipe import (websites): 8/10
Meal planning: 8/10
Fit for video cooks: 3.5/10
Price for what you get: 9/10

Real-time shared list with automatic aisle categories, free on iOS and Android
Complete is $9.99 a year, or $14.99 for a whole household
Recipe ingredients go to the list in one tap, with a note on which recipe needs them

Recipe import reads web pages only, with no documented TikTok, Reel or YouTube link import
Free accounts can import just 5 recipes from the web, for the life of the account
The Alexa skill has reportedly been broken for most users since March 2026

Free to start. Complete is billed yearly only, no monthly plan.

Methodology

How we researched AnyList

Plan paid: No paid plan purchased. Pricing read from the official Complete page and the App Store in-app purchase list.
Version tested: iOS listing v7.1 (App Store, September 2026), Google Play listing updated August 18, 2026
Test period: 2026-10-17 → 2026-10-17

Test categories: Official pricing and feature table • App Store and Google Play ratings • Trustpilot review reading (all 21) • Third-party 2026 reviews and comparisons • Reddit thread excerpts • Fit for video-first cooking

We did not run a multi-week, paid hands-on test of AnyList, and we will not dress this page up as one. On October 17, 2026 we read AnyList's home, Complete and features pages in full and captured them as screenshots, read the App Store listing (version 7.1, 81K ratings) and the Google Play listing (30.9K reviews), read all 21 Trustpilot reviews, and read three independent 2026 write-ups. Reddit threads came up in search and we read the excerpts, without counting votes. We could not find an AnyList listing on G2 or Capterra, and Product Hunt shows zero reviews. The numbers on this page are quoted from those sources with their dates. Every claim about how the app behaves comes from the vendor's documentation or from named users, not from our own phone.

Should you use AnyList?

YES if you...

Two or more people shop from one list and want items ticked off in real time
You cook from blogs and recipe sites and want ingredients on the list in one tap
You like planning dinners on a calendar and will pay about $15 a year for it
You use a mix of iPhone and Android in the same household

NO if you...

Most of your recipes live in TikTok, Instagram or YouTube videos and you want them converted automatically
You want a one-time purchase instead of a yearly subscription (Paprika costs $4.99 once on iPhone)
You rely on Alexa to add items, since the integration has been unreliable in 2026
You need to export your lists, recipes and calendar to CSV or a spreadsheet

Pricing

What free covers and what Complete costs

Prices read from anylist.com and the App Store on October 17, 2026. Billing is annual only.

Free

The shared list is the product, and it is free

Shared lists with real-time check-off
Autocomplete and automatic aisle categories
Hand-typed recipes with no limit
Web recipe import capped at 5
Siri, widgets, barcode scanning, online ordering links

Complete (individual)

$9.99 /year

For one person

Meal planning calendar
Unlimited web recipe import
Web app, Mac app and Apple Watch
Item prices with a running total
Multi-store lists, photos, folders, location reminders

Best value

Complete (household)

$14.99 /year

For a household

Everything in individual
Shared across the household
Recipes and meal plan shared between members
Customer support priority

ROI breakdown: Over five years, Complete costs about $50 for one person and about $75 for a household. Paprika is $4.99 once on iPhone, so it wins on pure price if you do not need a shared list.

Hidden costs & gotchas

No monthly plan, so you cannot trial Complete for a month
The meal planning calendar sits behind the paywall, which surprises people who install for it
Free web import stops at 5 recipes for the life of the account, not per month
Paprika-style one-time pricing does not exist: AnyList is a subscription

Interface

What AnyList looks like

Numbers

What the record shows

Figures are sourced and dated. We did not generate any of them ourselves, and each note says where it comes from.

Apple App Store rating: 4.9 /5 81K ratings, listing for v7.1, retrieved October 17, 2026
Google Play rating: 4.9 /5 30.9K reviews, 1M+ downloads, listing updated August 18, 2026
Trustpilot rating: 3.7 /5 21 reviews, retrieved October 17, 2026
AnyList Complete, individual: 9.99 USD/year Official Complete page and App Store in-app purchase list
AnyList Complete, household: 14.99 USD/year Official Complete page and App Store in-app purchase list
Free web recipe imports: 5 recipes, lifetime Official features table, free column: limit 5, Complete: unlimited

AnyList Complete page showing $9.99 and $14.99 per year — The page states $9.99 a year for an individual and $14.99 a year for a household, and lists the Mac and web apps, recipe import, the meal planning calendar, item photos and prices, stores and filters, and location reminders as Complete features.

AnyList features page comparing the free plan and Complete — The table marks web recipe import as limit 5 on the free plan and unlimited on Complete. Recipes added by copy and paste are available in both columns.

Pros and cons

Pros

The shared list is excellent and free Real-time check-off, autocomplete and automatic aisle categories are in the free plan, on iPhone and Android alike.
Recipes feed the list in one tap Ingredients from an imported recipe go to the list, with a note under each item saying which recipe needs it.
It is actively developed Version 6.0 reworked meal planning in December 2025 with a Queue, an Ideas tab and templates, and version 7.0 added recipe timers in April 2026.
Price is hard to argue with $14.99 a year covers a whole household. Most rivals charge several times that.

Cons

No documented import from TikTok, Reels or YouTube Import is built around recipe websites and blogs, plus copy and paste. A third-party 2026 comparison notes that AnyList's listing never mentions Instagram or TikTok.
Ingredient merging is imperfect One Trustpilot reviewer, April 2026, reports duplicate garlic lines from two recipes and prices that did not carry over when a recipe was re-added. Treat it as one user's account, not a measured rate.
Alexa has been unreliable in 2026 A Google Play reviewer in September 2026 says the Alexa integration has not worked for months. AnyList's reply blames Amazon and offers a refund by email. Google Assistant support ended in 2023.
No built-in export of recipes and plans Trustpilot and App Store reviewers both ask for a proper export. Years of saved recipes live in AnyList's cloud.

Verdict

Final verdict

8.2 /10

AnyList does one job better than anything else we looked at: it keeps a household's shopping list in sync and sorted by aisle. That job is free, which is why the 4.9 average on both app stores is believable. If you also cook from blog recipes, Complete at $14.99 a year turns the list into a small kitchen system, with a calendar and one-tap ingredients.

For a Reel2Recipe reader the picture is narrower. AnyList will not watch a video for you. It starts after you have a written recipe: you paste it, import it from a website, or type it. Used that way, it is the shopping half of a video-to-recipe workflow, and a good one.

Our score is 8.2 out of 10, based on documentation and public ratings rather than our own multi-week use. Start free, test the shared list with the other person who shops, and pay only when you hit the 5-recipe import cap or want the calendar.

Shared grocery list 9.5/10 Real-time and free
Recipe import (websites) 8/10 Strong, capped at 5 on free
Meal planning 8/10 Reworked December 2025, paid
Fit for video cooks 3.5/10 No documented video import
Price for what you get 9/10 $14.99 per household per year
Integrations 6.5/10 Siri works, Alexa unreliable

See alternatives

Common questions

Is AnyList free?

The core is free: shared lists with real-time check-off, autocomplete, automatic aisle categories and typed recipes. AnyList Complete is $9.99 a year for one person or $14.99 a year for a household.

What does AnyList Complete add?

The meal planning calendar, unlimited web recipe import, the web and Mac apps, Apple Watch, item photos, prices with a running total, multi-store lists, folders, themes, location reminders and passcode lock.

Can AnyList import a recipe from a TikTok or Instagram Reel?

Not as a documented feature. AnyList imports from recipe websites and blogs, and you can paste a recipe in as text. If the written recipe is in the video caption, copying it in works. A spoken-only recipe has to be written down first.

How many recipes can I import for free?

Five from the web, for the lifetime of the account according to a 2026 third-party review. The official table lists the limit as 5 on free and unlimited on Complete. Typed and pasted recipes are not capped.

Does AnyList work with Alexa and Google Assistant?

Siri works. Reviewers report the Alexa skill has been broken for most users in 2026, and AnyList has said the problem is on Amazon's side. Google Assistant support ended in 2023 when Google shut third-party lists integrations.

Is AnyList better than Paprika?

They start from opposite ends. AnyList is a shared grocery list that holds recipes. Paprika is a recipe manager that makes grocery lists, and costs $4.99 once on iPhone. Pick AnyList if two people shop from one list.

Is AnyList still maintained?

Yes. The App Store shows version 7.1 from September 2026, and 2026 releases added recipe timers with Live Activities and a reworked meal planner.

Update log

2026-10-17 Initial publication. Pricing, store ratings and Trustpilot reading checked on October 17, 2026.

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