A shared grocery list app that sorts itself by aisle

One list, sorted by aisle

Type "milk, bananas, paper towels" and each item lands in its aisle: Produce, Dairy & Eggs, Meat & Seafood, Bakery, Pantry, Frozen, Drinks, Snacks and Household, with anything unusual under Other. In the store you walk the list top to bottom instead of doubling back for the butter. If HouseChief guesses an aisle wrong, tap the item's menu to move it, or to rename it.

Add something that's already on the list and HouseChief tells you instead of adding it twice. Add something you bought last week and it simply comes back onto the list. While you shop, a counter shows how far along you are ("5 of 12 in the cart").

A list for each store

Most families shop at more than one place. Next to the main Grocery list you can make store lists, for example Costco or Target, with New list → Store grocery list. Each one sorts by aisle the same way, so the warehouse run and the weekly shop stay separate. Other checklists (packing lists, the hardware store, a party) live alongside them in Lists.

Need it on paper? Any list prints as a checklist with boxes to tick, grouped by aisle.

Shared with the whole family

The grocery list belongs to the household, not to one phone. Sam adds bread from the office while Jordan is already in the store, and it's there the next time Jordan's list loads. Items checked off in the aisle are checked off for both of you. Kids can add to the shared lists and tick items too, from their own view or the kitchen tablet, with no email or password.

The wall display shows what's still on the grocery list along the bottom of the screen, so whoever opens the fridge and finds no milk can see whether it's already on there. Parents can also keep private lists, handy for birthday presents, that kids never see.

From recipes and meal plans

Every recipe in the recipe box holds its ingredients, and one step sends them to the grocery list, already sorted. Plan Tuesday's chili on the week grid and the shopping for it is one tap away. See meal planning for the week grid and recipe box, or the weekly meal planning guide for a 20-minute Sunday routine.

Add items by voice, chat or email

• Ask your Chief of Staff. Say or type "add paper towels and eggs" and they go straight on the list, with an Undo button. "Add paper towels to Costco" puts them on that store list.
• Quick add. Type a note like "we need milk and eggs, tacos Friday", or snap a photo of a recipe or a party supply list, and the items arrive in your Inbox to approve.
• Forward an email. Groceries mentioned in a forwarded email (the team snack schedule, a class party sign-up) land in the Inbox for a parent to approve. See email to calendar.
• Your own Claude or ChatGPT. If you connect your own assistant, it can add items to the grocery list too. See HouseChief with Claude and ChatGPT.

Send it to an Amazon cart

For the things you'd rather have delivered, a parent can tap Amazon on a list and pick the items to send. HouseChief looks each one up on Amazon and gives you a link that adds them to your own Amazon cart, where you check and order as usual. HouseChief never signs in to Amazon and never places an order, and it only ticks items off your list when you tap "I ordered".

There's no grocery delivery or pickup integration with supermarkets, and no price comparison. The Amazon link is a shortcut to your own cart, nothing more.