Questions
Short answers, written to be read before you install anything rather than after. If yours is not here, the address at the bottom of this page reaches a person.
ShopAir is a shared shopping list app for households, available on iPhone and Android. Several people keep one list between them: anyone with permission adds items from their own phone, and the change appears on everybody else's phone as it happens, without anyone pressing send. ShopAir also stores loyalty cards as barcodes and QR codes, in the same app.
Yes. A ShopAir list is shared rather than copied, so two people can add and tick off items simultaneously and both phones stay in step. If someone ticks off an item while you are looking at the list, you see it tick off.
No. Somebody you invite to a list can add items and tick them off without a ShopAir subscription of their own. A subscription is needed to create your own lists, add your own loyalty cards, and invite other people.
Open the list in ShopAir, tap Invite, and send the link through any messaging app, show the QR code, or enter their email address if they already use ShopAir. When they open the invitation they join the list, and you choose whether they can edit it or only view it.
Yes. Every member of a ShopAir list has one of two permissions: can edit, or view only. The person who created the list sets the permission when inviting somebody, and can change it or remove that person at any time.
Yes. ShopAir keeps working with no signal, which is what a supermarket basement usually offers. Items you add or tick off while offline are held on the phone and sent as soon as the connection returns, and the app tells you it is offline rather than silently dropping the change.
Yes. ShopAir is on both the App Store and Google Play, and the two versions share the same lists. The home screen widget is currently iPhone only.
ShopAir is a subscription, offered monthly or annually, and the annual plan starts with a three day free trial. The exact price is set by the App Store and Google Play in your own currency and is shown before you confirm anything.
Yes. ShopAir stores loyalty cards as barcodes or QR codes, added by scanning the plastic card with the camera or typing the number. Cards open full screen at the checkout, and you can share a card with the people already on your lists.
ShopAir ships with 136 store chains, including Tesco, Lidl, Aldi, Asda, Auchan, E.Leclerc, Walmart, Target and Costco, almost all of them with their logo and colour. Any shop that is not in the list can be added by hand, with your own image as its icon.
Yes, but with a real limit. ShopAir lets you start without an account, and the lists then stay on that one phone: they cannot be shared with anyone, they do not appear on your other devices, and deleting the app deletes them permanently. Sharing requires an account, because that is what other people join.
ShopAir is fully translated into English and French, including the item suggestions and every screen in the app. Shop names stay as the brand writes them.
Yes. Opening an item in ShopAir shows who added it and when, and who ticked it off. Each shared list also keeps an activity log covering items added, items ticked off, people joining and permissions changing.
Deleting your account from Settings inside ShopAir permanently removes your account, the lists you own and your loyalty cards. Lists that other people shared with you are not yours to delete, so they stay with their owner.
No. ShopAir carries no advertising and does not sell personal data. The subscription is what pays for it, which is why nothing else has to.
The features page lists everything ShopAir does, area by area, including the parts that are deliberately limited.
Make it, name it, send the link to the person you shop with.
