Terms of Use
Last updated 9 October 2026
These terms apply to the Better Groceries app for iPhone and Apple Watch (“the app”), provided by Alexandre Ramalho. By using the app you agree to them. Because the app is distributed through the App Store, Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement also applies.
What’s free today
Shared lists, aisles, the product catalog, the Apple Watch list and adding items by tapping them or typing their name are currently free and have no usage limits.
Voice, sentences and photos
Adding items by speaking (on iPhone or Apple Watch), by typing a whole sentence such as “milk, two avocados and greek yogurt”, or from a photo of a paper list is currently free for everyone, within the fair-use allowance below. For photos, you check the items before they are added. There’s currently nothing to buy in the app.
Fair use
Each person can make up to 500 voice or sentence adds and 25 photo imports per calendar month, far more than a household normally needs. The app shows how many you’ve used. If you reach the allowance, voice and photo adding pause until the 1st of the next month; tapping and typing items keep working as normal. To prevent automated abuse, voice requests are also limited to 20 per minute and photo imports to 3 per minute.
Free use can change
Free use, and the allowance above, are offered while they are sustainable for the project; they are not a promise for the future. Depending on the app’s costs and revenue, we may change the allowance, introduce paid plans, make voice, sentence and photo adding (or other features) part of a paid plan, or end free use of them. We will tell you in the app before such a change takes effect. Your lists stay yours either way.
If we introduce a paid plan, its price and what it includes will be shown in the app before you pay, and nothing is charged unless you choose to subscribe through the App Store. A change to free use never affects a period you have already paid for.
Your content
Your lists are yours. Anyone you invite to a list can see and edit it. Don’t use the app for anything unlawful or to harass other people.
Availability
We work to keep the app running and accurate, but it’s provided “as is”. Voice and photo recognition can make mistakes; check your list before you shop. To the extent the law allows, we aren’t liable for indirect losses from using the app. Nothing in these terms limits your rights as a consumer under the law of your country.
Ending your use
You can stop using the app and delete your account at any time (Profile → Delete account). If you subscribed to Plus earlier, during the beta, deleting your account doesn’t cancel that subscription; cancel it in your Apple ID settings.