Grofer and Herbi, side by side
Both plan a week of meals to a budget and turn it into a shopping list. Herbi imports recipes from social media and plans leftovers. Grofer prices the same week at each supermarket and can fill your online basket at six of them.
Grofer wrote this page, so weigh it with that in mind. It says where the other app is the better pick and what Grofer doesn’t do yet, and every claim about the other app links to the page it came from.
Pick Herbi if
- You want to save recipes you find on TikTok or Instagram.
- You cook once and eat twice: it plans leftovers and scales the shopping to match.
- You plan on an iPhone.
- You’d like an app other people already rate: 4.2 from about 230 ratings on the UK App Store when we checked.
Pick Grofer if
- You want your online basket filled at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Ocado, Morrisons, Waitrose or Iceland.
- You want the same week priced at each supermarket before you choose where to shop.
- You’re on Android. Herbi is iPhone only.
| Feature | Grofer | Herbi |
|---|---|---|
| Recipes | Published recipes from real publishers, each credited and linked to the original. Grofer doesn’t write recipes. | Its own library and community recipes. You can share a recipe in from other apps, including TikTok and Instagram.apps.apple.com/gb/app/id6777230233 |
| Weekly budget | You set a weekly budget, see the total before you shop, and Grofer tells you when the plan goes over. | You give it a weekly food budget, and your shopping total updates as you plan.apps.apple.com/gb/app/id6777230233 |
| Comparing supermarkets | Prices the same plan at each supermarket it covers, with the date the prices were checked. A store with estimated items is never called cheapest. | Totals your list as you plan. We didn’t find a comparison across supermarkets.apps.apple.com/gb/app/id6777230233 |
| Fills an online basket at | Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Ocado, Morrisons, Waitrose and Iceland. It only adds to your basket and never clears it. | We didn’t find online basket filling on its App Store page.apps.apple.com/gb/app/id6777230233 |
| Shopping in store | A priced list to tick off round the shop, free. Asda is priced for shopping in store only. | Your plan becomes a shopping list, organised by aisle for your chosen supermarket.apps.apple.com/gb/app/id6777230233 |
| Diets and allergies | Allergies and diets are hard filters, applied before you see a meal. Meals that suit the appliances you have come first. | Dietary requirements and foods you don’t eat, and recipes matched to the appliances you have.apps.apple.com/gb/app/id6777230233 |
| What it plans | 3 to 14 meals a week, for 1 to 10 people. Pack sizes are worked out across the whole week. | A weekly dinner plan for your household. A meal can cover more than one night, with the cost and shopping scaled to match.apps.apple.com/gb/app/id6777230233 |
| What’s free | Planning, prices and the in-store list are free. Filling your online basket is a subscription. | Free to download, with Herbi Pro as an in-app purchase and a 7-day free trial.apps.apple.com/gb/app/id6777230233 |
| Where it runs | Android. The iPhone app isn’t out yet. | iPhone only.apps.apple.com/gb/app/id6777230233 |
Herbi’s column is from its own website and app store pages, read on 4 November 2026. Grofer’s column is the app as it is today.
What Grofer doesn’t do yet
- No iPhone app yet, and no web app. Grofer is on Android today.
- It doesn’t fill an Asda basket. Asda is priced for shopping in store only.
- Aldi, Lidl and Co-op aren’t priced yet.
- You can’t add your own recipes.
Is anything here wrong or out of date, about Herbi or about Grofer? Email hi@efosaso.com and we’ll check it and correct the page.
Free to plan and shop in store.