Grofer and mise, side by side
Both plan a week of meals to a budget. mise builds one shopping list grouped for your supermarket, and its pages name Aldi and Lidl. 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 mise if
- You shop at Aldi or Lidl. mise names both for its shopping list; Grofer doesn’t price them yet.
- You want meals built around ingredients already in your kitchen, or you set calorie goals.
- You want to plan on an iPhone or iPad today.
- You want an app plenty of people already rate: 4.7 from about 3,700 reviews on Google Play and 4.6 from about 1,500 ratings on the UK App Store when we checked.
Pick Grofer if
- You shop online and want the basket filled at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Ocado, Morrisons, Waitrose or Iceland. We didn’t find basket filling on mise’s pages.
- You want to see the same week priced at each supermarket before you choose where to shop.
- You want to plan and shop in store without a subscription.
| Feature | Grofer | mise |
|---|---|---|
| Recipes | Published recipes from real publishers, each credited and linked to the original. Grofer doesn’t write recipes. | Its own recipe library, written for weeknights. It can build meals around ingredients you already have.misemealplanner.com, apps.apple.com/gb/app/mise-meal-planner/id6777471316 |
| Weekly budget | You set a weekly budget, see the total before you shop, and Grofer tells you when the plan goes over. | You set your weekly spend, and it plans meals that keep you inside it.misemealplanner.com |
| 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. | Says its prices and lists are tuned to where you shop. We didn’t find a comparison of the same plan across supermarkets.misemealplanner.com |
| 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 pages. It makes a shopping list.misemealplanner.com/support |
| Shopping in store | A priced list to tick off round the shop, free. Asda is priced for shopping in store only. | One list combining the week’s ingredients, grouped for your chosen supermarket. Its pages name Aldi, Lidl and Tesco.misemealplanner.com/support, gregstarr7.github.io/mise |
| Diets and allergies | Allergies and diets are hard filters, applied before you see a meal. Meals that suit the appliances you have come first. | Veggie, vegan, pescatarian, gluten-free, allergen avoidance and calorie goals. Recipes adapt to your equipment, such as an air fryer or hob only.misemealplanner.com, apps.apple.com/gb/app/mise-meal-planner/id6777471316 |
| What it plans | 3 to 14 meals a week, for 1 to 10 people. Pack sizes are worked out across the whole week. | Up to 7 dinners a week, for the number of people you feed, shared with your household.misemealplanner.com |
| What’s free | Planning, prices and the in-store list are free. Filling your online basket is a subscription. | A subscription with a 3-day free trial. We didn’t find a free plan on its pages.apps.apple.com/gb/app/mise-meal-planner/id6777471316 |
| Where it runs | Android. The iPhone app isn’t out yet. | iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android.apps.apple.com/gb/app/mise-meal-planner/id6777471316, play.google.com/store/apps/details |
mise’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 mise or about Grofer? Email hi@efosaso.com and we’ll check it and correct the page.
Free to plan and shop in store.