This guide walks you through the main parts of Shopping List on OneKitPlus. If this is your first time opening the app, you will find the right flow here to understand what matters, what is optional, and how to use prices, stores, templates, cart totals, and text sharing.
1. Open the app and understand the layout
Open Shopping List. At the top you will see the main app card, then the active list card, followed by summary blocks, the add-item form, and the items themselves. The app is designed mainly for mobile use, so the flow is vertical and important actions are reachable in a few taps.
2. Create your first list
- Tap New list.
- Enter a clear name, such as Weekly shopping.
- Confirm the creation.
You can keep multiple lists in the same account. This is useful when you want to separate regular groceries from offers, parties, or one-off shopping plans.
3. Read the active list card
The active list card contains the main actions:
- Rename to change the list name.
- Archive to move it out of the main view when it is no longer needed.
- Share to send the list as text.
- Group by store to organize items by supermarket.
Below that, the summary cards show Items, Remaining, and Estimated total. They help you understand at a glance how much is left and how much the list may cost.
4. Add your first item quickly
- Type the product name in the add form.
- If you want, add the quantity.
- Press Add item.
This is the fastest flow and it remains the core of the app. You are not forced to fill every field. If you only want a fast list, product name and quantity are enough.
5. Use optional fields only when they help
The expanded details area lets you add:
- Store for the specific item.
- Price for that item.
- Priority for important products.
- Note for brand, size, or reminders.
These fields should never slow you down. Use them when they bring real value. The app was intentionally designed to stay simple even without prices and stores.
6. How saved price memory works
When you save an item with a price and, if you want, also with a store, the app keeps that data in your personal history. From that moment on it can show hints such as:
- Best saved for the best price you have recorded.
- Latest saved for the last price you entered.
- lower-price store options when your own history contains a cheaper alternative.
The hints in the form are clickable. Tapping one can prefill the price and store for the item you are adding or editing.
7. Read the item card inside the list
Each list item shows the core information: name, quantity, and optional store or price details. The main buttons let you:
- move the item to the cart;
- move it up or down in the list;
- edit it;
- delete it.
If cheaper alternatives exist in your personal data, lower-price store options appear under the card. Tapping one updates the item immediately with the cheaper store and price.
8. Use Group by store for multi-store shopping
If you visit two or three supermarkets in the same morning, enable Group by store. The app reorganizes items by store and makes the route easier to read. This works well because store belongs to each item, not to the whole list.
If some products have no store assigned, they still remain in the list without problems.
9. Move items into the cart while you shop
When you take a product from the shelf, you do not need to delete it. Move it into In cart. This keeps a clean separation between what is still missing and what you already picked up.
If you change your mind, you can move the item back from the cart into the shopping list.
10. Understand Cart total and Estimated total
There are two important numbers:
- Estimated total in the list summary, based on saved item prices.
- Cart total in the cart area, showing what you are about to spend as you move products into the cart.
When both quantity and price are present, totals use the correct quantity x price calculation. For example, 2 breads at 0.10 become 0.20 in the cart total. Items without price do not affect totals.
11. Delete, Undo, and Clear cart
Deleting a single item does not open a blocking confirmation dialog. That keeps the flow faster. In exchange, the app shows a light Undo right after deletion so you can restore the item if needed.
For the whole cart, there is also Clear cart. That action uses double confirmation to prevent accidental bulk removal.
12. Save as template and Apply template
If your shopping pattern repeats often, you can save the current list as a reusable model:
- prepare the recurring products;
- use Save as template;
- choose a template name;
- reuse it later with Apply template.
Templates save time for weekly groceries. Applied items return as products to buy, not as products already in the cart.
13. Share the list as text
With Share, the app builds readable text with the list name, items to buy, items already in the cart, quantities, stores, prices, notes, and the estimated total when available. On mobile it uses the native share sheet. If the browser does not support that, the text is copied to the clipboard.
This is perfect for WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber, or messages. Important detail: today this is a text snapshot, not a live collaborative list between two OneKitPlus accounts.
14. Rename, archive, or delete a list
When a list is no longer useful, you can rename it, archive it, or delete it. Archive is useful when you want to keep past lists without leaving them in the main workspace. If the structure will be reused often, saving a template first is the better option.
15. Best practices
- Use simple and consistent product names, such as always writing Cream the same way.
- Add prices only when useful. You do not need them for every item.
- If you shop across multiple supermarkets, use store grouping.
- Use templates for the repeating weekly base.
- Share the list as text when someone else is shopping for you.
16. Current beta limits
This version does not use external supermarket APIs or scraping. Price hints are based only on the data you personally saved. There is also no live shared-list collaboration between different accounts yet. The current sharing flow is intentionally simple and immediate.
If you also want the broader product overview, read the Shopping List presentation article.