I wrote about this a few weeks ago. My wife and I had a shopping list app we built for ourselves, used it for years, and finally shipped it to TestFlight.
A few hundred people tried it. Nobody complained about missing features. A few said it was exactly what they needed.
So we submitted.
Apple approved it. It's out.
What it is, again
A shopping list. That's it.
You add items. You swipe them done. If something is urgent — milk, or whatever you keep forgetting — you mark it. Everyone on the list gets a push notification.
No categories. No folders. No "are you sure?" dialogs. No recipes, no meal planning, no barcode scanner.
One list. One gesture. The thing you needed at the store.
What changed since TestFlight
Honestly, not much. We fixed a bug where the shared list would sometimes take a few minutes to appear on the other person's phone after accepting the invite. CloudKit propagation is slow sometimes, so now the app just retries quietly until items show up.
Other than that — the feedback from testers was mostly "this is good, don't add stuff."
So we didn't.
Sharing
The one feature beyond "list" is the shared list. You generate a link, send it through iMessage or WhatsApp or wherever, and the other person installs the app and joins.
One live list between two people. No accounts to create, no email sign-up, no syncing nonsense. It just works over iCloud.
This is a Pro feature. One-time, €6.99. No subscription, no annual renewal, nothing to cancel.
The person who joins your list doesn't need to pay anything. They get full access as a participant.
Why we shipped it
We genuinely use it every week. Every grocery run, my wife sends me a notification that milk is urgent and I stop ignoring the list.
It was built for us. It turns out other people want the same thing.
If you want a shopping list that does one thing well — here it is.
Stack, if you're curious
SwiftUI, SwiftData, CloudKit. Dark mode only. No backend on our side — everything lives in iCloud.
Top comments (22)
Congratulations Stokry!
Thanks!❤️
Congratulation!
Thanks :-)
Congratulation !
It's perfect even for eldery people, so it seems to apple store page that it's only in english.
Maybe could be possible to have other language? In this case it is possible to contribuite to it?
Thanks, really appreciate it! Simplicity was the whole goal — glad it landed that way.
More languages are definitely on my mind. Which one would you like to see? And yes, contributions are very welcome.
Italian because I'm from Italy and I can contribuite in the process, of course ^^
Awesome, thank you so much.
dev.to/stokry/tollere-got-an-updat... added italian as well
Congratulations😛
Thanks❤️
Honestly, the "no-subscription" model is what caught my eye immediately because I’m so tired of every basic utility app trying to charge me a monthly fee. I’ve tried a few different shared list apps with my partner, and they always feel cluttered with features we never touch, like meal planning or random categories that just get in the way when you're actually in the aisle. Having something that just focuses on a single, live list, especially with that urgent notification for the stuff we always forget, is a huge win for keeping things simple during a busy week. It's refreshing to see a developer stick to their guns and keep the UI clean instead of bloating it just for the sake of it.
Thank you so much for this — it genuinely means a lot.
Honestly, I’m a bit old-school at heart. I’ve always believed in the model where you pay for something once and it’s yours — no strings attached, no monthly reminder that you’re renting software you use every day. That philosophy just made sense to me, and I’m glad it resonates with people who feel the same way.
The minimalism side of things is something I care deeply about, and I think it’s actually underrated in today’s app landscape. There’s this pressure to keep adding features — meal planning, categories, integrations, gamification — as if more always means better. But I think most people just need a tool that does one thing really well and stays out of the way while they’re living their lives.
So Tollere is my answer to that: a simple price, a focused purpose, and nothing you didn’t ask for. Feedback like yours is exactly what keeps that conviction strong. Cheers! 🙏
Congratulations 👏
Thank you ❤️
Congratulations
Thanks❤️
You Forgot The Android users.
I have plan to add android version as well.
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