About Listonic

Our mission

Why would you reinvent the shopping list? Shopping lists are simple and effective. Many people still use pen and paper to great effect. But what if you could make small and smart improvements that make shopping lists even better?

We don't aim to completely change your life and your grocery list — we just want to make modest but impactful improvements. That's why we keep the app as simple and easy to use as possible, but with features that make a real difference.

How do you solve a problem like a shopping list?

We use technology to your advantage to bring you a simple, easy-to-use list full of great little features. The goal is to make shopping lists faster to use, which in turn makes shopping a more hassle-free experience — and to make sharing and syncing lists as straightforward as possible.

Your shopping list won't save the world. It will save you time and money, and make shopping that bit easier.

Our story

The idea for Listonic came from three friends who met at the University of Łódź, Poland, while studying computer science — back when flip-phones and PDAs were all the rage. Living together in Coventry, UK, they kept running into the same problems while shopping: forgetting items, or buying things they already had. So they set out to tackle those simple challenges with a digital shopping list. They finished the app as part of their studies back in Poland, and even won a prize for it.

Then the smartphone revolution arrived, and the three friends turned their app into a product. The company they set up over 15 years ago became one of the most successful startups in Poland. Today their modest product is used by millions of people and has been translated into more than 40 languages. All three are still active in running the company and developing the app.

What's next?

We want to make shopping lists better by using technology to make them smarter, without sacrificing their simplicity. For the past 15 years Listonic has looked to stay at the forefront of app technology — with features that are often small but impactful, increasingly built on our growing AI expertise.