ShopAlong support

1. The first time you open ShopAlong, a short tour ends by asking you to name your first pantry, such as Kitchen. Tap Create Pantry & Stock It.
2. Pick the everyday staples you keep at home to start with, or tap Skip to Scanning.
3. To add another pantry later, like the garage freezer, open the Inventory tab, tap the ••• button and choose New Pantry…. Give it a name, icon and colour.

Switch between pantries from the same menu with Switch Pantry. Rename or delete one with Edit Pantry.

1. Open the Scan tab. The first time, iOS asks for camera access. The camera is only used to read barcodes.
2. Make sure the switch at the bottom is on Scan In, then aim at a barcode. Items you already track count up straight away. New products are looked up and saved with a name, brand and category.
3. Bought more than one? Tap + on the banner instead of scanning again. Scanned by mistake? Tap − to undo it.
4. When you use something up, switch to Scan Out and scan it again to count it down.

Having trouble focusing? Tap the item on screen to focus on it.

1. On the Scan tab, tap Add by name (in Scan Out it reads Remove by name).
2. Start typing. Suggestions appear as you type, and ShopAlong fills in the category for you.
3. You can also add an item with every detail from the Inventory tab: tap ••• and choose Add Manually.

1. On the Scan tab, tap Stock-Up.
2. Scan everything, one item after another. The camera never stops to ask questions, and Undo Last takes back the last scan.
3. Tap Done. Anything ShopAlong wasn’t sure about opens in Quick Review: confirm each one or tap Confirm All, fix a name, or discard a duplicate.
4. Anything you leave for later waits under Needs Review on the Shopping tab. If a product couldn’t be looked up, Retry Lookup tries again.

1. On the Shopping tab, tap New List. Give it a name and, if you like, the store it’s for.
2. Items that are running low or expiring soon are suggested at the top under Add to List?. Tap + to add one.
3. Add anything else by typing it in. Items are grouped by category, so the list follows the aisles.
4. To put the aisles in the order you walk the store, tap the list’s ••• button and choose Reorder Categories.

Want suggestions sooner? Open an item in your pantry and raise its Restock at level.

1. At the store, tap the circle next to each item as it goes in your trolley. Checked items move to In Cart.
2. When you get home, tap Add to Pantry… and choose the pantry. Counts go up for everything you already track.
3. Leave Add items that aren’t in the pantry yet on to start tracking new things too, then tap Add to and your pantry’s name.
4. Items you track with an expiry date get a fresh one. Change this in Settings › Restocking.

Clear Cart empties the cart without changing your pantry.

1. To share a pantry, open the Inventory tab, tap ••• and choose Share Pantry.
2. To share only a shopping list, open the list, tap ••• and choose Share List. You can also share either from Settings › Household & Sync.
3. Send the invitation by Messages, Mail or any other app. When someone accepts, their changes and yours stay in sync.
4. To see who has access or stop sharing, choose Manage Sharing from the same menu. Someone who wants to leave a shared list can use Manage Sharing and Remove Me.

Everyone needs to be signed in to iCloud. Want to know when someone else updates a shared pantry? Turn on Notify on household changes in Settings › Alerts.

1. Open a shopping list, tap ••• and choose Set Store Location.
2. Move the map so the pin sits on the store, or tap Use Current Location if you’re there. Add a label, set the radius, and tap Add This Location.
3. Turn on Notify me when I arrive. To be reminded while ShopAlong is closed, allow location access Always when iOS asks.
4. When you arrive, you get a notification listing the low-stock items you usually buy there. Tap Add All to List to add them without opening the app.

Your location stays on your iPhone. iOS watches up to 20 store locations at a time, so ShopAlong keeps the nearest ones active.

1. Say “Hey Siri, add to my ShopAlong list”. Siri asks what you need and adds it to your first list.
2. Ask “Hey Siri, what’s on my ShopAlong list?” to hear what’s still needed.
3. Both are in the Shortcuts app as Add to List and What’s on My List, where you can choose a particular list.
4. To send a list to someone who doesn’t have the app, tap the list’s ••• button and choose Send as Text.

Swipe down on your Home Screen and type an item’s name to find it in Spotlight.

1. Open the item, tap Edit and turn on Track as a package. Set Units per package, for example 12 for a case of cans.
2. The count now means sealed packages, which is what every scan and restock adds or removes.
3. On the item’s page, Open a Package moves one package into loose units, and Use 1 Unit counts a single one down.

1. Touch and hold an empty spot on your Home Screen, tap Edit, then Add Widget, and choose ShopAlong.
2. Pick Quick Counts and add it.
3. Touch and hold the widget, choose Edit Widget, and pick the items to show. Count Packages By chooses whether + and − move single units or whole packages.

Quick Counts is part of ShopAlong Pro.

1. Go to Settings › Your Data and tap Export Inventory & Lists. ShopAlong saves every pantry, item and list as a file you can AirDrop, email or keep in Files.
2. To restore, tap Import from Backup in the same place and choose the file.
3. Importing adds what’s missing and leaves what you already have untouched, so it’s safe to run on a device that already has data.

1. Sign in to the App Store with the Apple Account you bought Pro with.
2. Go to Settings › ShopAlong Pro and tap Restore Purchases.

With Family Sharing, members of your family group get Pro too, with nothing to restore.