I've just started using the latest version of Grocery IQ on my iPhone. It's a far cry from Handyshopper, but is the most useable free shopping app I've tried,...
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Kay Brooks
kaybrookstn
Jan 3, 2013 11:09 pm
In HandyShopper was item driven. I could create an item, designate which stores, what aisles and what prices...all within that item. Then when I headed out I'd...
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db
dbotas
Jan 4, 2013 1:21 am
I so agree... that's exactly how I used HandyShopper also. Put in the things I buy regularly into a smartphone DB records in extremely compact form (many items...
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Greg Gaub
flux1971
Jan 4, 2013 1:22 am
... It seems they would rather reinvent the wheel, so to speak. AndShoBBer is a pretty good HandyShopper alternative for Android, but it's still a little weak...
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db
dbotas
Jan 4, 2013 1:38 am
I'm on the iPhone platform... db ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Greg Gaub
flux1971
Jan 4, 2013 2:08 am
I guess that comment only helps the thousands that use Android, then. ;-) We do have a database for alternatives that includes those for Android and iOS. I...
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Greg Gaub
flux1971
Jan 4, 2013 2:09 am
I meant to post the link to the "alternatives" database... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/handyshopper/database?method=reportRows&tbl=30 -Greg...
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skormilo
Jan 4, 2013 2:39 am
That's the way I too used HS. My reply merely tried to indicate a method to achieve as close as possible to the same end using Grocery IQ, which is 'List'...
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Jim Wieder
wiedercpa
Jan 4, 2013 3:30 am
Has anyone checked out "Shopping List" by Fivefly? I find it a satisfactory substitute (well . . . not really, but it does most of what I need). It is...
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db
dbotas
Jan 4, 2013 3:55 pm
Thanks! Really useful. If people add more feedback re: features and functionality, it will be a great guiding resource. For most of the life of my current 3GS...
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Harold Goldner
poipu82
Jan 4, 2013 4:08 pm
You raise an interesting point; I have been using ToMarket Pro since I switched to Android back in early 2010, but I still have my T|X (with HandyShopper and...
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Kay Brooks
kaybrookstn
Jan 4, 2013 4:17 pm
Very handy list. Thanks for posting. On rShopping's Google+ group he's said that he intends to provide the ability to export to CSV. "For now, when you use the...
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Carla
sewitseams2me
Jan 4, 2013 4:56 pm
I also use ToMarket Pro. I converted my Handy Shopper lists over in 2010, too. I miss HS but TMP is not bad and is a workable substitute until I find...
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Roy Saffold
section_101
Jan 7, 2013 3:36 am
My wife and I have used it for a year or so. We now use "ToMarket"; on our Android phones. It is much more like HandyShopper than GroceryIQ. GroceryIQ has some...
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davidmarkrox
Jan 8, 2013 8:57 pm
I never used handyshopper for shopping! I just found it to be the best application for managing packing lists, mileage tracking, lent out items... I loved that...
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wookie833
Jan 17, 2013 3:30 am
Hi Greg, Thought I'd follow up on this thread...I've an HTC 1S, which is a largish screen android phone and I have recently downloaded Styletap ...the palm...
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Greg Gaub
flux1971
Jan 17, 2013 3:37 am
Thanks, Jim. I did manage to figure it out and test it. The problem for me is that my main use right now is shopping list which I then beam to my Wrist PDA...
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John Tserkezis
john_tserkezis
Jan 17, 2013 3:25 pm
... There is also a distinct lack of instructions around how to get your existing Palm data into StyleTap so those applications can read them. Obviously this...
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Greg Gaub
flux1971
Jan 17, 2013 3:28 pm
... I found the method to be easy enough. There's a feature within StyleTap that basically makes it a fileserver, and it tells you what IP to address in your...
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Kira
kira_heston
Jan 17, 2013 11:37 pm
The replacement I use is Grocery Gadget by Flixoft. It doesn't appear to be set up like Handyshopper at first glance, but I think I have it set up pretty...
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John Tserkezis
john_tserkezis
Jan 18, 2013 1:37 am
... So it offers a "virtual" palm filesystem? That would have been nice to know had I still be evaluating it, but a moot point now, I've pretty much replaced...
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Greg Gaub
flux1971
Jan 18, 2013 1:38 am
... Yep. I thought it was pretty clever. -Greg...
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John Tserkezis
john_tserkezis
Jan 18, 2013 3:00 am
... I guessed it would have been one or the other, either way - a manual would have cleared this from the start, and I would have probably been a new customer....
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R N
adagioinb
Jan 22, 2013 6:31 pm
I know I'm late to this discussion, but fwiw: I replaced my aging T3, with an iPod Touch a couple of years ago. I found that Grocery Gadget was the closest I...
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jayromanyah
Jan 30, 2013 4:00 am
I went through the Android app store for a while, installing shopping and list apps for a day or two and discarding them when they couldn't do something I...
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drruth532
Feb 11, 2013 1:21 am
I also tried many of the list and shopping apps and one offered in HanDBase. ToMarket is also the one I've settled on as closest to HS. The biggest annoyance...
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roybassist
Feb 12, 2013 4:10 pm
... Dennis, I am also using ToMarket, and when I type "light" in the search box, it finds and displays all on one screen "light bulbs 60W", "light bulbs 60W...
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Greg Gaub
flux1971
Feb 12, 2013 4:22 pm
... No worries. Thanks for helping. -Greg...
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drruth532
Feb 13, 2013 1:20 am
Roy, Thank you. It has been awhile since I played with the settings. Found and "corrected" that checked box. Dennis...
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Jim
bellfamilyof...
Apr 7, 2013 9:57 pm
Sadly I no longer use my Palm Zire 71. In many ways i still think it's better than the iPhone. My alternative H.S. app on the iPhone is Scan2List, it supports...
