One list, two phones
The list your person can actually see. No account between you, and nothing to talk them into installing first.
Scanning a code is the whole setup
Open the list, tap “QR this list”, they point a camera at it. No invite email, no “create an account to continue”, no standing there holding a phone while someone else finishes signing up.
Both of you, at the same time
They tick the milk while you are still in the car park and it goes through. Add something from the tram and it is on their screen before you get home. Same list, both ends, nothing to refresh.
Or just send a copy
Not everything needs to be live. A copy is a link holding the list exactly as it is now — good for handing someone the shopping and then forgetting about it.
Four words instead of a link
Every live list also has a four-word phrase. It can be said down the phone, and the list opens on the other device. Nobody has to go looking for the message you sent.
Questions people ask
- Do we need accounts?
- No. Neither of you. There is no sign-up anywhere in this, which is also why there is no shared login to argue about.
- Can we both tick things off at the same time?
- Yes, that is what a live list is for. Both phones hold the same list and each tick shows up on the other.
- What if they do not want another app?
- They do not need one. It opens in whatever browser is already on their phone.
- Does it stay shared forever?
- Only while you want it to. Live sharing can be stopped from the list header, and the list goes back to being yours alone.