The Weekly Shop vs Linger

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The Weekly Shop compared with Linger
Detail	The Weekly Shop	Linger
What it does	Save more on every weekly shop	A private, local-first image organizer for design references
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
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Pricing model	Freemium	Paid
Pricing	Not given	Personal $39 USD one-time for 1 person on 2 Macs with Linger 0.x and 1.x updates included; Lifetime $79 USD one-time for 1 person on 4 Macs with all future major upgrades included. 14-day full trial available with no card required.
Key features	Meal planning with household preferences and budget constraints Recipe cards with estimated costs Receipt scanning and uploading Savings tips including brand swaps and recipe substitutions Weekly, monthly and yearly spending insights Shopping list generation from meal plans Supermarket preference customization	Add personal notes and tags to each reference Multiple view modes: grid, stack and focus views Text search across titles, notes and tags Canvas feature to arrange references side by side Collections and saved searches Local library with no cloud sync required Optional AI for text extraction and descriptions Chrome extension for easy capture No item count limits
What makes it different	Connects meal planning, receipt tracking and savings in one app instead of separate spreadsheets and notes Savings tailored to where you already shop Context-aware recommendations based on real receipts and meal plans Tracks applied savings to show impact over time	Private local-first library that keeps your data on your device with zero cloud dependency One-time purchase with permanent access, no monthly subscriptions Canvas tool to explore visual and conceptual relationships between references
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	1 no change since last check	Not checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	12	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	4	13
Referring domains (Majestic)	2	1

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