Out of Milk holds the list, and lets you take it with you.
Out of Milk is free, ad supported, and owned by InMarket, the ad-tech company that bought it in 2021 and terminated accounts outside the US and Canada. It is also the only app in this whole comparison that documents a CSV export of your own lists. Here is the honest side by side.
What you keep
- The shopping list, shared, sorted for the aisle.
- A pantry list, with quantities and expiry dates this time.
- No ads, on any tier.
- About 3,950 meal-kit-style recipes attached to that pantry, plus a one-tap Walmart cart.
What it costs
| Out of Milk | Well Stockd | |
|---|---|---|
| Price, September 2026 | Free, with ads. The App Store lists Premium purchases at $9.99 and $12.99, and neither store page states the billing period. | Free forever for the cooking loop. Pro is $4.99 a month or $39 a year, which is two months free. |
| Free tier | The whole app. Out of Milk markets a completely free experience, paid for by advertising. | Inventory with expiry tracking, the full catalog, can-make matching, the shopping list, the Walmart cart and cook mode. Two lists and five of your own recipes. |
| Ads | Yes. Google Play shows the "Contains ads" badge. | None. The app carries no advertising. |
| What matters | Out of Milk | Well Stockd |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Alive and still shipping, with an iOS release in September 2026 and 5 million-plus installs on Android. | Live. The kitchen loop is the whole product rather than a side feature. |
| Getting your data out | The best of any app here. Shopping, pantry and to-do lists export to CSV from the Android app, and the web account imports and exports them. | Your own recipes and lists sit in your account for as long as the account exists. |
| Who owns it | InMarket Media, an ad-tech company. The site carries Advertise With Us, AdChoices and a do-not-sell link. | One product, paid for by subscriptions, with no advertising business attached. |
| Where it is available | US and Canada. Accounts outside those countries were terminated in 2021. | No country restriction on the account. The Walmart cart is a US hand-off; the list itself works anywhere. |
| Pantry and expiry dates | There is a pantry list. No expiry tracking is claimed here. | Full fridge, freezer and pantry inventory with expiry dates and freshness-aware sorting. |
| Recipe catalog | Not part of what Out of Milk is for, so no claim is made here. | About 3,950 meal-kit-style recipes, matched live against what you actually have in. |
What you gain
- An inventory. Your fridge, freezer and pantry, with quantities, in one place.
- Expiry dates. The app warns you before something goes off and sorts the oldest to the top. Free on every account.
- Can-make matching. Every recipe says whether you can cook it tonight with what you already have.
- A shopping list that is a gap list. It holds what you do not already own, and one tap sends it to a Walmart cart. Any store works.
- Household sync. One shared kitchen, so nobody comes home with the second bag of rice.
The honest trade-off
What you may miss: Out of Milk is free, it opens fast, and it will hand you a CSV of your own lists, which is more than most paid apps here will do. If your household has one job for it, adding milk to a list, that is a low bar and it clears it.
When you should stay with Out of Milk
A comparison page that cannot name a reason to pick the other product is an advert. These are the cases where Out of Milk is the better call:
- You want a free list and nothing else, and the ads do not bother you.
- You value the CSV export, which Well Stockd does not match today.
How to move off Out of Milk
- Export first, because you can. On Android, open a list, use the three-dot menu, choose Export list and email yourself the CSV. On the web, sign in and use List Summary, Import and Export.
- Do the shopping list and the pantry list both, so you have the full picture before you stop.
- Keep the files. Well Stockd does not import them yet, so treat them as your backup and your checklist.
- Rebuild the recurring list here, then stock the fridge, freezer and pantry so the list becomes a gap list rather than a memory test.
- Set the household up first if two of you shop, so both phones write to one kitchen instead of two copies.
- Create a free account. Confirm your email and 7 days of full Pro start, with no card.
- In Settings, open “Refer friends & earn Pro,” choose Out of Milk, and claim your one-time switch offer of 3 free months.
The offer
Out of Milk switchers get 3 free months of Well Stockd Pro: the planner, household sync, the hands-free cook assistant, custom substitutions and unlimited lists and recipes. It is one claim per account, in Settings, through the founding window. After that, Pro is $4.99 a month or $39 a year. The cooking loop stays free either way.
Common questions
Is Out of Milk free?
Yes, and it says so: Out of Milk markets a completely free experience, paid for by advertising. Google Play shows the "Contains ads" badge, and the App Store lists Premium purchases at $9.99 and $12.99 without stating a billing period.
Can I export my Out of Milk lists?
Yes. Shopping, pantry and to-do lists export to CSV from the Android app by email, and the web account can both import and export them. It is the only app in this comparison that documents that.
Why did Out of Milk stop working outside the US?
InMarket, which has owned it since 2021, terminated accounts outside the US and Canada that year.