Grocery spending tracker for couples
Radish gives a two-iPhone household one receipt-based view of grocery spending. Create a fresh QR invite, join from your partner’s iPhone, and sync reviewed receipts, categories, and household choices through iCloud—without sharing bank access.
Last updated: August 15, 2026.
Free to download. Review and save one receipt before choosing a monthly or yearly plan for continued use. Requires iOS 18 or later. Optimized for English-language US grocery receipts and USD totals. Manual entry remains available.
Direct answer
Receipt changes can sync through a private iCloud household after an explicit QR invite. Both iPhones can see shared saved receipts, reviewed categories, monthly totals, and the household’s essential, optional, or excluded choices.
This is grocery-data sharing, not bank access, a joint Radish account, or automatic subscription sharing.
How two-phone sharing works
On the owner iPhone, open Settings → My household. The QR invite is valid for 15 minutes.
The supported setup needs iOS 18 or later, iCloud, internet access, and a different Apple ID on each phone.
Radish downloads the household’s latest receipts before the joining phone contributes its existing saved receipts.
The household screen shows two connected phones, the most recent sync, or whether synchronization needs attention.
Choose the right source
| Approach | Starting data | Bank login | Item detail | Sharing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radish | Reviewed grocery receipts | Not required | Saved items, categories, and choices | Explicit QR invite between two iPhones |
| Transaction view | Merchant and transaction total | Depends on the service | Not contained in the bank transaction itself; some services may add separate enrichment | Depends on the financial service |
| Shared spreadsheet | Rows someone enters or imports | Not inherently required | Only the fields maintained by the household | Controlled by the spreadsheet provider |
Radish is useful when the household wants to understand grocery items from retained receipts. It is not a full view of balances, income, bills, or every transaction.
Privacy boundary
Radish seals the saved household snapshot through its publicly inspectable privacy core before iCloud sync. The invited phone must validate the household data before committing it locally.
A household QR shares grocery data only. It does not reveal bank credentials, grant a Radish subscription, or replace Apple Family Sharing. Read the Radish Privacy Policy for receipt processing, iCloud, retention, and deletion boundaries.
Current limits
These answers describe the current two-iPhone household boundary.
No. Radish does not connect to a bank account or transaction feed. The household view comes from the grocery receipts you review and save.
Yes—once each iPhone has subscription access, either through its own subscription or eligible Apple Family Sharing. Reviewed receipts saved on either connected phone can sync into the household when iCloud sync is available. The QR invite itself shares grocery data, not an App Store subscription.
No. The supported two-phone setup uses different Apple IDs, plus iCloud and internet access on both iPhones.
No. The current household boundary is two iPhones.
No. The QR shares grocery data. Apple Family Sharing is separate and applies only when Apple marks the product and account eligible.
No. Radish shows connection and last-sync status, but synchronization depends on iCloud, internet access, and Apple service availability.
Future receipt changes stop syncing. Receipts already saved on either phone remain there, and Radish cannot erase the other phone’s copies.
Radish for iPhone
Free to download. Review and save one receipt before choosing a monthly or yearly plan for continued use. Requires iOS 18 or later. Optimized for English-language US grocery receipts and USD totals. Manual entry remains available.