vink vs Bring!: which shared shopping list fits your household?
Bring! and vink both keep one shopping list on everyone's phone, and both can hold your loyalty cards. The difference is in what a household actually does with them. vink is built around three things Bring! does not do: one loyalty card the whole house can use, a quick yes/no question from the shelf, and everyone reading the same list in their own language. Here is how they compare. (We make vink.)
At a glance
| vink | Bring! | |
|---|---|---|
| Share one loyalty card with the household | Yes, per list, and you can take it back | Not mentioned on the Bring! feature page |
| Ask before you buy (yes/no question) | Yes | No |
| Each person reads the list in their own language | Yes (English, Dutch, Turkish, German) | App available in many languages |
| Sort the list by shop | Yes, over fifty chains in the Netherlands, Germany and Turkey | Sort by aisle |
| Price | Free, no subscription | Free with ads and sponsored offers; paid Premium removes ads |
| Shared list, live on every phone | Yes | Yes |
| Loyalty cards in the app | Yes | Yes |
| Recipes and weekly brochures | No, by choice | Yes |
| Platforms | iPhone app; web app for Android and computer | iPhone and Android apps |
Why households pick vink
One loyalty card for the whole house
Most households collect on one Bonuskaart or Payback card, and that card is always in the wrong person's wallet. In vink you share a card with your list. Whoever goes to the shop opens it at the till and the barcode fills the screen at full brightness. Your other cards stay private, and you can stop sharing at any time.
Ask before you buy
Standing at the shelf, not sure if it is the big pack or the small one? Send it as a question instead of calling home. Whoever is home gets a notification and taps yes or no. A yes puts it on the list. No more buying the same thing twice, and no more coming home with the wrong one.
Everyone in their own language
One person reads the list in Dutch, another in Turkish, a third in English. It is still the same list. For mixed households, families who moved country and flatmates, that matters more than any extra feature.
Just the list, nothing pushed at you
vink is the list, the shops and the cards. No recipe feed, no brochure tab, no sponsored products between your items. It opens instantly, works without signal at the back of the shop, and costs nothing: no subscription and no Premium tier.
When Bring! may suit you better
If you plan your shop around recipes or weekly offers, Bring! has both built in. And if everyone in the house uses Android and wants a native app today, Bring! has one; vink runs on Android as a web app on the home screen, with a native app on the way.
The short version
Pick vink if you want one list, one shared loyalty card and quick answers from home, in everyone's own language, without anything else in the way.
Can I move my list from Bring! to vink?
There is no import button. Most lists are short, so the quickest way is to type the items in once; vink remembers what your list bought before and suggests it next time, shop included. Loyalty cards are added by scanning the barcode or taking a photo of the card.
Sources
Try vink with your household. It is free and takes two minutes.