Is Alydo a full replacement for Zyft?

No. Zyft compares shelf prices across Australian retailers, scans barcodes in store and has a browser extension. Alydo does none of those. Alydo is an alternative for the other half of grocery shopping: keeping every receipt, seeing what you actually paid over time, and sharing that with your household.

Does Alydo compare grocery prices between Coles, Woolworths and Aldi?

Not live. Alydo only knows the prices on receipts that have been scanned and in the weekly printed catalogues for Victoria. It can show what you paid for an item at each store you shop at, and which of your regulars are cheaper in this week’s catalogue.

Can I use Zyft and Alydo together?

Yes, and they overlap very little. Zyft is for before you buy: where is it cheapest right now. Alydo is for after: what the shop cost, item by item, and how that changes month to month.

Does Alydo cost anything or show ads?

No. Alydo is free, with no ads and no affiliate links. There is a daily fair-use limit of 20 AI requests per account, and a receipt scan uses one.

A Zyft alternative for what your groceries actually cost

Zyft finds the lowest shelf price before you buy, across thousands of shops and now your grocery list too. Alydo reads your receipts after you buy and tells you what your household paid. If you want the first, Zyft is the better app, and this page says so.

Scan your first receipt See the side-by-side

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Before you buy

Your list, priced at each store

Store A$84.20
Store B$79.60
Split across both$76.10

Zyft answers this one.

After you buy

What your shops cost

$14222 Sep
$16829 Sep
$1316 Oct
$18513 Oct

Alydo answers this one.

Example figures for illustration. They are not real prices from any store.

Where Zyft is the better choice

Start here, because if any of these is what you came for, Alydo will disappoint you.

You are buying a TV, a vacuum or a phone

Zyft searches 50,000+ Australian retailers and scans barcodes in electronics and department stores. Alydo is built for groceries and cannot compare the price of anything between shops.

Source: Zyft on the App Store, checked 20 October 2026

You want the cheapest store before you leave home

Zyft’s Grocery Lists prices your list at each store and shows whether splitting the shop costs less. Alydo has no shelf prices, so it cannot do this.

Source: Zyft on Google Play, checked 20 October 2026

You shop online a lot

Zyft’s browser extension for Safari and Chrome compares prices as you browse. Alydo has nothing like it.

Source: zyft.com/features, checked 20 October 2026

Zyft and Alydo, side by side

Zyft details come from its App Store and Google Play listings and its website, checked on 20 October 2026. Apps change, so follow the link beside each line for the current version.

Feature comparison of Zyft and Alydo, checked on 20 October 2026
What you want	Zyft	Alydo
Comparing prices across retailers	Zyft Search any product across 50,000+ Australian retailers, ranked lowest price first, never by paid placement. Source: Zyft on the App Store, checked 20 October 2026	Alydo No. Alydo only knows the prices on receipts you scan and in the catalogues it carries.
Pricing a grocery list before you shop	Zyft Grocery Lists totals your basket at each store and shows what splitting the shop would cost. Source: Zyft on Google Play, checked 20 October 2026	Alydo No live shelf prices. Alydo shows which of your regulars this week’s Coles, Woolworths and Aldi catalogues for Victoria have cheaper than you last paid.
Barcode scan in the shop	Zyft Scan a barcode in store to see what the same product costs elsewhere. Source: Zyft on the App Store, checked 20 October 2026	Alydo No barcode scanner.
Browser extension	Zyft An extension for Safari and Chrome that compares prices while you browse. Source: zyft.com/features, checked 20 October 2026	Alydo No.
Price alerts	Zyft Set a target price and get notified when it is reached. Source: Zyft on the App Store, checked 20 October 2026	Alydo A price history for each item you have bought, from your scanned receipts. Watch any of them to see when the weekly catalogues have it on special, or under a price you set per kg, litre, 100g or each. How watches work
Receipts and what you spent	Zyft Not part of the app, going by its store listings. Source: Zyft on Google Play, checked 20 October 2026	Alydo Free with no monthly cap. Each account gets 20 AI requests a day, and a scan uses one. Every item is kept, with what your household spends. How scanning works
Shared lists	Zyft Share a grocery list with someone else, as long as they also have a Zyft account. Source: Zyft on Google Play, checked 20 October 2026	Alydo Free. Invite someone to a list, or set up a household to share receipts, spending and lists. How shared lists work
Ads	Zyft Google Play lists the app as containing ads. Source: Zyft on Google Play, checked 20 October 2026	Alydo No ads in the app.
Price	Zyft Free to use, with no subscription. Source: Zyft on the App Store, checked 20 October 2026	Alydo Free. There is no paid plan today. Core grocery tracking stays free. What Alydo costs

How each app pays for itself

Zyft is free with no subscription. Its listing says: “Some links in Zyft are affiliate links. This never affects the price you pay.”

Source: Zyft on the App Store, checked 20 October 2026

Alydo has no paid plan, no ads and no affiliate links today, so it earns nothing yet. Core grocery tracking stays free. If the advanced features ever become paid, you will hear about it well before it happens.

Where Alydo fits better

You want to know what the shop really cost

Photograph a receipt and Alydo itemises it. Every receipt adds to a price history for the items on it, so you can see what each one cost you last time and which ones went up. It works for any shop that gives you a receipt.

Receipt scanner

You want the specials on things you already buy

Alydo works out your regulars from your receipts and checks them against the Coles, Woolworths and Aldi catalogues for Victoria each week, showing the ones that are cheaper than you last paid. There is nothing to search for and nothing to favourite.

Price tracking

You shop as a household

Invite the people you shop with and everyone sees the same receipts, spending totals, lists and monthly budget, with each receipt showing who scanned it. Free.

Shared lists

Questions about switching

Is Alydo a full replacement for Zyft?: No. Zyft compares shelf prices across Australian retailers, scans barcodes in store and has a browser extension. Alydo does none of those. Alydo is an alternative for the other half of grocery shopping: keeping every receipt, seeing what you actually paid over time, and sharing that with your household.
Does Alydo compare grocery prices between Coles, Woolworths and Aldi?: Not live. Alydo only knows the prices on receipts that have been scanned and in the weekly printed catalogues for Victoria. It can show what you paid for an item at each store you shop at, and which of your regulars are cheaper in this week’s catalogue.
Can I use Zyft and Alydo together?: Yes, and they overlap very little. Zyft is for before you buy: where is it cheapest right now. Alydo is for after: what the shop cost, item by item, and how that changes month to month.
Does Alydo cost anything or show ads?: No. Alydo is free, with no ads and no affiliate links. There is a daily fair-use limit of 20 AI requests per account, and a receipt scan uses one.

What these answers say about Zyft comes from its App Store listing and zyft.com, checked 20 October 2026. Alydo is not affiliated with Zyft Holdings Pty Ltd.

See what your last shop really cost

Photograph one receipt and Alydo itemises it. The second receipt is where the price history starts.

Scan your first receipt