Spesa Radar Copilot: presentation#
Version 0.3.0 for Android and 1.1 for iPhone, October 2026
๐ Spesa Radar Copilot is smart grocery shopping. You search for products, put them in the cart and the app plans the shop route by itself, from home to home: where to go, in what order, what to buy and how much the trip costs too. Free, with no advertising and no account, all over Italy.
โ ๏ธ This is not advertising: the app is not linked to the chains and receives no payment. Prices and dates may change: the official flyer and the price in the shop are what count. App for adults only.
1. Who it is for#
- ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง People who do the family shopping and want to spend less without leafing through five flyers.
- ๐ People who shop by car and want to know if the second shop is worth the drive.
- โฑ๏ธ People short of time: a single route, already in order, to open in the navigator.
2. The problem#
- Offers are scattered across many flyers and many different apps.
- You don't know whether one shop or two is cheaper: sometimes the fuel eats up the saving.
- The cheap supermarket may be out of the way, and frozen food cannot stay in the car for an hour.
- The big pack doesn't always cost less per kilo.
- Flyer apps live on advertising and show only the offers, not the regular prices.
3. The solution#
| Feature | In practice | |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ | Search that completes as you type | The first few letters (or your voice) are enough: results from the cheapest, with chain, nearest shop and distance, brand, size, price, price per kg/l, discount and dates |
| ๐ฆ | Sizes compared | The same product in different packs on a single card, compared per kg or per litre |
| ๐ | "Buy it anyway" or "Wait for an offer" | If it is not on offer you buy it at the regular price, or you wait: it joins the route when it appears in a flyer |
| โ | Quick tick and swipes | One tap on the circle when you take it, even without internet; swipe left to mark it, right to delete it |
| โญ | 1 to 5 stars | For the products you take, to recommend them to others anonymously |
| ๐ฐ | How much you save | On full prices with this shop, and month by month |
| โญ | Usual and recent products | The ones you always buy, with today's best price: one tap and they are back in the cart |
| ๐งบ | Catalogue by aisle | Big tiles with icons, the most used aisles first, to add products without typing |
| ๐ | Note, quantity, "urgent" | For each item; among shops with equally fresh goods, the shop with an urgent item comes first |
| ๐ | Several lists | Weekly shop, party, seaside house: each with its own route |
| ๐งญ | Automatic route, from home to home | For each chain the branch on the way; things that can wait in the car first, fresh and frozen food last; km from home and between stops |
| ๐ฐ | Where is it cheapest? | Everything in one shop, 2 or 3 shops: total with the travel cost and saving; more shops only if they save more than your threshold |
| ๐ | Navigator | Auto Robot CoPilot recommended: it takes you to the first shop and meanwhile warns you about speed cameras, queues and roadworks; or Google Maps with the whole route |
| ๐ช | "In the shop" mode | The stop's list by aisle, big ticks, how much you have spent, then โ Shopping done |
| ๐ณ | Loyalty cards | The barcode on the phone and the reminder on the stop; they stay only on the phone |
| ๐ท๏ธ | Offers and regular prices | Search, filters by chain and category, sorting by price per kg/l, price checked against the flyer, link to the official flyer |
| ๐ฐ | Flyers | Valid and coming soon, with the dates and a 14-day calendar |
| ๐ค | Contribute | Users send flyers, where to find them, ideas and problems with screenshots |
| ๐ฅ๏ธ | Spesa Radar on the PC | From โน๏ธ Info โ ๐ป Open on PC a private link (or QR code) opens your shopping at spesaradar.web.app/pc: map with the route, offers with filters, comparison across chains, weekly menu, budget, printing and Excel; changes come back to the phone, all encrypted |
| ๐ฑ | Interactive guide, widget and theme | Guide at first launch; cart, total and next stop on the Home screen; light or dark theme |
| ๐ | 6 languages | Italian, English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese |
4. An example in Milan#
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1 | ๐ Home: you choose the town, Milano (MI); the area becomes the province of Milan |
| 2 | You type lattโฆ: the search suggests the names; the cheapest latte is at MD, 3.8 km from home |
| 3 | In the cart, seven everyday products: passata, pasta, mozzarella, tonno, detersivoโฆ |
| 4 | The automatic route gets them all from MD: 7.6 km, โฌ15.12 including the trip; "With this shop you save โฌ2.70 on full prices" |
| 5 | ๐ฐ Where is it cheapest? finds something better: MD + Lidl, โฌ11.98 including the trip, โฌ3.14 less |
| 6 | ๐ Go with Auto Robot CoPilot to the first stop; in the shop, ticks and stars, then โ Shopping done |
5. What makes us different#
| Us | Other apps |
|---|---|
| Route across several shops with the travel cost in the total: net saving, stops in order, what to buy where | Apps that split the list between shops don't count the road; aggregators steer you towards a single shop |
| Regular prices + offers in the same total, with source, date and link for every price | Only flyer offers, or only shelf prices |
| No advertising and no sponsored products | Ads and banners are the most common complaint |
| Link with Auto Robot CoPilot, the navigator from the same family | No shopping app is linked to a navigator |
| No account: the data stays on the phone | Logins and loyalty cards everywhere |
| Free | Often subscriptions or premium |
6. Area and chains#
All of Italy: the area is the province of your ๐ Home (town, approximate location or point on the map). The chains available depend on the area:
| Where | Chains with offers |
|---|---|
| All of Italy | Lidl and MD, wherever they have shops and flyers |
| Province of Avellino | Also Conad, Decรฒ, Famila and Maury's |
More chains are coming gradually, also thanks to the flyers users send. Eurospin: not available. Updated every day; the app downloads only your province's file and also works without a connection, with the last copy.
7. Privacy#
| Data | Handling |
|---|---|
| Account | None |
| Lists, cart, settings, Home, savings | On the phone; only if you use Open on PC, an encrypted copy that the server cannot read |
| Loyalty cards | Only on the phone |
| Location | Optional and approximate, used only on the phone |
| Offers | The phone downloads the file for its province, the same for everyone: no personal data sent |
| Product stars | Sent anonymously: product, chain, stars and day |
| Contribute | Only what you write or attach, when you tap Send |
| Advertising, sale of data | None |
Policy: autorobotcopilot.web.app/spesaradar/privacy
8. The family of apps#
| App | What it does | Link with Spesa Radar |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ Auto Robot CoPilot | Warns about roadworks, queues and speed cameras in the direction you are going | ๐ Go with Auto Robot CoPilot (recommended) takes you to the first stop of the route |
| ๐ก Meet Radar | The social network for people on the road | Same family and same privacy rules |
| ๐ฅ My Reporter | Videos and photos requested from people on the spot | Same family |
| ๐ My112 Copilot | Navigation for police and emergency operators | Same family |
9. Versions and ideas#
| Version | Content |
|---|---|
| 0.1 | Search and cart, usual products, tile catalogue, note and "urgent", several lists, automatic route with perishables last, Where is it cheapest, route, "in the shop" mode, loyalty cards, offers and regular prices, flyers, Contribute, widget, light and dark theme, 6 languages |
| 0.2 (first public version, on Google Play in Italy) | All of Italy with the area from the starting point, search that completes as you type, sizes compared per kg/l, "Buy it anyway" or "Wait for an offer", quick tick even without internet and swipes, stars for products, how much you save, branch on the way, Auto Robot CoPilot as the recommended navigator |
| 0.2.1 and 0.2.2 | Fixes (contact, sending of stars); the starting point becomes ๐ Home, with "Save this place as Home" and "Edit Home" |
| 0.3.0 (Android) and 1.1 (iPhone) | Spesa Radar on the PC with "Open on PC" (link, QR code, encryption, changes that come back to the phone); on iPhone Offers, Flyers, loyalty cards, contributions from the app, stars and dictation. iPhone: App Store coming soon |
| Ideas for the next versions | More chains, recipes with the cheapest route for the ingredients, alerts on favourite products and on offers about to end, "is it really an offer?", barcode |
10. What we are asking for#
- ๐ฐ Flyers from shops in your area, from ๐ค Contribute.
- ๐ Where to find your supermarket's offers.
- โญ Stars for the products you buy.
- ๐ฌ Opinions: with ๐ก Suggest an improvement and ๐ Report a problem.
Contact: acquagoin@gmail.com