# FoodShiner: Pantry Companion — user reviews

> 205 indexed App Store user reviews of FoodShiner by Idriss Mrabti, rated 4.60/5 from 151 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/foodshiner-pantry-companion/id1507786821/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/foodshiner-pantry-companion/id1507786821.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 116 · 4★ 19 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 3

## What do users think of FoodShiner?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
- 💰 Completely free with no subscription required
- 🔒 Strong privacy protection and no data tracking
- 📱 Works seamlessly across multiple devices with iCloud sync
- 🎯 Excellent barcode scanning functionality
- 📦 Flexible storage location organization with custom categories
- ⏰ Helpful expiration date tracking and notifications
- 🍽️ Reduces food waste significantly
- 🏠 Supports sharing lists with household members
- 🎨 Clean, modern, and visually appealing design
- 💡 Highly customizable for various use cases beyond food
- ⚡ Active development with regular updates
- 🤝 Responsive and helpful developer support
- 📊 Useful statistics and inventory management features
- ⌚ Apple Watch app with complications support
- 🔗 Shortcuts integration for advanced automation

**Cons**

- 🔍 Item search and retrieval is not intuitive
- ❌ Recent update caused data loss for some users
- 🐛 Barcode scanner compatibility issues with certain iOS versions
- ⚙️ Steep learning curve for some features
- 📋 Sharing lists requires individual sharing of each storage/list
- 🔄 Sync issues between devices in some cases
- 📝 Difficulty with recipe consumption and inventory deduction
- 🛠️ Limited customer support responsiveness in some cases
- 🎯 Search function limited to current storage location only
- 📱 No Android version available
- 🔧 Editing products sometimes resets expiration dates

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Barcode scanner not working on iOS 26
- Barcode scanner error in SplitView or SlideOver mode
- Quantity field not saving properly
- Expiration date reverts to default when editing items
- Data loss during app updates
- Sync not working bidirectionally between devices
- Icons slow to update after editing categories
- QR codes not functioning
- Consumed item save button grayed out in some cases
- Expiration date displays as red even when not required
- Two-way sync not working for shared freezers

**Most requested features**

- Universal search across all storage locations
- Android app version
- Bulk import from CSV or spreadsheet
- Ability to edit category and storage names
- Option to set no expiration date for items
- Bulk move items with quantity selection
- Multiple store support for shopping lists with price comparison
- Tagging system for items (in addition to categories)
- Percentage and flat rate discount options
- Color-coded UI for different lists
- Receipt scanner for automatic item detection
- Ability to add items to shopping list from consumed items
- Reorder storage locations
- Print inventory with tag information
- CSV export functionality
- Customizable units of measurement
- More robust statistics (waste by location, consumption rates)
- Ability to select quantity when using move function
- Sub-categories for products
- Contextual menu operations for watch app
- Add items to shopping list when quantity falls below minimum
- Show root storage in search results with substorage

## Newest reviews (16 of 205)

### 4/5 — Very helpful

*2026-04-18*

Update:  I am finding this app useful.  It coild use a few tweaks, but on the whole pretty darn good. 
It’s a pretty common occurrence to have some one ask me if we have any x.  If I’m diligent I have everything put in & can tell them yes/no & how much.  I can also check the list of things about to expire & make sure to use them in my meal plan.  This is especially useful w freezer stuff.  Our chest freezer buries things.  I can use this app to keep track of the underneath. Last time I went through the kitchen I threw away so much expired food.  I am hoping using & maintaining this app will help me avoid that kind of waste.

### 4/5 — Amélioration

*2026-04-18*

Serait il possible de pouvoir ajouter une quantité personnalisable plutôt que de scanner 3 produits identiques

### 4/5 — Gelungene App

*2026-02-18, version 3.1.4*

Sehr gute App, wenn man sich reingefunden hat. Schnelles und einfaches Hinzufügen, noch schnelleres Entfernen (oder auch öffnen) von Produkten. Hier und da ein paar Schönheitsfehler und kleine fehlende Einheitlichkeit, aber nichts, dass einen Aufhalten würde. Großer Pluspunkt für Accountlosigkeit und gelungene iCloud Integration. Features wie Einkauflisten und Rezeptbücher sind optional und liegen nicht zwingend im Fokus. Ich würde mir noch mehr Erklärungen wünschen, damit man nicht erst ausprobieren muss um alles herauszufinden (Einstellungspunkt „Standardprodukte herunterladen“ - Jetzt habe ich ca. 500 Produkte zur Auswahl, die ich nicht gesammelt entfernen kann).  Würde ich trotzdem weiterempfehlen!

### 5/5 — Finalmente

*2026-01-08, version 3.1.4*

È da mesi che cercavo un applicazione simile. Se ne trovano diverse nello store ma questa le batte tutte. Le possibilità di personalizzazione sono infinite e la grafica è semplice ed intuitiva. Grazie per l’ottimo lavoro.

### 3/5 — Weak at finding and retrieving

*2025-12-14*

Some things about the app are quite good, but day to day use in finding stored items is not intuitive.  It allows you to log items into it pretty easily and then add items to specific locations, ie kitchen freezer, basement freezer, etc.  But retrieving them later isn’t obvious or simple.  For example, if you want to find the 3 pound package of ground beef you bought 3 months ago, you actually have to remember the location you placed an item (ie basement freezer) and then search within that location in order for the app to tell you the specific place where the package can be found (ie shelf three).  This is an important limitation.  You can store items by location, but it doesn’t not have a basic “find item” or “view location” on the home page to make this an easy process.

### 5/5 — Me ayuda mucho

*2025-12-11, version 3.1.3*

Para llevar un inventario y evitar caducidades, también me sirve para guardar precios y comparar, me va estupendamente lo uso a diario

### 5/5 — Very helpful

*2025-12-06*

It’s a pretty common occurrence to have some one ask me if we have any x.  If I’m diligent I have everything put in & can tell them yes/no & how much.  I can also check the list of things about to expire & make sure to use them in my meal plan.  This is especially useful w freezer stuff.  Our chest freezer buries things.  I can use this app to keep track of the underneath. Last time I went through the kitchen I threw away so much expired food.  I am hoping using & maintaining this app will help me avoid that kind of waste.

### 5/5 — Love it!

*2025-11-23*

Best pantry and shopping management app out there

### 3/5 — Données en Français

*2025-11-19*

Mode d’emploi en Anglais

### 5/5 — Amazing

*2025-11-01*

I love it so much definitely good. Please keep it free

### 3/5 — Barcode scanner not working on iOS 26

*2025-10-11, version 3.1.2*

I really like this app and want to use it but without the barcode scanner it’s really tedious so please please update it for iOS 26

### 5/5 — Very good app, but no Russian

*2025-10-11*

It’s best app in Russian AppStore for food tracking, but without Russian translate you re reduce app popularity by russian-speak users!

### 5/5 — Unbelievably well-thought-out app

*2025-10-06*

Absolutely gobsmacked that this is free with no strings attached. Does everything I needed a pantry-tracking app to do and leagues more.

One of the best apps I’ve seen in a long time.

### 5/5 — No Barcode Scanner (on iOS 20.0.0)

*2025-10-05*

There is no place in the app to leave feedback (that I could find), also, I can’t use the barcode scanner at all (tried from the Storage screen). I keep getting this error: “Whoops...
Barcode scanner is not available when the application is on SplitView or SlideOver mode”. I’m not doing anything of the sort!

Update: I updated to iOS 20.0.1 which just came out and this is now fixed 👌

### 5/5 — Eccellente

*2025-08-31, version 3.0.0*

Cercavo una app per controllare i prodotti in scadenza e questa è eccellente.

### 5/5 — Absolutely amazing app

*2025-08-11*

This app has a lot of potential, I have one day using it and I love it, its simple, easy to use, and very intuitive

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Barcodes not found

*2026-06-24, version 3.2.4*

Totally useless

### 1/5 — Barcode scanner not working

*2026-04-22*

I used this app a few months ago and it worked well but I let it lapse. I’ve reloaded the newest version but the barcode scanner and the manual search doesn’t seem to work at all. I’ve looked online for potential reasons, followed them all, checked it has camera permission etc but still not working. So it can only have 1 star as it is of no use (to me anyhow)

### 1/5 — Presque tout perdu!

*2026-02-21*

J’ai perdu presque tout mon contenu lors de la dernière mise à jour… des listes d’achats et des emplacements. En plus on ne trouve plus comment partager les listes avec d’autres personnes. Très mauvaise mise à jour…

**Developer response:** Bonjour, nous sommes vraiment désolés d'apprendre que vous avez perdu votre contenu suite à cette mise à jour — cela ne devrait absolument pas arriver et nous en sommes sincèrement navrés.

Nous aimerions comprendre ce qui a pu causer ce problème. Pourriez-vous nous contacter directement à support@foodshiner.app ? Il est possible que vos données soient récupérables : FoodShiner effectue des sauvegardes hebdomadaires il y a de bonnes chances que nous puissions restaurer vos listes et emplacements.

Merci pour votre patience, et encore toutes nos excuses pour cette expérience.

### 1/5 — Quantity doesn’t save

*2025-02-11, version 2.6.6*

Quantity doesn’t save. Pretty much useless due to that.

### 1/5 — Great but no support and very complicated

*2024-09-27*

I love the app in general, great way to organize food inventory, including emergency supplies before they expire in a closet. This app could be really helpful, but customer support does not reply to clarify how to use certain features. Also, editing any products seems to reset the expiration date to the current date. If support would ever reply to messages, I’d consider a higher review, but for now, I try using it best I can while expecting I’m going to do omit wrong and mess up the expiration dates. Been awhile. Still zero contact from support. The app is OK, but complicated without any response, and won’t keep expiration date when editing.

Still waiting over one month. No support response.

### 1/5 — Terrible

*2022-08-11*

While the app was easy to use and fun to scan the barcodes of my items, I couldn’t for the life of me get rid of the expiration dates on each item. After I switched off the expiration date in the settings it deleted all my products that I had scanned in. I’m not going to spend another two hours rescanning all my items again, instead I deleted the app.

**Developer response:** Hi Daisy Beagle,

I‘m deeply sorry about the issue that happens related to the expiration date. I want to help you in resolving this issue would it be possible to contact me via email at support@foodshiner.app. 

I would also be very disappointed if something like this happens to me and to offer a better product to the community it would help me a lot if we can collaborate together to find the cause of this problem and fix it. FoodShiner normally at the start asks if you would want to use iCloud if you did choose to use it then we can recover also all your data.

I‘m very sorry about this experience, I hope you can give FoodShiner another chance. I’m Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best regards
Idriss

### 1/5 — Application plante

*2020-08-05, version 1.0.8*

A peine utilisé le temps d’enregistrer une dizaine de produits et l’application plante et impossible de l’ouvrir à nouveau 😡

### 2/5 — How…?

*2025-07-20, version 3.0.0*

I really want to like this app and I do for the most part.  That being said, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to indicate that I have actually prepared the recipe and that the app should deduct items from my inventory.  Because of this, I have had to check and recheck my inventory against what it says in the app as I have no confidence in its’ accuracy.  I will be looking for a different app soon.

### 2/5 — Great but no support and very complicated

*2024-08-30*

I love the app in general, great way to organize food inventory, including emergency supplies before they expire in a closet. This app could be really helpful, but customer support does not reply to clarify how to use certain features. 

 Also, editing any products seems to reset the expiration date to the current date. If support would ever reply to messages, I’d consider a higher review, but for now, I try using it best I can while expecting I’m going to do omit wrong and mess up the expiration dates.

Been awhile. Still zero contact from support. The app is OK, but complicated without any response, and won’t keep expiration date when editing.

### 2/5 — Expiration date not working

*2024-06-13, version 2.5.7*

Every time I try entering an expiration date, the app keeps reverting my expiration date to the default of June 13, 2024.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Simple, Free, and Exactly What I Needed

*2026-07-18, version 3.2.6*

I use FoodShiner for a very basic purpose: keeping track of what I have in my freezers and pantries. I know it does more, but for my needs it does the job perfectly. It’s simple, fast, and completely free!

### 5/5 — Need tech support

*2026-07-16, version 3.2.6*

Hi Idriss, 
Sorry to have to ask you this way, but can't find any other way to contact you. I am not on social media and the links you provide in the store don't work. How do you delete a product on the products list? 
It would be nice if you had an email link in the app for support. i don't see any. I tried to swipe the entry and long press it, but nothing works. 
Please help.

### 5/5 — Das Kaufverhalten  besser planen

*2026-04-11, version 3.2.0*

Ich finde die Idee echt super! So kann ich mein Kaufverhalten besser an die Preise anpassen und kaufen, wenn der Artikel günstiger ist.  Dann kann ich gleich auf Vorrat kaufen und warten, bis der Preis wieder fällt.  Man hat immer den Lagerbestand im Blick und weiß beim Vergleichen mit den Angeboten, ob man nochmal auffüllen muss oder nicht.

### 5/5 — Excellent

*2026-04-01*

Apres avoir testé plusieurs app. de ce style, c’est la plus complète que j’ai pu essayer. Flasher simplement le code-barre (énormément de produits trouvés avec photo) et hop c’est quasi fini. Et si vous ne trouver le produit, il se crée en 10 secondes. A recommander, et EN PLUS, elle est GRATUITE. (À soutenir)

### 5/5 — The best app!

*2026-03-23*

I went through a few different apps that had so many restrictions - before discovering this one! It’s honestly the best. It’s so intuitive to use and very customisable. It has helped us manage food waste and even has a section where we can easily access the recipes we have on repeat! I wish I could give this app more stars.

### 5/5 — Partage

*2026-03-23*

C’est vraiment top comme appli voilà 2 ans que je l’utilise maintenant c’est super ! J’aurais juste une suggestion, peut être que l’option existe mais je n’est pas trouver, il serais sympa de pouvoir partager « le frigo » avec les autres membres de la maison pour que chacun puisse supprimer les l’aliment qu’il consomme par exemple . Aujourd’hui tous le monde vient me dire ce qu’il consomme mais je ne trouve pas ça très pratique

**Developer response:** Bonjour,

Merci beaucoup pour votre enthousiasme et votre soutien ! 😊 Concernant les recettes, une erreur a fait apparaître des modifications liées aux recettes dans la version 2.7. En réalité, cette fonctionnalité sera disponible dans la version 3.0, qui est actuellement en phase finale de Release Candidate et sera publiée très prochainement. Merci de votre patience, et nous avons hâte de vous faire découvrir cette nouveauté !

Idriss Mrabti

### 5/5 — Molto ben fatta !

*2026-03-17, version 3.1.4*

App curata nei dettagli e ricca di funzionalità utili. Interfaccia migliorabile ma efficace.

### 5/5 — Tres bonne apps

*2026-03-01, version 3.1.4*

C’est apps simple et efficace pour gérer son frigo et congélateur

### 5/5 — Stock App With Every Feature Free

*2026-01-24, version 3.1.4*

As of today, 1/24/2026, this app has every feature I was looking for in a food tracking app. It allows you to track nutrition info, quantities per package in every type of measurement, expiration dates and store dates. You can scan item’s barcodes and have many storage locations. There is no paywall and no limits, they just have an option to tip them (which you should do, because every other app has fewer features + paywalls). Really pleased with the UI of this app as well, it’s very modern and easy to use. I don’t leave reviews typically but I was losing hope in finding an app with all the features I wanted for free, and then I found this one!

### 5/5 — Top

*2026-01-11*

J’ai essayé la plupart des applis de ce type qui permettent d’établir un inventaire, et elles sont plutôt similaires. Cependant celle-ci est particulièrement bien puisqu’elle est très personnalisable. La prise en main a été un peu compliquée mais rien de méchant une fois qu’on a lu le mode d’emploi et qu’on teste un peu les différentes options. 
L’application est en plus totalement gratuite (au jour où j’écris mon avis du moins), donc je ne vois pas quoi demander de plus, merci aux développeurs. :)

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