# Fridge Folio — Use food before it is wasted

> Use food before it is wasted (iPhone/iPad app by Robert Corbin.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fridge-folio/id6770025434 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Robert Corbin](https://appshunter.io/developer/1890247992)
- Category: Food & Drink, Lifestyle
- Price: $0.99 (on sale, was $1.99)
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-05-19
- Data updated: 2026-08-26
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fridge-folio/id6770025434/reviews.md

## What is Fridge Folio?

Fridge Folio is a private kitchen inventory and use-first planning workspace.

DECIDE WHAT TO USE NEXT
- Review food ordered by urgency instead of searching through a generic list.
- Distinguish Plan by, Best quality, Use by, Sell by, and Freeze by dates.
- Record all or part of an item as used, shared or donated, or discarded.
- Keep remaining quantities accurate after each outcome.

BUILD A RESCUE KITCHEN PLAN
- Choose a planning window and table size.
- Generate ranked meal routes from food already recorded.
- Review covered ingredients, likely pantry gaps, timing, and preparation steps.
- Send missing ingredients directly to the Shopping list.

MEASURE FOOD FLOW
- Review six-week used and discarded trends.
- Compare outcomes by storage zone.
- Track estimated discarded value without an account or online service.
- Audit inventory dates and optional reminder coverage in Stocktake Lab.

KEEP A USEFUL HOUSEHOLD RECORD
- Search inventory by name, location, and status.
- Track quantity, unit, opened date, value, storage location, and notes.
- Export readable summaries, CSV inventory, and shopping lists.
- Back up inventory, shopping items, outcomes, and settings in one portable file.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account, ads, tracking, third-party analytics, AI service, or developer backend. Records stay on the device unless you choose to share or export them.

Fridge Folio is an organization tool, not a food-safety test. Dates do not establish whether food is safe or spoiled. Inspect food, follow package directions, and use the FDA, USDA FSIS, FoodSafety.gov FoodKeeper, and cold-storage references linked in the app.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.1 — 2026-08-24

Fridge Folio 2.1 now centers the daily decisions that prevent forgotten food.

- A new Use First console orders inventory by urgency.
- One-tap used, shared, and discarded outcomes keep quantities accurate.
- Rescue Kitchen turns urgent ingredients into practical meal routes and shopping gaps.
- Food Flow charts show six-week outcomes, storage-zone patterns, and estimated waste value.
- Stocktake Lab, reminder auditing, searchable federal storage references, and portable backup tools are easier to reach.
- The iPad workspace has been rebuilt for a wider, field-readable layout.

Everything remains private, offline, and account-free.

### 2.0 — 2026-08-08

Version 2.0 adds Rescue Kitchen with deterministic use-first ingredient ranking, explainable meal paths, flexible planning horizons and table sizes, past-date safety separation, pantry gaps, preparation steps, sharing, and confirmed multi-item completion

This release also refreshes the native iPhone and iPad experience, accessibility, privacy boundaries, and App Store screenshots. There are no accounts, subscriptions, advertising, tracking, or developer-operated services.

### 1.3 — 2026-06-23

Fridge Folio now reminds you before food goes off. Turn on a reminder for any item and choose how many days ahead you want the heads-up — the notification is scheduled right on your device, with no account and nothing sent anywhere. You can also set a default lead time so new items start with a reminder that suits you.

The new Insights tab shows what you actually used versus what slipped past its date. As you mark items done, Fridge Folio quietly keeps a private history and turns it into a clear picture: your overall "used in time" rate, a six-week trend chart, and a breakdown by fridge, freezer, and pantry — so you can see where waste is creeping in and cut it down.

Backup and restore are built in. Save everything — your items, your history, and your reminder settings — to a single file you can keep in Files, AirDrop to another device, or hold onto as insurance. Restoring lets you either merge the backup with what's already there or replace it entirely.

As always, Fridge Folio is fully offline. No ads, no tracking, no subscription. Storage times are best-quality and safety guidance, not a guarantee — always inspect your food, and when in doubt, throw it out.

### 1.2 — 2026-06-19

What's New - Fridge Folio 1.2 (build 4)

Fridge Folio 1.2 turns the app from a manual food list into a real "use it before it spoils" tool.

New

Offline Food Storage Guide. A bundled, searchable reference for 60+ foods - leftovers, meat, poultry, seafood, dairy and eggs, produce, and pantry staples. See how long each food keeps in the fridge, freezer, and pantry side by side, which location keeps it longest, and a plain-language handling note. Figures are conservative food-safety guidance from public U.S. government sources (FDA / FoodSafety.gov cold-storage charts and the USDA FoodKeeper). Works entirely offline.

Smart use-by suggestions. Type a food and choose where you're storing it, and Fridge Folio matches it to the guide and suggests a conservative use-by date - one tap to apply. Switch the storage location and the suggestion updates. A handling tip for the matched food shows right in the form.

Freshness tracking. Every open item now shows a live badge - Fresh, Use soon, Use today, or Past date - with exact days remaining or overdue. A new "Use before it spoils" panel on the Today tab lists the most urgent items first, so the right food gets eaten first.

Storage location on every item. Each item records fridge, freezer, or pantry, shown across the dashboard, library, and item cards.

Improved

- Exports (plain text and CSV) now include storage location, freshness verdict, and days remaining for every item.
- The Today tab's smart brief now calls out items past their use-by date and what to use next.
- Refreshed Toolkit value summary.

Unchanged

Still fully offline. No account, no ads, no tracking, no permissions, no subscription - one-time purchase.

> Storage times describe best quality and safety, not a guarantee of freshness. Always inspect food and, when in doubt, throw it out.

### 1.1 — 2026-06-01

Premium app icon refresh, cleaner in-app version details, and small reliability polish.

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