# FridgeCatalyst

> Smart kitchen inventory and meal planning app to reduce food waste. (iPhone/iPad app by LOUIS GREGORY CARO VARGAS.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fridgecatalyst/id6772260774 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [LOUIS GREGORY CARO VARGAS](https://appshunter.io/developer/6772250231)
- Category: Food & Drink, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.2 · 12 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish
- Released: 2026-05-30
- Data updated: 2026-08-09
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fridgecatalyst/id6772260774/reviews.md

## What is FridgeCatalyst?

FridgeCatalyst turns your fridge into your meal-planning brain.

Track what you have, save recipes, and we'll match the two - so you always know exactly what you can cook right now, what's about to expire, and what to grab next time you shop.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN ONE APP
- Smart Fridge: track ingredients with photos, expiration dates, and multiple locations
- Recipe Library: save your favorite recipes, scale servings, and find them instantly
- What Can I Make: get recipe matches based on what's already in your fridge
- Recipe Suggestions: search recipes by name or paste any recipe URL to import it
- Meal Planner: plan your week with daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly views
- Shopping List: auto-generated from missing ingredients with smart price estimates
- Cooking Timers: multiple timers running at once with an alarm that wakes the device
- iCloud Sync: all your data, in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac

WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT
- Stop wasting food: get reminders before things expire
- Stop guessing what to cook: your fridge tells you
- Stop forgetting groceries: shopping lists build themselves
- Stop juggling apps: recipes, fridge, planner, and shopping in one place

PRO FEATURES
Subscribe to FridgeCatalyst Pro for:
- Unlimited recipes and fridge items
- iCloud sync across all your Apple devices
- Smart meal planning with recurring meals
- Auto-generated shopping lists with price estimates
- Barcode scanner for fast ingredient entry
- Expiration alerts and notifications
- Multiple cooking timers
- Priority support

PRICING
- $4.99 per month
- $49.99 per year (save $10 vs monthly)
- 30-day free trial on both plans

Subscriptions auto-renew until canceled. Cancel anytime in your Apple ID Subscriptions settings at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase.

Privacy: Your recipes and fridge data live in your private iCloud account. We never see them. No third-party analytics, no tracking, no ads.

Cook smarter. Waste less. Eat better.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://invaderstudio.net/privacy

## Key features

- Smart ingredient tracking with photos and expiration dates
- Recipe saving and import
- Recipe suggestions based on available ingredients
- Automated meal planning
- Auto-generated shopping lists
- Cooking timers

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Yearly | $49.99 | per year |
| Pro Monthly | $4.99 | per month |



## Frequently asked questions about FridgeCatalyst

### What is FridgeCatalyst?

FridgeCatalyst is a food and drink app designed to help you manage your kitchen inventory and plan meals. It tracks ingredients, suggests recipes, and generates shopping lists to reduce food waste and simplify cooking.

### Does FridgeCatalyst have ads?

No, FridgeCatalyst is ad-free. The privacy policy states there are no third-party analytics, tracking, or ads, ensuring an uninterrupted user experience.

### What are the subscription options for FridgeCatalyst?

FridgeCatalyst offers a Pro subscription with monthly ($4.99) and yearly ($49.99) plans, both including a 30-day free trial. These plans unlock unlimited recipes, iCloud sync, smart meal planning, and more.

### How does FridgeCatalyst help reduce food waste?

FridgeCatalyst helps reduce food waste by tracking ingredients and their expiration dates, providing reminders before items expire, and suggesting recipes based on what you already have.

### Can I use FridgeCatalyst on multiple devices?

Yes, FridgeCatalyst supports iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. This feature is available with the Pro subscription, ensuring your data is always up-to-date across all your Apple devices.

### How is my data handled by FridgeCatalyst?

Your recipes and fridge data are stored privately in your iCloud account. The app developers do not access this information, and there is no third-party tracking or analytics involved.

### What is the age rating for FridgeCatalyst?

FridgeCatalyst has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users interested in managing their food and planning meals.

### How often is FridgeCatalyst updated?

FridgeCatalyst was last updated on June 23, 2026, with version 1.5. This indicates a commitment to ongoing development and improvements for the app.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.6 — 2026-08-03

Waste & Savings Insights
See how much food you actually use versus throw away, which items you waste most often, and what it's costing you - with a six-month trend so you can watch it improve.

Cook-along ingredient checklist
Tap an ingredient to tick it off while you cook. Your place is saved per recipe, so you can put the phone down and pick up where you left off.

iCloud sync fixed
Sync now works properly across iPhone, iPad and Mac. Your fridge, recipes, meal plans and shopping list stay in step everywhere you use the app.

Reminders you can trust
Expiry alerts now arrive on the day an item actually expires, plus an earlier heads-up while there's still time to cook it. Frozen items no longer send you alerts they shouldn't.

Also in this release
- The shopping list is fully usable with VoiceOver
- Text scales properly at larger Dynamic Type sizes
- Faster recipe search, fridge sorting and meal planner
- Better ingredient matching, including ranges like "2 to 3 tbsp"
- Starred items you've run out of no longer count as ingredients you have
- Deleting a fridge location now asks first, and can be undone
- Dozens of smaller fixes and translation corrections across all nine languages

### 1.5 — 2026-06-23

• Now in 8 languages — the whole app, plus ingredient matching: type an
  ingredient in your language and we'll recognize it.
• Translate any recipe's ingredients and steps into your language.
• Cooking videos: watch a recipe's video in the app — from any host
  (YouTube, Vimeo, and more), with "Open in Browser" and a web search.
• Favorite fridge items: star what you love so it stays in your fridge even
  after you run out — never forget that seasoning again.
• Cooking now subtracts only the amount a recipe uses (with unit conversion)
  and keeps the rest — no more removing a whole ingredient.
• Smarter recipe importing — more sites work, including pages that used to fail.
• Add missing ingredients to your shopping list even from an empty fridge,
  and clear the whole list in one tap.
• iCloud sync improvements: meal plans, favorites, and more now sync.
• Many fixes and polish.

### 1.4 — 2026-06-14

• FridgeCatalyst now speaks your language! Full support for Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean.
• More reliable recipe import from the web, smoother scrolling and search, and a range of fixes and refinements.

### 1.3 — 2026-06-11

• Importing recipes from the web is far more reliable — instructions now come through from many more sites, and every imported recipe automatically gets a category and a matching photo.
• iCloud sync improvements: fridge items appear immediately on your other devices, and custom item icons now sync too.
• Faster everywhere — smoother scrolling, snappier search, and instant "add missing ingredients" to your shopping list.
• Lots of fixes: cooking timer polish, photo picking, account display, factory-reset delay, and duplicate recipe saves.

### 1.2 — 2026-06-08

• Much wider device support — now runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iOS/iPadOS 17.2 and later.
• Cooking timers now ring like a real alarm, even when the app is closed.
• New animated icons for every fridge item — and you can pick your own.
• Faster, smoother launch.
• The keyboard now dismisses easily on every screen, plus fixes and refinements.

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