Exactly what we needed
Need a Used List
Need to have place to put goals
Amazing!
Nice idea. Not much out there like this
Response from developer
Thanks for the review! You can create your own categories and edit your existing categories by clicking Categories in the left-hand menu. Email chibbysoftware@gmail.com if you need further instructions. I’ll add feature requests for export to other pantry apps and for barcode scanning (which would need to be a paid feature, because barcode lookup services cost money for developers).
Love it!
Response from developer
Thanks for your review!
Great for food storage tracking
Response from developer
Thanks for your review!
Needs Some Work
What is done so far is very nice.
Features I really like:
- the quick entry bar at the top that allows you to enter items in-line. (It is buggy though. Some times the previously used items don't show up.)
- clean and organized look.
- ablity to track use-by dates ang get notifications
Suggestions/Features that could use improvement:
- Can't search/sort/group/filter item or categories. Everything is lumped into expiration buckets. I have a bunch of stuff with long/no expiration date so there are various categories and they're all in the list together and hard to sort though to find things I used. I'm not using up food according to expiration date....
- Can't modify drop downs. I entered a "location" description that I want to change and now it's in the list forever.
- Can't get back used items. Would be good to be able to add items back that used and now bought again.
Bugs?
- got notification at least nine times in a row (one immediatly after the other) for the same item when I didn't mark it used and just selected the x. If I just ignored it, it went away.
- updated a location on an item and the item's description changed to the location's description.
General nit picky stuff (sorry)
- can't use keyboard for certain items. For example, I'm typing and the drop down is shown, I would rather use the down arrow to select the value I want, but I have to use the mouse/track pad and this is inefficient. Don't know if this is because it's designed to be used on a phone but it's not good if you are using a computer. This is a general comment because I find this in many apps. Perhaps this is a limitation of the code used to create the app? Would love to know. Can't use tab either.
Overall, has lots of potential and wish it was something I could use. I don't need something special but if I'm going to take the time to enter this much information, I would like it to be a little more user friendly and have the abiltiy to make entering frequently used items easier and be able to see the information in a differnt format.
For now, my "old school" notebook process will continue.
Response from developer
Update: Version 1.3 added the ability to search and filter by category and location. I've also corrected the issue where notifications were coming back on the Mac. Thanks for your in-depth feedback! I will try to reply to each portion of your review. Features: - The quick-add bar does not ever populate with previously used items. It will provide drop downs for category, location, and unit type. If you believe there is buggy behavior in the quick-add bar, could you please send details in an email to chibbysoftware@gmail.com? Suggestions/Features: - Search and other sort options are definitely a much-needed feature, and will be added in a future release. Stay tuned! - I will add a feature request for the ability to modify location history. - I agree it would be helpful to have a way to view and add back used items. For now, if you create a task from the main editor (not quick-add) and start typing the name of a previously entered item, you can select it from the drop-down list and it will pre-populate fields such as category and unit type to match the previous item of the same name. Bugs: - I will look into notifications being re-delivered on the Mac. I'll admit that this app was designed for iPhone and notifications were not thoroughly tested on Mac. - I'll take a look at the location issue you reported as well. General: - Yes, this app was built for iPhone/iPad and ported to Mac using Apple's Catalyst technology, which means that some of the widgets (like drop downs) don't support keyboard interaction. Other apps you've seen with these limitations are probably also created using Catalyst. It doesn't make for an optimal user experience, but it does enable apps to be available on the desktop which otherwise wouldn't be (many companies don't have the resources to dedicate towards developing a whole separate version of their app for MacOS). I'll see if there's anything I can do to improve the user experience of editing items on desktop (tabbing may be possible, for instance).
