Surglogs vs refrigerDATE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Surglogs
This HIPAA-compliant app digitizes regulatory compliance logs for healthcare facilities. It automates clinical workflows, replacing manual documentation with an efficient, secure digital solution for survey readiness.
- HIPAA compliant log tracking
- Automated clinical workflows
- Customizable checklists and logs
- Digital touch signatures
- Automated export of logbooks
- Secure cloud-based storage
- Email notifications for critical events
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Enter, track, and access all of your regulatory compliance logs in an easy-to-use HIPAA compliant mobile application. Maintain compliance in your healthcare facility and be survey ready at all times. Surglogs replaces the time and labor intensive pen-and-paper documentation process with a digital app that automates clinical workflows for greater efficiency. The Surglogs compliance suite securely houses the entire database of logs in a HIPAA compliant encrypted cloud. Features: Fully customized to match current checklists and logs at your facility Device authorization for use by multiple users Easy touch signature for all your entries Email notifications for missed logs, expiring medications, low par levels, and out of range parameters Weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual automated exports of all logbooks in electronic format Secure cloud-based storage. No more paper or binders Unlimited complimentary customer care DEA and HIPAA compliant
refrigerDATE
This app helps you reduce food waste by tracking expiration dates for groceries. Scan barcodes or manually enter dates to receive timely reminders, organize your inventory by location, and sync with your calendar.
- Barcode scanning for product identification
- Manual date entry and voice input
- Expiration date reminders
- Inventory management by location
- Calendar synchronization
- Apple Watch app integration
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Stop paying for food you throw away. refrigerDATE turns your iPhone into a food-expiration radar. Scan a grocery barcode and the app identifies the product by name, then flows straight into reading the printed expiration date — even scrunched packaging stamps like JUL1227. No date on the label? Say it out loud, type it, or log the purchase date instead. YOUR WHOLE FRIDGE AND PANTRY, AT A GLANCE Three little calendars sit at the top of your list — green for fresh, amber for expiring within 3 days, red for expired. Tap one to filter. Drag them into any order. It's a stoplight for your groceries. REMINDERS THAT ACTUALLY REMIND You're notified 3 days before an item expires, again the day before, and again the day of — at 9 AM, when you can still do something about it. Optional daily reminders keep nagging (politely) while an expired item stays in your list. A CALENDAR BUILT FOR FOOD Browse everything you own by day, week, or month with stoplight colors on every date. Add any item to your iOS Calendar with one tap — or flip a switch and every dated item syncs automatically. EVERY FRIDGE AND PANTRY YOU OWN Kitchen, pantry, garage, basement, deep freeze, camper — or invent your own locations. Filter with one tap and see what's expiring soon across all of them. ON YOUR WRIST, TOO The Apple Watch app keeps your list on your arm. Check what's expiring from the grocery aisle, add an item by voice, or fix a date from the couch — everything syncs back to your iPhone automatically. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your items live on your device (and your watch). No account, no tracking. Product names come from Open Food Facts, a free, open, community-maintained food database. Scan it. Date it. Never waste it. Items are stored on device; no accounts, no analytics, no third-party SDKs. - Barcode lookups query the Open Food Facts public API anonymously (the barcode number is sent; nothing identifies the user). - Permissions used and why (already in Info.plist): - Camera — scanning barcodes and expiration dates - Microphone + Speech Recognition — dictating a date when the label won't scan - Calendars (full access) — optional "Add all items to iOS Calendar" sync; the per-item editor uses the system UI and needs no permission - Notifications — expiration reminders
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: refrigerDATE at 5.0 against Surglogs's 4.0. refrigerDATE also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Surglogs's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.5). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. refrigerDATE sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Surglogs asks for nothing beyond the download.
refrigerDATE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Surglogs's written reviews are positive against 100% of refrigerDATE's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Surglogs | refrigerDATE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Surglogs Inc. | Formatics, LLC |
Customer experience
Surglogs
refrigerDATE
In-app purchases
Surglogs
No in-app purchases
refrigerDATE
- refrigerDATE Unlimited$9.99









