Comparison

Expiration_Date vs GiftKey

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Expiration_Date

Track your food inventory and get timely notifications for expiring items. This app helps you reduce food waste and save money by keeping you informed about what's nearing its expiration date. Features include AI-powered tips and syncing across devices.

Highlights
  • Food inventory tracking
  • Expiration date notifications
  • AI-powered tips
  • Widget support
  • Cross-device syncing
Features
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Manage your food expiration dates and reduce waste. THE PROBLEM Food expires. You forget. Money wasted. WHY CHECKING THE LABEL ISN'T ENOUGH Dates are on every package — but nobody opens the fridge to check them one by one until it's too late. THE SOLUTION Expiration Date tracks your food inventory and keeps you ahead of what's expiring — with notifications, widgets, and AI-powered tips. Simple. Synced. No more wasted food. Support: vibecoder.company@gmail.com

About

GiftKey

Features
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GiftKey turns your camera into a keyboard. Tap into any text field, switch to the GiftKey keyboard, and tap Scan. GiftKey opens to the camera, you scan the barcode, and the code is typed straight into the field you came from. It works in every app — your point of sale, Notes, Safari, spreadsheets, ticketing systems, inventory tools, anything with a text field. Built for retail staff who scan gift cards, vouchers and product codes into a POS all day and are tired of reading digits off a card and typing them by hand. HOW IT WORKS Tap Scan, scan the barcode, then tap the back arrow at the top left of the screen. The code is typed into the field you were in. Two taps. iOS does not allow any keyboard to use the camera directly — that is an Apple restriction, not a GiftKey limitation. Every camera-based scanner keyboard works this way. FREE, PROPERLY FREE No subscription. No in-app purchases. No scan limits. No ads. No account. No trial. NOTHING IS COLLECTED GiftKey contains no networking code at all. Not disabled — absent. Barcodes are decoded on your device by Apple's own frameworks and typed into your field. Nothing is stored, nothing is uploaded, and GiftKey never reads what is already in the field. THE GIFT CARD GUARD Turn on the built-in "Gift card (8-20 digits)" filter and GiftKey will refuse to type anything that is not 8 to 20 digits. Scan a product barcode by mistake and nothing happens — instead of putting the wrong number in a gift card field. EVERY COMMON BARCODE Code 128, Code 39, Code 93, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E, ITF-14, Interleaved 2 of 5, Codabar, QR, Data Matrix, PDF417 and Aztec. Turn off the ones you never use to make scanning faster and misreads less likely. SHAPE THE OUTPUT • Add a prefix or suffix • Strip EAN/UPC check digits • Convert between UPC-A and EAN-13 • Find and replace with a regular expression • Press Return or Tab automatically after each code • Custom validation patterns of your own BATCH MODE Scan a whole stack in one go. Separate codes with Return, Tab or a comma and fill a spreadsheet column in a single trip. ABOUT FULL ACCESS GiftKey needs it to read your settings and to open its own app to scan. That is the whole reason. There is no networking code in GiftKey — nothing can leave your device even in principle. The FAQ inside the app explains this in plain language.

Screenshots

Expiration_Date4 screens
GiftKey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GiftKey at none against Expiration_Date's 1. GiftKey also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.1). On price and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Expiration_Date sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GiftKey asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Expiration_Date versus GiftKey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpiration_DateGiftKey
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (58 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings58 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.116.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeung-Un HamMatthew Groves

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Expiration_Date

One-time1
  • Pro$4.99
None

GiftKey

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Expiration_Date free?
Expiration_Date is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GiftKey free?
GiftKey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Expiration_Date or GiftKey have ads?
Expiration_Date shows ads; GiftKey does not.

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