Comparison

Portable Inventory vs OurPantry

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

Head to head
About

Portable Inventory

Easily track the quantity of any items, from personal belongings to business inventory. Set warning levels and organize items into groups for quick visual identification. Monitor item changes and view detailed statistics and rankings.

Highlights
  • Track item counts
  • Set warning levels
  • Organize items by groups
  • Visual item status indicators
  • View item statistics and rankings
  • Change log for items and groups
  • iCloud synchronization
Features
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Portable Inventory helps you to keep track of the count of anything you want. Personal stuff, office supplies, product storage, etc. You can add different items into the app, set its initial count, warning count, and separate items by groups. Each item will be displayed as different colors on the main page, so that you can add or reduce the count. When an item’s count is equal or less than the warning count, a little yellow triangle with an excalmatory mark will be display on the item, and the group it belongs to. In addition, the app provided various functions to see statistics for your items or groups. You can check out the increasing, or decreasing ranking list of your items or groups in a specified time period. You can also see the change logs for all items and groups. The app works both on iPhone and iPad, and fully supports iCloud. You may edit your items across all your devices and your data will be safely stored in iCloud. And of course you can wipe out all data as you need.

About

OurPantry

Manage your food and supplies with custom locations and categories. Track purchase dates, expiration, and easily build shopping lists. Share your inventory with others and export data.

Highlights
  • Custom storage locations and categories
  • Track purchase and expiration dates
  • Barcode scanner for item entry
  • Automated shopping list builder
  • Inventory sharing with others
  • CSV data export
Features
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- Keeps track of all your food, supplies and anything else you need to track - Set up your own storage locations so OurPantry can tell you where things are - Set up your own categories so it can tell you what kinds of things you have - Record purchase, freeze/thaw, best-by/use-by/expiration dates - Available widget lets you know when items are about to go out of date - Search for specific items in your inventory - Barcode scanner helps you enter your items - Barcode scanner can now help with distributions for food pantry operations - List Builder helps you build a shopping list of items you need according to your parameters - New List Builder option allows you to add items to shopping lists as soon as supplies run low - Check items off your list as you shop - Allows you to "re-stock" directly from your shopping list - Share your pantry with family members, roommates or anyone else who uses your stuff so you don't have to keep track of things all by yourself - Produce data extracts in CSV format for import into reporting documents of your own design - Migrate data from one pantry database to another - No ads - No personal information collected

Screenshots

Portable Inventory4 screens
OurPantry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OurPantry at none against Portable Inventory's 3. OurPantry also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.1). Portable Inventory's advantage is ratings volume (227 vs 15) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Portable Inventory sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. OurPantry asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OurPantry holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Portable Inventory has 227 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Portable Inventory's written reviews are positive against 67% of OurPantry's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Portable Inventory ships an update every 3 weeks, OurPantry every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Portable Inventory versus OurPantry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPortable InventoryOurPantry
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (227 ratings)4.4 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.4% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings227 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChengdu Wangqi03 Technology Ltd.Rick Hutchinson

Customer experience

Portable Inventory

All ratings220 ratings
Positive77.7%
Neutral7.3%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews243 reviews
Positive72.4%
Neutral12.3%
Negative15.2%

OurPantry

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Portable Inventory

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inventory counts resetting to zero unexpectedly
  • Inability to edit item names after creation
  • Issues with importing large inventory lists

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add photo support for inventory items
  • Ability to set minimum stock levels
  • Option to sort and rearrange inventory lists
  • Implement a reset function to reset all counts to zero
  • Add push notifications for low stock items
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  • Improve sharing and collaboration features

OurPantry

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Portable Inventory

One-time3
  • Complete Version$1.99
  • Pro Version$7.29
  • Pro Version$9.99
None

OurPantry

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Portable Inventory free?
Portable Inventory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OurPantry free?
OurPantry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Portable Inventory or OurPantry?
OurPantry is rated higher. Portable Inventory averages 4.1 out of 5 from 227 ratings, while OurPantry averages 4.4 from 15 ratings.
Do Portable Inventory or OurPantry have ads?
Neither Portable Inventory nor OurPantry shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Portable Inventory or OurPantry?
Portable Inventory ships an update every 3 weeks, and OurPantry every 2 months. Most recently, Portable Inventory was updated on October 29, 2026 and OurPantry on October 24, 2026.

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