Comparison

Pantry & Fridge vs Expiration Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Pantry & Fridge

Manage your home food inventory to reduce waste. Quickly add items by scanning barcodes, importing receipts, or selecting produce. Receive expiration reminders and see what to eat first.

Highlights
  • Barcode scanning for quick item addition
  • Expiration date reminders
  • Receipt import (photo/PDF)
  • Produce selection with suggested dates
  • Household inventory sharing
  • Meal ideas from existing inventory
Features
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Know what’s in your fridge, freezer and pantry, and eat it before it expires. FridgeBuddy keeps a food inventory for your home. Scan a barcode to add an item, get a reminder before it expires, and see what needs eating first. ADD FOOD QUICKLY • Scan a barcode. Product details come from the Open Food Facts database when the product is listed there. • Import a grocery receipt from a photo or a PDF, then check the products before saving them. • Pick fruits and vegetables from a list and get a suggested date based on USDA FoodKeeper storage times. Suggestions are indicative, and you can change any date or keeping time. • On iOS 27, with a device that supports Apple Intelligence, photograph a fridge or pantry shelf to add several items at once. • With Pro, the camera also reads the printed expiration date. KNOW WHAT TO EAT FIRST • Reminders before food expires: choose how many days ahead, and at what time, for each storage location. • Lists that show what expires soon, what has expired and what is open. • Mark an item as opened and FridgeBuddy can bring its date forward. • Add a note to any item. • Search and filter your whole inventory. SHARE WITH YOUR HOUSEHOLD • Share your inventory and shopping list through iCloud, so everyone sees the same food. • Add items to the shopping list from your inventory, then move checked items into your inventory in one step. ASK SIRI • Ask what’s expiring, add an item, mark it as consumed or thrown away, and add to or check off your shopping list. MORE • Meal ideas from what you have, on devices with Apple Intelligence. • Insights: what you eat compared with what you throw away. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. • Nutri-Score and Green-Score for scanned products. • Export your data to CSV. FREE AND PRO FridgeBuddy is free to download. Barcode scanning, reminders, receipts, fruits and vegetables, Siri, widgets and insights are included. Pro adds unlimited storage locations, expiration date reading with the camera, household invitations and more than one shopping list. Pro is available as a subscription or a one-time purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Terms of use: https://cafournier.com/fridgebuddy/terms Privacy policy: https://cafournier.com/fridgebuddy/privacypolicy

About

Expiration Tracker

Features
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Use first today. Open one clear expiry horizon, see what is overdue, and put the next items to use at the top automatically. Add in seconds. Type a name, choose the printed date and location, then save. No barcode lookup or product database stands between you and the shelf. Custom storage locations. Create, rename, reorder, and remove the places that match your home, from a kitchen fridge to a garage shelf. Keep the whole pantry moving. Track as many items and locations as you need. Mark an item consumed or discarded, restore it from history, or restock it with a new date. Share a useful Use First card. Send the next items, quantities, locations, and date priority as one clean list that identifies the app for the recipient. Your expiry ledger stays on this device. Items, locations, notes, and history are saved locally. There is no account, product lookup, remote inventory service, or purchase path.

Screenshots

Pantry & Fridge4 screens
Expiration Tracker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Expiration Tracker at none against Pantry & Fridge's 10. Expiration Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Pantry & Fridge's advantage is chart position (#91 vs unranked). On price, 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. Pantry & Fridge sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Expiration Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Pantry & Fridge versus Expiration Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPantry & FridgeExpiration Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (213 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings213 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#91 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCharles-Adrien FournierJinwan Kim

Bugs and requests

Pantry & Fridge

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • App consistently shuts down/crashes, especially when marking items consumed
  • Data loss after updates or sync issues
  • Syncing issues between users, especially for family sharing
  • Barcode scanning falsely detecting or failing to scan
  • Canadian date format not recognized
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  • Rounding of expiry dates to the nearest month
  • Notifications not working
  • Bug when sharing lists in premium version (app crashes)
  • Consumed one functioning as consumed all
  • Inability to undo consumed items or view consumed list
  • Sharing is defective
  • Syncing only happens on demand or is delayed
  • Family sharing of premium features is inconsistent
  • Inability to cancel subscriptions on app, website, or Apple Store
  • Scan function does not work at all for some users
  • Items are automatically removed from a list even if still usable
  • Last iOS update caused all data to be lost
  • Issues with importing data into Numbers/Excel
  • Cannot add photos from camera roll or edit items to add photos

Requested features

18 requests
  • Ability to track quantity of items (e.g., grams, ml, pieces)
  • Option to sort items by category (dairy, condiments, etc.)
  • Auto-add items to grocery lists
  • Smart grocery lists based on expiry dates
  • Feature to indicate if a package has been opened
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  • Track if a product needs to be consumed within X days of opening
  • Recipe suggestions based on available ingredients
  • Ability to keep deleted items in a library for easy re-adding
  • Option to default sort lists by expiration date
  • Add notes to items
  • Ability to duplicate items
  • Apple Watch app
  • Ability to export lists
  • Add custom categories
  • Search bar for items
  • Option to add photos from camera roll
  • Track consumption by weight and volume
  • More relevant notifications

Expiration Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pantry & Fridge

Subscriptions9
  • Fridge Buddy Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Fridge Buddy Pro Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Fridge Buddy Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
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  • Fridge Buddy Pro Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Fridge Buddy Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annual Fridge Buddy Pro7 Days trial$17.991 Year
  • Fridge Buddy Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Fridge Buddy Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Fridge Buddy Pro Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • FridgeBuddy Pro Lifetime$69.99
None

Expiration Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pantry & Fridge free?
Pantry & Fridge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Expiration Tracker free?
Expiration Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pantry & Fridge or Expiration Tracker have ads?
Neither Pantry & Fridge nor Expiration Tracker shows ads.

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