Comparison

BeforeExpiry vs Trac

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

Head to head
About

BeforeExpiry

This tool helps you track items with expiration dates, from food to toiletries. It offers custom tags, smart notifications, and various display options. View monthly statistics on usage and share expiring items easily.

Highlights
  • Custom tag classification
  • Simplified item entry
  • Item unpacking settings
  • Expiration card design
  • Monthly usage statistics
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Quick voice input
Features
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「BeforeExpiry」is a tool APP for recording deadlines of things. It is presented in a timeline format. Theme colors can be set as you like. Smart notifications can be pushed within a custom time frame. Multi-style Widget display. Spotlight global search, support Siri, with shortcut commands to achieve one-key quick entry. - Food and drink in the fridge - Oil, salt and vinegar in the kitchen - Capsule punch in the medicine cabinet - Bathroom toiletries in the bathroom - Lipstick and cream in the dressing table - Coupons membership in your phone ...... Anything you can imagine that has a time cutoff can be recorded here. 【Features】 --- Custom Tag Classification --- Take a free-entry tagging approach and fill in the tags when adding items to create a new tagging category. Tags allow you to display by tag category in the home page timeline, and quickly select similar tags when adding items to be grouped into similar categories for display. When using widgets, you can also long press on the widget to edit it and display it in categories by tags. --- Simplify The Entry Process --- When adding an new item, you only need to enter the item name at least to realize the default current expiration for simple entry. The date adopts the two modes of "Due Date" and "Start Date". If "Start Date" is selected, the "Due Date" will be automatically calculated after filling in the "Period". Of course, more detailed input content is also provided, which can be filled in according to the item type. --- Item unpacking settings --- For an item with a quantity of 1, you can slide the item to the left to unpack, select the specific date of unpacking, and the validity period after unpacking. After the unpacking setting is completed, it will be displayed in different styles. --- Expiration card design --- Depending on the content entered, the expiration card can be displayed in a unique way. If you want to share the expiring items with your family and friends, click the "Share" button to share the expiring cards! --- Review & Statistics --- A fully revamped review page with monthly, last 3 months, yearly, or all-time views. The overview dashboard shows on-time, overdue, and discarded item ratios with total waste cost; consumption pace tracks monthly progress; trend analysis, item insights, distribution rankings, and smart suggestions help identify waste patterns. Item recovery is also supported. --- Support backup and iCloud --- The unlocked full version can support iCloud synchronization, in the same iCloud account under different devices, you can achieve data synchronization; when replacing a new phone, you do not need to worry about data transfer, easy to switch. At the same time, you can also use the import/export CSV function to manually backup/restore data. --- Quick voice input --- Siri and shortcut are supported. Voice phrases and preset templates can be customized in the "Shortcut" APP, and items can be added and inquired without opening the iPhone. More features and device versions are still under development... Welcome to download and experience! We look forward to your feedback and suggestions! Twitter: @IceBarley Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Trac

Create custom logbooks to record any information like a personal database. Utilize built-in templates or design your own with various field formats. View data and statistics for each tracked item.

Highlights
  • Customizable record formats
  • Built-in and user-created templates
  • Multiple field formats
  • Data viewing and statistics
  • Health app data integration
Features
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If you don't find a record app that fully meets your needs in the market, you can try trac. You can customize the format of record content through the Trac App, Record everything like a simple database. - The App has built-in templates for commonly used items, which can be used directly or modified. - Support for creating your own templates. - 10 field formats are provided. - You can view the data and its statistics for each tracked item. * The app will read Health app data with your consent.

Screenshots

BeforeExpiry4 screens
Trac4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trac at none against BeforeExpiry's 3. Trac also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 57%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. BeforeExpiry sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.59 per month. Trac asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for BeforeExpiry against 4.5 for Trac. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 12 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of BeforeExpiry's written reviews are positive against 89% of Trac's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeforeExpiry ships an update every 6 weeks, Trac every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 12, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BeforeExpiry versus Trac: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeforeExpiryTrac
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings)4.5 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings712 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer杰滨 李昊 浦

Customer experience

BeforeExpiry

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

Trac

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BeforeExpiry

Subscriptions2
  • Scanning Package(Monthly)$0.591 Month
  • Scanning Package(Annually)$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Upgrade$4.99
None

Trac

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BeforeExpiry free?
BeforeExpiry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trac free?
Trac is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BeforeExpiry or Trac?
Trac is rated higher. BeforeExpiry averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Trac averages 4.5 from 12 ratings.
Do BeforeExpiry or Trac have ads?
Neither BeforeExpiry nor Trac shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeforeExpiry or Trac?
BeforeExpiry ships an update every 6 weeks, and Trac every 3 weeks. Most recently, BeforeExpiry was updated on August 12, 2026 and Trac on July 7, 2026.

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