Comparison

OurPantry vs Simple Kitchen Inventory

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

Head to head
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purchase, freeze/thaw, best-by/use-by/expiration dates - Available widget lets you know when items are about to go out of date - Search for specific items in your inventory - Barcode scanner helps you enter your items - Barcode scanner can now help with distributions for food pantry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

About

Simple Kitchen Inventory

Effortlessly manage your groceries with this inventory app. Log purchased items by taking a picture, set expiration dates, and track consumption to maintain an accurate overview of your kitchen stock.

Highlights
  • Log groceries with photos
  • Set expiration dates
  • Track consumption
  • Manage kitchen inventory
  • Effortless grocery management
Features
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A simple Kitchen grocery inventory list maker, to help you manage your purchased groceries effortlessly. Just take a picture and add it to your inventory. Easily set the expiration date, and amount consumed to keep a accurate track of your inventory!

Screenshots

OurPantry4 screens
Simple Kitchen Inventory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Simple Kitchen Inventory at 5.0 against OurPantry's 4.4. Simple Kitchen Inventory also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). OurPantry's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple Kitchen Inventory holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OurPantry has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OurPantry ships an update every 2 months, Simple Kitchen Inventory every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
OurPantry versus Simple Kitchen Inventory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOurPantrySimple Kitchen Inventory
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (15 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRick HutchinsonSHIMRAN RODEET ROZBU

Customer experience

OurPantry

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

Simple Kitchen Inventory

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

OurPantry

No in-app purchases

None

Simple Kitchen Inventory

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OurPantry free?
OurPantry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Kitchen Inventory free?
Simple Kitchen Inventory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OurPantry or Simple Kitchen Inventory?
Simple Kitchen Inventory is rated higher. OurPantry averages 4.4 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Simple Kitchen Inventory averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do OurPantry or Simple Kitchen Inventory have ads?
Neither OurPantry nor Simple Kitchen Inventory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OurPantry or Simple Kitchen Inventory?
OurPantry ships an update every 2 months, and Simple Kitchen Inventory every 3 weeks. Most recently, OurPantry was updated on September 28, 2026 and Simple Kitchen Inventory on October 10, 2026.

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