Fridgify vs Fango
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fridgify
Organize your fridge contents and expiry dates to reduce food waste. This app helps you shop smarter with shared lists and notifies you before items expire. It offers quick item addition, receipt scanning, and offline functionality, all while prioritizing user privacy.
- Expiry notifications
- Shared shopping lists
- Quick item addition
- Receipt scanning
- Offline functionality
- End-to-end encryption
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Ever throw away food and feel that little sting of guilt? Yeah, us too. That's why we built Fridgify. Keep track of what you have, plan meals around your pantry, shop without forgetting things, and actually use what you buy. Save time, save money, and waste less food. Why you'll love it • Cook what you already have – Fridgify matches recipes to your pantry and shows what you can cook now, what is only one or two ingredients away, and what is still missing • Your own cookbooks – Save your own recipes, type them in naturally, or photograph a cookbook page and let Fridgify read the ingredients and steps • Shop smarter – Shared shopping lists with real notifications, plus a scanner that moves everything you buy straight into your cart • Quick Add – Type "2x apples, 1 milk" and Fridgify turns it into items for you • Scan barcodes – Point the camera at a product and it fills itself in. The product database lives on your phone, so nobody learns what you buy • Read dates from the label – Fridgify can pick up the printed best-before date while you scan, or you can snap it directly with the camera • Scan receipts – Photograph your receipt and match prices to what you bought. Fridgify remembers what you paid and can show unit prices next time • Stay ahead of waste – One daily heads-up before food expires, with actions right on the lock screen • Share & sync – Keep your household's pantry, fridge and shopping list in sync • Privacy first – End-to-end encrypted, no account required, no tracking, no ads. Even we can't read your data • Works offline – Add items, scan products and use your pantry without internet. Sync catches up when you're back online • Learns from you – Fridgify remembers your corrections and preferences on your device, so adding the same products gets faster over time Built for what comes next Fridgify already reads the new 2D codes coming to product packaging through GS1 Digital Link and "Sunrise 2027". If a code contains a best-before date, Fridgify can fill it in automatically. All features. No paywalls. No "premium" nonsense. We built Fridgify because food waste sucks and staying organized shouldn't require another subscription. Every feature works without paying a cent. If Fridgify saves you from tossing groceries, you can support development with a one-time tip or an optional subscription. Use it free? That's cool too. Seriously. Built in Germany. Shaped by your feedback. Terms of Use: https://fridgify.app/terms
Fango
This app helps you reduce food waste by tracking expiration dates and managing your grocery lists. Scan receipts to automatically add items, receive timely reminders, and monitor your savings.
- AI receipt scanning for automatic item entry
- Food expiry date tracking and reminders
- Smart, learning grocery shopping list
- Food waste and savings tracking
- Shared household accounts
- Multi-currency support
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You can save up to $60 a month. Fango reminds you in time which food to use first, so you eat the groceries you buy instead of throwing money in the trash. Scan your grocery receipt and the AI adds the items to your fridge and estimates the shelf life and expiration date of each one. Correct the date to the best-by, use-by or expiration date on the package if you like. Your fridge, freezer and pantry inventory in one list. Try Fango free for one month, with every feature included. After the trial, Fango continues with a subscription that renews automatically. You’ll see the price in the app before you buy, and you can cancel anytime. No account, no sign-up: by default your data stays on your phone. HOW FANGO WORKS 1. Snap a photo of your receipt after shopping — or add items by hand in seconds 2. The AI recognizes the products and estimates shelf life: fridge, freezer or pantry 3. The expiration date reminder tells you in time what to use first 4. You eat what would have gone to waste — and see the money saved in your stats EXPIRATION DATE REMINDERS - A reminder alert 1–14 days before the best-by or use-by date, adjustable per item - Act straight from the notification: eaten, wasted, postpone or freeze - Freezer and pantry items remind you more gently, up to a month ahead - Freeze with one tap — shelf life extends automatically - Each storage place gets its own shelf life and reminder rhythm - The home-screen widget stays up to date even if you don’t open the app for days RECEIPT SCANNING - Paper receipts with the camera, e-receipts from your photo library, PDF receipts from Files - Works with receipts from more than 60 countries — fees, discounts and deposits are filtered out - The AI suggests a shelf life and expiration date for every item; adjust anything before adding - No typing, no barcodes - Share a receipt to Fango straight from another app - Add single items yourself too: Fango suggests your previous products and remembers prices LESS FOOD WASTE, SAVINGS IN REAL MONEY - Stats: food rescued, food wasted and your rescue rate — week to year - A monthly savings goal you set yourself, or switch off entirely - Multi-currency support — stats in your own currency A SHOPPING LIST IN THE SAME APP - Mark an item as eaten — one tap adds it to the shopping list - Fango suggests what you buy regularly, based on your receipt history - The grocery list sorts itself by store aisle, and the grocery budget shows a cart estimate before checkout - Multiple lists: weekly groceries, cabin, party ONE SUBSCRIPTION, FOUR PEOPLE Connect up to four phones as one household. One active subscription covers everybody: nobody else needs their own subscription or a payment card. - A shared fridge: everyone sees the same items and the same expiration dates - Anyone can add items, mark them eaten or remove them - Share only the shopping lists you choose — the rest stay yours - Invite with a code: no account, no email address Get Fango — expiration date reminders, receipt scanner and food waste tracking in one app. The food you buy gets eaten, and you cut your grocery bill: try it free for a month. PRIVACY Products, dates, prices, shopping lists and stats stay on your phone by default. No account, no sign-up, no ads, no ad networks. Household sharing is the only feature where part of your food data is stored on a server — and only if you create or join a household yourself. The household then shares items, shared shopping lists and entries under an anonymous ID; your receipts, product memory and settings stay on your device. When the last member leaves, the household’s data is deleted. Privacy policy: https://fango.fi/privacy-policy/ Terms of use: https://fango.fi/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fango at 100% against Fridgify's 67%. Fango also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Fridgify sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Fango sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Fridgify ships an update every 4 days, Fango every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fridgify | Fango |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Valentin Hamm | Valtteri Isokorpi |
Customer experience
Fridgify
Fango
In-app purchases
Fridgify
- Monthly Supporter$1.991 Month
- Annual Supporter$19.991 Year
- Coffee for Fridgy$2.99
- Lunch for Fridgy$4.99
- Feast for Fridgy$9.99
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- Founders Edition$29.99
Fango
- Fango Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- Fango Annual Subscription1 Month trial$34.991 Year









