Comparison

Bean me up vs Virtual Pantry

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

Head to head
About

Bean me up

Order and pay for your coffee ahead of time from your iPhone. The app prepares your order for pickup, saving you time. It also manages loyalty cards, eliminating the need for a physical card.

Highlights
  • Order coffee ahead
  • In-app payment
  • Loyalty card management
  • Time-saving pickup
  • Digital wallet integration
Features
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Bean me up mobile app enables you to order and pay for your coffee from your iPhone. Don’t wait for your coffee again, just pull out your iPhone and with a few button clicks, order and pay for your purchase. It will then be ready for you when you arrive at Bean me up saving you valuable time. No need to worry about fumbling around for your Eftpos or loyalty card as this is conveniently handled by the App, and removes the need for you to carry another card in your wallet.

About

Virtual Pantry

Organize your kitchen inventory, track food freshness, and create smart shopping lists to reduce waste and save money. Easily manage your pantry, fridge, and freezer contents to avoid duplicate purchases and forgotten items.

Highlights
  • Barcode scanning for quick item entry
  • Expiration date tracking
  • Pantry, fridge, and freezer organization
  • Smart shopping list generation
  • Quantity and category tracking
  • Reduce food waste and save money
Features
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Virtual Pantry keeps track of the food you already own, so nothing goes off at the back of the fridge and you stop buying what you have. Your home screen is a set of wooden shelves — one for the fridge, one for the freezer, one for the pantry, and any others you add — with a card for every item. A "Use soon" shelf sits on top, so the thing that needs eating today is the first thing you see. ADD FOOD IN SECONDS • Scan a barcode and the name, brand and photo fill themselves in • Scan a grocery receipt and add the whole shop at once • Or just type a name — that works too IT LEARNS YOUR KITCHEN Receipts print things like "GV WHL MLK GAL". Fix it once and Virtual Pantry remembers, so the next receipt from that shop reads "Whole Milk" by itself. The same goes for barcodes you correct, where you keep a food, and how long it really lasts for you. Everything it has learned is listed in Settings, and you can forget any of it. DATES THAT MAKE SENSE Every food gets a realistic date from the USDA FoodKeeper tables built into the app — no guessing, no typing a date for every tin. Mark something opened and the date shortens. Move it to the freezer and it stretches. Your own corrections always win. REMINDERS, YOUR WAY Get a nudge a week before, three days before, on the day, and the day after — or pick your own times, for everything or for one particular food. THE REST OF IT • A shopping list that can put an item straight back on its shelf when you check it off • A history of what you used and what you threw away, so you can see what keeps going to waste • Your own photo on any item • Dark mode • Full VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR IPHONE No account, no sign-up, no server. Your shelves, your photos and everything the app has learned live on your device. A barcode is looked up in the food database, and a receipt photo is sent to Google to be read — the app tells you so before it does. Nothing else about your kitchen leaves your iPhone. Food data from Open Food Facts (ODbL). Shelf-life figures from the USDA FoodKeeper. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Bean me up3 screens
Virtual Pantry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bean me up at none against Virtual Pantry's 1. Bean me up also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Virtual Pantry's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 32 months). 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. Virtual Pantry sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Bean me up asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bean me up ships an update every 32 months, Virtual Pantry every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bean me up versus Virtual Pantry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBean me upVirtual Pantry
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 32 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApp Labs LtdJeremy Potter

Customer experience

Bean me up

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Virtual Pantry

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bean me up

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Virtual Pantry

Subscriptions1
  • Virtual Pantry Premium Monthly$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Bean me up free?
Bean me up is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Virtual Pantry free?
Virtual Pantry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bean me up or Virtual Pantry have ads?
Neither Bean me up nor Virtual Pantry shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bean me up or Virtual Pantry?
Bean me up ships an update every 32 months, and Virtual Pantry every 3 days. Most recently, Bean me up was updated on November 3, 2026 and Virtual Pantry on November 5, 2026.

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