Comparison

Pantry Lab vs Easy Pantry

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

Head to head
About

Pantry Lab

Organize your kitchen, plan meals efficiently, and reduce food waste. Track your groceries, get expiry reminders, and create smart shopping lists based on your pantry contents. Eat better and save money with this kitchen management tool.

Highlights
  • Pantry inventory management
  • Meal planning
  • Smart shopping list generation
  • Expiry date reminders
  • Reduce food waste
  • Grocery tracking
Features
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PantryLab – Manage Your Pantry, Plan Meals, Waste Less PantryLab helps you stay organized in the kitchen, save money on groceries, and reduce food waste. Keep track of everything you have at home, plan meals around what’s already in your pantry, and build smart shopping lists that make sense. With PantryLab, you always know what’s in your fridge and cupboards. Add your groceries quickly, update quantities as you use them, and get gentle reminders before items expire. No more forgotten food or surprise duplicates when shopping. Meal planning is simple. Choose what you want to cook for the week, and PantryLab automatically turns your plan into a clear shopping list. You’ll spend less time guessing, less money buying extras, and more time enjoying good food. Whether you live alone, with a partner, or with a family, PantryLab helps you eat better and waste less. It’s designed for anyone who wants to make their kitchen more efficient and sustainable without any extra effort. Keep your pantry organized. Plan your meals with confidence. Make food waste a thing of the past. PantryLab — your kitchen, organized.

About

Easy Pantry

Effortlessly track your food inventory, get recipe suggestions based on what you have, and reduce waste. Photograph groceries or receipts to automatically add items, set expiration reminders, and plan meals.

Highlights
  • Photograph groceries to add inventory
  • Scan receipts for automatic ingredient entry
  • Automatic expiration date suggestions
  • Recipe ideas based on available ingredients
  • Expiration and thaw reminders
  • Organize by storage location
  • Track low stock and out-of-stock items
Features
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Know what's in your pantry, fridge and freezer, use it before it expires, and turn it into meals. EasyPantry puts your kitchen inventory, AI recipes, meal prep and meal planner in one app. Scan your groceries, craft recipes from what you have with estimated macros per serving, then prep a batch and plan your week. KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE • Your kitchen inventory by where it's kept: pantry, fridge, freezer or countertop • In Stock, Low Stock or Out of Stock at a glance, with optional quantities • Need to Buy: a grocery list of everything that's low or out, kept up to date for you • Search your kitchen, or ask Siri what's expiring soon or what's on your Meal Plan • Add your own storage places, like a garage freezer or a spice rack (Pro) SCAN GROCERIES (PRO) • Scan a receipt or take a photo of your groceries • Review the list, then add everything at once • New items get a category, a storage place and, where possible, an estimated expiration date • Items you already track are restocked AI RECIPES FROM YOUR KITCHEN (PRO) • Craft Recipe turns your food into recipe ideas: cook with everything you have, or pick ingredients • Build around what needs using up, and set a diet like vegetarian, vegan, keto or halal • Include Nutrition: estimated calories, protein, carbs and fat for each serving • Set Macros: aim for Balanced, High Protein, Low Carb or your own split of protein, carbs and fat, with a calorie limit per serving • Keep the ideas you like, with full steps and amounts in metric or US measurements SAVE AND COOK RECIPES • Save your own recipes, or import them from a link: social media or any recipe website • Every recipe shows what you have and what you still need • Ready to Make lists what you can cook right now • Start Cooking: one big step at a time, with an ingredient checklist • Imported recipes: ingredients read for you and matched to your kitchen (Pro) MEAL PREP • Save each batch you cook: meals left, where it's stored and when it expires • Tap Eat as you go: meals left go down, and their calories and macros count toward your day • Add Meal Prep on any recipe fills in the details for you • Make Again: cook a finished batch again from Recently Eaten MEAL PLAN • Plan each day by mealtime: breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks • Put your meal preps on the days you'll eat them, then check them off as you eat • Quick Add takeout, a snack or anything else • See each day's calories, protein, carbs and fat from your meals' nutrition • Sync the meals you eat to Apple Health, with their calories and macros (Pro) EXPIRATION DATE REMINDERS • Set an expiration date on any ingredient or meal prep • Choose when to be reminded, from 1 day to 1 month before • Expiring Soon lists every ingredient within 7 days of its date • Thaw reminders for what's in the freezer • Suggested expiration dates: tap Suggest for an estimate of how long a food keeps (Pro) WHEREVER YOU COOK • Designed for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo • iCloud sync keeps your kitchen on all your devices (Pro) • Five Home Screen widgets, including Need to Buy and Today's Meal Plan (Pro) • No account to create, and no ads EASYPANTRY PRO EasyPantry is free with up to 25 ingredients, 2 meal preps and unlimited recipes. EasyPantry Pro unlocks unlimited ingredients and meal preps, Scan Groceries, Craft Recipe with nutrition and Set Macros, suggested expiration dates, ingredients read from imported recipes, custom storage places, Apple Health sync, iCloud sync and widgets. Choose monthly or yearly; the yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. AI features have fair-use limits, explained in the Terms of Use. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Nutrition from Craft Recipe is an estimate, not medical or dietary advice. Privacy Policy: https://easypantryapp.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://easypantryapp.com/terms

Screenshots

Pantry Lab4 screens
Easy Pantry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pantry Lab at none against Easy Pantry's 2. Pantry Lab also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Easy Pantry sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Pantry Lab asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pantry Lab against 5.0 for Easy Pantry. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Pantry Lab versus Easy Pantry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPantry LabEasy Pantry
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPantry LabDean Cornejo

Customer experience

Pantry Lab

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

Easy Pantry

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

In-app purchases

None

Pantry Lab

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Easy Pantry

Subscriptions2
  • EasyPantry Pro (Monthly)$5.991 Month
  • EasyPantry Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Pantry Lab free?
Pantry Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Easy Pantry free?
Easy Pantry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pantry Lab or Easy Pantry?
Pantry Lab and Easy Pantry are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Pantry Lab or Easy Pantry have ads?
Neither Pantry Lab nor Easy Pantry shows ads.

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