Smart Pantry+ vs PantryMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Pantry+
Organize your kitchen, track food inventory, and prevent waste. Get smart expiration alerts and build shopping lists. Share with your household to stay synchronized.
- Track food inventory
- Expiration date alerts
- Smart shopping list builder
- Household sharing
- Guest mode for exploration
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Meet SmartPantry—the simple way to keep your kitchen organized, avoid forgotten food, and shop with confidence. Track what you have, see what’s running low, get smart suggestions before items expire, and build a tidy shopping list. Invite your household so everyone stays in sync. Prefer to explore first? Try Guest Mode—no account required. When you’re ready, create a free account to sync across devices and share with your household.
PantryMate
This app helps you manage your pantry by tracking inventory and suggesting recipes based on available ingredients. It aims to reduce food waste and save you time and money in the kitchen.
- Pantry inventory tracking
- AI-powered recipe suggestions
- Reduce food waste
- Save time and money
- Smart kitchen assistant
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Meet PantryMate — Your Smart Kitchen Assistant. Tired of forgetting what’s in your pantry or wasting food you already bought? PantryMate helps you track, plan, and cook smarter with the power of AI. PantryMate transforms your kitchen into an intelligent system that saves you time, money, and effort — all while helping you live more sustainably. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smart Pantry+ at none against PantryMate's 2. PantryMate's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). 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
Both are free to download. PantryMate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Smart Pantry+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Smart Pantry+ against 5.0 for PantryMate. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Smart Pantry+ ships an update every 2 weeks, PantryMate every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Pantry+ | PantryMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clement Tetteh | Dinocorn LLC |
Customer experience
Smart Pantry+
PantryMate
In-app purchases
Smart Pantry+
No in-app purchases
PantryMate
- PantryMate Pro$4.991 Year
- PantryMate Pro (Lifetime)$19.99
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