Comparison

ClearEats vs ThatFridge

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

Head to head
About

ClearEats

Intelligently track your food's expiry and reduce waste with AI vision. Scan groceries to automatically recognize items and expiration dates, receive timely reminders, and get allergen alerts. Visualize your fridge inventory and discover recipes based on your ingredients.

Highlights
  • AI-powered grocery scanning
  • Automatic expiration date recognition
  • Customizable expiry reminders
  • Allergen detection
  • Visual fridge inventory
  • AI recipe generation (Premium)
  • Nutritional analysis (Premium)
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ClearEats helps you reduce food waste by intelligently tracking what's in your fridge. Using AI vision technology, we turn your phone into a smart fridge assistant. Here's how: • Scan anything - take a photo of groceries and our system automatically recognizes items, reads expiration dates from labels, and even estimates dates for fresh produce. Works with individual items or bulk shopping cart photos. • Never forget what's expiring - get push notifications 1-14 days before items go bad (you choose the timing). We'll remind you so nothing gets wasted. • Stay safe with allergen detection - AI scans product labels for 14 common allergens including nuts, dairy, shellfish, and gluten. Optional and respects your privacy. • Auto-cleanup your fridge - expired items can be automatically removed from your inventory after you choose how many days. Set it and forget it. • Track everything visually - see your entire fridge inventory with photos and color-coded status indicators (green = fresh, orange = expiring soon, red = expired). • Cook smarter with AI recipes - Premium feature that generates recipes based on what's actually in your fridge. No more wondering what to make for dinner. • Understand your nutrition - Premium feature providing detailed nutritional analysis with charts and macro breakdowns for all your fridge items. • Works offline first - All data stored locally on your device. Images never leave your phone unless you use AI features. Privacy-focused design. • Manual entry always available - Don't want to use AI? You can always add items manually with unlimited entries. ClearEats includes both a free version (10 scans/week) and a premium subscription ($3.99/month for 100 scans/week plus recipe generation and nutrition analysis). Terms https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://cleareatsapp.com/privacy.html

About

ThatFridge

Features
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Know what's in your fridge before you open the door. ThatFridge is your all-in-one kitchen assistant: it tracks your groceries, warns you before food goes off, plans your meals, writes recipes and answers questions with an AI kitchen crew, so less food ends up in the bin. TRACK EVERYTHING - Fridge, freezer and pantry in one place, with several fridges if you need them - Add by barcode, receipt, fridge photo, expiry-date photo, voice or typing - Auto-filled icon, shelf life, storage spot, weight and calories, or Autofill anything that's missing - Custom fields like Protein, Brand or Batch code, and Autofill can fill them in for you - Categories, search, and select several items to move or remove at once - Pretty icons: pick from the food icon pack or generate your own NEVER MISS A DATE - Freshness score and clear days-left on every item - Reminders before things expire, and a shorter shelf life once you open something - A regular fridge check-in reminder - Undo when you remove something, and it counts whether you used it up or threw it out MEALS AND RECIPES - Meal plan and Calendar: plan by day, see calories per meal and per day, tick meals off, and get a reminder at mealtime - Recipe book with your own recipes, links imported from the web, photos, favourites, cook-time and calories per serving - Ask Chef: describe what you fancy and get a full recipe, or have Chef plan your week from what's about to expire - "What should I eat?" ideas from what you have right now YOUR AI KITCHEN CREW - Quick Chat with Chef, Guardian, Organizer and Shopkeeper - Chat by text or voice, and attach photos or PDFs - Attach an item, a fridge, a recipe, a day, your meal plan, your shopping list or what's expiring - The crew can add items, tick off the shopping list, leave notes and plan meals for you, and it remembers your preferences (you control what it remembers) - Organizer checks whether things are stored in the right place AUTOMATE IT (KITCHEN LAB) - Build automations with ready-made templates or just describe them - Run on a schedule, when something is added, when stock crosses a level, or when you cook a recipe - Try one out first, and undo what it did SHOPPING AND NOTES - Shopping list with "running low" suggestions and buy links - Sticky notes on the fridge for the household SHARE WITH YOUR HOUSEHOLD - Invite people to a shared fridge, so everyone sees the items, the shopping list and the notes - Find friends, and manage invites and join requests INSIGHTS AND MOTIVATION - One Insights page: kitchen score, waste versus used up, weekly calories and your food groups, in simple charts - Daily streak and badges for real anti-waste habits - Explore: search recipes, automations, meal plans and food icons YOU'RE IN CONTROL - Sign in with Apple, Google or email - Light and dark mode - Sharing anything to improve suggestions is optional; delete your data any time in Privacy & data FREE, WITH OPTIONAL PRO ThatFridge is free to use. AI features run on credits: free accounts get 50 every month and you can buy more any time. ThatFridge Pro gives you 400 credits a month (unused credits roll over up to 800), more than one fridge, and hosting a shared fridge for your household. Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription, each with a 7-day free trial. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://thatfridge.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://thatfridge.com/privacy Terms of Service & EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ClearEats4 screens
ThatFridge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ThatFridge at 16.4 against ClearEats's 26.2. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. ClearEats sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month and ThatFridge sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
ClearEats versus ThatFridge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClearEatsThatFridge
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.216.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKrishay BhopleNaufal Kamaruddin

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ClearEats

Subscriptions1
  • ClearEats Premium$3.991 Month
5 purchases

ThatFridge

Subscriptions2
  • ThatFridge Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • ThatFridge Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time3
  • 100 AI Credits$1.99
  • 500 AI Credits$7.99
  • 1500 AI Credits$19.99

Questions

Is ClearEats free?
ClearEats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ThatFridge free?
ThatFridge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ClearEats or ThatFridge have ads?
Neither ClearEats nor ThatFridge shows ads.

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