Comparison

Pantr vs Kellr

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

Head to head
About

Pantr

Features
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Pantr connects your recipes, your shopping list and your pantry into one loop: plan a recipe, its ingredients land on your shopping list, whatever you tick off moves into your pantry – and the next time you cook you can see at a glance what you already have. Everything syncs via iCloud, shared with your household, in a minimalist, native design. Pantry • Track what you have, with quantity, package size and fill level • Items ticked off your shopping list move into the pantry automatically • Recipes show how many of their ingredients are already in stock • Adding a recipe to your list skips what you already have • Cooking updates your pantry automatically – across units, too (500 g from a 1 kg stock) • Add an expiry date and get reminded in time • Scan a barcode to fill in the product name • Get a recipe suggestion based on what's in stock • Entirely optional: pantry integration can be switched off per household Manage recipes • Create and edit recipes manually • Adjust ingredients, quantities and preparation steps • Detail view with all ingredients, steps and nutrition • Import and export recipes as a file Cooking mode • Step through the preparation in large, readable type • The screen stays awake while you cook • Hands-free voice control – in English and German • Update your pantry with a single tap when you're done Smart shopping list • Add all ingredients of a recipe to your list with a single tap • Ingredients are automatically sorted by category (vegetables, meat, dairy, bakery, and more) • Customise the category order to match your supermarket layout • Quickly add individual items manually • Autocomplete suggests dishes you've already saved Portions & scaling • Adjust recipes for any number of people • Quantities are recalculated automatically Households, sharing & sync • Keep several households side by side and switch with a single tap • Share your shopping list, recipes and pantry via iCloud with family or housemates • Real-time sync across all your Apple devices Apple Watch • View and check off your shopping list directly from your wrist • Progress bar always visible to track your shopping at a glance • Defer items with a swipe to tackle them later • Automatic sync with the iPhone app AI features – you choose the provider • Apple Intelligence on-device (experimental), your own OpenAI key, or no AI at all • Import recipes directly from the web – just paste a URL • Take a photo of a recipe from a cookbook or magazine • Generate a recipe by name using AI • Get a recipe suggestion from your pantry • Nutritional overview for recipes based on the USDA FoodData database An OpenAI API key is stored securely on your device and never shared. Every other feature – shopping list, pantry, recipe management, cooking mode, sharing and sync – works fully without AI.

About

Kellr

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Kellr - Deine smarte Vorratskammer Nie wieder abgelaufene Lebensmittel wegwerfen. Nie wieder doppelt einkaufen. Kellr bringt Ordnung in deine Vorratskammer - einfach, schnell und für die ganze Familie. ALLES AUF EINEN BLICK Erfasse deine Vorräte mit dem Barcode-Scanner oder manuell. Kellr zeigt dir sofort, was du hast, wo es steht und wann es abläuft. LAGERORTE ORGANISIEREN: Kühlschrank, Keller, Speisekammer, Garage – erstelle beliebig viele Lagerorte und filtere blitzschnell nach Standort. ABLAUFDATEN IM GRIFF Farbcodierte Anzeige warnt dich rechtzeitig, bevor etwas abläuft. Rot = abgelaufen, Gelb = bald fällig, Grün = alles gut. GEMEINSAMER HAUSHALT Teile deine Vorratskammer mit der ganzen Familie. Alle sehen in Echtzeit, was vorhanden ist - egal ,wer gerade einkauft. NACHBESTELLEN LEICHT GEMACHT Produkt leer? Mit einem Tap direkt bei Amazon nachbestellen. DEINE DATEN GEHÖREN DIR Sichere Cloud-Synchronisation. Keine Werbung. Keine versteckten Kosten. Das ist Kellr: - Barcode-Scanner - Ablaufwarnungen - Mehrere Lagerorte - Haushalt teilen - Cloud-Sync - Nachbestell-Funktion Entwickelt in Österreich - als Open Building in Public Projekt. Verfolge die Entwicklung auf kellr.app Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pantr4 screens
Kellr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pantr at none against Kellr's 1. Pantr also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 days). Kellr's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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. Kellr sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per year. Pantr asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pantr ships an update every 3 days, Kellr every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Pantr versus Kellr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPantrKellr
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilip CorlatanMichael Seidl

In-app purchases

None

Pantr

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Kellr

Subscriptions1
  • kellr Pro14 Days trial$6.991 Year

Questions

Is Pantr free?
Pantr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kellr free?
Kellr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pantr or Kellr have ads?
Neither Pantr nor Kellr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pantr or Kellr?
Pantr ships an update every 3 days, and Kellr every 5 days. Most recently, Pantr was updated on October 10, 2026 and Kellr on October 9, 2026.

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