Comparison

Pantr 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

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

Easy Pantry

Manage your kitchen inventory, get AI-powered recipe suggestions based on what you have, and plan your meals. This app helps you reduce food waste by tracking expiration dates and restocking your groceries.

Highlights
  • Kitchen inventory tracking
  • AI recipe generation
  • Meal planning and prep
  • Expiration date reminders
  • Grocery list creation
  • Recipe import and saving
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

Pantr4 screens
Easy Pantry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pantr at none against Easy Pantry's 2. On price, update cadence, 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. Easy Pantry sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Pantr asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pantr ships an update every 3 days, Easy Pantry every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Pantr versus Easy Pantry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPantrEasy Pantry
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilip CorlatanDean Cornejo

In-app purchases

None

Pantr

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 Pantr free?
Pantr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Easy Pantry free?
Easy Pantry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pantr or Easy Pantry have ads?
Neither Pantr nor Easy Pantry shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pantr or Easy Pantry?
Pantr ships an update every 3 days, and Easy Pantry every 4 days. Most recently, Pantr was updated on October 31, 2026 and Easy Pantry on October 31, 2026.

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