BeanCellar vs Use By Food Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BeanCellar
Log your coffee beans, track brewing parameters, and record tasting notes to understand and improve your coffee experience. Compare beans and brews with detailed stats and visual charts. Designed for focused coffee enthusiasts.
- Organized bean cellar with origin and roast details
- Customizable pour-over and espresso brew recipes
- Brew timer with stage tracking
- Detailed tasting notes and ratings
- TDS and extraction yield tracking
- Side-by-side bean and brew comparison
- Brewing statistics and trends
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BeanCellar is a coffee journal and bean cellar built for people who want to understand what they brew, not just write it down. Keep an organized record of your coffee beans, roast dates, freshness stages, origins, processing methods, prices, flavor profiles, and notes. Plan pour-over and espresso brews with adjustable recipes, timers, dose, yield, temperature, grind size, and brew stages. After each brew, save ratings, tasting notes, taste issues, photos, TDS readings, and extraction yield. Compare beans or brew records side by side, review flavor and rating radar charts, and use stats to see how your brewing habits change over time. BeanCellar helps you answer practical questions: - Which beans tasted best? - How fresh is this coffee now? - What recipe did I use last time? - Did grind size, temperature, or ratio improve the cup? - Which beans and brew methods do I use most? Core features: - Bean cellar with roast date, freshness, origin, process, price, notes, and photos - Pour-over and espresso brew setup - Brew timer with custom recipes and brew stages - Tasting journal with ratings, notes, photos, and taste issue tags - TDS and extraction yield tracking - Bean and brew comparison views - Brewing stats and trends - Custom flavor labels, rating labels, process methods, and freshness ranges with BeanCellar Pro - Temperature and currency preferences - Light, dark, and system appearance modes BeanCellar is designed to be quiet, fast, and focused, so you can spend less time managing notes and more time improving your coffee. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Use By Food Tracker
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Stop throwing away groceries you forgot about. Use By Food Tracker is a calm, privacy-first pantry and fridge organizer that shows what expires today — so you use food before it goes bad. No account. No ads. No cloud sync. Your kitchen inventory stays on your device. WHY USE BY? • Today view: See expired, expiring today, and expiring soon items at a glance • Color-coded freshness: Red, orange, and green sections make scanning effortless • Fridge, pantry, and freezer: Organize groceries by storage location • One daily reminder: Get a single notification — not spam for every item • Mark used or discarded: Track what you saved vs wasted • Search and filter: Find any item in your kitchen inventory instantly ADD GROCERIES IN SECONDS Type a name, pick an expiry date with quick chips (+3, +7, +14, +30 days), choose a location, and save. Manual-first design keeps you in control of every use-by date and best-before label on your packaging. USE BY PRO: • Unlimited items — Track your entire fridge, pantry, and freezer • All storage locations — Pantry, Freezer, and custom spots • Barcode scanning — Scan products via Open Food Facts to prefill names • Home Screen + Lock Screen widgets — See what expires today without opening the app • Custom reminder time — Choose when your daily expiry alert arrives • CSV export — Backup your food tracker data anytime PERFECT FOR: • Households managing weekly grocery shopping • Meal planners who forget what's still in the fridge • Budget-conscious cooks reducing food waste • Anyone who reads "best before" and "use by" labels on packaging • Kitchen organizers building a simple pantry inventory app habit PRIVACY FIRST Use By does not require an account. We do not collect your food data. Expiry dates are entered by you — the app reminds, it does not certify food safety or edibility. Whether you call it a use-by date reminder, food expiry tracker, pantry inventory app, or fridge organizer — Use By keeps it simple. See what expires today. Waste less food. No cloud required. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.karitopia.com/privacy SMART KITCHEN HABITS Build a simple food tracker routine: add groceries after shopping, check Today each morning, mark items used when you cook. Over time, Use By becomes your go-to pantry inventory app and use-by date reminder — without complexity. COMPARE THE ALTERNATIVES Many food expiry apps push AI receipt scanning, household accounts, and cloud sync. Use By takes the opposite approach: manual entry, local storage, one daily notification. Perfect if you want a fridge organizer that respects your privacy and stays fast. FREE VS PRO Start free with 15 active items and Fridge location. Upgrade to Use By Pro when you need unlimited pantry tracking, barcode scan, widgets on your Lock Screen, custom reminder times, and CSV export. Subscriptions include weekly, monthly, yearly, and lifetime options. Download Use By Food Tracker today. See what expires today. Waste less food. No cloud required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Use By Food Tracker at 17.0 against BeanCellar's 26. 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
Both are free to download. BeanCellar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Use By Food Tracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | BeanCellar | Use By Food Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 清源 欧阳 | Ana Escorcio |
In-app purchases
BeanCellar
- BeanCellar Pro Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- BeanCellar Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- BeanCellar Pro One-Time Purchase$19.99
Use By Food Tracker
- Use By Pro Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Use By Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Use By Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Use By Pro Lifetime$39.99
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