Comparison

FreshTrack vs PantryPal

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

Head to head
About

FreshTrack

Manage your kitchen inventory to reduce food waste. Track expiry dates, get low-stock alerts, and organize your pantry, fridge, and freezer. Easily add groceries, import recipes, and generate smart shopping lists.

Highlights
  • Expiry and low-stock reminders
  • Smart shopping list generation
  • Recipe import and ingredient comparison
  • Siri integration for voice updates
  • Kitchen Insights for usage tracking
  • Pantry, fridge, and freezer management
Features
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Stop throwing food away. FreshTrack keeps track of what’s in your fridge, freezer, and pantry — so you know what you have, what to use next, and what to buy. Add groceries in seconds, set a best-before date, and FreshTrack warns you before food expires and shows what needs attention. With Pro, choose which low-stock suggestions to add to your list. START FREE — NO SUBSCRIPTION NEEDED • Unlimited fridge, freezer, and pantry tracking • Expiry and low-stock reminders • “Needs attention” for expired, use-soon, and low-stock items • Kitchen Insights: see what’s worth checking and what you used, restocked, or discarded • Shopping list grouped by aisle • Up to 3 saved recipes with your own notes • 5 successful Siri inventory updates TALK TO YOUR KITCHEN — IPHONE, IOS 16+ Hands covered in flour? Say, “Use Milk in FreshTrack.” Siri updates your inventory without touching the phone. Need an exact amount? Say, “Log use in FreshTrack,” then answer, “Two eggs.” Tap “Siri commands” on Inventory to see every supported phrase. Every signed-in account gets 5 successful Siri inventory updates on this device. Failed requests and cancellations don’t count. Pro unlocks unlimited Siri updates. IMPORT AND ANNOTATE RECIPES Share a recipe link, paste recipe text, select screenshots, or scan a cookbook page with your camera. FreshTrack compares recipe ingredients with your kitchen so you can see what you have, what’s missing, and what to add to your shopping list. Every recipe shows how ready you are to cook — “Ready to cook,” “Missing 1,” or “3 of 7 available.” Ingredient sections such as “Filling” and “Topping” are preserved, and you can tick off steps as you cook. Save up to 3 recipes free. Add a general recipe note or notes to individual ingredients and search your library using note text. Share any saved recipe as text. Your personal notes stay private unless you choose to include them. Pro unlocks unlimited saved recipes, a higher daily import limit, and recipe sync across devices. TRACK YOUR KITCHEN • Fridge, freezer, and pantry in one place • Quantity and expiry at a glance • Dates in plain words like “Expires tomorrow” • Fast inventory search • Automatic categories, color-coded icons, and shelves • Custom units such as “bottle” are remembered KITCHEN INSIGHTS See up to three items worth checking and record what actually happened: used some, restocked, discarded some, still have it, or correct the quantity. See your recorded use, restocks, and discards from the last 4 weeks. Deleting an item never counts as waste. SHOP SMARTER • Items grouped by aisle • Add several items at once using commas • Check items off while shopping • Restock inventory in one tap • With Pro, low-stock items appear as suggestions you choose to add • Turn off “Suggest when low” for items you never want suggested FRESHTRACK PRO Upgrade to unlock: • Unlimited saved recipes and a higher daily import limit • Unlimited Siri inventory updates • Low-stock shopping suggestions • Cloud sync and household sharing • Barcode scanning • No ads FreshTrack Pro is available as monthly and yearly auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled. Manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://fresh-track-inventory.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://fresh-track-inventory.web.app/privacy Questions or ideas? bilalmanisa@gmail.com

About

PantryPal

Features
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PantryPal turns your kitchen into a system: know what you already have, what's about to expire, what you can cook tonight, and what it all costs. SMART GROCERY LISTS Build lists organized by category, check items off as you shop, and watch a running total against your budget so there are no surprises at the register. Add items by typing, by talking, or from the Lock Screen. COOK WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE The Cook tab looks at your pantry and shows you dishes you can make right now, tells you when you're one ingredient short, and suggests a swap for what you're missing. PANTRY INVENTORY WITH EXPIRATION TRACKING Log what's in your fridge, freezer, and pantry with quantities, storage locations, and expiration dates. PantryPal reminds you two days before something expires, and a "Use These First" shelf keeps whatever is closest to its date in front of you. SCAN YOUR RECEIPT Photograph a grocery receipt and PantryPal reads the line items, guesses categories and shelf life, and lets you review everything before it lands in your pantry. The photo never leaves your phone. SAY IT OUT LOUD Tap the mic and rattle off what you need. PantryPal splits the sentence into items with quantities and units. Speech recognition runs on device. FINISH A GROCERY RUN IN ONE TAP When you're done shopping, everything you checked off moves straight into your pantry with a sensible shelf life already filled in. No double entry. ON YOUR WRIST AND YOUR LOCK SCREEN An Apple Watch app for checking items off with full hands, a Live Activity that tracks your progress while you shop, an "Expiring Soon" home screen widget, and Quick Add from the Lock Screen and Control Center. LOYALTY CARD WALLET Keep every store loyalty card in one place. Type the number in once and PantryPal generates a real Code128, PDF417 or QR barcode that a register can actually read. PARTY PLANNER Pick an event type and a headcount and PantryPal builds the shopping list, subtracting whatever you already have. RECIPE LIBRARY Paste a link from a cooking site and PantryPal pulls out the ingredient list, so you can send whatever you're missing straight to a grocery list. SPENDING INSIGHTS See grocery spending broken down by category, and how each list tracked against its budget. NO ACCOUNT, NO ADS, NO SUBSCRIPTION PantryPal is free. There's nothing to sign up for and nothing to cancel. Your lists, pantry, receipts, and recipes stay on your iPhone.

Screenshots

FreshTrack4 screens
PantryPal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PantryPal at none against FreshTrack's 2. PantryPal also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). FreshTrack's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.5). On price 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. FreshTrack sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. PantryPal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FreshTrack ships an update every 2 weeks, PantryPal every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FreshTrack versus PantryPal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFreshTrackPantryPal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.5 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBilal UsluCHRISTINA ANN PERLOSKY

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FreshTrack

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro$24.991 Year
None

PantryPal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FreshTrack free?
FreshTrack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PantryPal free?
PantryPal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FreshTrack or PantryPal have ads?
FreshTrack shows ads; PantryPal does not.
Which is updated more often, FreshTrack or PantryPal?
FreshTrack ships an update every 2 weeks, and PantryPal every 2 days. Most recently, FreshTrack was updated on October 31, 2026 and PantryPal on October 31, 2026.

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