Comparison

InStock Kitchen vs Use It Up

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

Head to head
About

InStock Kitchen

Turn your existing groceries into delicious meals with smart inventory tracking and recipe suggestions. Scan items, get freshness estimates, and follow recipes hands-free. Enjoy a privacy-first experience with no accounts or ads.

Highlights
  • Smart grocery inventory
  • Recipe matching
  • Hands-free Cook Mode
  • Barcode scanning
  • AI Photo Scan (Pro)
  • Custom recipe import (Pro)
  • Private iCloud sync
Features
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Cook from the food already in your kitchen. InStock Kitchen helps you see what you have, what to use first, and what you can cook now. Add groceries with Photo Scan, barcode scanning, or manual entry. Track freshness, build aisle-organized shopping lists, and match your kitchen with 233 built-in recipes. RUN YOUR KITCHEN - What Can I Make? shows meals ready now and close matches that need only a few items. - Smart Inventory highlights ingredients to use first and estimates freshness. - Cook Mode keeps step-by-step directions easy to follow while the screen stays awake. - Shopping List groups items by aisle, includes a Household section, and offers Shop Mode for grocery trips. - Share recipes with friends by link. MEAL PLANNING — INSTOCK PRO Plan up to 14 days of meals and get suggestions for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snacks. Review your plan, choose different recipes, and add missing ingredients to your shopping list. ON YOUR APPLE DEVICES - Private iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad. - A companion app for your paired Apple Watch shows your shopping list, ready-to-cook recipes, and Cook Mode steps on your wrist. - Siri and Shortcuts integration. INSTOCK PRO: ONE-TIME PURCHASE - Multi-item Photo Scan. - Browse the full built-in recipe catalog. - Create, import, edit, and share custom recipes from a URL, pasted text, a photo, or the Share Sheet. - Saved lists, reusable templates, trip history, and Buy Again. Pro includes three online Photo Scans and three online recipe imports each day. Optional consumable credit packs add more uses after either daily allowance is exhausted. Purchased credits do not expire. No subscription. No recurring charge. YOUR PRIVACY - No account required, no ads, and no cross-app tracking. - Your content is not sold, used for advertising, or used to train models. - Inventory, recipes, and lists sync through your private iCloud database. - Privacy Mode keeps supported photo and recipe processing on your device after the optional on-device model is downloaded. With Privacy Mode off, selected photos or recipe text are securely processed by InStock Kitchen's service to deliver the requested feature. Available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Stock. Scan. Savor. Cook what you already have and waste less.

About

Use It Up

Effortlessly manage your pantry and reduce food waste. Snap photos of your groceries, and AI will catalog them, track expiration dates, and suggest recipes based on what needs to be eaten first. It also helps monitor ripeness and syncs nutritional data to health apps.

Highlights
  • AI-powered food scanning
  • Expiration date tracking
  • Recipe suggestions from pantry items
  • Fruit ripeness assessment
  • Calorie and protein logging
  • Expiry reminders
Features
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Use It Up turns the food you already have into less waste and better meals. Snap a photo of your groceries, fridge, or receipt and AI adds everything for you - no tedious typing. Use It Up tracks what's about to expire and tells you what to cook tonight using the food that needs eating first. - Scan groceries, receipts, or barcodes - AI fills your kitchen - See what's expiring, color-coded by urgency - Cook what you have: recipes from your real kitchen, worst-expiring first - Check fruit ripeness from a photo - Log what you eat and track calories & protein (syncs to Apple Health) - A glanceable, customizable Home dashboard - Expiry reminders so nothing gets forgotten Less wasted food. Less wasted money. Eat better with what you already have. Use It Up Pro - Subscription - Pro Monthly: $9.99 per month - Pro Yearly: $49.99 per year - Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends - Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions - Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription Disclaimer: Freshness, ripeness, nutrition, and AI suggestions are estimates and may be inaccurate. Always check allergens and food safety yourself. Use It Up does not provide medical or dietary advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://useitup-proxy.michaeljoseph522.workers.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://useitup-proxy.michaeljoseph522.workers.dev/privacy

Screenshots

InStock Kitchen4 screens
Use It Up4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Use It Up at every 3 days against InStock Kitchen's every 2 weeks. InStock Kitchen's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. InStock Kitchen sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Use It Up sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for InStock Kitchen against 5.0 for Use It Up. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

InStock Kitchen ships an update every 2 weeks, Use It Up every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
InStock Kitchen versus Use It Up: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInStock KitchenUse It Up
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndres OliverMICHAEL GEORGE JOSEPH

Customer experience

InStock Kitchen

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Use It Up

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

InStock Kitchen

One-time3
  • 10 Photo Scans + 10 Recipe Imports$1.99
  • 25 Photo Scans + 25 Recipe Imports$3.99
  • InStock Pro$5.99
3 purchases

Use It Up

Subscriptions3
  • Use It Up Pro (Weekly)$3.997 Days
  • Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Use It Up Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is InStock Kitchen free?
InStock Kitchen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Use It Up free?
Use It Up is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, InStock Kitchen or Use It Up?
InStock Kitchen and Use It Up are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do InStock Kitchen or Use It Up have ads?
Neither InStock Kitchen nor Use It Up shows ads.
Which is updated more often, InStock Kitchen or Use It Up?
InStock Kitchen ships an update every 2 weeks, and Use It Up every 3 days. Most recently, InStock Kitchen was updated on November 9, 2026 and Use It Up on November 5, 2026.

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