Pantry vs Cloud Pantry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pantry
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Pantry is the private, on-device recipe keeper whose meal plan actually builds your shopping list. No ads. No account. Your cookbook stays on your iPhone. WHAT CAN I COOK RIGHT NOW? Tap the staples you have on hand and Pantry shows the recipes you can make tonight — and the ones missing just an item or two. Based on ingredient names, on your device. CAPTURE ANY RECIPE — FREE - Import from a URL: Pantry reads the page on-device and pulls out the title, ingredients, and instructions (editable). - Scan a printed or handwritten card: on-device text reading, never uploaded. - Add by hand with full ingredients, steps, servings, time, and tags. PLAN → SHOP → COOK - Drag recipes onto a 7-day planner. - One tap turns the week into a grocery run, grouped by supermarket aisle — produce, protein, dairy, pantry. - Cook Mode keeps the screen awake and your place, with checked ingredients and steps saved. FREE FOREVER - Unlimited recipes, URL import, on-device scan, manual entry, browsing, and JSON backup. - A free taste of the planner and aisle list, so you can feel the loop before paying. PANTRY PRO - Unlimited weekly planner and aisle-sorted shopping list, cooking stats, and pretty CSV export. - Monthly or yearly (auto-renews, cancel anytime), or a one-time Lifetime unlock. - Family Sharing included: one purchase covers your household. YOUR DATA IS YOURS 100% on-device via SwiftData. We never see your recipes. Free JSON backup and restore means a lost phone never means lost recipes. Privacy Policy: https://pantry.uptrail.ai/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://pantry.uptrail.ai/terms
Cloud Pantry
Manage your household food inventory across your pantry, fridge, and freezer. Automatically generates grocery lists when items are low and allows real-time sharing with your household.
- Track items by location
- Automated grocery list building
- Scan items to add
- Shop by store grouping
- Shared household inventories
- Multiple home inventories
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Cloud Pantry keeps track of everything in your kitchen — across your pantry, fridge, freezer, and any place you name — then builds your grocery list automatically the moment something runs low. Never run out of the basics again. Never double-buy something you already had. And because your inventory and grocery list are shared with your whole household in real time, everyone's on the same page — whoever does the shopping. FEATURES • Track every shelf — organize items by where they actually live, with quantities and low-stock thresholds. • Lists that build themselves — when an item drops below your minimum, it lands on the grocery list automatically. • Scan to add — snap a photo to identify an item, or scan a barcode to pull product details in a tap. • Shop by store — group your list by store so each trip is one tidy checklist. • Shared households — invite family or roommates; everyone sees the same inventory and list, updated live. • Multiple homes — keep separate inventories for the main house, a second home, or the office, and switch instantly. Cloud Pantry is free to use, with no ads. Your data syncs securely so it's always with you. Cloud Pantry is a product of Saras Holding.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cloud Pantry at none against Pantry's 2. Cloud Pantry also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Pantry sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Cloud Pantry asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pantry ships an update every 2 months, Cloud Pantry every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pantry | Cloud Pantry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mitaanshu Agarwal | Samrat Tandon |
In-app purchases
Pantry
- Pantry - Recipes & Plan Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pantry - Recipes & Plan Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
Cloud Pantry
No in-app purchases









