Comparison

Pantry vs Cloud Pantry

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

Head to head
About

Pantry

Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Pantry4 screens
Cloud Pantry4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pantry versus Cloud Pantry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPantryCloud Pantry
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMitaanshu AgarwalSamrat Tandon

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pantry

Subscriptions2
  • Pantry - Recipes & Plan Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Pantry - Recipes & Plan Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
None

Cloud Pantry

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pantry free?
Pantry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cloud Pantry free?
Cloud Pantry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pantry or Cloud Pantry have ads?
Neither Pantry nor Cloud Pantry shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pantry or Cloud Pantry?
Pantry ships an update every 2 months, and Cloud Pantry every 4 days. Most recently, Pantry was updated on October 31, 2026 and Cloud Pantry on November 5, 2026.

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