PantryTracker Inventory vs Cloud Pantry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PantryTracker Inventory
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PantryTracker Inventory helps you record pantry, fridge, freezer, and custom storage locations with quantities, user-entered expiry dates, low-stock thresholds, and notes. Adjust quantities by one directly from populated Dashboard and History & Insights rows. A confirmation protects the transition to zero, which keeps the entry available in Used and Shopping List. Dashboard attention and low-stock cues update from the saved quantity. Search local entries—including names you give custom storage locations—and review shopping-list, used, expiring, expired, and location groupings derived from your records. Settings lets you share current inventory as CSV or make a versioned JSON backup containing editable records. Sharing moves a copy outside the app; PantryTracker Inventory does not restore or import exported files. Inventory records stay locally on your iPhone, and no sign-in is required.
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 update cadence: Cloud Pantry at every 4 days against PantryTracker Inventory's fortnightly. Cloud Pantry also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PantryTracker Inventory ships an update fortnightly, Cloud Pantry every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PantryTracker Inventory | Cloud Pantry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shane Young | Samrat Tandon |
In-app purchases
PantryTracker Inventory
No in-app purchases
Cloud Pantry
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is PantryTracker Inventory free?
Is Cloud Pantry free?
Do PantryTracker Inventory or Cloud Pantry have ads?
Which is updated more often, PantryTracker Inventory or Cloud Pantry?
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