Comparison

Cloud Pantry vs DAMA

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

Head to head
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.

About

DAMA

Features
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Never guess what's in your fridge — or how long it's been sitting there. DAMA reads your grocery receipt, fills your fridge for you, and gives you a heads-up before anything goes off. ■ Snap it, and you're done - Photograph a grocery receipt or an order screen. Items land in your fridge with use-by dates already filled in. - No receipt? Add it by hand in a few seconds. - No typing everything out one item at a time. ■ Never miss a use-by date - Get a heads-up on what's about to expire, so nothing gets lost at the back of the shelf. - Pick 7, 3, or 1 day ahead — or the day itself. Notifications arrive at 9 AM. - Past the date but still fine? One tap on "Still have it" and it's sorted. - Fridge, freezer, and pantry are kept apart. - Wear an Apple Watch? Reminders reach your wrist too. ■ Right on your Home Screen - See the total count and how it splits across fridge, freezer, and pantry — without opening the app. - The medium widget names what's expiring and how long is left (Today, D-1, D-2). - Keep more than one fridge? Pick which one each widget shows. - Two sizes, small and medium, to arrange however you like. ■ One fridge, shared - A single invite and your family or housemates share the same fridge. - Everyone sees what goes in and out in real time — no duplicate shopping, no more "who bought this?" ■ Housekeeping, at a glance - What you ate and what you threw away this month, side by side. - Watch your food waste shrink. ■ Meals — a light food diary - Keep a quick photo record of what you ate today. ■ Made for you if - You keep buying things you already have - You hate watching food go off before you get to it - You want to run the groceries together with your family Free, with no ads getting in the way. Start right away with Browse — no sign-in needed. Sign in with Apple and your fridge follows you to a new phone, and to your family.

Screenshots

Cloud Pantry4 screens
DAMA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cloud Pantry at every 4 days against DAMA's every 9 days. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cloud Pantry ships an update every 4 days, DAMA every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cloud Pantry versus DAMA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloud PantryDAMA
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSamrat TandonSiJun Kim

In-app purchases

None

Cloud Pantry

No in-app purchases

None

DAMA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cloud Pantry free?
Cloud Pantry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DAMA free?
DAMA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cloud Pantry or DAMA have ads?
Neither Cloud Pantry nor DAMA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cloud Pantry or DAMA?
Cloud Pantry ships an update every 4 days, and DAMA every 9 days. Most recently, Cloud Pantry was updated on November 5, 2026 and DAMA on November 5, 2026.

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