Pantry Next
Cookbook, plan & shopping
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Everything you loved about Pantry for Mealie — now for everyone, no server needed. With iCloud sync and backup. Servers of friends and family still connect.
Your cookbook. Finally in one place.
Grandma's handwritten card, the cookbook lying open on the counter, the two hundred bookmarks in your browser — Pantry Next brings them together and keeps them where they belong: on your device. No server, no account, no subscription.
TAKE A PHOTO. THAT'S IT.
Point the camera at a cookbook page or a handwritten card — Pantry reads out the ingredients and the steps, right on your device. No page ever leaves your phone.
From iOS 26 on, the app reads the page as a document and the ingredient column as a list. Where Apple Intelligence is available, the model turns the page into a finished recipe on the device itself. Without either, Pantry still reads it — just a little rougher.
You always see a draft first. Nothing is saved until you have confirmed it.
RECIPES COME IN OTHER WAYS TOO
• From the web: found a recipe in your browser? Tap share, pick Pantry
• By hand: write it, photograph it, group it into sections
• From another Pantry: "Share nearby" sends a recipe straight to a device in range — no server, no internet
WHEN YOU'RE AT THE STOVE
Turn 2 servings into 6 and the amounts follow live — all the way to the shopping list. Halfway through step 7 and forgot how much coconut milk? Tap the step and the ingredients slide up for a peek. The screen stays awake while you cook. And "potatoes" finds every recipe with potatoes, because the search looks inside the ingredients and not just the title.
PLAN THE WEEK, SHOP ONCE
Drop recipes into your week with a tap, then collect a whole week's ingredients onto the list at once. Several lists side by side, and matching items are added up for you: 500 g flour and 300 g flour become 800 g. On your home screen, widgets in three sizes show what is cooking today and what is still missing. And Siri knows: "What's on my shopping list in Pantry?"
PASSING IT ON
To other Pantry users, lossless, with photo, sections and nutrition. To everyone else as a PDF that looks like a recipe page — on a single page, nutrition beside the ingredients.
ACROSS YOUR DEVICES
iCloud keeps iPhone and iPad in step — if you switch it on. Keep a backup in Files, with a preview of its size. Where your recipes travel is your decision: nothing leaves the device on its own.
WITH MEALIE, IF YOU LIKE
If you run a Mealie server (mealie.io, open source and self-hosted), Pantry syncs with it. On top of that you can add the servers of friends and family — their recipes appear marked next to yours, and their ingredients land on YOUR shopping list. You sign in with a username or an API token; credentials live in the Keychain and your password is never stored. None of it is required.
BUY ONCE, KEEP IT
Try everything for 7 days, then a single one-time purchase unlocks the app forever. No subscription, no ads, no tracking, no analytics. Your recipes are yours.
Pantry Next is an independent app and is not affiliated with the Mealie project.
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Pantry for Mealie becomes Pantry Next. The app now stands on its own — a Mealie server is an addition, no longer a requirement.
IF YOU ALREADY OWN PANTRY
Your full version stays unlocked, your Mealie server stays connected, and so do your friends' servers. Nothing to set up again.
NEW
• Your own library: recipes live on the device and work with no server and no internet
• iCloud: iPhone and iPad keep the same library — if you switch it on
• Read from a cookbook: photograph the page, ingredients and steps are read on the device. Nothing is sent anywhere. From iOS 26 the page is read as a document; with Apple Intelligence the model turns it into a finished recipe on the device
• Import from the web: recipes from web pages, straight from the share sheet
• Share nearby: a recipe goes directly to another Pantry in range — no server, no internet
• Siri: "What's on my shopping list in Pantry?"
• Redesigned recipe PDF: fits on one page, with nutrition beside the ingredients
• Backup to Files, with a size preview
IMPROVED
• Meal plan and shopping list are stored on the device instead of only cached
• Duplicate entries after a dropped connection are fixed
• Ingredient amounts are combined more reliably
The developer, Steffen Hoschel, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Steffen Hoschel
- Size
- 10.2 MB
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 7 more
- English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Pantry Full Version $1.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Ikarus Trading Labs
