Pantry & Fridge: FridgeBuddy
Food inventory & expiration
Free · In-App Purchases
Scan a barcode to add food, get a reminder before it expires, and ask Siri what’s expiring. Share your inventory and shopping list with your household through iCloud.
Know what’s in your fridge, freezer and pantry, and eat it before it expires.
FridgeBuddy keeps a food inventory for your home. Scan a barcode to add an item, get a reminder before it expires, and see what needs eating first.
ADD FOOD QUICKLY
• Scan a barcode. Product details come from the Open Food Facts database when the product is listed there.
• Import a grocery receipt from a photo or a PDF, then check the products before saving them.
• Pick fruits and vegetables from a list and get a suggested date based on USDA FoodKeeper storage times. Suggestions are indicative, and you can change any date or keeping time.
• On iOS 27, with a device that supports Apple Intelligence, photograph a fridge or pantry shelf to add several items at once.
• With Pro, the camera also reads the printed expiration date.
KNOW WHAT TO EAT FIRST
• Reminders before food expires: choose how many days ahead, and at what time, for each storage location.
• Lists that show what expires soon, what has expired and what is open.
• Mark an item as opened and FridgeBuddy can bring its date forward.
• Add a note to any item.
• Search and filter your whole inventory.
SHARE WITH YOUR HOUSEHOLD
• Share your inventory and shopping list through iCloud, so everyone sees the same food.
• Add items to the shopping list from your inventory, then move checked items into your inventory in one step.
ASK SIRI
• Ask what’s expiring, add an item, mark it as consumed or thrown away, and add to or check off your shopping list.
MORE
• Meal ideas from what you have, on devices with Apple Intelligence.
• Insights: what you eat compared with what you throw away.
• Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets.
• Nutri-Score and Green-Score for scanned products.
• Export your data to CSV.
FREE AND PRO
FridgeBuddy is free to download. Barcode scanning, reminders, receipts, fruits and vegetables, Siri, widgets and insights are included. Pro adds unlimited storage locations, expiration date reading with the camera, household invitations and more than one shopping list. Pro is available as a subscription or a one-time purchase.
Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings.
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more Undo a consume, throw away or delete in one tap, and come back right where you left off.
Improved
• Consume, Throw Away and Delete now act at once and show an Undo button, so a wrong tap is easy to take back. You can also shake to undo.
• FridgeBuddy reopens on the tab and shopping list you were using, even after iOS closed it in the background.
• Export as CSV in Settings writes dates the same way in every region, and Excel shows accents correctly.
• Storage widgets use FridgeBuddy’s orange and show the Opened list’s icon.
Fixed
• Deleting a storage that still has items now asks first.
• Small fixes across the app, such as a clear message when a search finds nothing.
2.35.0 1 day ago
Add fruits and vegetables with a suggested expiration date, and keep a note on any item.
New
• Fruits and Vegetables: pick them from the “+” menu (touch and hold “+” if it opens the scanner) to get a suggested expiration date based on USDA FoodKeeper storage times. Typing a fruit or vegetable name when adding an item suggests a date too. You can change any date, or set your own keeping time for an item in Settings.
• Notes: add a note to any item. It appears in the item’s details, in search and in CSV exports, and is shared with your household.
Improved
• Inventory rows have a full context menu and clearer swipe actions, and the item details header is easier to read.
• Settings, titles and sheets are more consistent, and FridgeBuddy asks before discarding unsaved changes.
Fixed
• Insights shows correct figures again, its charts are easier to read, and they can be shared.
2.34.0 9 Oct
Open a grocery receipt PDF in FridgeBuddy, review the detected products, and add them to your inventory when you are ready.
New
• Import PDF receipts from Files, Mail, or another app that can open the document in FridgeBuddy. Check and edit the products before saving.
• On new installations, tapping “+” shows the available ways to add products. Existing users keep their current setting.
Improved
• Smart-list widgets follow your list order, visibility, and chosen “upcoming” expiry window.
• If meal-idea generation fails, you can try again without losing the recipes already shown.
Fixed
• Fixed a crash that could prevent the app from opening.
• Contact options remain available when Apple Mail is not configured.
2.33.0 22 Sept
Add groceries faster than ever: photograph a fridge shelf or scan a receipt, and FridgeBuddy turns what it sees into inventory items for you.
New
• Capture one shelf at a time to add several products in a single photo on supported iOS 27 devices.
• Import a full grocery receipt, review the detected products, and add them together.
• Ask Siri what you have, find products, or hear what expires soon without opening the app.
Improved
• Scan a barcode while editing to add product details without replacing your name or photo.
• Quickly move products between storage locations.
• Add a scan to an existing matching product instead of creating a duplicate.
• Receipt recognition is smarter, keeps learned name corrections, and shows a clearer scanning experience.
• Expiration scanning now recognizes more worded date formats.
Fixed
• More reliable household sharing and iCloud synchronization.
• Smoother lists, charts, menus, and product details.
2.32.0 13 Sept
More control over your inventory and shopping lists.
• Choose how far ahead the Upcoming smart list looks: 7, 14, or 30 days—or all products with a future expiration date.
• Choose whether expiration tracking is enabled by default for new products.
• Sort shopping list items with the newest first.
2.31.0 20 Aug
This update makes household sharing more reliable. Invite links now work more consistently, joining a household is smoother, and the app can recover a shared household that stopped syncing. We also fixed reordering storage locations by drag and drop. Thanks for your feedback!
2.30.2 4 Aug
This update fixes a crash that could happen when tapping a product's image before saving it. Thanks to everyone who reported it!
2.30.1 26 Jul
What's new in this version:
• Shopping list sorting: order items your way with new sort options.
• Smoother scanning: tap Skip to jump straight to manual entry with the barcode already filled in, and slow lookups no longer leave you waiting.
• Reliability: we now let you know if a save doesn't go through, plus fixes for rare crashes when using or editing items.
2.30.0 13 Jul
This update makes Fridge Buddy easier to search, scan, and browse.
What's new
- Scan a barcode directly from Search to find products faster.
- Tap a product photo to zoom in and view it full screen.
- Switch Smart Lists to a compact layout when you want to see more items at once.
Also fixed
- Household invite links now share more reliably.
- Clearing a product’s expiration date or price now saves correctly.
- Fixed crashes that could happen when marking products as consumed.
- Improved search memory usage and overall stability.
2.29.0 24 Jun
Family sharing just got simpler. One invite now gives everyone access to your whole Household, every storage and every shopping list, no more sharing lists one by one.
Already sharing? Just resend a single household invite right after updating.
2.28.1 9 Jun
Family sharing just got simpler. One invite now gives everyone access to your whole Household, every storage and every shopping list, no more sharing lists one by one.
Already sharing? Just resend a single household invite right after updating.
2.28.0 27 May
■ New:
- Add products, check what's expiring, and mark items as consumed using Siri
- Find your products straight from Spotlight search
- Build your own Shortcuts to automate fridge actions
■ Improvements & Fixes
- Faster barcode scans on slow connections
- Cleaned up leftover products that could appear in widgets and smart lists
2.27.0 4 May
■ New:
- New smart lists available
- Customise which smart lists are displayed
- Scan now support GS1 Data Matrix barcodes and automatically read the expiration date when available
- Products not found online are now saved locally so you only need to enter their details once
- Reorder your storage locations to match your preference
- Added support for Dutch localisation
■ Improvements & Fixes
- Improved widgets performances
- Fix home screen quick action add product
- Improved Czech localisation
- Improved image loading and caching
- Better performance when tracking a large number of products
- Widgets are now more reliable
- Default list creation is no longer triggered when reinstalling the app
- Changing the storage associated with a product now works more reliably
2.26.2 9 Apr
■ New:
- New smart lists available
- Customise which smart lists are displayed
- Scan now support GS1 Data Matrix barcodes and automatically read the expiration date when available
- Products not found online are now saved locally so you only need to enter their details once
- Reorder your storage locations to match your preference
- Added support for Dutch localisation
■ Improvements & Fixes
- Fix home screen quick action add product
- Improved Czech localisation
- Improved image loading and caching
- Better performance when tracking a large number of products
- Widgets are now more reliable
- Default list creation is no longer triggered when reinstalling the app
- Changing the storage associated with a product now works more reliably
2.26.1 27 Mar
■ New:
- New smart lists available
- Customise which smart lists are displayed
- Scan now support GS1 Data Matrix barcodes and automatically read the expiration date when available
- Products not found online are now saved locally so you only need to enter their details once
- Reorder your storage locations to match your preference
- Added support for Dutch localisation
■ Improvements & Fixes
- Fix home screen quick action add product
- Improved Czech localisation
- Improved image loading and caching
- Better performance when tracking a large number of products
- Widgets are now more reliable
- Default list creation is no longer triggered when reinstalling the app
- Changing the storage associated with a product now works more reliably
2.26.0 15 Mar
■ New:
- Scan now support GS1 Data Matrix barcodes and automatically read the expiration date when available
- Products not found online are now saved locally so you only need to enter their details once
- Reorder your storage locations to match your preference
- Added support for Dutch localisation
■ Improvements & Fixes
- Improved Czech localisation
- Improved image loading and caching
- Better performance when tracking a large number of products
- Widgets are now more reliable
- Default list creation is no longer triggered when reinstalling the app
- Changing the storage associated with a product now works more reliably
2.25.0 28 Feb
This update is focused on improving app performance and fixing a lot of small bugs.
■ New:
- Added support for Czech localisation (thanks Petr!)
- Widgets now redirect to the displayed storage
■ Improvements & Fixes
- Improved image loading and caching
- Better performance when tracking a large number of products
- Widgets are now more reliable
- Default list creation is no longer triggered when reinstalling the app
- Changing the storage associated with a product now works more reliably
2.24.0 20 Feb
■ New:
- New plus button options: long press to choose Scan barcode or Add manually, and set your default action (app settings)
■ Improvements & Fixes
- Better expiration date recognition, faster and more reliable
- CSV export now works correctly
- Fixed price input when using a comma instead of a dot
- Fixed several iPad issues, including camera preview and better trackpad support in landscape
- Fixed an issue where the camera permissions were not always requested
2.23.3 9 Feb
■ New:
- New plus button options: long press to choose Scan barcode or Add manually, and set your default action (app settings)
■ Improvements & Fixes
- Better expiration date recognition, faster and more reliable
- CSV export now works correctly
- Fixed price input when using a comma instead of a dot
- Fixed several iPad issues, including camera preview and better trackpad support in landscape
- Fixed an issue where the camera permissions were not always requested
2.23.2 5 Feb
■ New:
- New plus button options: long press to choose Scan barcode or Add manually, and set your default action (app settings)
■ Improvements & Fixes
- Better expiration date recognition, faster and more reliable
- CSV export now works correctly
- Fixed price input when using a comma instead of a dot
- Fixed several iPad issues, including camera preview and better trackpad support in landscape
2.23.1 29 Jan
■ New:
- New plus button options: long press to choose Scan barcode or Add manually, and set your default action (app settings)
■ Improvements & Fixes
- Better expiration date recognition, faster and more reliable
- CSV export now works correctly
- Fixed price input when using a comma instead of a dot
- Fixed several iPad issues, including camera preview and better trackpad support in landscape
2.23.0 26 Jan
■ Improvements & Fixes
- Items are now always displayed in the same order
- Translate missing texts
- Better handle refused camera permission
- Fix widget not loading shared inventory lists
- Greatly improved how the sharing and synchronisation work
- More customisation from the settings
- Add missing translations
2.22.2 08/12/2025
■ Improvements & Fixes
- Items are now always displayed in the same order
- Translate missing texts
- Better handle refused camera permission
- Fix widget not loading shared inventory lists
- Greatly improved how the sharing and synchronisation work
- More customisation from the settings
- Add missing translations
2.22.1 24/11/2025
■ Improvements & Fixes
- Items are now always displayed in the same order
- Translate missing texts
- Better handle refused camera permission
- Fix widget not loading shared inventory lists
- Greatly improved how the sharing and synchronisation work
- More customisation from the settings
- Add missing translations
2.22.0 12/11/2025
■ Improvements & Fixes
- Items are now always displayed in the same order
- Translate missing texts
- Better handle refused camera permission
- Fix widget not loading shared inventory lists
- Greatly improved how the sharing and synchronisation work
- More customisation from the settings
- Add missing translations
2.21.1 27/10/2025
Undo a consume, throw away or delete in one tap, and come back right where you left off.
Improved
• Consume, Throw Away and Delete now act at once and show an Undo button, so a wrong tap is easy to take back. You can also shake to undo.
• FridgeBuddy reopens on the tab and shopping list you were using, even after iOS closed it in the background.
• Export as CSV in Settings writes dates the same way in every region, and Excel shows accents correctly.
• Storage widgets use FridgeBuddy’s orange and show the Opened list’s icon.
Fixed
• Deleting a storage that still has items now asks first.
• Small fixes across the app, such as a clear message when a search finds nothing.
more Version 2.35.0 1 day ago
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