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.
Terms of use: https://cafournier.com/fridgebuddy/terms
Privacy policy: https://cafournier.com/fridgebuddy/privacypolicy
I really like this app so far! I love being able to upload photos of my favorite foods so I can eat all the wonderful fruits, vegetables, and leftovers I have in my fridge before I grab the bag of chips. However, I think the app designers missed the mark on why people want to keep a list like this. I don’t want to upload a new photo and re-enter my food every day or every week. But once you “trash” an item, it disappears into the ether. Most people eat the same things often, so I’d prefer the “trash” action to send the foods to another list or give me the option to add it to my shopping list. I bypassed that by adding a shopping section to the top, but I’m worried I’m going to accidentally trash one of my favorite foods and have to upload a new photo again. I’d also love to see a better expiration date section. Like buttons for “4 days from now” or “2 weeks from now” - common expiration timelines. Other than that, this app is perfect!
Developer Response
Thanks a lot for your review, I'm glad that you like the app. I'm gonna keep your improvements remarks and will work on this for the future releases. Thanks again, Charles
Almost Perfect
NenaLinda82pr
Really cool, simple app. Does what it's supposed to do so that's really cool. My only complaint is you can't add photos from camera roll of items (I like crisp stock photo I pull from the store and rather save the pic and input that instead of photograph all my groceries), and you can't edit items to add photos. Also, the two main categories are locked in and can't be edited. We have a mini fridge, regular fridge in kitchen, pantry and some snacks my fiance keeps in the bedroom. Would be nice if I could designate my own categories (all of them). Overall lovely app. Great, seamless design that's easy to use. Love the dark mode and ability to change app icon color.
Developer Response
Thanks a lot for your nice feedback. Regarding adding product picture, with the latest update of Fridge Buddy you can now choose to take a picture or add a picture from the camera roll. I'm adding to my todo list, the possibility to edit already added product picture's and being able to modify the two main categories available. I will update my answer when all of this will be available. Thanks again, Charles.
Needs additional features and faster product scan
Peteski510
I bought the lifetime pass to this app to try to support the developer, so don’t take this as an attack! There is a lot of work to be done on this app. The scan and product fetching is very slow at times, same with the processing of expiration dates from scans. The app can lag for up to 30 seconds while trying to fetch information. When you’re doing a full pantry full of inventory that just isn’t acceptable for an app that is meant to streamline that process. It should not be faster to type in names by hand. I’m hoping that this gets addressed in the future updates. I would also really like to see a feature that allows you to sort, pantry items or fridge items by category. For example, the ability to sort by canned foods, sauces, grains, etc. this would make the app much more useful for meal planning and inventory management. Thank you!
Developer Response
Hi Peteski510, thank you so much for supporting the app with the lifetime purchase, it really means a lot. I'm sorry about the slow scanning and fetching, improving performance and speed is something I'm actively working on. I also really like your idea of sorting pantry and fridge items by category, and it's on my roadmap for a future update. Thanks for the detailed feedback, and feel free to reach out at feedback@cafournier.com anytime. Charles
Very very useful app!
omthkkr
Developer is very kind in making improvements to the app. The bug in the search feature seems to have been partially resolved, in that if I mark an item as consumed one (out of many), it does mark that item as done, but it does so for all the existing quantity of that item. In short, I think consumed one is functioning as consumed all. Hope it gets fixed, since I have not been able to 'undo' something, or even look back at the list of consumed items to mark it perhaps as not consumed. Both of these features would be very useful though personally. Thanks for being supportive!
Developer Response
Thanks for your reviews, an update is coming with the fix on the search result. Charles
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.
Version 2.34.0
The developer, Charles-Adrien Fournier, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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