Pantry inventory, FridgeBuddy

Name: Pantry inventory, FridgeBuddy
Rating: 4.6 (169 reviews)
Author: Charles-Adrien Fournier

Track food stock & expiration

Free · In‑App Purchases

169 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Food & Drink
Developer

Charles-Adrien Fournier
Language

EN
+ 5 More
Size

30.9
MB

Stop wasting food – take control of your fridge with Fridge Buddy! Get smart expiration alerts, organize your food, and save money. ---- HOW IT WORKS • Scan the barcode and expiration date of any item in your fridge, freezer or pantry • Get notified before it expires (you choose when!) • Eat it in time, avoid waste, and save money ---- TOP FEATURES • Smart alerts before food expires • Scan barcodes for quick input • Auto-organized food lists (scheduled, expired…) • iCloud sync across all your devices • Share your lists with others (family, roommates…) • Home screen widget • Waste tracker to visualize what you eat vs. throw away • Export to CSV for backup or personal use ---- Join thousands of users reducing food waste every day. ---- Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage your subscription in your App Store account. Terms of use: https://cafournier.com/fridgebuddy/terms Privacy policy: https://cafournier.com/fridgebuddy/privacypolicy

Ratings & Reviews

4.6

out of 5

169 Ratings

Fantastic!
09/10/2020

Jupiter Tanks
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
Fantastic!
09/10/2020

Jupiter Tanks

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 09/23/2020
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
05/02/2020

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.
Almost Perfect
05/02/2020

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 05/03/2020
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
09/23/2024

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!
Needs additional features and faster product scan
09/23/2024

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!
Very very useful app!
05/22/2022

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
Very very useful app!
05/22/2022

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 05/18/2022
Thanks for your reviews, an update is coming with the fix on the search result. Charles

■ 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