FoodShiner – Your Fridge’s New Best Friend!
Tired of finding expired yogurt in the back of your fridge? Bought a third bottle of ketchup because you forgot you already had two? We’ve all been there. FoodShiner is here to help!
With FoodShiner, you can easily track everything in your fridge, freezer, and pantry—so you waste less food, save money, and avoid those “what’s that smell?” moments.
Why FoodShiner?
Unlike other apps, we believe food management is your business. That’s why your data stays private—no accounts, no tracking, no creepy data collection. Everything is stored only on your device or iCloud, safe and sound.
Awesome Features You’ll Love:
- Unlimited Lists – Organize your pantry, fridge, freezer, or even your secret snack stash.
- iCloud Sync & Sharing – Keep everything up to date across devices and share with family or roommates.
- SmartLists – Instantly see what’s expiring soon, already expired, or already opened.
- Barcode Scanner – Just scan, and boom! Product added.
- Expiration Reminders – Because throwing out food is throwing out money.
- Dark Mode Support – Because your midnight snack tracking should look good.
- Food Waste Score & Achievements – Challenge yourself to waste less and save more!
- Face ID & Touch ID Lock – Because your snack inventory is top secret.
- Backups & Files Integration – Your food list, always safe.
- Full iPadOS Support – Split view, trackpad, keyboard shortcuts… all the good stuff.
FoodShiner is completely FREE! No hidden fees, no subscriptions—just a better way to manage your food. If you love the app and want to support us, you can always leave a tip. No pressure, just appreciation!
Update: The barcode scanner works very well. Definitely impressive. We'll be using this software to track all our pantry items. Thank you to the developer for responding and explaining the settings. We have been looking for a way to track the food we have in our pantry. So often we forget what we have and buy more before using the old. Today is the first day of trying this app. So far so good. We'd love to see an option to use a remote barcode scanner. The app currently has you hold the item in front of your computer camera. Scanning would be much faster if we could use our handheld scanner. Anyway, pleased so far. Love that the information is stored on our computer and doesn't require loading on our phones.
Developer Response
Hi Pepperh1,Thank you for using FoodShiner and with that trying to prevent food wastage and save the planet.Bluetooth scanners are supported already. At the moment it’s a minor integration but works quite good if your Bluetooth scanner acts like a keyboard for the Mac. In the settings of FoodShiner (general section) you’ll find the possibility to change from “camera” to “Bluetooth” and in this case you put the cursor in the barcode field and use your Bluetooth scanner to scan the barcode. If you have further questions to this integration, other questions kn how to use FoodShiner please don’t hesitate to contact me via support@foodshiner.app or the support functionality in the settings of FoodShiner.Kind regards and have fun using FoodShinerIdriss M’Rabti
Not joining X to contact support
AZNative2
This app is great and allows a lot of customizations. But a couple of things need to me fixed: 1. I tried avoiding writing a review so that I might be able to improve the rating I give after I hear from the writer/support. I could not find a way to contact support through the app so I went to the App Store. When attempting to contact support through the App Store I am taken to X (Twitter). I am NOT creating an x account to contact the writers. So a not so great review they get for now. 2. When I add an item to my list that I already have in stock, it lets me know. That’s great but when I by the item or stock the item, I want the app ask me if I want to replace the existing in stock item or if I want to add to the existing stock. Currently it just adds to. If it’s an item like lettuce, I might buy a fresh bunch weekly. 3. When I stock an item I just purchased, the app puts it in my Bar storage, alphabetically the first storage the app finds. If the item is an item that has previously been stored, it should put it in the previous storage. If it’s an item that is new to the app, it should either prompt me to choose a storage or put it in some sort of undefined storage so I can choose storage later. 4. In my kitchen-fridge storage, I have an open item that I can neither mark as consumed or throw. When I swipe right to left, the consume a product screen appears but save is grayed out. If I choose to throw the product, save is also grayed out. If I choose to edit the product and change the quality to zero, save grays out.
Great App but would love universal search
DPNP
This app is fantastic and definetly deserves using the Tip function. I plan to do that on a regular basis as a great alternative to a subscription model. I would love it more if the search funciton searched all the storage locations instead of just the one you are currently in. Some items can be located in the freezer as well as the fridge or panty and this would make it easier to find. Another helpful improvement would be to allow multiple shops under a shopping list. For example, I created a Wholesale Club shopping list with Sams Club and Costco. Some items are unique to each club, but some can be bought at either.
Developer Response
Hello DPNP, thank you for using FoodShiner and with that trying to prevent food wastage and save the planet. Thank you for your kind review - please spread the word as you like FoodShiner a lot! You can use the SmartList "All" to search in all storages at once. I'll add the idea of having the possibility to add multiple shops to a shopping list item to my roadmap. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions, ideas for additional features or problems using FoodsShiner via support@foodshiner.app.Kind regards Idriss M'rabti
Weak at finding and retrieving
Dr. Bets
Some things about the app are quite good, but day to day use in finding stored items is not intuitive. It allows you to log items into it pretty easily and then add items to specific locations, ie kitchen freezer, basement freezer, etc. But retrieving them later isn’t obvious or simple. For example, if you want to find the 3 pound package of ground beef you bought 3 months ago, you actually have to remember the location you placed an item (ie basement freezer) and then search within that location in order for the app to tell you the specific place where the package can be found (ie shelf three). This is an important limitation. You can store items by location, but it doesn’t not have a basic “find item” or “view location” on the home page to make this an easy process.
Bug Fixes
• Fix a UI issue where the quantity field and unit picker had a narrow gap making it harder to type the quantity.
• Fixed a crash on launch that could occur on devices running iOS 26.
Version 3.3.1
The developer, Idriss Mrabti, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Other Data
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Accessibility
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