PantryPalz · food expiration tracker app
PantryPalz is a food expiration tracker for your fridge, freezer and pantry. It shows you what to use first and reminds you before something goes bad, so less food and money end up in the bin.
Try it free for a week, with no ads. Your food list stays on your phone.
Home puts what needs eating today at the top, and a reminder lands a day or two before anything turns. The spinach gets used on Tuesday instead of thrown out on Friday.
The average American throws away about $728 of food a year. US EPA, 2025
Snap the receipt, tick what is right, and the whole shop is on your list with a date to eat each thing by. A few seconds of checking instead of ten minutes of typing, or trying to remember it all.
Finish the milk and one tap puts it back on the shopping list. In the store you can check what is already at home, so nothing gets bought twice and nothing gets forgotten.
Recipe ideas start from the food that is closest to its date, so tonight's dinner and less waste are the same decision. Cook it, and PantryPalz takes the ingredients off your list for you.
Type a name and PantryPalz fills in the category, where it is kept and an estimated date of expiration. Or scan a barcode, a receipt, or the date printed on the package.
Nothing is added until you have checked it. A receipt is read on your phone, and the image is not saved or uploaded.
PantryPalz remembers what you buy, so the second time you add something it takes a tap or two.
Pick from your own history or the food list. PantryPalz fills in where it goes and how long it usually lasts, labelled as an estimate.
The product name comes from Open Food Facts and is kept on your phone. Not found? Name it once and PantryPalz remembers that barcode, even offline.
Take a photo or pick one. PantryPalz keeps the food lines, skips everything else, and lets you fix any line before adding.
Point the camera at the best-before or use-by date and confirm it. A barcode does not carry the date, and PantryPalz never pretends it does.
Every item has a quick way out: Used, Wasted, Freeze or Replace. That is what keeps the list worth trusting a month from now.
Reminders are scheduled on your phone, so they arrive when you are offline. Deal with the food right from the notification without opening the app. You choose the time of day and how many days ahead.
The date on the package is never overwritten. Opened, frozen and thawed dates are tracked separately, and an estimate always says it is one.
What needs using today, what needs using soon, and what is past its date. Everything else is counted as fine.
Used something up? Put it back on the list in one tap. Expired food gets a Replace button. Running low and recipe ingredients land there too, with the reason under each item. A long list groups itself by aisle, produce first and frozen last, and the screen stays on while you shop.
Check items off as you shop, then tap Put bought items away. They move into your food with where they go and their dates filled in, ready to check.
A few suggestions each day, search when you want something else, or import a link and share one from Safari. PantryPalz shows which ingredients you already have. Add missing puts the rest on your list, and Cook & use updates your quantities. While you cook, tap each step to cross it off: the text grows and the screen stays on.
Your account holds a sign-in and nothing else. We have no server holding your food. The Privacy Policy lists exactly what does leave the phone, and why.
Setting up takes a minute and shows you when your own food needs using, before any offer. Then the yearly plan starts with a free week, so you can live with it before you pay anything.
The free week comes with the yearly plan, for new subscribers.
Your food list, reminders, barcode and receipt scanning, shopping lists and recipes. No limits.
Bought through the App Store. Monthly and yearly plans renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, in your Apple Account settings. Prices are in US dollars and may vary by country. The App Store shows your local price.
More in the free tools and the Help Center.
No. A barcode identifies the product, not the date printed on your package. Scan the printed date, type it, or keep the estimate PantryPalz offers, which is always labelled as an estimate.
Treat them as general guidance on how long food usually keeps, not a safety guarantee. Check the package, look at the food, and when in doubt, throw it out.
Yes. Everything works offline except looking up a barcode PantryPalz has not seen before, importing a recipe link, finding new recipes, and signing in. Reminders are scheduled on your phone, so they arrive without a connection.
Yes. The last step of setting up is creating one, with an email address and a password. There is no Apple, Google or Facebook login to bother with. The account holds your email address and a hashed password, which is what lets PantryPalz Pro follow you to a new phone. Your food list, history, shopping lists and recipes are still stored on your phone and in your own device backups, not on a server of ours. You can delete the account any time in Settings, under Account.
In the app, go to Settings then Feedback & Support, and pick Report a bug, Suggest an idea or Get help. Your message reaches us with your app version and iOS version attached, and nothing else. A person reads every one, and replies land within two working days.
Yes, to see which features help and where people get stuck. PantryPalz records things like which screens are opened and whether food was marked used, never your food names, receipts or recipe links, and never for ads. Turn it off in Settings, under Privacy. See the Privacy Policy.
They are read on your phone to find the food lines. The image is not saved and not uploaded. You check the list before anything is added.
Type the product name once. PantryPalz remembers it for that barcode, so the next scan works even offline.
Most recipe pages that publish their recipe in a standard format import cleanly, but not every site does. When one does not, type the recipe in with one ingredient per line.
Not yet. Your food list lives on one phone. You can share a shopping list as plain text from the Shopping tab.
Yes. Ask Siri, or use the Shortcuts app, with “What needs using”.
Setting up is free and shows you your own foods with their dates. After that, PantryPalz Pro is $39.99 a year with a free first week, $7.99 a month, or $79.99 once. Nothing is limited. Billed and cancelled through the App Store.
In PantryPalz, go to Settings and tap Delete all my data. Uninstalling the app also removes it, apart from any iCloud or device backups you keep. If you signed in, delete your account in Settings, under Account. See the Privacy Policy.
Yes. PantryPalz keeps a list of the food in your fridge, freezer and pantry with a use-by date for each, and reminds you the day before something needs using. Add food from a receipt photo, a barcode, the printed date, or by typing.
On your iPhone, open pantrypalz.com/redeem, enter the code and tap Redeem. The App Store confirms it at no cost. Then open PantryPalz while signed in, and the plan is added to your account. If you don't see it, tap Settings > Restore purchases.
How long food lasts in the fridge, freezer and pantry, from USDA data. Free, no app needed.
Add what is in your fridge tonight. PantryPalz keeps track from there.