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FoodShiner is publicly available since May 2020 and is only available for iPhone / Apple Watch, iPad and since May 2022 for MacOS.
Prevent Food waste, save Earth
FoodShiner is not supported on Android or Windows! Offers to download which you may find online for Android or Windows should be considered as malware.
No Barcode Scanner (on iOS 20.0.0)
There is no place in the app to leave feedback (that I could find), also, I can’t use the barcode scanner at all (tried from the Storage screen). I keep getting this error: “Whoops... Barcode scanner is not available when the application is on SplitView or SlideOver mode”. I’m not doing anything of the sort! Update: I updated to iOS 20.0.1 which just came out and this is now fixed 👌
On shopping list aspects
Great potential although unintuitive and confusing at times. - Can’t add url to a product unless it is already in your inventory. - Can’t link a product to multiple stores. So it requires managing same items for different lists at times (and don’t seem to save the metadata for the item so have to reset). - Also some confusion between shopping lists and stores. Usually I create one list for a store, so having both shopping lists and stores feels redundant. If a list item could belong to multiple stores than it might be quite useful and it would let you see where else you buy it. Ideally tracking different prices for each store so you could comparison shop. - Discount needs a percentage and flat rate option — currently only supports dates (which is nice to have). - Also a splash of color to the UI would be a nice touch — like different colored backgrounds and/or accents for each list. - Can’t add a new shopping item to a list on the watch. - Lastly like more operations to be performed from contextual menu. - On the plus side … - Has a nice and working Apple Watch app with complications - A lot under the hood like inventory management, barcode scanning, expiration tracking and recipe storage that some may find useful. - Activiely developed. Watched it grow and continually be enhanced over the years. - Beautiful app icon. On the whole can’t really complain too much because the app is free with tip jar to support development. Hopefully these seeming criticisms will be taken constructively and used to improve the app for future updates. Can’t help but still give it 5 stars, because it’s one of the only decent shopping lists with a well designed Apple Watch apps that lets you switch lists from the watch and doesn’t seem to suffer from slow or unstable iCloud issues many other apps do. Plus again, it’s free. And loaded with other features I’ve yet to fully explore.
Helpful for freezer inventory
Been using the app for over a year to organize 2 freezers. It is a great way to check/manage inventory (including at the grocery store or when planning meals). The trick is anyone adding or removing from the freezer has to update the app to keep it current (user issue). We print the inventory & keep it on the freezer door (in the basement). My one major suggestion is to allow the printing of tag info when printing the inventory. I use tags to denote where to find the item - on what shelf or tub within which freezer. Currently I print the inventory list (which includes quantity, item, & expiration date) & then I hand write the tag info onto the list before I hang it on the freezer. Thank you for a great solution to manage freezer food!
Best Food Management API Ever
It is the best app for managing groceries with shortcut integration, you can pretty much do anything, send your ingredients to OpenAI to give you quick recipe or ask for what’s running low in my pantry. It’s beautiful and thoughtfully developed app Thank you
Amazing App
This app is awesome and it’s free. It’s so great that I gave the developers a tip which I have never done before. The only thing that I would want would be the ability to download all the products to a CSV file. I use this for my Freeze Dried Food Storage so that I can know what is in each tote. You do have the ability to print out a list for each tote which is awesome!
Helpful functions
So far have been enjoying and getting good use tracking several pantries with this well-rounded app! Upon noticing & requesting some missing units of measurement, the developer was responsive and implemented the additions in the following update - which is greatly appreciated. At some point, hopefully users could have customization ability to add/delete units, etc., and I look forward to this app’s continuing improvements!
Brilliantly designed
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hands Down the Best Pantry (consumables) Tracking App! After years of struggling with Pantry Check’s clunky interface, I went searching for a better solution—and I found it with FoodShiner! I’ve been using this app for over a week now, and I love it so much that I had to write a review. FoodShiner is brilliantly designed with thoughtful features that make tracking consumables effortless. Some of the standout aspects include: ✅ The ability to create custom categories tailored to your needs ✅ Support for emoji icons for easy visual organization ✅ The option to add images from the internet for quick and accurate item identification Pro tip: Use the square format for the best image display. If you’re looking for the ultimate pantry organization tool, this is the best app on the market—by far. Highly recommend! Extra: I asked support a question and they got back to me within a few hours.
I think this will be really useful!
Currently in the process of logging my pantry and freezers. Find the pantry so far. Very impressed. Especially having a large chest freezer I often “lose” things I “know” are there somewhere. At least if I keep this updated, I will be certain there’s a point to rummaging all the way down to the bottom!! I have also disconcertingly discovered how many cans of stuff I had which were way way out of date. (And also how blooming difficult it is to find the expiry dates sometimes!) Thanks for this great app! One thing which would be handy in a future update would be the option to have NO expiry date - pretty sure things like salt never goes off - nor does honey!!
Well thought out, no anti-features
Every feature is well thought out, great iCloud sync, no direct reliance on a server (product lookups require it of course). The ability to backup to a file is greatly appreciated (and stops the app being a walled garden) and not opting the user into anti-features shows the right attitude.
A top class App that delivers in all respects
The App has been very carefully thought out in terms of its extensive integrated functionality, which is intuitive and wonderfully easy to learn and use. Unlike many Apps that manage food products, it does not require signing up to a service and is not driven by recipes, though the products can still be linked to recipe names through tags. For me, these things are very important. By not being directly driven through recipes, it is capable of managing stock and shopping for any household consumable, not just food items, but also, for example, wrappings, laundry products, cleaning products and personal care products. The creation of shopping lists, their use in shop for logging purchased products and then their transfer into stock listings is simple and elegant. The iCloud sharing facility between my devices and my wife’s devices works very well and is very useful, enabling us both to use the same stock and shopping lists. Furthermore, the export and import facilities work incredibly well - I was able to create a CSV file from my old pantry management App and import all 466 products cleanly into FoodShiner, which was a massive time-saver. A truly excellent App for its purpose and, not only that, the support from the developer is excellent too.
Absolutely gobsmacked that this is free with no strings attached. Does everything I needed a pantry-tracking app to do and leagues more.
One of the best apps I’ve seen in a long time.
10/06/2025, Version: 3.1.2, United Kingdom
There is no place in the app to leave feedback (that I could find), also, I can’t use the barcode scanner at all (tried from the Storage screen). I keep getting this error: “Whoops...
Barcode scanner is not available when the application is on SplitV... more
10/05/2025, Version: 3.1.2, United States of America
Great potential although unintuitive and confusing at times.
- Can’t add url to a product unless it is already in your inventory.
- Can’t link a product to multiple stores. So it requires managing same items for different lists at times (and don’t s... more
07/01/2025, Version: 3.0.0, United States of America
Been using the app for over a year to organize 2 freezers. It is a great way to check/manage inventory (including at the grocery store or when planning meals). The trick is anyone adding or removing from the freezer has to update the app to keep it c... more
06/13/2025, Version: 3.0.0, United States of America
Once I got everything set up, this has been so helpful. We’ve gotten rid of expired food we’d never eat & now our food waste is significantly reduced. Also, “cooking from the freezer” has made us more creative and we order out less frequently.
04/08/2025, Version: 2.7.0, United States of America
Just catalogued 4 spice racks and found out I should throw half away. Think I need to tackle my food cupboards next!
03/25/2025, Version: 2.7.0, United Kingdom
It is the best app for managing groceries with shortcut integration, you can pretty much do anything, send your ingredients to OpenAI to give you quick recipe or ask for what’s running low in my pantry.
It’s beautiful and thoughtfully developed app
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03/11/2025, Version: 2.6.5, United States of America
This app is awesome and it’s free. It’s so great that I gave the developers a tip which I have never done before. The only thing that I would want would be the ability to download all the products to a CSV file. I use this for my Freeze Dried Food St... more
02/21/2025, Version: 2.6.6, United States of America
So far have been enjoying and getting good use tracking several pantries with this well-rounded app!
Upon noticing & requesting some missing units of measurement, the developer was responsive and implemented the additions in the following update -... more
02/15/2025, Version: 2.6.6, United States of America
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hands Down the Best Pantry (consumables) Tracking App!
After years of struggling with Pantry Check’s clunky interface, I went searching for a better solution—and I found it with FoodShiner! I’ve been using this app for over a week now, and I l... more
01/29/2025, Version: 2.6.5, United States of America
Currently in the process of logging my pantry and freezers. Find the pantry so far. Very impressed. Especially having a large chest freezer I often “lose” things I “know” are there somewhere. At least if I keep this updated, I will be certain there’... more
01/18/2025, Version: 2.6.5, United Kingdom
I like this app better than most other pantry apps, and heck it’s even free
12/11/2024, Version: 2.6.5, Australia
Every feature is well thought out, great iCloud sync, no direct reliance on a server (product lookups require it of course).
The ability to backup to a file is greatly appreciated (and stops the app being a walled garden) and not opting the user into... more
12/09/2024, Version: 2.6.5, United Kingdom
Works great, use it all the time.
12/06/2024, Version: 2.6.4, United Kingdom
The App has been very carefully thought out in terms of its extensive integrated functionality, which is intuitive and wonderfully easy to learn and use. Unlike many Apps that manage food products, it does not require signing up to a service and is n... more
11/22/2024, Version: 2.6.3, United Kingdom
FoodShiner helps you to know what food you have and where. It also keeps track of the quantity of each product and its expiration date and reminds you to use them before they are spoiled.
FoodShiner is a free app, to help you prevent food wastage and therefor to protect our Earth.
FoodShiner offer the best shopping list experience, all the products you use are already there in your fridge or pantry (in FoodShiner), if they run out soon you can add them to a shopping list with one swipe.
Shopping lists can also be shared with your family or friends, and you get notified in real time when a product was marked as bought in case you forgot something.
We also built a special smart list where you can see all the products that will run out soon, and you can add them all with one tap to a shopping list.
With the Apple Watch App, even if you don't have your iPhone with you, you still can access all your shopping lists, you can even see products pictures and prices right from wrists.
There has never been a better way to manage your shopping lists.
Access all your shopping lists right from your wrists.
Your lists at glance right from your iPhone / iPad home screen.
Support of the system-wide Dark Mode introduced on iOS 13.
Full iPad support, Two-Pane view, Drag & Drop, Slide Over & Split View capable.
CloudKit support to keep your data up-to-date on all your devices.
Share your lists with your loved ones using native CloudKit sharing technology.
Control everything on the App using Keyboard Shortcuts.
Perform actions on a selected item by using context menus.
Flexible search to help you find your products fast.
Smart lists selecting products soon to be expired, or ones with an open package ...
Add new products or search for them just by scanning their Barcode.