Fridge Pal app for iPhone and iPad
Winner of This Old House Top 100: Best New Home Products 2013, Fridge Pal is the easy way to create a home inventory and shopping list.
Ever been at the store and wondered if you had that ingredient at home?
Wanted to set a reminder so you didnt let an ingredient expire and go to waste?
Wished you could tap a few ingredients and then get a list of recipes that used them together?
Fridge Pal helps solve those problems and more.
---
"This is the best app ever!!!!! This is just what I was looking for and with the recipes its a very big help when you dont have enough time to think of whats for dinner."
"This app is fantastic. It saves me so much money when I go shopping and helps me plan meals because I know what I have in my cupboard that needs using. It helps to prevent throwing food etc away because you forgot you had it. I love love love this app."
"Great app - Simple to use without lots of confusing decision to make."
"Love this App! - Has everything I need to be organized in my kitchen. I use it for other things I need to keep up with also. I dont think you can go wrong with this app! Keep up the good work!"
---
How it works:
You scan items in using the barcodes. Fresh produce can be entered manually. Anything you enter is saved to a favourites list so you can readd them at the tap of a button. Move items between your shopping list and storage areas easily, and look up recipes that combine ingredients so you know how to use items about to go bad. Create multiple shopping lists and multiple storage areas so you can keep track of as much or little as you like.
Simplicity, functionality and organization - those are the design goals for this app.
The average household will waste 25% of the food it buys and this adds up to over $1000 a year. As well as saving money youll be helping reduce food waste which is good for both the pocket book and the environment.
Pros and cons of Fridge Pal app for iPhone and iPad
Fridge Pal app good for
Great app for keeping track of what I have at home and what I need to buy. Its really helpful to be able to know not just what I put in my shopping list but also what is still in my shelves so I can buy things which will go well together.
Pretty cool app for scanning products and creating a shopping list. Dont like that the app shuts down if you scan something not in the database. Database seems quite limited still. Hope to see improvement in this soon. Have not figured out what the At Home icon does. Would also be great if several shopping lists could be created for vacation home, etc. Overall I like it though.
I like that I can scan in the barcode and it fills in information but the database seems kind of small. Maybe because we are in Canada, I dont know. Easy to enter manually. Easy to make my shopping list and set reminders . I havent had it crash yet.
I absolutely love this app. With tons of kitchen cabinets, I often stuck up on things but forgot where I stored it! I set up my "home" to include not only the fridge and freezer but all my storage places. Now I always know what is where!
Suggestions:
1. shopping lists for different stores with the ability to makes notes ( sale prices, sale dates, etc)
2. An easy button to use one item out of stock. ( maybe it is there and I havent found it yet)
Thanks!
Great application to keep track of what is in the freezer avoiding to throw away food. I made some suggestions for improvements, hopefully they will consider offering more personalizable features.
This app is a great way for my wife and I to keep our shopping lists in sync. Thanks.
Some bad moments
This app is beautiful and the supposed functionality is so helpful. But it doesnt work. I can scan my products, name them, set shelf life or an expiry date. Awesome. Whenever I want to categorize the application crashes. I tried writing to Support team but their email is out of service. Dont download this app unless theres an update after May 2016.
I have happily used this app for several years and would give it 4½ stars (½ off as he still had not given us the promised ability to save our data). Now as the previous reviewer noted, there is a serious glitch and Support seems to have closed up shop and gone home. I have communicated with Support on a previous occasion and he was most concerned and responsive. I fear he has abandoned this app.
Crashes whenever I try to categorize anything. Support email bounces back. Dont spend hours inventorying items only to find this app sucks.
So disappointed in this app. No reviews listed when I paid and downloaded first of all...I looked. Second I spent a whole day scanning my pantry and fridge stuff and it doesnt work! When I want to categorize it goes to the home page! In fact every thing I try to do now ends up closing the app!! It also says it is in the process of syncing with all devices but no indication when this might be. I would not waste your money and time! As others indicated the support page doesnt work either, I get a bounce back.
This app appears to be great, but it crashes when trying to categorize items. Ive tried emailing, but doesnt go through nor does the website work. Very disappointing!
Got app tried four times to scan different items in fridge. It wouldnt find any of them and then after each would crash program.
