refrigerDATE
Formatics, LLC Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touchApple Watch
refrigerDATE is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by Formatics, LLC. Rated 5.0/5 from 7 ratings. Requires iOS 26.5. Updated September 16, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 7 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 15 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 16
- 2026 · v1.3.2
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About refrigerDATE
Stop paying for food you throw away. refrigerDATE turns your iPhone into a food-expiration radar. Scan a grocery barcode and the app identifies the product by name, then flows straight into reading the printed expiration date — even scrunched packaging stamps like JUL1227. No date on the label? Say it out loud, type it, or log the purchase date instead. YOUR WHOLE FRIDGE AND PANTRY, AT A GLANCE Three little calendars sit at the top of your list — green for fresh, amber for expiring within 3 days, red for expired. Tap one to filter. Drag them into any order. It's a stoplight for your groceries. REMINDERS THAT ACTUALLY REMIND You're notified 3 days before an item expires, again the day before, and again the day of — at 9 AM, when you can still do something about it. Optional daily reminders keep nagging (politely) while an expired item stays in your list. A CALENDAR BUILT FOR FOOD Browse everything you own by day, week, or month with stoplight colors on every date. Add any item to your iOS Calendar with one tap — or flip a switch and every dated item syncs automatically. EVERY FRIDGE AND PANTRY YOU OWN Kitchen, pantry, garage, basement, deep freeze, camper — or invent your own locations. Filter with one tap and see what's expiring soon across all of them. ON YOUR WRIST, TOO The Apple Watch app keeps your list on your arm. Check what's expiring from the grocery aisle, add an item by voice, or fix a date from the couch — everything syncs back to your iPhone automatically. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your items live on your device (and your watch). No account, no tracking. Product names come from Open Food Facts, a free, open, community-maintained food database. Scan it. Date it. Never waste it. Items are stored on device; no accounts, no analytics, no third-party SDKs. - Barcode lookups query the Open Food Facts public API anonymously (the barcode number is sent; nothing identifies the user). - Permissions used and why (already in Info.plist): - Camera — scanning barcodes and expiration dates - Microphone + Speech Recognition — dictating a date when the label won't scan - Calendars (full access) — optional "Add all items to iOS Calendar" sync; the per-item editor uses the system UI and needs no permission - Notifications — expiration reminders
Ratings & reviews
5.0
7 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.3.2 · Updated September 16, 2026
Improved paywall messaging
App privacy
The developer, Formatics, LLC, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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