Pantry Manager

Pantry Manager is by far the very best, exceptionally the best grocery list manager application our family has ever used. We started using it over a year ago and as of today the majority of our friends and family are now using it. I’m doing this review because this app became the topic of conversation at a recent gathering and easily 40+ people indicated they were using it in one way or another. It’s simple, stable, not overly loaded down with extra crapola…it’s a simple yet powerful and useful app for keeping a grocery list OR any other kind of list for that matter. If you haven’t you must try this app. Hats off to the developers.

Today, I inventoried every can, bottle, bag, and package of food in my house. It took a few hours (more because I was too slow to see the barcode scanning feature right away), and there were a few glitches (main one: If I went to change the name of a food I'd saved, it would make the change, but the app would hang. Exiting the app and re-entering it would resolve the problem). However, I now have a complete list of ingredients on hand, as well as a shopping list for those items that are out-dated, too few in number, or that I'm out of. I love the fact that I was able to work on the inventory both on my iPhone and my iPad Pro. I love the fact that there's an Apple Watch part of the app that will let me check off items from my wrist while I shop (much faster than dragging out my phone for each item added to my cart). I did one thing that was not how the app had intended I do it: I used the "Location" field not for the location of a store, but for the location of the item (pantry, kitchen cabinet, etc.) so that not only do I know what I have -- I know right where to find it. This app is so superior to the various grocery lists available for iOS. It lets you track inventory -- if I'm standing in the middle of the store, or anywhere else, and I want to know if I have X ingredient and how much I have of it, I'll know right away. It's easy to decrease the number of items as they're used. I'm really looking forward to working with this wonderful app. (I knocked off a star for the glitch, but actually, it should be a 4.5 or 4.75 rating.)

Although I haven't used it for very long, but I've mastered it and it works very well. There are a few bugs in there crawling around but I suspect they will be taken care of soon. I know the work-around and there's no harm done when I encounter them. I give it a A+. Easy to use and pleasant to the eyes. I used a competitor app before and got disappointed when they were dragging their feet on an editing issue. It's still not fixed. This app doesn't have the problem I had there so I'm pleased with it. This one does pretty much the same as their competitor and in some respects, is easier to use. Thumbs up for a great app. The only recommendation I have is a feedback link so we can provide bug reports. I don't see and easy way of submitting that. If it's there, it needs to be easier to find.