Cut food waste, save money.

Take control of your kitchen with Best Before - the intuitive food inventory and expiry date tracker built natively for iOS. Never let milk spoil in the back of the fridge or forget about canned goods tucked away in the pantry again.

Download on theApp Store Available now for US$1

Scan a barcode or add an item by hand, set a reminder, and Best Before tells you before it goes off.

Best Before inventory screen showing food items and their expiry dates

Features

Your smart kitchen companion.

Everything you need to stop wasting food and keep your pantry perfectly organised.

Instant Barcode Scanning

Quickly scan food barcodes to automatically fetch product names and details using an extensive open food database. Adding groceries has never been faster.

Smart Categorisation

Powered by Apple Intelligence and NLP, Best Before automatically recognises and categorises your groceries into Dairy, Produce, Bakery, Pantry, and more.

Multi-Schedule Reminders

Customise exactly when and how often you get alerted. Set alerts for the day of expiry, days in advance, or multiple daily check-ins (e.g. 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM).

Reminders & Grocery List

Items nearing or past expiry can be added to your "Groceries" list with a context menu tap, or directly from notification alerts.

Interactive Widgets

Glancable widgets show what's expiring soonest right on your Home Screen. Tap any item directly on the widget to instantly add it to your shopping list.

Real-Time Collaboration

Share your kitchen inventory with family via CloudKit. Everyone can view, add, and manage groceries simultaneously across devices.

Clean, Native & Private

Your data stays in your personal iCloud account, with no third-party account registration, ads, or tracking required.

Take a look

Built natively for iOS.

Inventory view showing food grouped by expiry date — Smart Inventory

Sorting and filtering options in the inventory — Organise & Sort

Edit item screen showing categories and expiry dates — Add & Edit Details

Notification settings screen to set multiple daily reminders — Multi-Schedule Alerts

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing.

No subscriptions, no hidden fees. Get the full app for less than the price of a coffee.

One-time purchase

Best Before

Unlock all features forever with a single purchase. Say goodbye to food waste today.

Unlimited item tracking
CloudKit collaboration
Interactive widgets & notifications
No ads, no subscriptions

US$1