Welcome to your Smart Pantry — Pantidy
Get started in under 5 minutes!
STEP 1
Sign in (or jump in as a guest)
Apple or Google sign-in keeps your data backed up across devices.
Continue without signing in is a demo with previously setup pantry so you can explore — nothing is saved.
STEP 2
Stock your pantry
Three ways to add items, ranked by speed:
Scan a barcode — Pantry → tap the barcode icon → point at any product. Auto-fills name, category, and nutrition.
Scan a receipt — Pantry → tap the receipt icon → photograph your grocery receipt. Pantidy extracts every line, then you review before adding.
Add manually — Pantry → tap the + button → type the name. Useful for produce, bulk bins, or anything without a barcode.
We recommend adding 5-10 items for the best experience!
STEP 3
Add Your Recipes
Bookmark recipes that you’ve been meaning to cook online by tapping Share → Pantidy. Don’t worry, we’ll link back to the original recipe so you can easily reference back.
Import family recipes easily by snapping a photo. Just tap the Recipes tab → tap the camera icon → snap a photo
Paste recipes from your notes by tapping the Recipes tab → tap the clipboard icon → follow the instructions to paste your notes
Build your own by tapping the Recipes tab → the + button
STEP 4
Build your shopping list
Open any recipe → tap Add Missing to Shopping List.
The Shopping List tab also accepts manual additions and estimates total cost based on prior purchases.
A Tour of the App
📊 Dashboard
Your home base. See what’s expiring soon, your pantry value, recipe suggestions, and upcoming meals — all in one place.
- At-risk items show what you should cook with first
- Tap AI Chef to generate recipes from what’s expiring
- Track money saved (and wasted) over the last 6 months
Pull down to refresh. Change the expiring window in Settings → Preferences.
🏠 Pantry
Your pantry is the heart of Pantidy. Add items by scanning barcodes or manually. Color-coded badges show what’s fresh, expiring soon, or expired.
- Tap + to add items manually
- Use the barcode scanner to add items quickly
- Tap the four-square icon in the top-right to view by category or location
Customize categories and locations in Settings → Manage Lists.
📚 Recipes
“Can Make” shows what you can make right now. “Use Expiring” surfaces recipes that use ingredients about to go off. Import from social media or add your own.
- Browse the web for new recipes with the search button
- Import from Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube by sharing to Pantidy from your social app
- Add your own recipes manually with the + button, or paste from a URL with the clipboard icon
- Manage your meal plan by adding recipes and pantry items to your calendar
🍳 Recipe Details
See a full breakdown of any recipe — which ingredients you have, what’s missing, and step-by-step instructions.
- Add missing ingredients to your shopping list in one tap
- Mark as cooked to auto-deduct ingredients from your pantry
- After cooking, create a leftover entry for any remaining ingredients to add to your meal plan
🛒 Shopping List
Add items from recipes, pantry items, or by tapping +. Check items off as you shop and get estimated costs based on your pantry data.
- Tick off items as you put them in your cart
- Add items manually for anything not from a recipe
📅 Meal Planner
Plan your meals for the week. Tap any day to assign breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snacks from your saved recipes and pantry items.
- Tracks daily nutrition totals across your plan
- Estimates the cost of your planned meals
- Defrost reminders for frozen ingredients
🧑🍳 AI Chef
AI Chef generates personalized recipes from what’s already in your pantry. Pick a few featured ingredients, tell us your preferences, and let your chef do the rest.
- Expiring items are pre-selected so nothing goes to waste
- Set cuisine, meal type, and dietary restrictions before generating
- Save any recipe you like straight to your Pantidy cookbook
AI Chef has a monthly generation limit — see your remaining runs at the top of the sheet.
📷 Barcode Scanner
Point your camera at any product barcode. Pantidy looks it up in the Pantidy database and USDA FoodData Central to auto-fill the name, category, and nutrition info.
- Instantly identifies most barcoded grocery products
- Edit any details before saving to your pantry
- Shelf life is estimated automatically based on category and location
🧾 Receipt Scanner
Snap a photo of your grocery receipt and Pantidy will extract the items, prices, and estimated quantities — then let you review everything before adding to your pantry.
- Capture the receipt or upload a photo from your library
- Uncheck anything you don’t want to add; edit names, units, and locations inline
- Tap the barcode or nutrition label icons on any row to enrich an item
Receipt scanning has a monthly limit — your remaining scans show on the capture screen.
📸 Recipe Photo Scanner
Snap a photo of your handwritten recipe cards, family recipes, or notes you’ve written down. Pantidy reads the page with AI and pre-fills a new recipe in your cookbook.
- Capture up to 3 pages; AI combines them into one recipe
- Best results in good light with the page flat and free of glare
- Review and edit the extracted recipe before saving to your cookbook
🧺 Adding Pantry Items (manual)
Create and manage pantry items. Pantidy auto-fills shelf life, category, and nutrition info when available.
- Set expiration dates and quantities per batch
- Assign a storage location (Pantry, Fridge, Freezer)
- Nutrition info pulled automatically from USDA FoodData Central
📖 Adding a Recipe (manual)
Fill in your recipe details — name, ingredients, instructions, and more. Pantidy checks your pantry for each ingredient automatically.
- Ingredients matched against your pantry in real time
- Add a photo from your gallery or take a new one
- Assign categories to keep recipes organised
📝 Manage Lists
Add, rename, or remove your custom categories and locations. Changes apply across the whole app.
- Custom Locations appear when adding pantry items
- Pantry Categories organise your pantry view
- Recipe Categories let you filter your recipe library
⚙️ Settings
Configure Pantidy to match how you cook — measurement system, notification time, custom lists, and subscription.
- Manage Lists — add custom categories and locations
- Set your daily reminder time for expiring items
- Replay any page’s guide using the ? button on each screen
Tips for Getting the Most Out of Pantidy
Spend 15 minutes on day one
The single biggest predictor of sticking with Pantidy is getting past 10 items. After that, the recipe suggestions start to feel personalized and the dashboard becomes useful. Suggested first-day actions:
- Stock the fridge: walk through the fridge and scan barcodes
- Stock the pantry: scan or snap a recent grocery receipt
- Save 2–3 recipes you actually cook regularly
- Turn on the daily 5 AM expiring-items reminder
Make it a weekly habit
- Sunday: Plan the week in Meal Planner. Pantidy turns the plan into a shopping list automatically.
- After every shop: Scan the receipt. 30 seconds of scanning beats 20 minutes of typing.
- After cooking: Tap “Cooked and Served” so the pantry decrements correctly.
- Once a week: Check the Dashboard’s at-risk panel and use AI Chef to use up what’s expiring.
Power moves
- Share recipes to Pantidy from Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube — opens directly into the import flow.
- Multi-batch tracking lets you separately track an opened jar and an unopened backup of the same product.
- Custom categories in Settings → Manage Lists make the pantry view fit how your kitchen is organised.
- Meal plan + leftovers — after cooking, save the leftovers as a pantry item so they show up as ready-to-eat options later in the week.