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Cook what you have.

Refismart knows what is in your fridge, pantry and freezer, and when it expires. You see what you can cook with it and only buy what's really missing.

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The pantry app for iPhone is expected on the App Store in early 2027. Until then you can try it for free through TestFlight.

How it works

Pantry, recipes, meal planner, grocery list and budget share the same data. Change something in one place and the others know right away.

Scan your shopping

A photo of the receipt or the barcode on the pack. The items go into your pantry with an expiration date, the total into your budget.

See what you can cook

Every recipe checks its ingredients against your pantry. One tap, and you only see what you can cook today.

Plan the week

Plan the week and shop once. If something expires before its planned day, the app suggests cooking it earlier.

One photo of the receipt fills your pantry

Hold the camera over the receipt. Refismart spots it by itself, reads items, prices and discounts, and suggests an expiration date and a shelf for each item. You check the list, fix what's wrong and add everything with one tap.

  • One photo for the whole shop. For single packs there is the barcode scan.
  • "ORGANIC WHOLE MILK 1L" becomes milk. The app learns your products, whichever supermarket the receipt comes from.
  • Photos and PDF invoices work too. A PDF invoice is read line by line.
  • The receipt is read on your iPhone and never uploaded.

If the app doesn't read a receipt cleanly, send it to info@refismart.app. Every receipt you send makes the recognition better.

Checking a receipt in Refismart: shop, total and savings at the top, below them every item with category, quantity and a suggested expiration date.

Your pantry has a traffic light

  • Fresh
  • Use soon
  • Expired

Every package has its own best-before date. Buy milk twice and Refismart knows which one comes first. Fridge, pantry and freezer are separate shelves, and whatever you freeze automatically keeps longer.

Before something expires, the app lets you know in the morning. Tap the notification and you see exactly the packages that need using up.

Scan single packs by their barcode. Refismart fetches name and size from Open Food Facts and, if you like, reads the best-before date straight off the pack. Next time, the app knows the product by the name you gave it.

The Refismart pantry: counters for foods, use soon and expired at the top, below them the packages in the fridge with their expiration dates.

Recipes with what you already have

Next to every ingredient you see whether it's in stock, expiring soon, missing or already expired.

A recipe in Refismart. Each ingredient shows whether it is in stock, expiring soon, missing or expired.

The "Cookable" filter shows only the recipes you have everything for. Whatever is missing goes on the grocery list with one tap.

Add your own recipes or bring them in from a link, from BBC Good Food to your favourite blog (Pro). With a servings calculator, favourites and a cooking mode that walks you through step by step, timers included.

Plan once, shop once

Breakfast, lunch and dinner for the whole week. "Fill the week" plans every free day, and the shopping check puts everything the recipes still need on one list.

  • You move recipes by dragging them.
  • If an ingredient expires before its planned day, the app suggests cooking that recipe earlier.
  • What you buy goes into the budget through the receipt.
The Refismart week planner with the days one below the other and the planned meals.
Saturday, 9:00
Plan next week now?nowPick your meals today, so there is still time to shop for them.
Sunday, 16:00
Monday is still opennowYour pantry has everything for Penne with Roasted Tomatoes and Burrata. How about that on Monday?

The grocery list almost writes itself

  • Missing ingredients come from recipes and the week plan.
  • Sorted by aisle, the way you walk through the shop.
  • The list merges duplicates.
  • After shopping you move the basket into your pantry, item by item or all at once.
  • With Pro you share the list with your household. Whoever joins only needs the app.
The Refismart shopping list, grouped by aisle, with a progress bar for the basket.

And a few more things

Budget

Monthly budget and spending by category, straight from the receipt. Without a receipt you add the expense by hand.

Cooking mode

Step by step through the recipe, with a timer for each step.

Share with your household Pro

Invite your partner, family or flatmates and choose area by area what you share and what stays with you. Whoever joins only needs the app.

Servings calculator

Change the servings and every ingredient adjusts with it.

2 servings
  • Penne250 g
  • Cherry tomatoes300 g
  • Burrata1 pc

Pass recipes on

As a PDF. Share the PDF with Refismart and the app reads the recipe straight in.

Reminders

Before something expires, the app lets you know in the morning.

Your kitchen stays on your iPhone, if you want it to

Recipes, pantry, lists and spending live on your device, with no account needed. A later update adds price sharing and a marketplace that everyone gets something out of. Those need an account. Whether you use them is up to you.

  • Receipts stay here

    Text recognition runs on the iPhone. The receipt is never uploaded.

  • Backup in your iCloud

    The daily backup lives in your private iCloud. We have no access to it.

  • Sync where you want

    Between your devices through your iCloud, or with Nextcloud through your own server (Pro).

The free version shows ads from Google. Whether they may be tailored to you is your choice in the app. What is shared for that is in the privacy policy.

What is free and what Pro costs

The free version covers everyday use, with no account and no time limit. Pro is for everyone who cooks on several devices or together with others.

Free

  • Cookbook checked against your pantry0.00
  • Pantry with traffic light and a date per package0.00
  • Receipt scanner0.00
  • Barcode scan that reads the date off the pack0.00
  • Grocery list by aisle0.00
  • Meal planner with shopping check0.00
  • Budget by category0.00
  • Reminders before food expires0.00
  • Cooking mode with timers0.00
  • Daily backup0.00

TOTAL EUR0.00

For good, with ads

No account, no time limit

Refismart Pro

€3.99a month

or €35.49 a year, which is €2.96 a month

7-day free trial, cancel any time

  • No ads
  • Unlimited recipe import from a link
  • Nextcloud Cookbook
  • Household sharing
  • Sync across all your devices

Billed through the App Store. Up to 10 recipe imports from a link during the trial. Pro is available once the app is in the App Store.

We are looking for people who cook

Refismart works, but not equally well everywhere yet. Before the app goes to the stores, we want to know how it holds up in real kitchens.

  1. Send a mail

    The button below opens a prepared message. You only fill in platform, address and language.

  2. Get the invite

    iPhone: through TestFlight, Apple's app for early builds, at the address of your Apple ID. Android: the closed test in the Play Store starts later. Google only lets Google accounts in, so we need the exact address you are signed in with.

  3. Cook along

    You get an early build and tell us after a few weeks what breaks.

Common questions

Your question is not here? Write to info@refismart.app.

Is there an app that takes my pantry and suggests meals?

Yes, Refismart does that. Every recipe in the cookbook checks its ingredients against your pantry. The "Cookable" filter shows what you can cook right now, and on Sunday the app suggests a recipe for Monday that you have everything for.

What does Refismart cost?

The app is free and shows ads. Cookbook, pantry, receipt and barcode scanning, grocery list, meal planner, budget, cooking mode and backup are included. Refismart Pro costs €3.99 a month or €35.49 a year and adds no ads, recipe import from a link, household sharing, sync across devices and Nextcloud. The first 7 days are free.

Does Refismart show ads?

The free version shows ads from Google. Whether they may be tailored to you is your choice in the app. With Pro the ads are gone.

Can I scan barcodes?

Yes. Hold the camera over the barcode and Refismart fetches name and size from Open Food Facts. If you like, the app reads the best-before date off the pack as well. For a whole shop at once, the receipt is quicker.

Does the scanner work with every receipt?

Photos and camera images go through text recognition on the iPhone, PDF invoices are read line by line. Before anything is saved you check each line, and uncertain items are marked. If the app doesn't read a receipt cleanly, you can send it to info@refismart.app.

Which sites can I import recipes from?

From any site that marks up its recipes in a structured way (schema.org), for example BBC Good Food, AllRecipes and most food blogs. Before saving, the recipe opens in the editor for you to check. Import from a link is part of Pro, the trial includes 10 imports.

Can I share my pantry and grocery list with my household?

Yes, with Pro. You invite your partner, family or flatmates and choose area by area what you share and what stays with you. Whoever joins only needs the app, not Pro.

Where is my data?

On your iPhone. The daily backup and sync between your devices run through your own iCloud, which we cannot access. If you prefer to self-host, connect Nextcloud. All details are in the privacy policy.

When does Refismart come to the App Store?

The App Store launch is planned for the first quarter of 2027. Anyone in the test has the app before that.

Is there an Android version?

The Android version is planned for summer 2027. You can already sign up for the closed test in the Play Store, and the invite comes as soon as it starts.

What do I have to do as a tester?

Use the app the way you would use it if it were finished. When something crashes or annoys you, send us an email. There are no set tasks.

What happens to my data when I sign up?

Signing up is an email to us, nothing more. We use your address for the invite and for messages about the test, and for nothing else. What we store, for how long, and what Apple and Google get of it is in the privacy policy.

Less waste. Better cooking.

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