Best recipe apps with a pantry tracker
By the rule below, the best recipe app with a pantry tracker is Cooklist (11 of 12 points), if you shop at a US retailer it connects to and you want the pantry to fill from your loyalty account. Next are Samsung Food (10 of 12 points), if you want free meal planning with shared lists on Android and the web as well as iPhone; and Honeydew (10 of 12 points), if you want a household that shares everything on iPhone and Android, and you will pay for Plus. 8 apps qualify.
The ranking
Samsung Food
You want free meal planning with shared lists on Android and the web as well as iPhone.
Short of full marks: Receipt scan (not found).
Price. Free for saving recipes, planning and shared lists. Samsung Food+ is $6.99 a month or $59.99 a year, with a 7-day trial. App Store
SideChef
You want a big catalog of guided recipes with a photo or video at every step, and you order groceries from Walmart, Instacart or Amazon Fresh.
Short of full marks: Receipt scan (not found).
Price. Free to download and use. Recipes, meal plans and grocery ordering do not need a subscription. SideChef Premium adds 800+ cooking classes and premium recipes for $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year, after a 7-day free trial. sidechef.com
Saucepan our app
You want to save from Instagram, TikTok and websites, fill a Pantry by scanning your receipt, and cook with timers that ring, on iPhone. It is new: it launches November 13, 2026.
Short of full marks: Send the list to grocery delivery (no).
Price. Free to use, with no ads. Saucepan+ is $4.99 a month or $34.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial. Saucepan
Paprika
You want to pay once, you cook with an Apple Watch or on Windows, or your library already lives in Paprika. Paprika 4 is in beta and says premium features will need a subscription afterwards.
Short of full marks: Receipt scan (not found), What can I make from what I have (not found), Send the list to grocery delivery (not found).
Price. iPhone and iPad $4.99, once. Mac $29.99. Each version is sold separately. paprikaapp.com
Pestle
You want a design-led recipe manager with an Apple Watch app and a Chrome extension, and you are fine paying for Pro.
Short of full marks: Receipt scan (not found), What can I make from what I have (not found), Send the list to grocery delivery (not found).
Price. Free for 15 recipes. Pestle Pro is $24.99 a year, with a 14-day trial. The App Store also lists a monthly plan and lifetime purchases. App Store
SuperCook
You just want a free way to find recipes from what's in your fridge, on the web, Android or iPhone, and you're happy to cook from the original website.
Short of full marks: Receipt scan (not found), Grocery list (not found), Send the list to grocery delivery (not found), Meal plan (not found).
Price. Free. The App Store lists no in-app purchases. App Store
Partly qualify, so not ranked: CookNest (Pantry of items you already have, set up in your profile; those ingredients start unticked when sent to the shopping list. No official mention of quantities, expiry or inventory depletion); Copy Me That ('Master list / Pantry list' of staples to copy onto shopping lists; not inventory tracking); Eat This Much (Virtual pantry: add foods by hand or move them from the grocery list; eaten items are removed automatically. Premium only).
Feature by feature
- Yes
- Partly
- No
- Not found
- Coming
| App | Pantry | Receipt scan | What can I make | Grocery list | Delivery | Meal plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooklist | Yes | Partly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Samsung Food | Yes | Not found | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Honeydew | Yes | Not found | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SideChef | Yes | Not found | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Saucepan (ours) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Paprika | Yes | Not found | Not found | Yes | Not found | Yes |
| Pestle | Yes | Not found | Not found | Yes | Not found | Yes |
| SuperCook | Yes | Not found | Yes | Not found | Not found | Not found |
Tap a mark for the note and its source. Each app’s name opens a page with every row.
How we ranked
A pantry is required. Then the ways to fill it and use it: scanning a receipt, recipes from what you have, and the list and plan it feeds.
- To qualify, an app must have “Pantry” (Yes, not Partly). Closed apps and general tools like Apple Notes and Notion are left out.
- Score: 2 points for Yes, 1 for Partly, 0 for No, Not found or Coming, over 6 features: Pantry, Receipt scan, What can I make from what I have, Grocery list, Send the list to grocery delivery and Meal plan. Most is 12.
- Apps with no App Store update since November 2025 go below the ones that are kept up.
- Ties go to the app with more US App Store ratings. Saucepan has none yet, so it goes below any app it ties with.
- “Not found” scores zero: we credit only what an app’s own pages show. That can undercount an app that does more than its pages say.
Saucepan is our app. It is scored from its own feature list by the same rule.
Questions
What is the best recipe app with a pantry tracker?
By the rule below, the best recipe app with a pantry tracker is Cooklist (11 of 12 points), if you shop at a US retailer it connects to and you want the pantry to fill from your loyalty account. Next are Samsung Food (10 of 12 points), if you want free meal planning with shared lists on Android and the web as well as iPhone; and Honeydew (10 of 12 points), if you want a household that shares everything on iPhone and Android, and you will pay for Plus. 8 apps qualify.
How did you rank these apps?
To qualify, an app must have “Pantry” (Yes, not Partly). Closed apps and general tools like Apple Notes and Notion are left out. Score: 2 points for Yes, 1 for Partly, 0 for No, Not found or Coming, over 6 features: Pantry, Receipt scan, What can I make from what I have, Grocery list, Send the list to grocery delivery and Meal plan. Most is 12. Apps with no App Store update since November 2025 go below the ones that are kept up. Ties go to the app with more US App Store ratings. Saucepan has none yet, so it goes below any app it ties with. “Not found” scores zero: we credit only what an app’s own pages show. That can undercount an app that does more than its pages say.
Which of these have a free plan?
Cooklist, Samsung Food, Honeydew, SideChef, Saucepan, Pestle and SuperCook. Free plans have limits; each app’s line above says what it is.
Which of these work on Android?
Cooklist, Samsung Food, Honeydew, SideChef, Paprika and SuperCook, as their own pages say.
Is Saucepan on this list because you make it?
Saucepan is our app, so we score it by the same rule from its own feature list, and say so on the list. It ranks #5 of 8 here. It launches on November 13, 2026 and has no ratings yet.
When was this checked?
Feature marks were read from each app’s App Store listing, website and help pages on November 1, 2026, and prices, platforms and update dates on November 4, 2026. Apps change often.