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Fridge, freezer, pantry, the cupboard above the sink — create the places you actually use and filter the list by them. A fridge and pantry tracker without a spreadsheet.
Food & groceries
Food expiration tracker: know what to eat first
Food gets pushed to the back of the fridge and found a week too late. Xpiry is a food expiration tracker for Android: add what you buy, enter the date printed on the pack, and it reminds you before anything goes off — so the oldest food gets eaten first.
How it works
How to track food expiration dates with Xpiry
A few seconds per item when you unpack the shopping. After that, Xpiry does the remembering.
Add it when you unpack
Scan the barcode and Xpiry looks up the product name for you, or just type it. Pick a category like Dairy and a place like Fridge or Freezer.
Enter the date on the pack
Type or pick the use-by or best-before date once. Opened a jar? Mark it as opened and say how long it keeps — Xpiry follows whichever date comes first.
Get reminded in time
Choose how early you hear about it — a day, three days, a week, or your own period — and the hour notifications arrive.
Eat it, mark it, learn
Mark food as consumed, all of it or part of it. Insights show what you used in time and what you threw away, month by month.
Features
Made for the fridge, the freezer and the pantry
What to eat first, at a glance
The list stays sorted by date, with counts for what has expired, what expires today and what expires this week. A colour scale shows how much time each item has left.
Opened-on timer
Milk, sauces and jars keep for days once opened, not until the printed date. Set the opened date and a use-within period and Xpiry counts down from there.
Quick-Add for the weekly shop
Things you buy every week go on the Quick-Add list. Next time, add them again with a tap and only change the date.
Quantities that go down
Bought six yogurts? Track the count and mark them as eaten a few at a time, so the list always matches what is really in the fridge.
Waste insights
See how much expired before you got to it, which month was best and worst, and whether the habit is working.
What the date on food actually means
Date labels are less strict than most people think. In the US, the FDA notes that, except for infant formula, manufacturers are not required by federal law to put quality dates on packaged food, and it supports “Best if Used By” as the standard phrase for when a product is at its best quality (FDA). The USDA explains that a “Sell-By” date is meant for the store and a “Use-By” date is not a safety date except on infant formula (USDA FSIS).
Wording and rules differ between countries, so read the label and follow the storage instructions on the pack. Xpiry is not an expiration date checker for food safety — it remembers the date you entered and reminds you before it arrives. Whether something is still good to eat is your call.
FAQ
Food tracking questions
Can Xpiry read the expiration date from the barcode?
No. The barcodes on most food only identify the product, not its date. Scan the barcode to add the product fast, type or pick the printed date once, and Xpiry reminds you before it expires. More in how to check an expiration date with a barcode.
Does it remind me before food expires?
Yes — that is the main job. Pick reminders from 1 day to 3 months ahead, or set your own in days, weeks or months, and choose the hour they arrive. You can also choose which reminders apply to each product.
Can I track leftovers or food without a barcode?
Yes. Type a name, set the date you want to eat it by, and add a photo if it helps you recognise the container.
Does it work for frozen food?
Yes. Add Freezer as a storage place and set the date you want to use each item by. Filtering by storage shows everything in the freezer in one list.
Is Xpiry free?
Yes. Xpiry is free on Google Play and the free version shows ads. An optional in-app purchase or subscription removes them.
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Xpiry is free on Google Play. Add what is in your fridge tonight and let the reminders do the rest.