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Everything you saved, easy to find again.
Imported recipes land in a list with cover photos. Tag them — “quick,” “chicken,” whatever fits — and filter down to what you feel like eating. Over 90 starter recipes are built in from day one.
iOS · Food & Drink
Never dread ‘what’s for dinner?’ again.
Speak it or snap the receipt — your groceries log themselves, expiry dates get watched, and ingredients are deducted after you cook. No manual typing, no account.
No sign-up to start. Free to use — and you can try talk-or-snap input, too.
Early testers App Store · Food & Drink
Doing all of this alone, every single day?
Home from work, and it’s ‘what do I cook?’ all over again.
That wilted veg in the back of the fridge — tossed it again.
Tracking apps never stick. Typing everything in is a chore.
Panda Basket takes all of that hassle off your hands.
Features
Hand over the hassle.
01 Talk · snap · receipt input
Zero typing.
Just say ‘a bunch of spinach, two cartons of milk.’ Or snap the food. Or snap the receipt. The name, quantity, storage, and expiry date get sorted out automatically — straight into your inventory.
02 Expiry alerts
Expiry, on watch.
A quiet heads-up before things go off. Fresh, expiring, and expired — colour-coded at a glance. Use it up before you toss it.
8 Fresh 3 Soon 1 Expired
03 Automatic meal planning
Meals, off your plate.
From what’s in your fridge, your tastes, dietary needs, and nutrition, a few days of meals get planned onto your calendar. Deciding takes almost no thought.
04 Recipe import from links
Found a recipe? Paste the link.
Paste a link from YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, or a recipe site. Or hit Share in Safari or a social app and send it to Panda Basket — the import screen opens right there. Just the ingredients and steps are read and saved to your recipe book.
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Cook it, and the fridge updates itself.
When you’re done cooking, the app matches ‘tomato = tomato,’ converts the units, and deducts from your inventory. No logging required.
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Panda Basket spots the gap before you do.
From your stock and meal plan, it suggests what to buy — so you over-buy less and forget less.
Why Panda Basket
What makes Panda Basket different.
Built for messy receipts
Creased, crinkled, faded receipts — Panda Basket reads them anyway. Got something wrong? Fix it in one tap.
No sign-up, no account
No email, no account creation. Open it and talk-or-snap input just works.
Your data stays on your iPhone
Your inventory and history live on your device, and backups go to your own iCloud. We don’t keep your food records on a server.
Japanese, Chinese & English — with true dark mode
Switch between Japanese, English, and Simplified or Traditional Chinese instantly. Dark mode goes pure-black OLED.
From the home cooks running the show.
Early testersSnap the receipt and my inventory just builds itself. That frozen ‘what do I cook’ moment is basically gone.
I’m clearly throwing out way less spoiled veg.
Logging by just talking is genuinely effortless — somehow this is the one app that stuck.
App Store rating · Food & Drink ranking · press coverage (added once available)
Pricing
Start free. Try it before you pay.
Free
$0, always
Get started free
- Inventory & expiry manual
- Alerts & shopping list
- Meal-plan calendar view & add manually
- Recipe book & tags
- Talk · snap · receipt · link AI input 5 free tries
- AI meal-plan generation
- AI cooking check & auto-deduct
- AI shopping suggestions
Panda Basket Pro
$4.99 / per month
$47.88 per year · ≈ $3.99/mo · save 20%
Get started free Try Pro free for 1 month- Inventory & expiry
- Alerts & shopping list
- Meal-plan calendar
- Recipe book & tags
- Talk · snap · receipt · link AI input Plenty (300/mo)
- AI meal-plan generation
- AI cooking check & auto-deduct
- AI shopping suggestions
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How much is free?
Manual inventory, expiry, alerts, and shopping list are free forever. You also get 5 free AI tries — usable on any AI feature.
Do I need an account?
No. Open it and start.
Where is my data stored?
On your iPhone and in your own iCloud — nowhere else. Your food records never touch our servers.
What happens if I delete the app or switch phones?
Restore from your iCloud backup. The backup lives in your own iCloud, so it never passes through our servers.
Can I sync across devices?
For now, Panda Basket works on a single iPhone. Moving to a new one? Restore from your iCloud backup.
What if the receipt scan gets something wrong?
Fix it in one tap. The scan assists your input — it doesn’t lock it in.
Do I have to enter recipes myself?
Over 90 starter recipes are built in. Found one on YouTube, social media, or a recipe site? Paste the link — or hit Share and send it to Panda Basket — and the ingredients and steps come straight in. Tag them to keep the book tidy.
How much AI input do I get with Pro?
Up to 300 uses a month (of which 60 can be video or image reads from links), resetting automatically each month. Everyday home cooking rarely comes close.
Which languages are supported?
Japanese, English, and Simplified & Traditional Chinese — switch anytime inside the app.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes, anytime via the App Store. The first month is free.
Make tonight’s dinner the easy one.
Install, then just ‘say’ your first ingredient.