iOS & Android · 7-day free trial on every plan

Know what's expiring before it's too late.

Scan your grocery receipt. ShelfLife dates every item, warns you before it turns, and tells you what to cook tonight to use it up.

Your kitchen · annual statement
Food you throw away$2,900.00
ShelfLife Pro, 12 months-$59.96
You keep$2,840

$2,900 = what the average U.S. family of four throws out each year, per USDA. $59.96 = ShelfLife Pro quarterly at $14.99/qtr. So you keep $2,840.

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Three phones showing the ShelfLife app: inventory with days left, a good-evening summary, and receipt scanning
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Paste a receipt. Watch it date your groceries.

The app's real logic, in your browser. Break it if you can.

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Your inventory
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Hit Scan receipt and every line becomes a dated, categorised item. The app's real logic, free to try right here.

What it does

Four things that actually stop waste.

01

Receipt scanning

Snap a receipt; every line lands in your inventory, dated and categorized.

ORG WHL MILK 1/2GAL
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Organic Whole Milk
Dairy · 0.5 gal · exp Aug 3
02

AI expiry dates

Every item gets a shelf life tuned to your storage and pace, even offline.

03

Rescue Mode

Expiring tomorrow, no plan? Get emergency recipes, zero-cook fixes and freezer saves.

04

Household sharing

One invite code, one shared fridge; everyone sees what's expiring.

Also in the box

Smart alerts Recipe matching Eat This First Streaks & badges Weekly reports Works offline JSON/CSV export
The problem → the fix

Nobody wastes food on purpose. They forget.

Scan once. ShelfLife remembers for you, and tells you what to cook before it turns.

SCAN

Point at the receipt

Any store, crumpled is fine. Every line lands dated.

TRACK

Get real expiry dates

Not the printed sell-by. A shelf life for your fridge.

COOK

Eat what's dying first

Alerts before it turns, recipes built from what you have.

$2,900
Binned per family, per year.
USDA
30–40%
Of U.S. food never eaten.
USDA · ReFED
~5 days
Fresh greens' shelf life once home.
FoodSafety.gov
Honest comparison

Why the other expiration date trackers and food waste apps didn't stick.

Feature comparison, July 2026
AppWhere it breaksShelfLife
NoWasteManual entry only ✕Type every item yourself. Most quit in a week. ✓One receipt photo fills the inventory.
FridgePalBarcode database ✕Sees barcoded brands only. Loose produce is invisible. ✓Estimates anything, even items it's never seen.
CozZoShut down ✕Cloud-only. Servers went dark, data went with them. ✓Local-first, syncs when you want, exports on tap.
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The CozZo promise: you walk out with everything.

Every plan has one-tap JSON/CSV export. If we ever shut down, we publish the format so another app can read it.

Pricing

7 days free. Then pick a plan.

Every plan unlocks everything.

Pro — weekly
$1.99 / week

Skip any week

  • Unlimited items & scans
  • AI expiry dates for anything
  • Household sharing
  • Plans, reports & export

7 days free, cancel any time

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Pro — monthly
$6.99 / month

Save 19% vs weekly

  • Unlimited items & scans
  • AI expiry dates for anything
  • Household sharing
  • Plans, reports & export

7 days free, cancel any time

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Best value
Pro — quarterly
$14.99 / quarter

= $5/mo save 42% vs weekly

  • Unlimited items & scans
  • AI expiry dates for anything
  • Household sharing
  • Plans, reports & export

7 days free, cancel any time

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Family waste $2,900/yr (USDA) · Pro $59.96/yr · you keep $2,840

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