Fridgie The iPhone App Household items, recipes, & shopping list.

Key features:

  • Keep track of household items and their quantities.
  • Indicate items due to run out soon or expired.
  • Automatically update item usage.
  • Easily create and manage shopping lists.
  • Create and manage recipes.
  • Easily add recipe ingredients to shopping list.
  • Plan yours meals for a week.
Fridgie in the app store More Information

FAQ's & Help

question How can I add an item?

From the Items main list view, tap the '+' button at the top right corner of the screen.

question How can I edit an item? (Edit, Delete, Add to shopping list)

From the Items main list view, slide from left to right on an item. This will show the editing menu then choose the task you want. The menu contains the following actions:
  • to return to main view.
  • to delete the item.
  • to add item to shopping list.
  • to open item edit view.
  • to view item details.

question How can I see more info about an item?

From the Items main list view, tap on the item to view its details.

question What does the shopping basket icon mean?

This item has been added to your shopping list.

question What does “Average Usage” mean?

It is how regularly you use the item. For example, for a 'Banana'. The average usage details might be,

  • Quantity: 2 Items
  • Repeat: Weekly (You have selected Friday and Saturday)
  • Min: 2 Items
  • Start date: 23 Jan, 2012

In this example the average usage would be, you use 2 Bananas every week on Friday and Saturday. This starts from 23 Jan, 2012. Also if the amount of Bananas in Fridgie reaches 2 Items (meaning 2 bananas), it will be marked as running out soon.

question Measuring Items (Unit of measurement)

When you add an item to Fridge you can specify how it is measured. This can either be as:

  • a measurement (eg. Kilogram, Cup, Litre etc), or
  • you can choose to measure something as an Item.

Items are things measured singularly. (eg. 5 apples are called 5 items).

Note: If you select “item“ as the unit by which you measure the item, when you specify it’s usage, this also has to be by “item“.

Eg. You have 5 orange “items“ in your fridge and you use 1 every day.

question Measurement conversions

We have done our best to ensure measurement conversions are calculated accurately. All measurements should be based on US units. In the future, it may be possible to use UK units. For more details on measurement conversions tap here.

question What does “Last Usage” mean?

This shows information about when the item was last used and how much was used.

question How can I search for an item?

From the Items main list view, tap on the search button at the top of the screen and type the item you are looking for.

question How can I edit recipes?

From the Recipes main list view, tap the '+' button at the top right corner of the screen.

question How can I edit a recipe? (Edit, Delete, Add ingredients to shopping list)

From the Recipes main list view, slide from left to right on a recipe. This will show the editing menu then choose the task you want. The menu contains the following actions:
  • to return to main view.
  • to delete the recipe.
  • to add ingredients into shopping list.
  • to open recipe edit view.
  • to view recipe details.

question What is the clock icon for in the main recipes list?

The clock icon shows how long it takes to prepare the recipe.

question What is the Chef’s hat icon for in the main recipes list?

The Chef’s hat shows how long it takes to cook the recipe.

question What does “Edit” in the top right of the screen do?

Taping on Edit allows you to edit the Recipe info.

question How do I know how many people a recipe serves?

From the Recipes main list view, on the right hand side of the screen it shows how many people each recipe serves.

question How can I search for a Recipe?

From the Recipes main list view, tap on the search button at the top of the screen and start typing the name of the Recipe you are looking for.

question What is the Chef icon for in the recipe view details?

When you click on the Chefs hat, it will indicate that you have cooked the recipe. Item amounts will then be updated based on the items used in the recipe. The item view details will show that the last usage of this item was in the recipe.

question What is the Shopping icon for in the recipe view details?

When you click on the Shopping icon, the recipe ingredients where the quantity required is not available, will be added to the shopping list. This means you only buy what you need for the recipe.

question How can I update ingredient quantity in the Recipe info?

From the recipe ingredient screen. Tap on the ingredient quantity to reveal the quantity picker.

question What does "Unable to calculate quantity status!" for recipe ingredients?

When this message appears, you must update the ingredient quantity unit.

The message occurs because an ingredient is linked to a Fridgie "Item". That item quantity unit is different to the one used in the recipe. It can not be converted.

For example, the recipes state that you need 1 Tsp of Sugar, but the item quantity unit is set to "Item" (We have 100 items of cube sugar). Substracting Tsp from Item is not possible.

question How can I add a meal to list?

  • From the Meal Planner main list view, tap the '+' button at the top right corner of the screen.
  • Select the Recipe you want to add, or search for one by tapping in the search box and typing the name of the recipe.
  • Select if you want the Recipe to be for Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner. Also specify the day of the week, and the time.
  • Tap Save in the top right of the screen.

question How can I choose if a meal is for Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner?

This is done when you add a recipe to a particular day.

question How can I change the meal to another day?

This is done when you add a recipe to a particular day. If the meal is already in the planner, you can change it by doing the following:

Slide from left to right to enable the editing mode, tap on the icon (3 grey lines) on the far right of the meal, and keeping it selected drag the meal to another day.

question How can I remove a meal?

Slide from left to right to enable the editing mode, tap on the Red minus icon (-), then tap Delete.

question How can I remove an item from the shopping list?

Slide from the right to left, then tap on the Delete button.

question Can I send the shopping list by email?

Tap on the icon in the top right corner of the screen that looks like a square with an arrow pointing upwards.

question How can I update item quantity?

From the main shopping list tap on the item quantity to reveal the picker.

question How can I add notes to an item in the shopping list?

Tap an item from the main list to view the edit screen where you can add notes and update other info.

Do you have a question about the app? Please tell us.

If you have questions about the app, want to request a new feature, or would like to contact us in general, please use the contact us form below.

Up