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NoWaste - Food Inventory List App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Canadian bar codes not recognized?I have had to manually upload pantry items as the app hasn’t recognized any of the bar codes - which sort of defeats the purpose this app. Megan.Version: 5.2.4
✓ Good concept, bad executionFor a paid premium version I’m frustrated with the inconsistencies of this app. I keep getting error/warning/information messages in what I think is German, so I have no idea what they mean. Also, with notifications turned on it tells me of food about to expire which has been marked as eaten long ago. The barcode scanner also needs greater integration with a more up to date database..Version: 4.1.6
✓ Camera is too blurry to read barcodesThis has been the bane of my existence for every app that includes a scanner. Apple has not taught developers how to use specify the close-up camera for the new iPhone, and so it always defaults to the wide angle lens, meaning any every barcode ever made is too small to capture using the default camera. I’ve dropped many apps for this reason alone, but so far the manual item entry is manageable..Version: 6.2.4
✓ Nice app, but Meal Plan feature is massively buggy!!!RECIPES AND INGREDIENTS KEEP ON DISAPPEARING no matter how many times I add and write them!!!!! Can I request the developers to please please do something about it The idea behind the app is quite brilliant. I liked the app so I paid for the £5.99 Pro thinking that it would make the experience better, and I was fine until I started using the Meal Plan feature! The Pro version is definitely not worth it! It’s so effing frustrating!.Version: 4.8.0
✓ Nice idea but not done wellThe screen design for this app is frustrating--poorly laid out, tedious to navigate. Data entry is unnecessarily cumbersome and involves many screens and lengthy scrolling selection wheels. I regret this purchase..Version: 4.9.2
✓ CategoriesBadly needs to be able to browse each category on its own, instead of grouping on one page.....very messy..Version: 4.5.5
✓ Not bad, but flawedNot a bad app, pretty clean and easy to use. Has some nice features. I haven’t played around with them all yet. Things to watch out for: Barcode scanner only works sometimes and always check what it has found. Numerous times it has assigned weird and wonderful expiry dates to item E.g a cucumber with an expiry of 2027?. Doesn’t seem to like items from Aldi, does some but not others and as I say often gets it wrong. Over all would recommend provided they counter to improve, right now the price is a little steep for what you actually get..Version: 5.2.4
✓ Terrible AppPaid for upgraded app. Was finally getting the hang of it and had about 80 items in it when it suddenly when’s “white” and I cannot access it at all. Hope I can get it all back somehow..Version: 6.1.1
✓ Doesn’t save materialI recently downloaded the app, went on a scanning spree made sure to save all my items to find not all them saved. They were done one on one so to not miss anything. I brought the app because I was so excited to have something like this to fail. I have reached out on IG and no answer. I would like to get refunded if possible since I will not be using it any longer. Thank you.Version: 6.2.4
✓ Not enough featuresThis app had potential but doesnt allow you to customize categories, instead offers vague clipart. Not to easy to navigate when adding or editing foods..Version: 2.8.2
✓ BugSet amount menu on the scan feature make the application crash. Cups is in quantity and amount menu. Not useful..Version: 4.9.2
✓ Need categories backFeatures slowly coming back, but really needs categories back, it’s sooooo important for the usefulness of the app.Version: 6.0.9
✓ No scanNew to app. Joined premier. Scanned four items then nothing, could see bar codes but app did not scan and download. Stood for ages waiting for a response, nothing, zero, zilch. What have I wasted my money on?.Version: 6.2.3
✓ Crap 😡😡This is the worst app i’ve ever had in my life. why do i need to pay for food AND an app that’s is supposed to help me. DONT DOWNLOAD THIS FOR UR LIFE periodt 💅🏾.Version: 5.2.4
✓ Could be improvedI really like the idea behind this app and have wanted to be more conscious about food waste. I got the pro to help with notifications but I’ve noticed that the app will not actually communicate correctly with my phone’s notification system. While the notifications keep appearing in the app, I’m not getting notified outside the app (checked the settings too). It also seems to do double entries when scanning barcodes and putting in inaccurate expirations dates for certain items. The scan receipt feature also seemed to be stuck when I tried to use it (wasn’t even a long grocery list). I think this app has potential but has quite a few bugs which I’m hoping will be fixed soon..Version: 5.2.1
✓ Frustrating to useTried entering items in my freezer. The app would randomly delete items already added, or bulk add a bunch of items that I hadn’t chosen..Version: 5.2.4
✓ Version 6 wiped my old dataI got an update to this today for version 6. After the update all my previous data was gone. I then checked the release notes, which say that this intentional and I need to import my previous data as long as I know my username. I don’t recall ever having a username..Version: 6.0.0
✓ Needs more featuresYou add in all your pantry items into the first tab and then you tap over to the shopping list....it’s empty and so you have to manually add in everything again. There should be a way for foods that are low in stock to be added automatically. The ‘essentials’ feature does nothing new. Also how much of an item is left should be displayed visually without having to tap into every item. I should see how much I have left of everything at one glance, not one by one. The slider feature for how much is left is pointless, just have one tap to mark something as low. In the shopping list, have everything in my pantry etc already listed but greyed out. Then anything that’s marked as low is not greyed and you can scroll through it and tap something to un-grey it if you want more of it or manually add in anything new yiu don’t already have..Version: 6.2.1
✓ Difficult to use, not user friendlyApp is very messy to use, not easy to organize the items. Scanner doesn’t recognize common items. I went ahead and purchased the full version because it thought it would be better - but it definitely didn’t help. If I hadn’t paid the money I would just delete it, but since I paid money I’m going to try and make it work :(.Version: 5.2.4
✓ “A bug has appeared”Since synching the app, everytime I open it I get a message that a bug has appeared and I have to click on fridge, freezer and pantry to reload everything. Quite frustrating considering the app is otherwise great..Version: 5.0.2
✓ No customer serviceImpossible to get ahold of anyone. Locked out of my account and PW reset doesn’t work, paid for the PRO feature and can’t use it. Have sent 3 emails and waited a month, still no response. I want the app to work and would gladly change my review if someone would reach out to help. Doubt another 1 star review will trigger a response from the team, but hoping it does!.Version: 6.2.4
✓ Hangs to “updating” when editing an item in the shopping listThe app hangs when editing an item in the shopping list. It shows “updating” text with a spinning wheel and stops working. The app is clunky in many other aspects too. For example: The shopping list shows items in the general overview together with “pantry” and “freezer”, but it will not show any of those items if you don’t select the exact date you have planned to buy the items. So there is no quick way to know what you need to buy when or a quick way to change the date you plan to buy something. I set the language to English, but when I add groceries to a new meal, it will show a label in danish instead for the total added groceries in the overview page once I have added an item. Sorry, but it seems to be that the app needs a lot of debugging although the basic idea is a good one..Version: 5.2.0
✓ BugsA lot of bugs. Every food expires in 10 months even when I have set the custom expiry date. Does not use apples “Password” function to help sign in..Version: 6.2.3
✓ Nice app if it was reliableI bought a subscription because I really liked the capability of the app. It worked well, although a little crashy, for about a week. Barcoding was sort of ok, but not great, but I didn't mind manually entering pantry items. Functionality is very good when it works. I was able to enter more than 1600 items into a variety of locations. Then all of a sudden it stopped letting me add items. The other functions still work. After about a week to trying to enter more items and unsuccessfully trying to contact the author for support, I gave up and exported my data to an apple numbers spread sheet that is working ok for me. I would have hung in longer if I received any response from the support email address. Too bad, it has the potential to be a great app..Version: 6.2.4
✓ Potential, but categories are brokenApp has a lot of potential, but .... The categories are broken in the latest version, (Pro version). If you try and filter by category, it displays the name originally assigned to the icon, not the new category name you created. It also adds an ’i’ after the name and ‘(null)’. The tick does not remain against the selected category. Unfortunately there are not enough icons to choose from when you create a new category so it’s impossible to create new categories with unique icons. This makes it difficult to sort. Why not have a heading before each category? Update: Thanks for the response Kasper. Looking forward to the fixes to Categories..Version: 4.9.21
✓ Notifications do not workThis app design is nice. I bought it to notify me of when items are about to expire. However this feature does not work. I don’t get any notices. You can specify how many days in advance you want to get an alert, and the settings never save. I could make it 4 days to alert, if I go to edit again, it says it’s set to 1 day. This feature needs fixed. I should be able to receive notices when app isn’t open. If this feature gets fixed I’ll give a nice 5 star..Version: 5.1.8
✓ No Customer SupportWhile this app is well structured be aware that you are on your own regarding customer support. My question sent was to see if the app could support more than 3 freezer locations because with 2 houses we have more. In addition, I’d like to find out why using search on an iPad, doesn’t display items. I didn’t bother sending that question to customer service because it appears to be a waste of time..Version: 5.2.4
✓ Small feature suggestionI would like to use your app but since my iPhone is in French, the app fallback to Finnish and I can’t find how to change it back to English. Would it be possible to default to English when language is not found?.Version: 4.4.2
✓ What happened to my data?Updated the app and now all of my data is gone and it wants me to update to Pro again. I’ve already paid once and shouldn’t need to pay again. I wouldn’t trust this app any more as I’d spent a long time entering and updating the content if my freezers. Very poor show from a previously good dev. Look elsewhere for something more reliable and trustworthy!.Version: 6.0.3
✓ Could be a lot better.The interface is not user friendly. It takes too long to enter and search, especially if your entering multiple items. Fields are not long enough, and in many cases French descriptions pop up before English on Canadian products. It eventually serves its purpose, it keeps an inventory of your food items if you are willing to do a lot of work to track this stuff. I hope they work on fixing these issues, and then I will give it a higher rating..Version: 4.5.8
✓ HUGE WASTE OF TIMEI purchased the app and the paid for the ability to have access of more scan bars and additional storage areas. Recently I went to updat my pantry and received an error message. There was NO ability to contact the technical folks at No Waste. I checked the app store and found an update. I updated and now I have LOST ALL MY DATA and access to the extra scan bars. I found an email address on the internet but no one ever responded. HUGE RIP OFF..Version: 6.0.1
✓ Great idea, it poorly thought outThis is a wonderful idea! Being able to keep up with the foodstores in my kitchen (Didn't I see a bottle of ketchup in that cupboard?) would be a modern wonder! But not this list keeper! It needs to go back to the drawing board for a completely thought out app. (Broccoli will never be found in the pantry.) Re do and then reissue. I would even pay for such an app that is well done..Version: 4.0.3
✓ Login no longer worksSince upgrade to version 6, the app needs an email login instead of user name it previously used. So despite exporting my data as required, I have lost access to my list and recipes. Email to developer completely ignored. Don’t waste your time on this worthless app...because developer seems to change login rules at his whim and doesn’t care that subscribers lose data that can take hours to load. If I could give this zero stars I would..Version: 6.0.1
✓ The scanner isn't working.The scanner isn't working..Version: 6.2.1
✓ Do not useMy wife purchased this app for us to use to track inventory in our pantry. Worked well until we tried to setup the user for sharing and import her list, that deleted everything she had spent hours working on. We sat down together to start again, we scanned the printed list. While working through the scanned items, the app crashed and lost everything again. This is a very poorly designed app not worth the 5.99 or the aggravation!.Version: 5.2.4
✓ Unable to change languageI have had this app for a while and only just come back to using it. Unfortunately I’m unable to change the language back to English. It was excellent when I first started using it - if it can be sorted then I will give it 5 stars but unable to use it at the moment..Version: 6.2.4
✓ Expiry datesI’ve only recently starting using this and wanted to use it for the expiry notifications but I have found they don’t work properly, they give me notifications for foods that are going to expire in 2021 and not for items that expire next week, thinking of cancelling my subscription as it doesn’t work properly.Version: 5.3.1
✓ Crashes and upgrades don’t preserve dataSeriously guys? I’m glad you released an update that hopefully fixes all of the crashes but would it have killed you to migrate my existing database into the new database format? I launched the app to see what was due to expire soon and all of my data was gone with this latest upgrade. I’ll have to reimport my entire pantry if I want to use it. But if I do that, will I have to do it again next time you decide to update things?.Version: 6.0.1
✓ Cool Idea, App needs workThe idea of saving money and food is great! However the scanner does not work. I also have tried adding food multiple times and it won’t add to the list. I wouldn’t go pro for this one you’re better using your phone calendar until improvements can be made..Version: 6.2.4
✓ My data evaporatedI painstakingly took an inventory of my entire pantry with this app. Today, lo and behold, only the item titles are listed, but the quantities are gone. Are you kidding me? I wasted a whole day for nothing. Stay away.Version: 5.2.4
✓ It’s alright... but,This has the basis of a good app. It takes a while to upload the contents of a giant freezer hence why we wanted a simple program. It was a bit hit and miss as to weather the barcodes worked ... many did but you still had to manually input the name of the product, weight etc. Tedious but got there in the end. Some of the stuff his home frozen so access to the camera to photograph at that point would have been a help. Leaving all that aside it’s the syncing between mine and my wife’s phone... after the initial sync (which it did flawlessly) it then wouldn’t sync. So I would make changes on mine and try to sync the two phone... no! Certainly not via cloud or network. A simple but essential update is needed. Why must I log out, then log back in to sync mine or my wife’s phone? And she the same. I’m happy to pay for apps but please, let’s have them functioning properly. Watch this space!.Version: 4.5.6
✓ Glitchy and missing stuffSuch a shame. I liked this because the interface was cleaner, simpler, but it is glitchy with the expiration dates, categories, and editing the names of things. It automatically puts things in categories or freezer-pantry-fridge that I want to move to a different area, but if there’s any kind of quantity you can’t do that. I wish I had the option to build a grocery list directly from my inventory, not just recently added inventory. ...little annoyances here and there that pile up and make the app frustrating. Bummed..Version: 5.4.0
✓ It started well, then went wrongI was really liking this app, and spent several hours happily adding the contents of my cupboards in. I then wanted to share with my husband, at which point it prompted me to create an account. I did, then it asked me to sync my additions. I did so, and went to the home page and there were 8 copies of everything, 500 items that I can’t bulk delete :(. It’s made it unuseable. Looking at other reviews this has been happening a long time. That happens, sometimes computers are weird. But if the problem is with the initial copy, maybe move the account prompt before you start adding? “Want to sync? Create an account!”. Then at least you won’t have the wasted hours 😭.Version: 5.4.5
✓ No Longer Functional - No SupportI have been using this app for years and have become thoroughly dependent on it. I have lifetime pro membership, which turns out it doesn't mean much, since I expect to have decades left yet I can no longer even use the app. It was wonderful until it stopped letting me add items to my inventory (I'm nowhere near the huge pro limit). Whenever I try to add anything, I just get a loading/processing icon that never goes away. I can still remove and relocate items, but I can't add anything. I've had to keep a separate list on paper of things I've bought since the app broke for me. I've tried logging out, uninstalling, restarting the phone, redownloading, and signing in. Everything is still there but I still can't add anything new. As others have reported, contacting the developer is pointless. I have received no response. Disappointing. This was a wonderful app when it worked, but it seems completely unsupported..Version: 6.2.4
✓ Doesn’t do muchOnly one of 10 things I scanned worked and the app reset my quantity back to 1 no matter how many times/ways I tried to enter more. Pointless..Version: 5.2.4
✓ Keeps crashingDownloaded this app with high hopes, added some meals in and now every time I try to open the app it crashes ☹️.Version: 5.3.1
✓ Glitchy, and lost all my foodIt takes many many hours of upfront and ongoing investment to set up and use this app. It would be worth it, but it has proven so glitchy as to barely be usable at the best of times. (My husband finally swore it off a few months ago and said I’d have to do all the input and deleting myself, because it was so glitchy.) But the real issue is that the developer decided to move the database to a new server this month, and in the process MANY users’ food was lost, including mine. This is apparently the users’ fault for not responding to some notification that the developer purportedly gave that they’d have to export and then import their food. I still have no idea how this “notification” supposedly happened (I have no emails, noticed no pop ups, saw nothing in the app), so it was either a 1-time unclear notification, or it was hidden well. Regardless, my food is now lost and many hours of my life wasted, and my $6 for the app wasted. Seriously, just use a google spreadsheet to track your food.... cause this app is not worth the pain. The barcode scanning feature seldom works for our food, anyway. Edit: apparently the “notification” to export your food was in the NOTES TO THE UPDATE DESCRIPTION IN THE APPLE STORE. As if anyone EVER reads those; all our apps auto update. What a joke..Version: 6.0.0
✓ Migration to v6 painfulI have not been able to use this app since the upgrade to version 6. The data migration process is absolutely PAINFUL. I have to select a location for every and every single item individually. There should be better migration to make this automatic. I have emailed the developer with no response and I am now looking for an alternative app..Version: 6.0.3
✓ Turned into a subscription app...... with no benefit for existing pro members. I even wrote to the developer about it but got no response. App showed promise but I’ve decided not to use it..Version: 6.0.1
✓ BeginnerJust getting used to the app. Having problems with the bar scanner. It takes a long time to scan and often times out. I find it’s much quicker to do it by hand. This then becomes overwhelming when you have lots of items to log. I’ll persevere for the time being..Version: 6.0.6
✓ I am hating this AppIt took me an entire day to add in my entire kitchen item into this app and when I synced my list to my phone it moved everything I had entered to eaten section and now the app won’t let me put them back in my pantry. I had to enter in the name, quantity, grams or kg and the expire date for every item. I would never recommend this app to anyone..Version: 5.4.5
✓ Would be good if reliableI bought a subscription because I really liked the capability of the app. It worked well, although a little crashy, for about a week. Barcoding was sort of ok, but not great, but I didn't mind manually entering pantry items. Functionality is very good when it works. I was able to enter more than 1600 items into a variety of locations. Then all of a sudden it stopped letting me add items. The other functions still work. After about a week to trying to enter more items and unsuccessfully trying to contact the author for support, I gave up and exported my data to an apple numbers spread sheet that is working ok for me. I would have hung in longer if I received any response from the support email address. Too bad, it has the potential to be a great app..Version: 6.2.4
✓ HorribleI have removed the pro version from my phone. I can accept that the app does not recognize scans of products in Canadiann grocery stores, especially store-brands. I was quite okay with manually entering stuff like "green relish". But in the last few weeks, the next time I bought the same product, the app told me it was "bran bars". This sort of thing happened over and over with several items. Instead of a tool, the app was a pain in the .... I hate it that I got sucked into buying the pro version..Version: 2.8.2
✓ Stopped workingI’ve been using this app for 18 months or so. It’s been pretty good, has a few glitches but I’ve kept at it. Yesterday it stopped working and now I can’t add anything at all. I’ve paid for the premium service and have spent hours and hours keeping it up to date so it’s infuriating to find it has stopped working like this. Emails to the developer have been unanswered..Version: 6.2.4
✓ DisappointedThis was a great app until it stopped you from being able to be notified when food was going out of date..Version: 6.1.1
✓ Paid for, won’t move from fee to pro :/I upgraded this app so I could see everything and it still hasn’t moved to the pro version.Version: 5.2.4
✓ TerribleImpossible to navigate without getting stuck in some dead-end. Not sure how you could take an idea so simple and make such a terrible app!.Version: 5.2.1
✓ Save your $$$We tried to make it work, but so many scanned products were wrong, and then we couldn't edit them. Such a waste..Version: 5.4.6
✓ Not honouring previous versionI bought the premium subscription last year but the new version does not recognise the original login details. So, the option is to create a new login and consequently it refuses to recognise the former details when restoring purchase. I contacted support but no follow up. Bad, they should refund the original payment if not planning to honour it with the new version. Why not keeping the existing login details for the new version? A waste if money..Version: 6.0.1
✓ UnfortunateI can unfortunately not recommend this app, it’s been buggy from the start. The biggest issue I’m having so far is that I paid and bought the pro version and then set up the reminders a day in advance, but haven’t received any yet. I’ve deleted and re downloaded the app many times to try and fix the issue but no luck. Not having reminders renders the app completely pointless. I’m paying to get reminded of the food that will expire soon ! By the way, every time I’m re downloading the app I have to guess with logos how to change the language because it automatically sets it up as a foreign language that I don’t know about… very annoying..Version: 6.2.4
✓ Serious user interface issues but has potential if fixedWhat I’m assuming are errors, show only a white screen. Messages to users are confusing and inaccurate. “Already scanned” for net new etc. Word wrap for some product name fields is required; but not available. Standard form icons (selection circle) used to mean different things. Category icons too small to be useful. Most entries require extra keystrokes/ actions that should be intuitive. Ie I scan in a item, then also have to change quantity from 0 to 1. It should be the same as If you are in grocery store; when they scan, it adds to your total. They can override the quantity if required, but by default, scanning the item means you intend to buy it. A pantry app should work the same; if I scan it, I’m putting it into my cupboard. The good stuff: Tracks expiry of food Has different locations to track & estimates expiration based on location. Ie chicken expiry in freezer vs fridge Able to search by category.Version: 6.0.3
✓ Too controllingI don’t care about expiration dates, please don’t force me to include that data for every item :( formatting didn’t work when setting up an account to sync data with my wife. Not good so far.Version: 5.0.1
✓ Not badWould be handy if I could scan an item and add how many of that item I have instead of having to scan each can.Version: 2.9.0
✓ Useful app until it logged me out and can’t resetVery useful app - my husband and I spent hours cataloguing our cupboards and freezer. Out of nowhere the latest app update happens and it logs me out for the first time in a year and a half. I have no idea what login was used, Apple login doesn’t work, the ‘reset password’ just spins and spins, and no email was ever received by any of my accounts confirming signup back in 2019. I feel absolutely let down now and a waste of hours spent cataloguing. Unfortunate, this was an amazing app until this happened. Reading other reviews I’m appalled that they’ve moved to an annual service with zero notice and o way for me to utilise the PAID version I already spent money on. Absolutely shocking. I’ll be deleting and asking for a refund..Version: 6.0.1
✓ Needs categoriesNeeds categories I can name myself within fridge freezer etc, eg: beef, chicken, cooked meals, snacks. Without this my paper inventory works better.Version: 5.4.6
✓ Good Start, Room for ImprovementNot a bad app so far, however some glaring omissions already noticed; ❗️ No settings for when and how often notified that food is approaching expiration date. ❗️ No option to mark expiry as Best Before or Use By. Best Before = still safe though expired. Use By = potentially unsafe do not consume. ❗️ No option to add/edit list of custom items not found in barcode databases. ❗️ Shared Login Credentials is no substitute for separate users with different permissions. ❗️ Grey Text on White background and no Dark Mode option make some elements hard to see and read. The app should also be expanded to allow tracking of all household consumables not just food..Version: 6.1.1
✓ Okay but needs improvementI spent a long time trying to choose the app I'd use to keep track of my food and avoid waste. Scanning was no problem. Curiously one pack of tomatoes always scans as if it's a car .... but otherwise, most items have been recognised. My problem is that I specifically wanted an app that would remind me when I have items soon to expire (a couple of days ahead and then again on the day) .... but I can't seem to find an option for push notifications on this App. Is that not a thing ? I've tried looking in all the settings page but ... nothing. Disappointed as I really like the interface in general, but my main need for the app isn't being fulfilled so I'll have to go elsewhere. Also I like that you can use the slider to say how much of something there is left, but it would be great if that was shown right on the front screen and not only when you click on the item..Version: 6.2.4
✓ Waste of time - avoid like the plagueJust went through 2 cupboards worth of stuff, scanning it all, putting in quantities, expiry dates, etc. Took ages but I was quite excited. Then I exited the app and when I went back it had added extra quantities to every item?? What an absolute waste of my time that was as I now can’t use this to keep track of what I have because it’s making all the quantities up! Furious..Version: 6.2.4
✓ Cloud-FreezerThis app is a big disappointment. I made the in app purchase of the barcode scanning function. This appeas to be money wasted as when you scan a barcode, nothing appears. It does not capture the product's name or anything else about the product. It claims that once you have laboriously typed in the product's name after fighting against the Apple text auto suggestor, that next time you scan the product the name you have manually typed in will reappear as a new item on the list. So far, I haven't been able to get this to work. Other apps like My Fitness Pal bring in a host of information about a product once you scan the barcode. In Cloud-Freezer this doesn't seem to happen. Why purchase a barcode function when you still have to painfully type in the product name? I asked Cloud-Freezer about this and they simply didn't reply. I'll be looking for alternatives to this app..Version: 1.1.2
✓ Easy trackingI love how easy it is to add and take away food from your pantry or freezer. It makes tracking expiry dates so easy! No more food going to waste. I wish you could print out lists by category, but otherwise it’s a great app!!.Version: 5.2.2
✓ Waste of my time!Spent time scanning everything and the app kept saying “expiration date missing , etc.” at the end. No clear instructions nor any intuitive options to proceed with. Time wasted!.Version: 5.4.0
✓ Unable to restore purchase for Pro versionButtons for restore of annual subscription 50mm below bottom of screen. Possible to scroll but impossible to touch buttons whilst scrolling. Massively disappointing as free version only really a demo and useless Sorry to say I wasted £5.99 Please resolve this iss by adjusting screen setting for IPhone X or putting the restore options in the app settings outside the app..Version: 6.2.4
✓ Even better. 3.9 stars.Display of quantity on the inventory list. ✅ —- The old version just about worked. The new version is loads faster. 🥳 But there is a rewrite in progress and at times the app has been a little unstable. It’s a lot better now though. Ironically it’s one of the best food management apps there is simply because the developer is genuinely interested in this & most of the others are so bad. It would be best to sort the core functions - scanner items have simple defaults, less options and work consistently. Just how often does tinned food expire today for example when adding to the inventory ? Default a year away ? Just show name, quantity & expiry on the list. Make expiry optional. Most of the time I don’t care unless it’s a fridge item. The developer is a friendly guy and will do everything to help people, just send an email..Version: 6.0.7
✓ Expect frustration and data lossI spent a fair amount of time creating an inventory, only to have the app unexpectedly crash and lose all of the data. Now reading reviews, several others have had the same problem. This appears to be fairly common. There are number basic use-ability issues that are also frustrating, but unexplained data loss is a show stopper..Version: 5.2.4
✓ Unable to access my listsI am unable to access the lists I made before the update. I had taken a very long time to list everything and I saved the lists as asked. I have tried to contact the firm but have had no response. What a waste of time and money! I have tried to enter the nickname Annoyed100 but told that it has already been taken. How many annoyed people can there be?.Version: 6.0.8
✓ Good but not GreatIt’s great at having basic inventory control of your pantry but duplicate section of the same product can easily occur when the app doesn’t associate what was written in pre-existing food items that’s already in the system when adding more of the same food product. The app should remember what I last wrote as a the title of that certain product so when I buy another one of that item it generates the same title, thus having one name for all quantities of that product item. I’m aware you can search for that item and increase it on the menus but it’s easier and more convenient to scan and add.Version: 6.2.4
✓ What’s happening?Started out loving the app, but as I kept entering items from my recent food inventory, it seemed to stop adding items. When I search for anything past a certain point all I get is a gray box. What’s happening? I do have a lot of items but I paid for premium!.Version: 6.2.4
✓ Disappointing!I have an old iPad mini which sole purpose at the moment is cataloguing our freezer content. No more updates is very disappointing. Just another kick in the pants for those of us still holding onto “outdated” hardware. 1 star for the new version..Version: 5.4.2
✓ Support is LackingThis app has the potential to be great however there is no password reset function so I’m now unable to access any of the information I spent hours logging. I have emailed support multiple times but have gotten nowhere..Version: 4.7.3
✓ Very disappointed - a real ripoffFirst you download the free app to get started to test if you like it. Immediately you need to upgrade to use the inventory scanner. I bit the bate. Once I upgrade $5.95, the app looked totally different . When I finally located the barcode scanning option, not one item in my entire 2 refrigerators and pantry was recognized. The scan option was the reason I selected this inventory app. I would like a refund..Version: 5.2.4
✓ Keeps CRASHING!!So in the middle of cv19 pandemic I wanted an app to track what food we have to work w, what we’ll need...etc., I install 3 similar apps(this1, pantry chef, myinventory)...decide to go w yours and pay the 1 time upgrade. It’s user-friendly, has quick video tutorials, cute icons for the categories and other stuff, bUT... it keeps shutting down just as I input the details for my stocked stuff! It’s gonna take forever to organize what I’ve got on hand (and that’s ONLY if it doesn’t keep crashing). The developers and their creative team have a good idea, but it defeats the purpose of managing food waste&costs...if my time waste increases. DEVELOPERS: Please fix this bug, it’d be nice to rewrite a post review for the app w 5 starred details. Or at least refund my purchased upgrade..Version: 5.2.4
✓ Very disappointedDeleted this app as I couldn’t add a photo of the item which would make it much easier to identify products both in the home and when out shopping. In addition, the only item I tried to scan before I deleted the app couldn’t be identified!.Version: 5.2.1
✓ Is this app supposed to be in English?I’m sure originally it was English but it’s not now..Version: 6.2.4
✓ Lost everything, including all my timeOne week ago this would have been a 5 star rating, loved the organization and all the entry methods. We spent a great deal of time inventorying our freezers. A notice was out to upload everything to cloud before the update, and we did. The program updated and we are no longer recognized. Trying to enter your email and claiming you want to reset password results in the little spinny going around for hours and no reset link sent in the mail. I honestly don't think I have the patience to start from scratch knowing this developers lack of update skills may cause me to lose everything once again..Version: 6.0.0
✓ Deleted my entriesI spent quite a bit of time adding to the inventory last night (over 80 items) which worked out ok-some foods weren’t recognised with the barcode scanner so I had to manually enter them. Just made an account so I can synchronise items with the household and now my entries are gone! The pop-up warned me that it would do this if I did not synchronise the data but there are no instructions on how to do this shortly after creating an account. Will be looking for an alternative app 🙄.Version: 5.4.1
✓ Total money grabI entered all my freezer items. A week later I tried to access it but it was locked. I would have to pay 8.99 to access my list. Keep the list I will find a better app. If I had the option I would give 0 stars. Today which is August 16, 2019, I open the app again and my stuff reappeared to my surprise. I’m not sure I should even close it again because the stuff might be gone again. I will re-review it in a week to see if the stuff is still there..Version: 5.0.0
✓ Account was deleted, no supportWe signed up with this app and also added the pro subscription for $5.99 per year. The app has some quarks but in general its a good app. I would say the app deserves 4 stars, but support left us high and dry, so that gets them one star. We have used the app for about 6 months and have about 600 items in the list. All of a sudden when opening the app, the app greeted us with a welcome screen. This happened on all our iOS devices. We tried resetting the password but never got the email. We contacted support and for several weeks we did not receive an answer. We emailed them again, another few weeks have gone by, still no answer. Just as a test, we tried signing up as a new user with the exact same email address, a new account was created but all our items are lost and we cannot restore the $5.99 pro license. It seems our account was deleted! I leave this review and it’s up to you to decide if you want an app where you enter a ton of products, spend a lot of time doing so and when there is a problem, support does not care and does not respond. I am very, very disappointed..Version: 6.1.0
✓ GlitchesI love the idea behind this app tho there are some glitches. I can understand that it wouldn’t have every barcode for everything. I can even understand that it wouldn’t have the correct expiration for every item, but can’t some items be correct!? This app keeps putting my dry beans in my fridge for some reason. Who stores dry beans in their fridge? I can’t get it to read receipts. And it would be really nice if when I have a shopping list and I enter new items that match that the list would be linked somehow and check off on its own because I’m doing enough manually as it is. But no I have to go through one by one with the same screen to say whether its been wasted, eaten or just delete it. I am still learning how to use this app to its fullest potential but with so much manual entry work I worry about errors. Did I miss dates, is the app changing them, are items in the right place, who puts dry beans in my fridge and frozen cauliflower in my pantry? Can it just get ONE expiration date right?.Version: 5.1.6
✓ Great idea, needs polishMy family has been using NoWaste for several weeks now. Love the idea (WANT to live the app) and the app is a great start, but it needs a lot of work. Adding items isn't intuitive, for instance the system shows you defaults based on the last item you entered, but you have to re-enter or at least tap on each option (size, number of items, category) to set them for the current item. You have to scroll through the categories list each time, you can't search for the category. It takes the app a significant time to sync your list each time you add or remove items. Need to partner with sure database of UPC codes so that users don't have to enter details of so many items. Lots of small bugs like that around adding/moving items means that it takes WAY too long to add your new items after grocery shopping. This friction will cause many potential users to give up. It would be nice to interface with existing shopping list apps like Anylist. Instead NoWaste offers its own inferior shopping list option. Stick with your core concept, providing access to the list of the food you have in your home. There have been several app updates since we purchased it so at least the developer is actively working on it..Version: 4.4.2
✓ Why the update!?I loved this app and used it everyday. Now, theres an update. I cant even view the food i had listed. You want me to create an account. The ONLY reason you would need me to do this, is to see what my family eat & that, frankly, is none of your business. There was no need to make an account compulsory. My next job is to delete..Version: 6.0.0
✓ Stressful and confusingThis app has an amazing concept but it causes more stress than relieving any. After hours of logging food, it then tripled or even quadrupled the amount of logged food. Because of Premium restrictions, it made me unable to see some, no most of the food logged. So rather than logging 1 salsa jar it created 3. Then when I select to delete the 2 other jars, it selects ALL of them..Version: 5.4.5
✓ App keeps randomly hanging when adding/uploading new items to it!App keeps randomly hanging when adding/uploading new items to it! I also notice that you have not released an update for your app for at least 9 months so what is going on???.Version: 6.2.4
✓ It’s all goneI’ve been scanning my incoming food now for awhile and had a good handle on things... until today. Today I opened the app and it acted as if I had never used it before. Then it demanded a email address and password that it never required either. And now months of data entry and recipes are GONE! Add to that the developer making excuses that not all subscription perks I’ve already paid for are not available because no legitimate excuse. Where the hell is my DATA???!!! Vendor instructions to get refund on 12 month subscription after only 4 months doesn’t work. Reported to Apple. Avoid this app like the plague..Version: 6.0.0
✓ Not bad, few small changes would make it much betterIt not a bad little product, but 2 of the 5 items scanned had the wrong category. I can correct the category on the item I scanned, but if I scan the same barcode again it ignores the category I set and reverts to the original one. A settings where I could disable the date picker and have 3 number inputs for day/month/year as this would be much quicker to input dates.Version: 5.3.4
✓ Nice AppHi, this is a good idea of an App but much more is to be done. I would start by adding a select all option in case you want to delete multiple items. Another one will be to use it offline and update lists too account when internet is available. And also to work a little bit on the UI in terms of easy access as it's a bit time consuming in adding items. P.S. I enjoyed the old Icon of the app better. This one is to ... anonymous Cheers.Version: 4.1.0
✓ App is functional but not efficientQualify this by saying I am using the free version at the moment. It does the job but adding lots of items at a time is tedious on phone. For example adding multiples of same item with different due dates. iPad better but clumsy using scanner. Does the job though. Would I recommend it? Yes..Version: 4.7.1
✓ Bar code scannerYour data base needs work, after trying to scan a dozen different bar codes, it couldn't find any of them. Some from Canada some from the USA..Version: 3.1.1
✓ A few key features neededI was so excited to see this app, and very hopeful that it would help me know what is in the endless hole that is my deep freeze. This is a good base but needs some key features updated. 1-It should be easier to take out one item from the freezer, for example if I have three pies and I take one out for dinner, there should just be a plus minus or a check box next to the pies that deducts one from the quantity. Right now it deletes the whole thing whether there are one or three. 2-it would be handy if instead of an expiry date, you could put the date it went into the freezer. That's how I work, I don't necessarily have expiry dates for everything. It's when it looks freezer burnt. 3-It is also very complicated to enter a new item, should just be item name, quantity, date entered and then a drop down 'more' if you choose to use more details. Thanks! Hope to see the updates!.Version: 3.1.1
✓ Started well, but glitched?Had high hopes for this app. Scanned around 40 something pantry items. Noticed that there was “share lists”, which I thought was a possibility to share it with your household, had to register in order to do that. Synchronisation had some errors, but eventually worked out. But then, suddenly I had 500 items! All my items were multiplied 2 to 5 times, if not more! Tried to delete one item, which was impossible! First of all, I couldn’t select only one item of 5 identical ones, secondly, it would not delete it. Tried to close and reopen the app, log out and log back in, but nothing changed. Really just wasted my time. My tip, if you do get this app, do not create a user, as that will mess everything up. Good concept of the app though..Version: 5.4.0
✓ Poor start to see if I want to upgradeThe free version is useless on barcodes particularly for fridge items which is the only reason for upgrading. I would need much more evidence that the barcodes work before going for an annual subscription - a payment method I loathe. Manual entry is not an option I would embrace and the expiry date is not really useful on pantry or freezer..Version: 5.4.1
✓ Sync just deleted all my dataAt first I liked the app. It was a way to bring everything in our freezer graveyard back to life. Then my wife wanted to get access to the data and - poof - hours of categorizing and entering was deleted without ANY notification during a setup and log in on another device! The app assumes upload only instead of checking and syncing data - useless and not usability tested at all! Unless you want to pay a subscription to make paper backups of your data - be super careful with the time you spend with this app!.Version: 5.3.3
✓ Wasted my timeUsed this app all the time when it was on the old server, did not get any notifications it was moving this lost hours of careful documentation of my pantry. Now, trying to sign back into the app to start again and the password reset does not work. Tried making a new account and it keeps saying my email is wrong when it certainly is not. Thank you for wasting my time..Version: 6.2.4
✓ Can’t access my account! Hours wasted!We spent hours scanning and organizing our inventory. The app worked great for a couple months until about a month ago. It now doesn’t let me log in! When I try a password reset the app gets stuck and never sends a reset password email. There have been multiple updates since and nothing. I’ve reached out to customer service several times and nothing! No waste? Total waste of my time. Worst customer service ever!.Version: 6.0.2
✓ Could be better pro version needs workLike the previous person said its a nice idea but could be better. If I am going to put the work in setting this up then I'd want to do it for all my shopping so would be good to have options to add my own sections not just fridge freezer and pantry. This is what I misunderstood the pro version to be, adding my own category is good. The screens could be a little clearer such as my meals could be a separate one and then can quickly add them to planner etc. Not especially easy to move the meals around once in..Version: 4.5.5
✓ Too glitchyThe app is good in theory, but it’s too glitchy and just doesn’t work, even after paying for the upgrade. It randomly deletes all your items, creates items you never had (apparently my chicken drumsticks were due to go out of date when 1. The BB date was in 2022 and 2. I’m a vegetarian - I don’t even know what chicken drumsticks are, never mind own them). It now won’t let me use the app without upgrading to premium- which I’ve already done, and it doesn’t even let me click to upgrade, (rightly) saying I already have done..Version: 5.4.3
✓ Couldn’t install itRegister screen wouldn’t fit on mobile phone screen. Couldn’t select ok to register..Version: 6.2.4
✓ Give the option to disable extra listsI paid for premium and now i have to deal with freezer2 and freezer3 lists etc that i dont wanna use and cant disable! super annoying and inconvenient, give an option to disable them.Version: 5.4.0
✓ Great to start with...This was ideal when I first installed it, did everything really smoothly, adding items, deleting moving between locations, editing shopping list etc but recently it’s been a nightmare! Constantly getting error messages, pretty much every time I use it when I try and update inventory lists, and the shopping list? Forget it, can’t move items from it or delete items easily off it, get words in a foreign language over my items??? Please please sort this out..Version: 5.0.2
✓ ErrorMeal planning closes the app but otherwise a very functional helpful app..Version: 4.6.0
✓ All my data is lost!Not rigourus development. I spent hours making my inventory and lost all after the updating of the app. Found after in the FB FAQ that I had to export my data..... no answer from the developper.Version: 6.0.1
✓ Nice but can be betterI really like this app for the most part. It’s pretty buggy for me where it randomly closes or my meals will just go blank after saving it. It’s weird that you can’t add meals from the Meals list to the Meal Plan...they have to be added separately along with all the ingredients and recipe. It would be extremely nice and make way more since if I could choose meals from the meals list to the meal plan.Version: 5.2.1
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