Food & Document Expiry
Expiry tracker for food and documents, with server-side scheduling and a rules engine that generates several reminder windows per item category.
5K+
Active Users
50K+
Items Tracked
98%
Alert Accuracy
01 // Overview
Smart Expiry Tracker App
A comprehensive tracking solution that helps you manage food items in your pantry and fridge while also keeping track of important document expiration dates like passports, licenses, and certificates. Get timely alerts before anything expires.
Smart Alerts
Customizable push notifications sent days, weeks, or months before items expire based on your preferences.
Food Tracking
Monitor pantry and fridge inventory with expiry dates, purchase dates, and smart categorization by food type.
Document Scanner
Scan and store important documents with automatic expiry date detection and reminder scheduling.
02 // Features
App Capabilities
Barcode Scanning
Quick product entry by scanning barcodes - automatically fetches typical shelf life data.
Smart Categories
Organize items by location (fridge, freezer, pantry) or document type for easy management.
Waste Reduction
Reduce food waste and avoid document renewal penalties with proactive expiry management.
Engineering
The Decisions Behind It.
What made this hard?
An expiry tracker's entire value is timing. A notification that arrives a day late makes the product useless, and device-level scheduling is not reliable enough to trust.
How was the system structured?
Scheduling lives on the server and the device is only a receiver. A rules engine generates multiple notification windows per item, an advance warning and a final reminder, adjusting lead time by item category.
What does the codebase look like now?
Notification templates and timing rules are configuration rather than hardcoded values, so changing behaviour does not require a deploy. All timezone handling goes through a single utility, which is what keeps the classic off-by-one-day bug out.