Know what to
use next.
Spiso keeps track of what is in your kitchen and puts the food that needs eating at the top. Not a list of everything you own, but an answer to what to cook tonight.
Works offline. No account needed unless you share a kitchen.
The problem
Most food is wasted quietly.
Not in one big clear-out. It goes one forgotten bag of salad at a time. You buy well, you mean well, and then something turns at the back of a shelf where you can't see it. The problem isn't discipline, it's visibility. A cupboard has no interface.
Inventory apps list
Most tell you what you own. That's a spreadsheet, and it doesn't help at 6pm.
Spiso prioritises
It sorts by what will spoil first, so the next decision is already made.
And it's shared
One kitchen, two phones. What one person uses, the other sees.
How it works
Three steps, then it gets out of the way.
- 01
Add what you already have
Scan a barcode and Spiso fills in the name, brand and category. Many barcodes carry the date printed on the packet, so it reads that too. Or type it in: three taps for a loaf of bread.
- 02
Spiso sorts it by urgency
Not an alphabetical list. Food is grouped by what needs attention today, what's due this week, and what can wait. The thing at the top is the thing to cook.
- 03
Use it, freeze it, or let it go
One tap to mark something used, or part of it if you only had two of the six. Freezing pushes the date out and moves the item. Every change is recorded, and none of it nags you.
Features
What it actually does.
Sorted by what spoils first
Use-by, best-before and estimated dates are kept distinct, because they mean different things. A printed date always beats a guess.
Scanning that reads the date
EAN, UPC, QR and GS1 DataMatrix. Where the barcode encodes a use-by or best-before date, Spiso reads it instead of asking you.
One quiet reminder, not a stream
Reminders are grouped into a morning and an evening nudge, scheduled on your device. You can change the times or turn them off.
Freezing, opening, part-using
Freeze something and the date moves with it. Open a jar and the clock changes. Use two of six yoghurts and the count drops.
Waste you can actually see
A history of what you used, froze and threw away, with the numbers behind it. No guessing about how the month actually went.
English and Romanian
Fully translated, including dates and reminder copy. More languages if people ask for them.
History
See what you actually waste.
Every use, freeze and bin is recorded, including using just two from a six-pack, which is the part most trackers lose. Over a month that adds up to a number, and a number is something you can act on.
Part-used is still recorded
Two of six yoghurts thrown away shows up as exactly that, rather than vanishing because the pack is still in the fridge.
Who did what
In a shared kitchen each entry says who it was, so nobody has to remember or ask.
Used against wasted
A monthly split with the categories you lose most, drawn only from what you recorded.
No invented numbers
Spiso never asks what you paid, so it never shows you a money figure it would have to guess.
Privacy
Your kitchen is not a data set.
Spiso has no advertising profile and no analytics. Inventory lives on your device by default. It leaves only when you choose: as your own backup, encrypted on the phone first, or as a kitchen you shared.
Local by default
Free mode needs no account at all. Your kitchen is never uploaded, so there is nothing to leak.
Yours to take
Export the lot as JSON or CSV whenever you like. Leaving should be as easy as arriving.
Pricing
Free is not a trial.
Most apps like this give you two weeks and then take the app away. Spiso does the opposite: the part that stops food going off works forever, without an account and without a card. Premium pays for the parts that need a server.
Free
No account, no clock
- Scanning, reminders, history and the whole inventory.
- Works offline, with no account at all. Your kitchen is never uploaded, so there is nothing to leak.
- Export everything as JSON or CSV, whenever you like.
Premium
$3 a month
Charged in your own currency by Google Play or the App Store. Cancel from the store, any time, and it runs to the end of the period you paid for.
- Your kitchen on every device, encrypted before it leaves the phone.
- The shopping list, including what to buy again after you use something up.
- Share one kitchen with up to five other people, so nobody double-buys. They do not pay; you do.
One person in Denmark builds Spiso, and the server, the database and the backups cost money every month whether anyone subscribes or not. Three dollars a month from the people who share a kitchen is what keeps it running without advertising, without selling anything, and without an investor eventually asking it to.
FAQ
Reasonable questions.
- Does it work without an account?
- Yes. Everything is stored on your device and the whole app works offline. An account is only needed if you want to share a kitchen with someone else.
- Do I have to scan things?
- No. Scanning is faster and fills in the details for you, but typing a name and a date always works, and it's the only option for loose fruit and veg.
- Is there meal planning or recipes?
- No, and that's deliberate. Spiso answers one question: what should I use next. There are good recipe apps already, and most of them are not good at knowing what's in your fridge.
- What happens if I stop using it?
- Your food list is on your device, and you can export it as JSON or CSV at any time. Nothing is held hostage.
- When is it out?
- It's in testing now, on iOS and Android, with a browser version too. Ask for early access and you'll get it as soon as it's stable enough to be useful rather than interesting.
Stop finding things too late.
Spiso is in testing. Ask for access and you'll get it when it's genuinely useful, not before.
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