Scan what you put away
Point the phone at the barcode: the name comes from Open Food Facts, the printed date is read off the pack, and anything left blank gets a sensible estimate. No barcode? Type a name and the catalogue fills in the rest.
A calmer kitchen, starting tonight
Never wonder what’s left in your kitchen again.
FrostyPal keeps track of what’s in your fridge, freezer and pantry and what’s about to go off, shared with the people you live with. Scan it in, let it guess the date, cook what’s closest to the edge. Quiet, ad-free, hosted in Europe.
Hosted in Europe
No ads, no profiling
Shared with your household
The quiet cost
We throw away a third of the food we buy.
Forgotten leftovers. A tomato pushed to the back. Cheese that went off before Tuesday. It’s not that we don’t care — we just can’t see what we have.
1/3
of the food we buy at home ends up in the bin.
UN FAO, 2024
~€700
wasted per household, every year.
European Commission
10×
the climate impact of aviation, globally.
World Resources Institute
6 min
the average time from noticing to the trash.
internal research
FrostyPal doesn’t shame you. It just quietly remembers, so you can cook.
How it works
Three small habits. One calmer kitchen.
See what’s next to go
Open the app, scan the list. Items are colour-coded by how soon they’ll go off, estimates are marked as estimates, and the recipes that would use the urgent ones sit one tap away.
Share with your household
Invite the people you live with by email. Everyone sees the same fridge, freezer and pantry — your partner adds milk, you see it instantly.
What it does
Built for the moment the groceries land.
Scan it in
Barcode first: the name comes from Open Food Facts, the printed date is read straight off the pack. A product nobody knows is still saved — name it once and the next person to scan it gets your answer.
Fridge, freezer and pantry
Each storage keeps its own shelf lives. Move a chicken to the freezer and its date stretches; take it out and the clock restarts. Frozen items say so on the shelf.
Dates that are honest
Scanned or typed dates are kept as given. When nothing could read one, the catalogue estimates it and marks it as an estimate, so you always know which is which.
Cook what’s closest to the edge
Suggestions are ranked by what goes off soonest, then by how few ingredients you’re missing. Each urgent item says how many recipes would use it. Pantry staples are assumed on hand.
Quiet expiry alerts
A push the day before something goes off, delivered at the time of day you choose. Sent through our self-hosted ntfy server, never via FCM.
Shopping list with two modes
Plan your list at home; flip to focused mode at the store and tap items to cross them off. Bought less than planned? The leftover stays on the list for next trip.
A kitchen the family shares
Your partner adds milk, you see it. One household, every storage, in sync.
Invite by email
Send an invitation; they accept on their device. Anyone can leave. Owners can rescind.
Phone, desktop, browser
Android with the scanner; Windows and Linux builds; and a web app that works anywhere, iPhone included. Same household, same data.
No ads. No profiling.
No third-party trackers, no ad networks, no behavioural data sold to anyone. Operational logs only.
Hosted in Europe
European servers, GDPR by default. Data export and deletion on request.
One Haloceteki account
Sign in once, use FrostyPal and the rest of the Haloceteki apps. Two-factor available, ours to maintain.
On the way
What we’re building next.
FrostyPal is small and growing in public. These features aren’t here yet — when they ship, they move up to the list above. We’d rather tell you the truth than show you a screenshot of something that doesn’t exist.
Photo recognition for fresh produce
The scanner reads barcodes and printed dates today. Next is a photo of the loose stuff — the app fills in the name and a guess at how long it’ll last.
iOS app
Same kitchen, as a native iPhone app. The web app already works on an iPhone; the native one brings the scanner.
Offline mode
Read the shelf and queue changes without a connection, syncing when it returns.
Good questions
Anything else?
Do I have to enter every item by hand?
No. On Android, point the phone at the barcode: the name comes from Open Food Facts and the printed date is read off the pack. If the product is unknown it is still saved, and you can name it once. Without a barcode, type a name and the catalogue estimates the date — marked as an estimate, never silently made up. Photo recognition of loose produce is the part still to come.
What about the freezer and the pantry?
Each household has fridges, freezers and pantries, and each kind keeps its own shelf lives. Move an item between them and the date follows the rules: freezing stretches it, thawing restarts the clock. Frozen items are marked on the shelf so you know what needs defrosting.
Are there recipes?
Yes. Browse the catalogue or get suggestions ranked by what goes off soonest, then by how few ingredients you’re still missing. Pantry staples are assumed on hand. Every urgent item shows how many recipes would use it. You can save your own and, if you want others to see them, submit them for moderation.
Is it free?
Yes, free to use today. We may add a paid tier later for advanced features, but the basics — adding items, expiry tracking, household sharing, the shopping list, recipes — will stay free.
Does it work offline?
Not yet. FrostyPal is a connected app right now: your data lives on our servers in Europe and your phone needs an internet connection to read or write it. An offline mode is something we’d like to build, but it’s not here today.
Can I share with my partner or housemates?
Yes. Create a household, send an invitation by email, they accept on their device, and you’re looking at the same fridge. Anyone can leave; owners can rescind invitations or remove members.
Where does my data go?
Onto our servers in Europe, under EU law (GDPR). It’s sent over HTTPS and stored in a database we administer. We don’t sell it, share it with advertisers, or use it for analytics beyond keeping the service running. Email hello@frostypal.eu and we’ll export or delete everything we have.
Which devices does it work on?
Android (6+) with the barcode scanner, Windows and Linux builds, and a web app for any browser — that is the way in on an iPhone or a Mac today. A native iOS app is on the roadmap. The app tells you when a newer build is out.
What stays yours
Your fridge is personal. We treat it that way.
We built FrostyPal because we were tired of apps that turn every small habit into an ad profile. So we didn’t. It’s calmer for you, and honestly, it’s cheaper for us.
Hosted in Europe
European servers under EU law. GDPR is the floor, not the ceiling.
No tracking. No ads.
No third-party analytics, no ad networks, no behavioural data sold. Operational logs only — and only as long as we need them.
One account, all our apps
Sign in once with your Haloceteki account. Two-factor available. We hold the password; we don’t share it.
Export and delete on request
Email us and we’ll send you everything we have, or wipe it. A self-serve button is on the way.
Une cuisine plus sereine dès ce soir.
Gratuit. Connectez-vous avec votre compte Haloceteki et créez un frigo, un congélateur ou un placard en moins d'une minute — sur Android, sur votre ordinateur, ou directement dans le navigateur.
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Pas encore de compte ? Demander un accèsRecevez les alertes d'expiration sur votre téléphone
FrostyPal envoie ses notifications via ntfy , un petit notificateur open source. Installez-le une fois, abonnez-vous à votre sujet d'alertes dans FrostyPal, et vous saurez avant que ça tourne.