Expire Alarm 4+

Nonsense

The widget is often not synchronised with the app, therefore showing different expiry dates. The menu is nonsense, there is a smiley face for the search bar, which just adds an emoticon followed by a “!”. There’s also a Shuffle menu, which just messes your list. There’s no actual choice how you wish to organise your items, the menu is absolutely useless. The “purchase date” appearing in the list of your items along with the expiry date is also bothering. Who wants to know when they purchased the item? We want to know when they expire…

Developer Response ,

Thanks for your feedback! I agree with many of your points.
• I’ll check why the widget isn’t syncing properly (Apple does limit how often developers can sync per day, but I’ll revisit this).
• For the smiley in the search bar: I originally added it to help find foods without emojis, but I think I can remove it.
• The shuffle menu was meant to randomly suggest what to eat, but I understand it might not be useful for everyone.
• As for custom ordering: I didn’t implement it since I have a separate full-time job and personally didn’t feel the need, but I’ll reconsider.
• About the purchase date: someone suggested it to give context for items like vegetables that don’t have expiry dates, but I can see how it might not be helpful for other items.

I appreciate your input and will work on making improvements!