Best By Manager

🛒 Best By Manager

Keep your inventory fresh. Keep your customers safe.

Best By Manager is a mobile app designed to help small grocery stores, gas stations, and inventory-conscious businesses stay on top of product expiration dates. With built-in barcode scanning, photo capture, offline support, and powerful reporting, this Android app makes managing your stock easy, even when you're offline.

Whether you're running a local market or managing a stockroom, Best By Manager helps you reduce food waste, track product freshness, and maintain a reliable inventory system — all from your phone or tablet.

📦 Features:

• Track expiration dates by product, category, barcode, or employee

• Scan 1D barcodes using your device camera to identify products quickly

• Capture photos of each item to make visual lookup easy

• Get smart reports on upcoming expirations and product breakdowns

• Filter reports by employee, barcode, or date range

• Export summaries for external sharing or record keeping

• Offline-first with secure local storage – no internet required

• Admin control – first user created becomes the administrator

🧑‍💼 Who It's For:

• Small grocery store owners

• Gas station managers

• Food pantries and donation centers

• Any business that handles perishable stock

📱 Platform

• Android (API 27–35+)

• Requires camera and storage permissions

🔐 Privacy First

All data is stored 100% locally on your device. There is no account system, no tracking, and no internet connection required.

📥 Installation

• Download the APK below.

• Open it on your Android device.

• Allow installation from unknown sources when prompted.

• Launch the app and create your first user (this becomes the administrator).

👨‍💻 Developed By

Joshua Werlein — Software Engineer and developer passionate about making practical tools for real-world use.

📎 License

Open-source under the MIT License https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT