Price history
Every price change with its date and where it came from.
Last updated: 2026-09-04
One point for every change
Every time an ingredient’s price changes, a point is recorded. It holds the price, the amount and unit, the date, and how it arrived. A typed price, a confirmed receipt line and an applied estimate all count. Saving the same figure again does not. Butter that rose three times since spring shows three steps.
- Price, amount and unit
- Date of the change
- Source: typed, receipt or estimate
One line whatever the pack size
The chart lives on the ingredient record. It reads in the current price basis. A price typed per 500 g in March and one from a 1 kg bag in June sit on one line, both per kilogram. Tap a point for its date, price and source. Points in a unit that cannot convert are left out.
What is kept, what goes
The history can be deleted per ingredient from its section header. It goes for good, and the current price stays. The list keeps the most recent changes and drops the oldest once it is long. An ingredient you buy weekly shows the recent past, not everything since you started.
Not in the app
Three things price history does not do:
- Remember the shop; a point holds price, basis, date and source
- Follow a recipe’s cost over time; a recipe is always costed at today’s prices
- Export or share the chart
Common questions
Can I add an old price I remember?
No. Points are recorded only as the price changes, so the chart starts with the first price you enter. A receipt from last month applied today is dated today.
Why does the chart say no data after I changed a price?
Because one point is not a line. The chart draws once two points can be plotted in the current basis. The next change fills it in.