JarShelf: Canning App & Labels

Every jar you put up, on one shelf you can search. JarShelf is a canning record for home preservers: log the batch the way you ran it, count the seals the next morning, and see every jar in the pantry with the oldest at the front.

THE SHELF
Your pantry as rows of jars by food: apricot jam, dill pickles, tomato sauce, with the count and the oldest date on each row. Batches of the same food share a row. A use-first list sits at the top: jars open in the fridge, failed seals you kept, and jars near the use-by date you chose. Tap Used and the oldest jar comes off the shelf, with a line for how it tasted.

A BATCH, AS YOU RAN IT
Water bath, steam or pressure canning. Jar size from 4 oz to half gallon or 125 ml to 1 litre, jar count, headspace, process time, pressure with dial or weighted gauge, your altitude and the minutes you added for it, where the jars are kept, photos, a rating and notes. Pick one of your recipes and the numbers from your last batch of it fill in, ready to check against the recipe.

THE SEAL CHECK
The morning after a batch, JarShelf reminds you to check the lids. Count how many sealed and how many did not, and say whether the failed jars went in the fridge or were thrown out or reprocessed. Jars that did not seal never count as stock on the shelf.

JAR LABELS
With JarShelf Pro, print labels for a whole batch: food name, date made, batch number and use-by. Three looks (gingham, classic, scalloped), sheets for Avery 22807 rounds, Avery 5160 and L7163, or plain paper rounds to cut out. Start part way down a sheet you have already used, and preview each sheet before you print.

YOUR RECIPES
Keep the recipes you can from, with the source, ingredients and method. Each one shows every batch made from it and an average of the ratings you gave its jars.

SUPPLIES, REPORTS AND REMINDERS
Count jars, lids, rings and pectin, with a low-stock list for shopping before the fruit comes in. A pantry report PDF with every food, count, date and location. Every batch as a CSV file. Use-by alerts two weeks before the date you set, and a look at what is left at the start of each season.

YOUR RECORDS STAY ON YOUR PHONE
No account. Everything is stored on the phone, and a backup file with your photos restores on another phone.

PLANS
JarShelf keeps your batches, recipes, shelf and seal checks. JarShelf Pro adds printable labels, supplies, the pantry report and CSV, the use-by and seasonal reminders, and removes the ads. Jars you logged stay readable and editable on any plan.

WHAT JARSHELF DOES NOT DO
JarShelf is a record of what you did. It does not supply recipes, process times, pressures or altitude adjustments, and it does not tell you whether a recipe or a jar is safe. Use tested canning instructions from sources such as the USDA and the National Center for Home Food Preservation. JarShelf links to them but does not check processing methods or food safety.

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