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Provision, for people writing about it.
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Quick facts
Ready to quote as-is. If a figure here is out of date, the version on this page is the correct one.
In one line
“Provision counts the emergency food, water and fuel a household already keeps, and works out how many days it would genuinely cover — not how many days are sitting on the shelf.”
Boilerplate
Provision is an emergency store tracker for households that already keep one. It counts the food, water, fuel and medicine in the house and works out how long it would really last.
The distinction it exists for is between what is on the shelf and what a household would actually eat. Rather than dividing total calories by a daily rate, Provision walks forward one day at a time, consumes the soonest-dated stock first, and discards whatever expires before it is reached. The gap between the two figures is usually larger than people expect, and it is invisible until something is opened.
It tracks expiry dates and publishes them as a private feed to the user’s own calendar, so reminders arrive somewhere they already look. It identifies which category is holding the total back — most often water — so that money spent on supplies goes to the thing that actually moves the number. Barcode scanning fills in names and nutrition from an open database.
Provision is free to use, including getting your data back out. An optional Plus subscription adds scenario planning, a separate go bag judged against 72 hours, and nutrition rather than calories alone. It is built in the UK by an independent developer.
What it is not
Worth stating plainly, because the category attracts assumptions.
- Not a shopProvision sells nothing and holds no stock. Where it suggests what to buy, those are affiliate links to ordinary retailers, and the suggestion is driven by which category is short — not by which pays most.
- Not a doomsday brandThe people it is built for are already doing this, usually for reasons as ordinary as a storm, a power cut or a strike. It is an inventory problem, and it is treated as one.
- Not advertising-fundedThere are no ads and no analytics on individuals. The usage figures the developer sees are counts with no user attached.
Screenshots
Taken from the running app, in whichever theme you are reading this in — both sets exist, at any size you need. Ask and they are yours within the hour.
The figure the app exists for: how long the store really lasts, and what is capping it.
What it costs to close the gap, spent on the category that is actually short.
Everything counted, by category, with the dates attached.
What expires and when — also available as a feed to a real calendar.
Equipment as well as supplies: light, heat, cooking, water treatment, first aid.
Who the store has to feed, which is what every figure is calculated against.
Brand assets
The name is Provision — one word, capital P, no “app” in it. Please don’t recolour the mark or set the wordmark in another face.
Angles that might be the story
- Water is almost always the ceilingPeople stock food because food is what a cupboard is for. Three litres per person per day is heavy, bulky and rarely stored in any quantity, so it is usually the number that caps everything else — and the one nobody has checked.
- Rotation is where preparedness quietly failsA store bought in one sensible afternoon four years ago still feels like preparation right up until something is opened. Expiry is not a footnote to the calculation; it is most of it.
- Official advice exists and almost nobody has followed itUK guidance suggests households keep supplies for a period without outside help. The interesting question is not whether people should — it is how many who think they have, actually have.
Get in touch
Screenshots at other sizes, a review account with a populated store, or someone to talk to — all available, usually the same day.