Vegan Pocket User Reviews

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App crashes - no use

My boyfriend and I (who have different phones and different versions of the operating system) both downloaded this app as it was the first one suggested on the App Store for our search for “vegan”, and every time both of us tried to open the camera to scan an item, it crashed. This app could be great, but we won’t ever know. Not worth downloading - there are plenty of great apps out there that don’t have this issue.
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Ok

I like this app.. but I think it needs to be updated. There’s A LOT of thing that’s aren’t on the app and you as the user would have to add and when asked if I think a product is vegan I can’t even get a visual of what you’re talking about and I can’t see the ingredients which is a HUGE PART of knowing whether or not the product is or isn’t vegan. Add these few things and you’ll had one hell of an app that’ll help beginners!
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Disappointed

I don’t get it. It isn’t telling me anything.

Pretty good!

This app has a good concept and (for the most part) does a good job at executing it. Sometimes the barcode takes a while to scan, or the product won't exist on their database, but the voting will give you a pretty good idea of whether it is or not.

It’s convenient but still needs work

It’s a great idea and it would be very helpful if the products I want to know are vegan were in their database. I think I’ve gotten a definite answer if a product was vegan once or twice and I attempt to use this app often. If it’s not in the database, it then asks you if the product is vegan. How am I supposed to know? I came to this app for clarification. If I’m looking it up to see if it’s vegan anyway, then why do I have this app?
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“Looking for your product...”

Scanned 2 items after pressing the carrot and the app asked me to enter product name and brand plus whether or not I thought it was vegan. Now the app simply states “Looking for your product...” with a small spinning animation when I press the carrot. It no longer allows me to scan anything. No apparent functionality. Also, another reviewer states that this app is to simply add products to their database, but does not tell us which app is meant to tell us which products are vegan or not. Overall, pretty worthless and disappointing that this was on Apple’s app of the day section in the App Store.
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Useless

Doesn't recognise 99% of barcodes, when it finally does it asks you if you think the item is a vegan product. Want to actually know if it is or isn't not if people "think" it is..... waste of time.
Have deleted.

Needs to be synced with more food

Doesn’t recognise the barcodes of even the simplest of food. If it’s going to be useable, it needs to actually be up to date with what’s available.

Concept of the app was nice, everything else wasn’t.

This App Did Nothing For Me

Running an iPhone 7 on iOS 11.2.2, all I got when selecting the “carrot” on the main page was a simple camera app. When held up to a number of product barcodes in my own home, nothing scanned. The only options on the screen were [Done], which took you back to the main screen without scanning the product, and the “flash” option to turn the camera flash on. Otherwise, no other options and no scanning took place as it should. I hope the DEVs fix this soon, because the concept is great.

- A QA Analyst
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It doesn't scan.

I can press the "scan" button and it opens the camera but holding a barcode up to it does nothing. I've tried tapping all over the screen, I've made sure the barcode is clear and easy to see, and in good lighting. I've tried different products with different barcodes. It just doesn't scan.

Other apps I use are successful at scanning barcodes so I know my phone isn't the problem.
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