Beat the Microbead User Reviews

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A Must-Have!!

I saw a review that said that this app is criminally underrated and I cannot describe it any better! It is an essential must have and it is so user-friendly, to the point and just made the information so accessible! Thank you for creating this!

Thank you for your good work :)

An app like this is truly amazing and revolutionary in a world full of cancer causing toxins and microplastics in literally anything and everything. Now whenever I want to buy a new product but I’m skeptical about it I’ll just scan it! So easy and simple and it’s free! I’ll be using this app for everything now🫶🫶🫶🫶
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Under developed potential.

Having used this app for scanning product over a few years now I’ve found it really hasn’t progressed. Instead of just live scanning or library pic scanning which means users collecting pics or screenshots they don’t need the app should allow for cut and paste text abilities from a list of ingredients. This text feature should also be included in the webpage.

I’ve scanned and submitted many products to the app for inclusion to the database but, they never really end up there! The database search feature is also very poor and inaccurate or simply doesn’t work. It feels at times like the app is pushing to towards ‘green’ or microplastic free brands only and not the info the user seeks regarding a product of interest.
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Privacy

Developer hasn’t submitted its privacy policy to apple for review of how it uses information. Developer also has a cookie banner in place that doesn’t allow me to opt out of certain cookies.

A must-have for shoppers

The app is criminally underrated and deserves a lot more love, I rely on it to tell me which products may contain plastics and I love it. I hope the app gets future updates with more features!

Incredible initiative

This is such an incredibly well thought app! Easy to use. Just simply scan products in the app and it will tell you if there are micro plastics within or not. The database of product info is massive, with heaps of brands and products from all over the world.

A lot of people are worrying about cosmetics using plastic packaging but few like us are wondering about cosmetics using plastic on the INSIDE! Sad that the world has come to this but heart warming that caring people are dedicating themselves to try and improve our world and help people be more careful about the things they consume or put on their skin. This opens doors for genuinely green-friendly brands and not just the greenwashed ones. I would love to see this initiative grow in popularity as it is so needed now more than ever!!! 💚💙
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Simple & Informative

Amazingly simple to use, I love it and trying to get my friends to use it too. Disgusting finding out all my “natural” moisturisers are thickened with micro plastic dust

It starts with policy...

this is a great app and i support anyone who wants to reduce the microplastics and nanoplastics polluting our earth. in the US microbeads were banned and no longer allowed to be in cosmetics since 2019.

elsewhere, thank you for not supporting these plastic products. also, check out your government's policies and see where laws stand or not. get involved by educating your polititians and lawmakers. support organizations such as PLASTIC SOUP FOUNDATION.

this is a global health problem. it is an everyone of us concern. microplastics and nanoplastics are not just in healthcare products, they are in our food, water and yes...in the air we breathe.

THANK YOU FOR READING.
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Love the app but have a suggestion

So useful to scan products before buying them to make sure I only buy microplastic free products.

One thing that would be a useful feature to add would be a personal database within the app where you can save products that you’ve scanned to a database that is visible to you and categorised into the different colour categories. Then you would be able to come back to the app to see which products and brands to avoid and which to buy, without having to scan them again. I would love that as a feature.

Keep up the good work!
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Response from developer

Thank you for this review and your feedback! That's indeed a very good suggestion that we will definitely consider in the next major update. Have a lovely day!

Great app

Fantastic app. Informative. Really easy to use and scan beauty products. Essential to have whilst shopping. You should download this, every time I scanned it told me if it had micro plastics or not.

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