# Bear: Holistic Food Scanner — user reviews > 18 indexed App Store user reviews of Bear by JP VIRAL VENTURES LTD, rated 4.60/5 from 19 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bear-holistic-food-scanner/id6759631411/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bear-holistic-food-scanner/id6759631411.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 16 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 0 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not worth it. *2026-08-27* You have a free trial the app works brilliant. Suddenly your zapped into a year's subscription and the app doesn't work. I wish I hadn't even downloaded. What a waste of time and money. ### 1/5 — Money money money *2026-08-14* Cannot use without being spammed with subscription “offers” ### 1/5 — Not happy at all *2026-08-10* Im honestly so disappointed. I saw good recommendations on this app, loads of people said great things. Tried it myself, I’ve scanned a lot of products and found this app so insightful. But the massive issue I’m having is within 10 minutes of me using the app, I now cannot use it until I pay for a subscription😡 I understand that literally everything has the option of a premium subscription, but it’s seriously ridiculous how it’s forcing me to pay just to use the app. The pop up for the subscription keeps coming up as soon as I press the X. ### 1/5 — Hidden costs and incomplete info *2026-08-02* It asks you to subscribe and pay after 7 days of use. Not clearly stated beforehand. Plus results are not clear/important info gets missed. Will not be using this ### 1/5 — Review from a nutritionist *2026-07-16* The app relies on crowdsourced data and doesn’t analyse full ingredient list. It confidently gives foods health scores and labels like “100% clean ingredients,” even when it doesn’t appear to have all the necessary information. Most of the time it is incorrect. If users are building the product database by scanning items for the app, these ratings should come with much more transparency. It’s a beta product presented as a finished nutrition app. On top of this they make you pay for it almost immediately! The positive comments are fake and have been bought. The app also seems to reduce nutrition to simplistic labels like “clean ingredients” or “additives detected.” Health isn’t that black and white. A food with one additive isn’t automatically unhealthy, and a food with three ingredients isn’t automatically nutritious. Context matters. Nutrient density, fibre, sodium, portion size, overall diet and an individual’s needs all play a role. Listen to the negative reviews and ignore the fake reviews - this is NOT worth PAYING GOOD money for !!!!! ### 1/5 — Not the best *2026-06-18* Doesn’t recognise half the stuff I scan what goods that **Developer response:** Hey Will, Sorry to hear that. We currently have over 1.1 million products in our database and it’s growing constantly, but sadly we can’t guarantee every product will be recognised yet. That said, we’ve made it really quick for users to add any missing products manually in under 45 seconds, so you can still track them easily. Appreciate the feedback, and we’ll keep improving the scanning database. Best, The Bear Team ### 1/5 — Subscription only *2026-06-10* You have to go through a full set up of yours and your children’s profiles to then find out you need a subscription and can’t proceed without one (or a free trial of one) ### 2/5 — Waste of time *2026-08-13* Of the ten items I have checked so far I have had to take pictures and input the details. Absolute waste of time ### 3/5 — don’t recommend *2026-08-30* i couldn’t find it on my notification settings i was on the last step.not the best ### 5/5 — Great app!!! *2026-08-13* Very useful, makes life a lot easier for me and my wife (been a real lifesaver!!!) ## Most praised reviews (8 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best product scanner I’ve found *2026-03-16* I’ve tried a lot but this is the first one that has really stood out to me, letting me scan food for myself and my kid and giving me all the info I need. Life saver! ### 5/5 — So so useful *2026-03-16* One thing that annoyed me about every other scanner was there was no data for my kid, that’s where Bear really stood out for me with the little bear feature, the only thing I’d like to see is the ability to share my pantry items! ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2026-03-04* I used to struggle with my diet and I wasn’t sure what to do until I used this. Worked wonders definitely recommend! ### 5/5 — Great options and features *2026-03-03* The app is great way better than another apps. Should be way more popular ### 5/5 — Wow so good for kids *2026-03-03* My little ones love using Bear so much more accurate than other apps and done in such a fun way ### 5/5 — Great app for healthier choices *2026-03-02* This app is very easy to use. I like how you can scan food and quickly see what ingredients are inside. It explains things in simple words, which makes it easy to understand. It helps me choose healthier options when shopping. The design is clean and simple too. Great app for anyone who wants to eat better. ### 5/5 — App reviews *2026-03-02* It was really easy to use and simple to figure out. It was extremely helpful for when I needed to track my diet. ### 5/5 — Helped me make healthy choices ! *2026-03-02* Using daily and didn’t realise what damage I was doing before really opened my eyes --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-07.*