# Cosmetics Scanner — Read the label, not the ads

> Read the label, not the ads (iPhone/iPad app by Faravaree lab.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cosmetics-scanner/id6809306251 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Faravaree lab](https://appshunter.io/developer/1732439357)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 28 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-27
- Data updated: 2026-11-01

## What is Cosmetics Scanner?

Most "clean beauty" apps read a barcode and hand you somebody else's verdict. Cosmetics Scanner reads the ingredients list on the back of the jar and scores it against YOU — your skin, your allergies, and your situation right now.

HOW IT WORKS
1. Point the camera at the INGREDIENTS list. We capture it for you — no perfect framing required.
2. We recognize every INCI name on the label, and you can fix any word we misread.
3. You get a score out of 100, the reason behind it, and the exact ingredients that pulled it down.

BUILT AROUND YOUR RULES, NOT AVERAGES
Before the camera ever opens, we ask four short questions: who you are choosing products for, how your skin behaves, what you already react to, and what a doctor has named. From those answers we build a set of rules you can see and switch off one by one — "no fragrance", "pregnancy limits", "child's eczema". Change a rule and your last scan is recalculated in front of you: a product that scored 51 can drop to 34 because of a single ingredient you cannot use.

WHY THE INGREDIENTS AND NOT THE BARCODE
A barcode gives you a rating averaged over everyone. The same formula can be excellent for oily skin and wrong for a pregnancy. Only the ingredients list tells you which one you are holding.

WHAT WE USE
INCI names are matched against CosIng, the European Commission's cosmetic ingredient database, and against Annexes II-VI of Regulation 1223/2009 — the lists of substances that are prohibited, restricted, or allowed only as colorants, preservatives, and UV filters. Anything you tell us you react to counts as high risk regardless of what the regulation permits.

FREE FOREVER
Scanning a label, the score, and the full ingredient breakdown are free and always will be. No account, no email, no ads.

WITH A SUBSCRIPTION
- Your shelf: every product you have scanned, sorted, searchable by name or by ingredient
- One photo of a shelf lists everything standing on it, ready to be scanned one by one
- Swaps: what to use instead, what disappears from the formula — and what is still in it
- Your shelf re-checked when your rules change

ON YOUR DEVICE, NOT OURS
There is no account and no server holding your shelf: everything stays on the phone. That also means it does not follow you to a new phone — we would rather say so here than promise a sync we do not have.

NO BRAND PAYS US
There are no sponsored ingredients and no paid placements. If a product scores badly, that is what we show you.

PLANS AND PRICES
$5.99 per week or $29.99 per year. Lifetime access is a one-time purchase of $49.99 and does not renew. Prices are for the United States; your local price is shown before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://www.faravaree-lab.com/privacy-policy

Cosmetics Scanner is not a medical device and does not give medical advice. If a doctor has told you to avoid a substance, that instruction stands above any score we show.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cosmetics Scanner Yearly | $29.99 | per year |
| Cosmetics Scanner Weekly | $5.99 | per 7 days |
| Cosmetics Scanner Limited Yearly | $22.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cosmetics Scanner Lifetime | $49.99 | one-time |


## Is Cosmetics Scanner safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Cosmetics Scanner.

## Is Cosmetics Scanner legit?

Cosmetics Scanner appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Cosmetics Scanner is 70 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-30

What's new in 1.1.0

• A proper setup at first launch: tell the app about your skin, the allergens you avoid and the rules you care about — every product is then checked against your own profile.
• The app follows your phone's language on its own: English, Russian, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Korean and Japanese. You can still pick a language by hand in Settings.
• A weekly summary on the home screen: what you scanned over the last week and how clean it was. Tap the block to open it.
• Allergen chips on an ingredient card are now written in plain words instead of chemical shorthand.
• Three ingredient scans are free; after that the app offers a subscription.
• Prices on the subscription screen come from the App Store itself, with the free trial shown where it applies — and the screen always closes, even when the store is slow to answer.
• After a successful scan the app asks you once whether you like it.
• Fixes: the camera starts reliably, the full ingredient list no longer jumps while it loads, long labels fit on narrow screens.

### 1.0 — 2026-10-27

No release notes.

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