# Food Additives Checker — user reviews

> 115 indexed App Store user reviews of Food Additives Checker by TappyTaps s.r.o., rated 4.60/5 from 28 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/food-additives-checker/id326082487/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/food-additives-checker/id326082487.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 24 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2

## What do users think of Food Additives Checker?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to use and navigate
- 💡 Informative and comprehensive explanations
- 🚀 Quick and efficient for shopping
- ✅ Helps understand food ingredients
- 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Useful for families and sensitive individuals
- 💯 Reliable and works well
- 💰 Free and without ads (mentioned by one user)
- 🌍 Useful for vegans/vegetarians and religious dietary needs

**Cons**

- ❓ Lack of source for side effect information
- ⏳ No updates for a long time (mentioned by multiple users)
- 📉 Some information is basic or missing
- 📚 Some descriptions are only in English
- 🛒 Search by name not always practical
- 💰 Paid app with expectations not met (mentioned by one user)
- 🚫 Gluten-free not indicated
- 😵 Overwhelming for some users

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Keyboard not responding initially (resolved)
- Some numbers not included in the app

**Most requested features**

- Scan products to get ingredients and E numbers
- Filter E numbers based on ingredients
- Update the app and database regularly
- Add personal notes to entries
- Include information on alternative names for additives
- Add zoom functionality for text
- Include information on side effects from established medical bodies
- Allow user input for missing information
- Add Russian language support
- Alphabetical sorting of E numbers
- Numerical sorting of E numbers
- More in-depth information for all additives
- Offline mode
- Information on problems created by red E numbers

## Newest reviews (12 of 115)

### 4/5 — No update!

*2019-11-07*

When can we expect a update to latest ios and database?

### 5/5 — Genial

*2019-08-08*

App précieuse

**Developer response:** Hi, thank you so much, we're happy to hear you like our app! :)

### 5/5 — So eine Menge E Nummern

*2019-03-21*

Eine sehr gute Hilfe bei den Wirrwarr der E Nr. Ist so hilfreich bei Erkennen der Substanzen die sich her verbergen.

### 5/5 — Additifs

*2018-12-11*

Vraiment très utile pour décoder les étiquetages

**Developer response:** Thank you, we appreciate it! :)

### 5/5 — E Numbers

*2018-06-29*

Very informative, helps a lot when shopping for sensitive kids.

**Developer response:** Hi, thank you for your review, we appreciate it! :) We're happy that our app is helpful.

### 5/5 — Keypad started working again

*2018-06-05*

Great little app. Fast, perfect for checking E numbers on the fly. 

I had an issue with the keyboard not responding initially, but that seems to be working now.

**Developer response:** Hi, we apologize for any issues that you're experiencing. Could you please contact us at support@tappytaps.com, our support team will help you.

### 5/5 — Très pratique

*2018-05-18*

Très pratique pour le choix de ses produits

**Developer response:** Thank you very much for your review, we're happy that our app is useful for you! :)

### 5/5 — Superbe

*2018-02-02*

Très bien faite très utile

### 5/5 — E-Nummern

*2017-12-13*

Ich bin absolut begeistert! Vorher habe ich immer mit den Broschüren von den Verbraucherzentralen gearbeitet, jetzt, schneller und schöner Zugriff und auch noch informativer, empfehlenswert in unserer heutigen "ungesunden und vergifteten" Welt.
Eine der besten App's überhaupt.
Vorschlag:
Nachdem die Industrie jetzt mit
diffuser Umschreibung Zusätze
Gesund-reden will, wäre es sicher
empfehlenswert, diese mit ins
Programm aufzunehmen.

### 4/5 — Utile

*2017-10-28*

Application très utile cependant le mode de recherche par nom n'est pas très pratique et les l'ordre des propositions n'est pas toujours logique.

### 4/5 — Très bonne appli pour les allergies

*2017-10-13*

Manque cependant de précisions quant aux origines des additifs

### 5/5 — Einfach, praktisch, gut.

*2017-10-05*

👍🏻

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Nice app, but...

*2020-08-19*

...it does not state where the information on side effects come from. Is that from an established medical body? The WHO? A hippie-dippie website? A random Google search? It's so opaque that's useless.

### 1/5 — Too hard

*2017-12-30*

Should link to exactly what it is rather than scroll through

### 1/5 — missing necessary information

*2016-06-06, version 4.0*

This app seems to be missing the information required to give an informed decision despite the nice UI.

### 1/5 — Useless

*2011-09-30, version 2.2*

Completely useless... So difficult to use and makes no sense

### 2/5 — Na ja

*2024-01-18*

Na ja… nichts besonderes, habe mehr erwartet, vor allem, wenn man dafür zahlt.

### 2/5 — Fehlende Informationen

*2019-09-26*

Wenn ich schon Geld für eine App bezahle, dann erwarte ich auch zu jedem Zusatzstoff tiefergehende Informationen. Manche Stoffe sind einfach nur mit Namen aufgelistet...

**Developer response:** Hi, thank you for your feedback, we are always looking for ways on how to improve our app. Our developers will take a look at it to consider any adjustments.

### 2/5 — Basic info - gluten free not indicated

*2017-09-11*

The dietary restrictions the info is for does not include gluten free.

### 4/5 — Wunsch

*2024-06-06*

Ich habe die App erst geladen, bin gespannt wie sie funktioniert. Ein Traum wäre, wenn man die Produkte scannen könnte, die angegebenen Inhaltsstoffe und die App gezielt die E Nummern filtern kann und anzeigen. Das wäre ein Traum 💭

### 4/5 — Anas

*2024-02-26*

Depuis 2 ans aucune mise à jour et pourtant il y’a des additifs qui sont dangereux qui sont apparu dans le site 60 millions de consommateurs. Merci de mettre à jour cette application indispensable.

**Developer response:** Hi, thank you very much for your feedback, we're happy to hear you like our app! :)

### 4/5 — Notes update

*2021-08-15*

Good app, does what I need it to do, a little update to leave personal notes on each one would be really handy!

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — E-Nummern schnell erklärt

*2024-04-08*

Funktioniert immer, ohne Schwierigkeiten, schnell und übersichtlich mit den notwendigen Informationen👍

### 5/5 — Best app

*2024-03-25, version 5.1.0*

Best app ever!!!

### 5/5 — Everyone Needs This App!!!

*2022-10-30*

It’s only once you download this app that you realise just how much rubbish food manufacturers put in their products! And they get away with it!!!

### 5/5 — So handy and easy to use

*2020-06-16*

It’s great to have all this information at your fingertips especially when doing the weekly shop!

### 5/5 — Quick and easy to use

*2020-01-10*

Just enter the number to read a comprehensive explanation.

**Developer response:** Hi, thank you very much for your feedback, we appreciate it! :)

### 5/5 — So

*2020-01-09*

muss eine App sein!! 👍🏼

**Developer response:** Thank you very much for your feedback! :)

### 5/5 — Très pratique

*2019-11-28*

Très simple d’utilisation très bien conçu

### 5/5 — 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

*2019-11-27*

Un application vraiment très utile, avec de bonnes explication.

### 5/5 — Très utile et complet

*2019-11-06*

Bonjour,
Je tiens à remercier le développeur pour cette appli utile, complet, gratuit et sans pub :)
Ca donne envie de contribuer financièrement !!

### 5/5 — Great & very informative app

*2019-10-18*

Easy to use app, no issues just type in the E numbers, and the information is there.

Bottom line is app does the job it was designed too, and it does that job well.

👍👍👍👍👍

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