Giant Food SCAN IT! Mobile User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience11.9% of reviews
Neutral8.3% of reviews
Negative experience79.8% of reviews

~ Based on 84 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Giant Food SCAN IT! Mobile Safe?

Giant Food SCAN IT! Mobile does not appear safe based on available data. AppsHunter Safety Score for Giant Food SCAN IT! Mobile is 40/100.

This assessment is based on 76 user ratings, with an App Store average of 1.6/5.

Safety Analysis

11.8% of ratings point to a safe experience
6.6% of ratings suggest some concerns
81.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 76 App Store ratings for Giant Food SCAN IT! Mobile.

Is Giant Food SCAN IT! Mobile Legit?

Giant Food SCAN IT! Mobile appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Giant Food SCAN IT! Mobile is 80/100.

Based on 80 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Worked great! Until it didn't. Now garbage.

I got this app because the scanning devices in the store would often freeze, generally at the last moment when I was about to check out. This app solved that problem nicely -- for a while. Now it freezes or shuts down after EACH AND EVERY scan. It's become almost worthless.

What I now do is start with the store device, and then switch over to the app if the device fails. That at least saves me from having to unload the whole bag (or more) for re-scanning.
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Fix the app

The idea to scan and go is perfect. The app takes the scan fast but it closes each time. If you use the in store scanners my experience is about 60% they do not work, freeze or won’t work at check out. Don’t ask a staff about either one they simply do not know or are so unfriendly about it. Please fix the app!!!
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Was a good app but now a fizzless app

As having a giant store in my area I enjoyed using this app to scan my items when the guns we’re down but lately the app is not a good app as for the past month or so the app crashes each time I scan something. Can you please fix the bug so this app can be awesome again.

Broken

This use to work well for a short period of time. Now every time you try to scan an item the app closes. You can resume the trip and wait for it to load but by item three you are absolutely done. Fix this! Why anyone would think this is ok for a major grocery store is beyond me.

Stability issues

App crashes after each item I scan. I liked it better when the scan it functionality was available through the main giant app instead of this standalone app.

Stopped working

The app was working. Now every time I scan something the app quits. Then I have to restart it. A prompt will come up asking me if I want to start a new cart or resume the shopping trip I started. I’ve tried both options and every time I scan something, the app quits again.

App freezes or closes after each scan

Absolutely terrible app. Once it launches, you scan an item and it either blows the app away or it freezes and you have to manually close the app. I had to launch the app for every single item in my order to get it to work. In 2026, this should not be the case.

Application crashes after every scan

This application barely works after every item that I scan. I have to either force quit the application or the application force quit itself. I also have to use three different registers when checking out because none of them recognize the barcode they get displayed at the end. It’s kind of surprising that they even advertise this as a suitable option.
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Works but with bugs

The current version has a nasty bug where the app quits after every item scanned. So I’m constantly re-launching the app and re-syncing my cart from the store’s server.

This problem only started happening with the latest update, so hopefully this will be fixed soon.

System Issues

Every time I go to scan an item it goes down and I have to do a resume. I didn’t have this problem on my IPhone 8 until I got my IPhone 16. It’s totally worthless and frustrating on my new phone.

Awesome when it works.

However it’s crashing every time you scan an item

Practically Unusable

First time it worked. There after needed to restart app after each scan. Tried to reinstall and restart iPhone - no difference.

The app keeps crashing

Each time you scan an item the app crashes, then you have to relaunch it, scan another item, crash, relaunch. Really awful experience

I wish it worked

I hate ordering online. Would much rather shop but like to save a little time and see my total as I go.

But this app is 100% useless. Routinely broken and they take forever to fix it. Currently app shuts down while fetching coupons. Wish it worked because when I can use it it’s awesome. But it works so rarely I don’t really bother anymore.
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Practically broken, updates are useless.

There are several issues with this app which makes it confusing and difficult to use. I’ve been reporting them to Giant corporate and my local store for over two years now and not one issue has been resolved.

First, you need to make sure you use the right app. In PA you need to use the one with the RED logo. In MD and VA you need to use the one with the PURPLE logo. They don’t tell you this and if you use the wrong one it won’t work. They should combine them into one app, having multiple is too confusing.

Next, app refuses to keep you logged in. It will appear as if you are logged in but the moment you try to review or add your coupons it will say you must sign in. When you sign in, the username and password boxes are coded as regular text boxes and as such you’re not able to use Apple’s password manager, or any third parties like Bitwarden, Lastpass, etc. You can’t even copy and paste because the fields don’t allow it! Once you suffer through the login process, you’ll be good for maybe 30 mins before it forgets you and makes you start all over again.

Finally, if you got this far, you may be randomly audited when you go to check out and it will throw an error message but it won’t tell you what the issue is other then it requires cashier assistance. They won’t know what the issue is either, so they will clear the error and have you scan it again, only to have the same issue again. Even the store manager likely will be confused. You can’t even start over and scan the items manually because once you enter your bonus card/phone number it will recall the in progress scan it order and won’t let you continue. It wasn’t until I escalated to corporate to this get explained. Randomly you will get audited and when the error triggers, the employe needs to scan a special bar code to enter audit mode and then they will need to rescan half of your items. A complete waste of time! The store employees are not trained on how to do this, and will look at you funny when you try to explain to them how to do their job. If you’re lucky and complain enough to the manager, they will train the employees and then you should have a better shot at getting it completed. But the whole experience is so bad that I don’t even do it anymore. I’m sick of wasting time, holding up the line, and telling people how to their job just so I can check out.

To be honest, this whole app and scan it experience should just be scrapped. No one uses it because of how inconvenient and confusing it is. It doesn’t have to be though. If they fixed the app and improved the audit experience then this could be a game changer and everyone could save a lot of time. But corporate won’t do any of that. So this app stuffers and will continue to get 1 star reviews. What a shame.
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App keeps crashing while in use

This app was a life-saver during the pandemic. I was able to quickly shop putting food in my own bags then quickly pay at self checkout. Since Jan 2023, this app repeatedly crashes during in-store shopping. I’ve stopped using it and now rely on the store provided scanning wand which is less than desirable. It still allows me to quickly use the self checkout, but requires me to touch a publicly shared device to shop. Please fix this app!!!
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App repeatedly crashes while in store

For the past 3-4 months, the App has been repeatedly crashing while in store. After I scan a few items it crashes. I gave up this past weekend and used the in store scanning device instead. Also, I’ve not been able to load coupons to use while shopping. It allows me at add coupons but won’t allow me to use them
For the items I purchased (only because I had a digital coupon). Very frustrating!
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Recent update broke app.

I’m an app developer.
Your recent update is making the app crash if you use multi scan.
Resume the cart makes it crash repeatedly.

Never Going Back

I absolutely love this app and never going back. While others struggle with the unruly scales in the self-checkout lines, it takes me all of 10 seconds to get out of there. I simply scan my barcode, all of my items and discounts pop up on the screen, then I pay. My local store even allows me to checkout at customer service when the self-checkout line is ridiculously long.
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Couldn’t get it to work

Like most others, I couldn’t get this to connect so that I could use it. Frustrating.