# Read the Labels - Food Scanner — user reviews > 68 indexed App Store user reviews of Read the Labels by Smiley Solutions LLC, rated 4.60/5 from 239 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/read-the-labels-food-scanner/id6738658640/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/read-the-labels-food-scanner/id6738658640.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 209 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 16 ## What do users think of Read the Labels? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 User-friendly app - 🚀 Helpful for identifying clean foods - 💡 Provides ingredient explanations **Cons** - 🔒 Paywall limits core functionality - 🐛 Limited product database - 🚫 Overly critical of food items **Commonly reported bugs** - Many items not found in database - App not working as expected for some users **Most requested features** - Expand product database - Allow scanning of ingredients, not just products - Improve scanning accuracy ## Newest reviews (13 of 68) ### 3/5 — Love the idea *2026-03-14, version 1.68* Way too many errors, I will be back when all the kinks are worked out ### 3/5 — Many Errors Found *2025-10-11* I love the concept of this app and it has helped me to be more diligent about reading labels. But I have found many errors, items marked clean that clearly are not. Two most recent errors I found are Baked Cheetos and Dannon Lite & Fit Key Lime Pie Yogurt. I have sent in 10 or more error reports today as well as an email asking that they review entries and make corrections. These errors were easy to spot but I’m concerned about not so obvious errors. ### 2/5 — Expected More *2025-08-24, version 1.56* Great concept yet the execution is lacking. No ability to type in and search. Too many Missing items in database. No kickback perks for those of us willing to take pictures to populate the database. Wrong foreign food items appear regularly. I scanned Simms beef jerky and got some kind of Swedish or Dutch candy. ### 4/5 — Affiliate links *2025-07-29* The app concept is great. It’s a lot like Bobby approved. I get turned off when there’s recommendations and then an affiliate link. I lose all trust in the person or company. I understand people are trying to hustle, but too many influencers have ruined the general public’s trust. Other than that there are some items not on there. I understand the app is still new, so I think that will get better. ### 2/5 — Would love to have it but, yearly price is way too high. *2025-07-02, version 1.52* Yuka offers a much better price for the same purpose, sorry. ### 5/5 — Inspiring! *2025-04-05* This app is so easy to use at the grocery and my favorite is to search by item name and even store name! I found a few more clean items at Trader Joe’s that I didn’t even know about! So very helpful and user friendly😀 ### 5/5 — Eye Opening Game Changer! *2025-04-05* I pride myself on “eating clean “, or so I thought until I started using the Read the Labels Food Scanner App. This brings to light just how much “unclean & unnecessary” ingredients are in our food sources. These affect our bodies & our health! Shopping is a different experience now for sure! ### 5/5 — Great App *2025-04-05* This app has been a game changer! It has changed my grocery shopping habits for the better. The app is easy to use & so informative. I used to spend so much time reading labels while shopping & this app has made my shopping experience faster & healthier! ### 5/5 — Addicted to the app *2025-04-05, version 1.46* Love this app and have shared it over 20 times. I am constantly using it and it’s changed how I shop eat and LIVE HEALTHY! Tysm Jen ### 5/5 — Easy to Use *2025-04-05, version 1.46* This app is easy to use at home or at the grocery store. You quickly find out if that item is clean or not AND it lists all of the ingredients so you know which ingredients are clean. Game changer! ### 5/5 — The best! *2025-04-05, version 1.46* I love this app so much and I actually use it all the time. It’s so easy to use! Don’t think people just download you won’t regret it!! ### 5/5 — Read the Labels *2025-04-05, version 1.46* Great resource to help you make better choices! ### 5/5 — Great App! *2025-04-05, version 1.46* Such a great app for finding clean foods to help guide you to be the healthiest you can be. Thank you, Jen, for all the effort you put into helping everyone! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Crashing *2026-04-02, version 1.71* This app keeps crashing! I can’t even use it after paying for the membership 🫤 ### 1/5 — I would like a refund for my subscription. *2026-04-01, version 1.70* App crashes as soon as tap the screen. It’s useless ### 1/5 — Crashing *2026-03-30, version 1.70* After paying for full years, less then one month in the app keeps crashing. Yes I did the update, it still crashes. ### 1/5 — Not Working *2026-03-26, version 1.69* This app hasn’t worked for at least a week. I’m regretting my membership! ### 1/5 — Subscription based service *2025-12-09, version 1.63* Don’t understand why you would pay 7.99 a week or the expensive yearly rate for a service you can do yourself on many AI platforms. ### 1/5 — Weak database and constant errors *2025-11-11, version 1.60* I really wanted to like this. Started out ok. But now it can never find foods, barcode reader is hit and miss, constant errors when finding foods or, more often, when I’m trying to send pictures to upload food data because the database is weak. Free alternative Yuka is more reliable. If you guys fix the app and update it, maybe I’ll re-subscribe but for now I’m out. Better alternatives out there that work. ### 1/5 — No Canadian content *2025-09-02* Does not scan Candian UPC codes, so until mor e data is uploaded not very useful, but love the concept ### 1/5 — You’re left wondering… *2025-03-23, version 1.43* The app does not provide cleaner alternatives for foods that are “not clean.” ### 1/5 — Deceitful advertising *2025-03-03* Sounds like a great app, I was so excited to finally download an app that could help identify harmful ingredients in the food I buy. Long story short, the app is pretty much unusable UNLESS you buy their subscription. The reason the advertising was misleading is because it mentions all the good gimmicks without even mentioning the paywall to even USE the app effectively. If you don’t buy the subscription the app will basically be taking up storage space on your phone, you literally CANNOT use the app. ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2025-02-06, version 1.09* Doesn’t scan well. Only has a limited number of products it evaluates. It should be able to identify INGREDIENTS not products. Wish I could get my money back. Very unsatisfied. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Awesome App *2026-03-30, version 1.70* Great app. Even gives swaps and you can add foods that aren’t in database with three pics. ### 5/5 — App Not Working *2026-03-24, version 1.69* Was at my local grocery store and APP was not working. Frustrating. ### 5/5 — So good *2026-01-22, version 1.66* This app is one of the best food scanner apps ever. It has help me so much throughout the year! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-01-22, version 1.66* This is the best food scanner ever. It made grocery shopping so easy for me and saves so much time. This app is so amazing and I ❤️ it.👍👍 ### 5/5 — Excellent app and easy to use *2025-11-18* I learned about Jen and her app listening to The Ultimate Human podcast. I would like to see the app give recommendations on where to purchase the items you recommend. Also, recipes on how to cook every day meals using clean ingredient. These things added would make the app top notch and would gladly pay more for said service. I hope this is considered in future updates. ### 5/5 — Life changing *2025-09-23, version 1.59* I love this app sometimes haha now I am afraid to eat anything before I scan it. I say sometimes because now it’s more work to eat healthier but in the end it will be worth it! ### 5/5 — Best Food App EVER! *2025-05-02, version 1.47* Great clean eating app! I needed to change my diet and had to eliminate certain foods and eat REALLY clean! This was the best app to guide me and take the guess work out of what was clean and what wasn’t! Great job Jen!! ### 5/5 — Great app so far *2025-04-19* If it doesn’t have the product in their database, it would ask you to take a photo of the product and the ingredients and it will give you a report immediately based on the ingredients ### 5/5 — The best! *2025-04-06* This app has been a total game changer for making smarter choices at the grocery store! It’s really opened my eyes to what we’re putting into our bodies—some of the findings are truly eye-opening. I’ve learned so much, and it’s been incredibly helpful in guiding healthier decisions. Highly recommend! ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2025-04-05* This app makes it SO much easier to shop! Reading labels can be overwhelming especially with all the new products out there, but I love having this app right at my fingers tips. If I’m unsure about a product I can just scan and see if it’s clean or not. Literally takes a few seconds. I also love that it highlights which ingredients are good, bad or questionable and then tells you why. --- *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 2026-09-05.*