Comparison

SmartLabel vs Product Hound

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SmartLabel

Access detailed product information for food, beverages, household goods, pet care, and personal care items. Scan barcodes or search for products to find ingredient definitions, sourcing practices, certifications, and more.

Highlights
  • Scan product UPC codes
  • Scan SmartLabel QR codes
  • Search specific products
  • View ingredient definitions
  • Access sourcing practices
  • Discover third-party certifications
  • Find sustainability information
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Ever find yourself wondering about what goes into the products you use and consume on a daily basis? SmartLabel gives you access to this information whether you’re interested in food, beverage, household, pet care or personal care products, Smart Label has the information you’re looking for no matter where you are, right at your finger tips. Using this app, you can either search a specific product using the Product Search function or scan a product’s UPC code or SmartLabel QR code on the package. Either approach will take you to a variety of information, including: • ingredient definitions • sourcing practices • third-party certifications • social compliance and sustainability programs • usage instructions • advisories & safe handling instructions • genetically engineered ingredient disclosure • company/brand information • And much, much more… Visit www.smartlabel.org for more information. SmartLabel now supports DWCode by GS1 and Digimarc Barcode. For Digimarc end-user license agreement (EULA) visit https://www.digimarc.com/m/eula

About

Product Hound

This app helps you stay informed about product recalls to protect your family from potential safety hazards. Scan product labels with your phone, and receive alerts if the Consumer Product Safety Commission issues a recall.

Highlights
  • Scan product labels
  • Track product recalls
  • Receive safety alerts
  • Monitor Consumer Product Safety Commission notices
  • Free to use
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Unsafe products lead to millions of injuries, thousands of fatalities each year plus significant property damage. Staying up to date on product recalls can help keep you and your family out of harm’s way. Product Hound will track recalls for you and let you know when there’s a safety issue with your products—at no cost to you. Our mission: to empower you to manage your home products easily so you can protect what matters most. Just use your phone to scan products around your house. Once you scan a label into Product Hound, we’ll be on guard for you. If the Consumer Product Safety Commission issues a recall on one of your products, we’ll notify you.

Screenshots

SmartLabel2 screens
Product Hound3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Product Hound at 100% against SmartLabel's 11%. Product Hound also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.2) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). SmartLabel's advantage is ratings volume (99 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Product Hound holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartLabel has 99 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of SmartLabel's written reviews are positive against 100% of Product Hound's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartLabel ships an update every 3 months, Product Hound every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SmartLabel versus Product Hound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartLabelProduct Hound
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (99 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews11.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings99 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperConsumer Brands AssociationJohnson-Rauhoff, Inc.

Customer experience

SmartLabel

All ratings97 ratings
Positive29.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative67.0%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive11.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative84.9%

Product Hound

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SmartLabel

No in-app purchases

None

Product Hound

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmartLabel free?
SmartLabel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Product Hound free?
Product Hound is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SmartLabel or Product Hound?
Product Hound is rated higher. SmartLabel averages 2.2 out of 5 from 99 ratings, while Product Hound averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do SmartLabel or Product Hound have ads?
Neither SmartLabel nor Product Hound shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartLabel or Product Hound?
SmartLabel ships an update every 3 months, and Product Hound every 3 days. Most recently, SmartLabel was updated on October 24, 2026 and Product Hound on October 6, 2026.

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