Ingred vs FoodSafe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ingred
Scan cosmetic or food labels with your camera to identify potentially harmful ingredients and additives. Access a comprehensive database of cosmetic ingredients and food additives, including those derived from palm oil and vegan options.
- Scan labels with a photo
- Identify harmful cosmetic ingredients
- Query food additive database
- Palm oil ingredient detection
- Vegan additive information
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Check with a photo of the label for ingredients of cosmetics or food can be harmful to your health. Query the database of food additives and ingredients in cosmetics. List of cosmetic ingredients in personal care products, harmful to health, taken from sources such as the Red Ecoestética www.ecoestetica.org, Odile Fernandez www.misrecetasanticancer.com, http://estrelladelasnieves.es, http: // ecolisima.com, http://www.naturalsensia.com, http://wikibelleza.es and others. List of suspected food additives based on data collected from various entities such as the EU, WHO, FAO, JECFA. Technical Service of the National Consumer Institute, Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives, the Joint Committee of FAO / WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives ... etc. Taken from http://xananatura.blogspot.com.es, http://www.nomasaditivos.com and http://www.food-info.net. Names of ingredients derived from palm oil extracted from www.aceitedepalma.org. Information on vegan additives provided by The Elated Vegan.
FoodSafe
Explore information on over 600 food additives, including their descriptions, common uses, and potential side effects. Quickly identify vegan-friendly options and understand their toxicity levels and origin.
- Food additive database
- Vegan status identification
- Toxicity level assessment
- Origin of additives
- Detailed descriptions and uses
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Descubre información sobre los aditivos alimentarios y cuales de ellos son veganos. En esta app podrás encontrar información acerca de más de 600 aditivos alimentarios: descripción, usos más comunes, nombres, efectos secundarios, etc. También podrás ver rápidamente su nivel de toxicidad y si son o no de origen animal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FoodSafe at 100% against Ingred's 59%. FoodSafe also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ingred ships an update every 6 weeks, FoodSafe every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ingred | FoodSafe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (254 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 59.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 254 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raul Vadillo | Adrian Bouza Correa |
Customer experience
Ingred
FoodSafe
In-app purchases
Ingred
No in-app purchases
FoodSafe
No in-app purchases
