Ingred vs EvilCheck
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.
EvilCheck
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Scan a product with EvilCheck, and it summarizes the data provided by the Open Food Facts database. You instantly know whether it's vegan, palm-oil free, additive free, healthy, environmentally friendly, etc. It's easy and completely free. Say goodbye to confusion and hello to transparency with EvilCheck. Download now and take control of your food choices!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ingred at every 6 weeks against EvilCheck's every 38 months. Ingred also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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, EvilCheck every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ingred | EvilCheck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (249 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 59.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 249 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 38 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raul Vadillo | OnlineCreation |
In-app purchases
Ingred
No in-app purchases
EvilCheck
No in-app purchases
