Ingred vs Crave The Unexpected
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.
Crave The Unexpected
Discover unique local restaurants and venues tailored to your mood or craving. Explore over 40 curated categories, from fine dining to live music, with smart filters, photos, and directions. Save favorites and share discoveries globally.
- Mood-based discovery
- 40+ curated categories
- No chains or mediocre picks
- Smart filters
- Real photos and reviews
- Save and share discoveries
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Discover restaurants and venues you never knew existed — tailored to your mood, craving, or vibe. Crave The Unexpected finds the best nearby spots across 40+ categories: fine dining, rooftop bars, speakeasies, omakase, farmers markets, live music, spas, and more. Every result is hand-curated — no chains, no mediocre picks. Smart filters, real photos, reviews, and directions in one tap. Save favorites and share discoveries with friends. Works anywhere in the world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Crave The Unexpected at daily against Ingred's every 6 weeks. Crave The Unexpected also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Ingred's advantage is ratings volume (255 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Crave The Unexpected holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ingred has 255 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ingred ships an update every 6 weeks, Crave The Unexpected daily. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ingred | Crave The Unexpected |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (255 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 255 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raul Vadillo | Ruben Athouel |
Customer experience
Ingred
Crave The Unexpected
In-app purchases
Ingred
No in-app purchases
Crave The Unexpected
No in-app purchases
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