Ingredients Scanner vs Nutri
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ingredients Scanner
Easily check the safety of cosmetic ingredients by scanning their labels. Get a color-coded hazard assessment to make informed choices about your beauty products and live healthier.
- Scan ingredient lists
- Color-coded hazard assessment
- Avoid harmful ingredients
- Custom ingredient management
- Edit hazard levels
- Smart shopping assistant
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This app is for everyone who wants to live healthier. With one quick scan you can check the hazard of each ingredient and avoid using potentially harmful cosmetic. Just point the camera at the ingredients text, wait for a few seconds and you will get a list with different colors. Red means that the ingredient is potentially dangerous, orange – there is some information for possible irritations or problems, green – safe to use. Are you confused by the chemical names in your cosmetics? Do you want to be sure that you are using the best beauty products for you and your family? You no longer need to have a degree in Chemistry in order to read the labels. Ingredients scanner is your clever shopping assistant that saves you time. You can add or edit your custom ingredients. Overriding hazard level of existing ingredient is also supported. Pick cosmetic that is good for your health and live happier.
Nutri
Scan product barcodes to instantly view ingredient information. It categorizes main ingredients with icons and dominant colors, while listing smaller components separately. Access a vast database for detailed product analysis.
- Barcode scanning
- Ingredient categorization
- Icon-based ingredient display
- Dominant color backgrounds
- Large product database
- Free to use
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-100% free -product data is checked against a database with over 2 million entries containing EAN,UPC and other barcodes -ingredients making up more than 10% of a scanned item are categorized as main ingredients and displayed with a corresponding icon if one is available -main ingredient backgrounds are shown as the most dominant color of their respective icons -ingredients under 10% are categorized in the swipeable "other" tab, which is the size of all ingredients under 10% added together -product data is checked against a database with over 2 million entries containing EAN,UPC and other barcodes -ingredients making up more than 10% of a scanned item are categorized as main ingredients and displayed with a corresponding icon if one is available -main ingredient backgrounds are shown as the most dominant color of their respective icons -ingredients under 10% are categorized in the swipeable "other" tab, which is the size of all ingredients under 10% added together
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nutri at 3.3 against Ingredients Scanner's 2.5. Nutri also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Ingredients Scanner's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (75% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume 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. Ingredients Scanner sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Nutri asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nutri holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 18 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Ingredients Scanner's written reviews are positive against 50% of Nutri's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ingredients Scanner ships an update every 3 months, Nutri monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Ingredients Scanner | Nutri |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (11 ratings) | 3.3 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MaxSoft | Teo Udovcic |
Customer experience
Ingredients Scanner
Nutri
In-app purchases
Ingredients Scanner
- Ad-Free Version$0.99
- Unlock Custom Ingredients$1.99
Nutri
No in-app purchases
Questions
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