Ingredients Scanner vs Pure Ninja
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.
Pure Ninja
Scan product ingredient lists with your camera to identify potentially harmful substances in food and cosmetics. Get instant analysis and learn about health risks associated with ingredients to make informed choices for a healthier lifestyle.
- Ingredient recognition via image scanning
- Database of harmful ingredients
- Instant analysis of product labels
- Health risk information for ingredients
- User-friendly interface
- Educational resources on healthier alternatives
- Community support forum
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Understand the ingredients in your food and cosmetics. Photograph a label or paste its ingredient list. Pure Ninja uses AI to read the small print and explain ingredients in plain language, with context for your own decisions. READ THE LABEL Use your camera, choose a photo or paste text. Review the transcription, reading confidence and explanations of ingredients worth a closer look. MAKE IT RELEVANT Set your interests and ingredients you prefer to avoid. Explore ingredient roles, food additives and cosmetic ingredients, including fragrance-related context. Save products and find them again in your history. KEEP TRACK OF YOUR CHOICES Mark a product as kept or skipped. Review the last 7 or 30 days, the previous calendar month or your complete history. See which flagged ingredients appeared in products you chose to skip. BUILD YOUR KNOWLEDGE Read short ingredient guides with source links and clear explanations of what a label can and cannot tell you. PURE NINJA PLUS Full access requires a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription. Both plans include the same features. Your local price and billing period are shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Apple Account settings. AI can make mistakes. Always compare the reading with the packaging. Pure Ninja provides educational information, not medical advice or a guarantee of product safety. Reports track your choices, not exposure or harm avoided. Selected label content and preferences are sent for AI analysis only with your consent. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pure Ninja at 3.7 against Ingredients Scanner's 2.5. Ingredients Scanner's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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 and Pure Ninja sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pure Ninja holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 67% and 67% positive.
Ingredients Scanner ships an update every 3 months, Pure Ninja every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ingredients Scanner | Pure Ninja |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (11 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MaxSoft | Krzysztof Guz |
Customer experience
Ingredients Scanner
Pure Ninja
In-app purchases
Ingredients Scanner
- Ad-Free Version$0.99
- Unlock Custom Ingredients$1.99
Pure Ninja
- Ninja Pure Monthly$0.991 Month
- Ninja Pure Yearly$8.991 Year
Questions
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