CheckWise vs dtect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
CheckWise
Easily scan ingredient lists on food packaging to identify allergens and ensure your safety. Create personalized profiles for family members to manage multiple dietary needs. Always double-check ingredients for peace of mind.
- Ingredient scanning via text
- Personalized allergy profiles
- Family member profiles
- Quick allergen identification
- Health safeguarding
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We understand the challenges you face as someone with food or contact allergies when shopping, having to meticulously examine ingredient lists to safeguard your health. CheckWise assists you in quickly and reliably identifying ingredients through text scanning of packaging, with personalized profiles for you and your family members. Remember - Always double-check! Your friends at CheckWise
dtect
Scan products to instantly understand their nutritional content, identify unhealthy ingredients, and check for allergens. Easily import lists of ingredients you react to, ensuring you can safely consume products without reading lengthy labels.
- Scan products for instant analysis
- Identify unhealthy ingredients
- Check for intolerances and allergies
- Import custom ingredient lists
- View product nutrition overview
- Determine food safety
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Photograph an ingredient list and dtect shows which of your allergens it contains. Direct matches, such as milk, appear in red. Trace warnings such as "may contain hazelnuts" appear in amber. dtect reads the printed label itself, so it requires no barcode and no product database. This helps with imported goods, small brands and labels in English, German, French, Italian, Dutch or Spanish. Text recognition can misread words. dtect supports you in reading a label but does not determine whether a product is safe, so always check the packaging. - 14 EU allergens built in, each of which can be switched off - Your own allergens, rated High or Warning - Direct match in red, "may contain" trace in amber - Nutrition table per 100 g, 100 ml or serving, with your thresholds for fat, saturates, sugar and salt - Gluten, lactose and fructose check - Country of origin with flag - History of your last 100 scans, with optional product name - Report an incorrect result directly from the result screen All processing takes place on your phone. dtect needs no account, collects no analytics and makes no network connections. The only permission it requires is camera access. Requires iOS 16 or later on iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CheckWise at 43% against dtect's 0%. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CheckWise | dtect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews โ better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 โ better | 16.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Health & Wise GmbH | Philip Gurr |
Customer experience
CheckWise
dtect
In-app purchases
CheckWise
No in-app purchases
dtect
No in-app purchases





