Comparison

Soosee vs Efficient Eats

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Soosee

Instantly scan ingredient labels to identify allergens, vegan ingredients, and other substances you wish to avoid. Supports over 30 categories and 18 languages, with offline functionality and customizable lists.

Highlights
  • Instant ingredient scanning
  • Highlights custom keywords
  • 30+ built-in categories
  • Create custom categories
  • Scans in 18 languages
  • Works offline
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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Soosee scans ingredient labels instantly to warn you about ingredients you want to avoid. It includes more than 30 categories for common allergies, a vegan lifestyle, pregnant women, high environmental impact, additives, health and more! Point your camera at an ingredient list and words you have enabled are highlighted instantly. Featured by Apple in "Apps we Love" in more than 100 countries. - Quickly scan ingredients - Highlights words instantly - 30+ Categories built-in - Create your own custom categories - Scans in 18 languages - Works offline (no internet required) - No ads, no tracking and no corporate involvement - Clean and playful design - Dark Mode "As a vegan I’m always checking ingredients. This app makes it super easy to quickly see whether I want to buy a product or not." - Tyanamuch "Needed this app badly, so great someone made it! Incredibly simple to use and happy to see it is supported in different languages, great for someone who travels often like me." - CPMVLIVO "Such a lifesaver for grocery shopping! Worked well for E-numbers and sugar, yay!!! - Akteya "Perfect App, which works without any problems. Very nice work thanks a lot for this beauty. " -globetrotterlie "This is an allergy mom’s dream. I am so pleased with this app. I used it today and it recognized soy protein which I may have missed as the ingredients had changed in a product I always buy. Thank you so much, this is life changing for this allergy family!!!!" - buckery USECASES Soosee makes your life easier in many different scenarios, for example.. - If you, your partner, child or a family member suffers from a food intolerance - If you are allergic to certain food groups such as gluten, peanuts, dairy or fish - For (new) vegans and vegetarians who want to avoid animal derived products - For pregnant women (and their partners) who want to avoid certain ingredients - When you want to check cosmetic products for microplastics - Avoid products that use palm oil - Quickly understand which additives are included in a product - When you struggle to read the small fonts on product labels BUILT-IN CATEGORIES Soosee includes the following built in categories: Celery, Chicken Egg, Dairy Products, Fish and Shellfish, Fruit & Vegetables, Gluten, Lupine, Peanut, Sesame Seed, Soybean, Spices & Herbs, Sulfite, Tree Nuts, Animal Derived E-Numbers, General Non-Vegan, Meat, Microplastics, Palm Oil, Sugar, Pregnancy and Additives. CREATE YOUR OWN Don't see your specific category listed? Then make your own! Just add the words that you want to highlight, and Soosee will do the rest. SUPPORTED LANGUAGES Whether you've just moved to a new country or if you are on a holiday, Soosee can help you out in these 17 languages: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish *Not all categories are supported in every language SOOSEE SUPPORTER Soosee is made by me, Jordi, with the help of my friend Maartje and her dog Fladder. If you want to support us and help us work on the app fulltime, become a Soosee Supporter! You'll get the following extra features: - Unlimited Active Groups - Unlimited Custom Groups - Special App Icons - Automatically reset the scanner when you point your camera at a new product - More Colours - Support a small team of two (Jordi & Maartje) who are building an app with NO advertising, NO tracking and no corporate involvement. You can become a Soosee Supporter by subscribing monthly or yearly, or by buying the one-time lifetime In App Purchase. DETAILS Privacy Policy: www.soosee.app/privacy Terms of Use: www.soosee.app/terms Instagram: www.instagram.com/sooseeapp Twitter: www.twitter.com/sooseeapp We love talking to Soosee fans, so if you have ideas on how we can improve the app, or if you have any questions, don't hesitate to send us an email or contact us on social media! jordi@soosee.app

About

Efficient Eats

Streamline your cooking experience by extracting only essential recipe information. This app removes extraneous text, ads, and scrolling, providing a clean interface for ingredients, steps, and timing. It also offers features like allergen detection and step-by-step guidance.

Highlights
  • Paste recipe links
  • Scan recipe cards with camera
  • Step-by-step cooking mode
  • Allergen detection and alternatives
  • Ingredient tracker
  • Save favorite recipes
  • Recipe history
Features
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The cleanest way to cook from any recipe online. Efficient Eats strips the fluff from any recipe and hands you exactly what you need; ingredients, steps, and timing. No life stories. No ads. No scrolling. Just cook. FEATURES Paste Any Recipe Link Works with any recipe website. Copy the URL, paste it in, and get a clean structured recipe in seconds. Scan a Recipe Card Got a printed recipe or cookbook? Point your camera at it and Efficient Eats reads it for you. Step by Step Mode Follow along one step at a time so you always know exactly where you are in the recipe. Allergen Detection Set your allergies in your profile and Efficient Eats flags any ingredients that affect you, with suggested alternatives. Ingredient Tracker Tap any ingredient to see which steps it appears in. Never lose your place again. Save Your Favorites Bookmark recipes and access them anytime, even offline. Recipe History Jump back to anything you have recently cooked. No Account Required Jump straight in as a guest. Create an account when you are ready to save recipes across sessions. HOW DOES IT WORK? Paste a recipe link or scan a photo. Efficient Eats formats the ingredients and steps and removes all the extras. The result is a clean focused recipe ready to cook from immediately. Completely free. Privacy Policy: https://fishy-harmony-862.notion.site/Efficient-Eats-Privacy-Policy-35eb1d2dd31c800b944cc4208c3d759d Questions or feedback? efficienteats26@gmail.com

Screenshots

Soosee4 screens
Efficient Eats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Efficient Eats at 5.0 against Soosee's 4.3. Efficient Eats also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and update cadence (daily vs every 6 days). Soosee's advantage is ratings volume (127 vs 3) and iOS requirement (16.1 vs 26.2). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Soosee sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Efficient Eats asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Efficient Eats holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Soosee has 127 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Soosee's written reviews are positive against 100% of Efficient Eats's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Soosee ships an update every 6 days, Efficient Eats daily. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Soosee versus Efficient Eats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSooseeEfficient Eats
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (127 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings127 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.1 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGood SnoozeNeeshant Parikh

Customer experience

Soosee

All ratings127 ratings
Positive80.3%
Neutral3.1%
Negative16.5%
Written reviews139 reviews
Positive70.5%
Neutral6.5%
Negative23.0%

Efficient Eats

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Soosee

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or freezes on some devices
  • Back button functionality issues
  • Barcode scanning not working for some products

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more allergen/restriction categories (e.g. FODMAP, histamines)
  • Improve ingredient quantity detection
  • Expand to cosmetics/personal care products
  • Provide more education on common allergens/restrictions

Efficient Eats

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Soosee

Subscriptions3
  • Soosee Supporter Yearly$1.991 Year
  • Soosee Supporter 1 Month3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Soosee Supporter 1 Year7 Days trial$14.491 Year
One-time5
  • Small Soosee Tip$0.99
  • Medium Soosee Tip$2.99
  • Soosee Large Tip$4.99
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  • Soosee Insane Tip$9.99
  • Soosee Supporter Lifetime$13.99
None

Efficient Eats

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Soosee free?
Soosee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Efficient Eats free?
Efficient Eats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Soosee or Efficient Eats?
Efficient Eats is rated higher. Soosee averages 4.3 out of 5 from 127 ratings, while Efficient Eats averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Soosee or Efficient Eats have ads?
Neither Soosee nor Efficient Eats shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Soosee or Efficient Eats?
Soosee ships an update every 6 days, and Efficient Eats daily. Most recently, Soosee was updated on October 19, 2026 and Efficient Eats on September 20, 2026.

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