Comparison

Happy Curls vs Giggli Scan

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

Head to head
About

Happy Curls

Scan your haircare product ingredients to identify potentially harsh surfactants, drying alcohols, or silicones. The app provides objective information based on regulatory assessments, helping you make informed choices for your hair care routine.

Highlights
  • Scan ingredients via photo or text
  • Identify harsh surfactants
  • Detect drying alcohols
  • Flag silicones
  • Objective ingredient assessment
  • Build-up detection
Features
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Check your haircare products ingredients list with "Happy Curls". Either simply take a photo of the ingredients lists or write it down and we will tell if your product contains harsh surfactants, drying alcohols, silicones or other ingredients that can potentially build up on your hair. No fear mongering, safety assessment of each ingredient is done by regulatory authorities, not by us. We will simply tell if the ingredient is present or not in the ingredients list. If you choose not use this type of ingredients in your hair care regimen this app is for you! Happy Curls, just like that.

About

Giggli Scan

Features
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Giggli scans the ingredient list on anything you eat or put on your skin — food or cosmetics — and tells you plainly what's in it. HOW IT WORKS Snap a photo of an ingredient label, scan its barcode, or search an ingredient by name. Giggli checks it against a curated database of ingredients worth knowing about — flagged by severity, with a plain-language explanation of what each one is and why it's there. ONE APP, TWO CATEGORIES Switch between Food and Beauty with one tap. Each has its own ingredient database, its own filters, and its own history — scan a shampoo bottle, then a snack bag, without mixing the two up. Scan a barcode from the wrong category by mistake and Giggli automatically switches for you. THREE WAYS TO SCAN • Camera — photograph a label directly • Gallery — pick a photo you already have • Paste — copy an image from another app (WhatsApp, Safari, Photos) and paste it straight in • Barcode — scan the barcode for an instant lookup, no photo needed BUILD YOUR OWN WATCHLIST Add any ingredient you personally want flagged — build a Food list and a Beauty list, and every future scan checks against them automatically. FILTER FOR WHAT MATTERS TO YOU Dietary preferences (vegetarian, vegan, alcohol, pork-derived, and more) for food, and beauty-specific concerns (parabens, sulfates, silicones, pregnancy- safe, and more) for cosmetics — plus allergen tracking across both. SEARCH ANYTHING Don't have the product in hand? Search any ingredient by name and see whether it's flagged, how serious it is, and why — no scan needed. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account required. No ads. No tracking. Ingredient scanning happens on your device. The only time Giggli talks to the internet is to look up a barcode against Open Food Facts / Open Beauty Facts (open, crowdsourced product databases) — nothing you scan is ever collected or sent anywhere else. WORKS IN YOUR LANGUAGE Available in English, Spanish, Swedish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Korean, Chinese, and Finnish. Giggli isn't a substitute for medical or professional advice — if you have an allergy, medical condition, or dietary restriction, talk to a qualified health professional. It's a tool to help you read a label faster and understand what you're looking at.

Screenshots

Happy Curls4 screens
Giggli Scan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Giggli Scan at none against Happy Curls's 5. Happy Curls's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.5). On price, update cadence, 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. Happy Curls sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Giggli Scan asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Happy Curls versus Giggli Scan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHappy CurlsGiggli Scan
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAIKONIC INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS S.R.L.Zainab Adnan

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Happy Curls

One-time5
  • Remove ads$0.99
  • Baby Curl$0.99
  • Curl Talk$1.99
Show 2 more
  • Curlfriends$2.99
  • Curlvaganza$4.99
None

Giggli Scan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Happy Curls free?
Happy Curls is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Giggli Scan free?
Giggli Scan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Happy Curls or Giggli Scan have ads?
Neither Happy Curls nor Giggli Scan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Happy Curls or Giggli Scan?
Happy Curls ships an update fortnightly, and Giggli Scan fortnightly. Most recently, Happy Curls was updated on November 3, 2026 and Giggli Scan on November 7, 2026.

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