Comparison

Buycott vs Conscious

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

Head to head
About

Buycott

Empower your purchasing decisions by scanning product barcodes to reveal their history and align with your values. Join campaigns to support causes you care about and discover alternative products that better match your preferences. Share your decisions to create impact and engage your community.

Highlights
  • Scan product barcodes for history
  • Join campaigns for causes
  • Discover alternative products
  • Broadcast purchase decisions
  • Improve leaderboard position
  • Create custom campaigns
Features
Currently charting
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Vote with your wallet using Buycott. As seen on CNN, NBC, FOX, ABC, and more! ● HOW IT WORKS ● * Join campaigns to support causes you care about. * Scan product barcodes to learn a product's history. * Make a purchase decision on the product and communicate your decision to the company. ● FEATURES ● + Support causes by joining campaigns created by some of the world's best non-profit organizations. + Come across a product that doesn't match your values? No worries! Check out the suggested alternatives to find a product that's a better match. + Broadcast your purchase decision to create impact and get your friends and followers involved. + Improve your position on the leaderboard by taking action with Buycott. + Create your own campaign from buycott.com

About

Conscious

Discover the ethical impact of companies with detailed breakdowns on environmental, human, and transparency factors. Explore organized campaigns and join boycotts that align with your values, all while seeing the sources behind every score.

Highlights
  • Company ethics ratings
  • Environmental impact scores
  • Human impact scores
  • Transparency breakdowns
  • Boycott campaigns
  • Parent company ownership
  • Community reactions
Features
Currently charting
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Conscious Spend helps you understand the real-world impact of companies. Search any brand to see an overall grade along with detailed breakdowns across Environmental Impact, Human Impact, and Transparency. Each profile includes green flags and red flags, parent company ownership, company certifications, and recent news so you can stay informed on what's happening right now. You can also explore the sources behind every score, giving you full transparency into how each grade is determined. Conscious Spend also helps you turn your values into action with Boycotts. Explore organized campaigns around causes like Palestine, Sudan, ICE divestment, and corporate ethics, and see every company involved in one place. Each listing is attributed to the advocacy organization that named it, along with its stated reason and cited sources, so you always know where the information comes from. Discover the everyday brands tied to parent companies on a list, join the boycotts that matter to you, and keep track of them all in My Boycotts. You can also react alongside the community to see how others feel about a brand, and share campaigns to spread the word. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Buycott4 screens
Conscious4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Conscious at Free against Buycott's $1.99. Conscious also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Buycott's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 16) and review sentiment (73% vs 48%). On ads and chart position 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

Conscious is free to download; Buycott costs $1.99 up front. Conscious sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Buycott asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Conscious holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.4K and 778 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Buycott's written reviews are positive against 48% of Conscious's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Buycott ships an update every 2 months, Conscious weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Buycott versus Conscious: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuycottConscious
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (2.4K ratings)4.8 (778 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews — better48.1% of reviews
Number of ratings2.4K — better778
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#7 — better#17
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS7.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBuycott Inc.Farran Ventures LLC

Customer experience

Buycott

All ratings2,406 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral2.8%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews733 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative20.6%

Conscious

All ratings777 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.4%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive48.1%
Neutral7.7%
Negative44.2%

Bugs and requests

Buycott

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login and account creation issues
  • Inability to remove or edit campaigns
  • Slow performance and lagging
  • Compatibility problems with newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to manually add or update product information
  • Option to filter by location or country
  • Improved search and browsing functionality
  • More comprehensive database of products and companies

Conscious

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Buycott

No in-app purchases

16 purchases

Conscious

Subscriptions16
  • Member Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Member Yearly$5.001 Year
  • Member Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Member Monthly$10.001 Month
  • Member Yearly$10.001 Year
  • Member Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Member Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Member Yearly$15.001 Year
  • Member Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Member Yearly$20.001 Year
  • Member Yearly$25.001 Year
  • Member Yearly$30.001 Year
  • Member Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Member Yearly$35.001 Year
  • Member Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Member Yearly$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Buycott free?
Buycott costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Conscious free?
Conscious is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Buycott or Conscious?
Conscious is rated higher. Buycott averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Conscious averages 4.8 from 778 ratings.
Do Buycott or Conscious have ads?
Neither Buycott nor Conscious shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Buycott or Conscious?
Buycott ships an update every 2 months, and Conscious weekly. Most recently, Buycott was updated on October 29, 2026 and Conscious on October 31, 2026.
Which is more popular, Buycott or Conscious?
Buycott currently peaks at #7 in the App Store charts, and Conscious at #17. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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