Comparison

Giggli Ingredient Scanner vs Augmented Diary

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

Head to head
About

Giggli Ingredient Scanner

Features
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Giggli scans the ingredient list on anything you eat or put on your skin โ€” food or cosmetics โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€ข Camera โ€” photograph a label directly โ€ข Gallery โ€” pick a photo you already have โ€ข Paste โ€” copy an image from another app (WhatsApp, Safari, Photos) and paste it straight in โ€ข Barcode โ€” scan the barcode for an instant lookup, no photo needed BUILD YOUR OWN WATCHLIST Add any ingredient you personally want flagged โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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) โ€” 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 โ€” 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.

About

Augmented Diary

Features
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The Augmented Diary app allows you to unlock the virtual contents of your Augmented Diary. Simply point toward the pages of your diary and watch your virtual memories from that day! You can also quickly add and edit new memories.

Screenshots

Giggli Ingredient Scanner4 screens
Augmented Diary3 screens

Verdict

The call

Giggli Ingredient Scanner and Augmented Diary are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Giggli Ingredient Scanner ships an update every 2 weeks, Augmented Diary every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Giggli Ingredient Scanner versus Augmented Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGiggli Ingredient ScannerAugmented Diary
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks โ€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size102 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZainab AdnanGonzalo Morales

In-app purchases

None

Giggli Ingredient Scanner

No in-app purchases

None

Augmented Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Giggli Ingredient Scanner free?
Giggli Ingredient Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Augmented Diary free?
Augmented Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Giggli Ingredient Scanner or Augmented Diary have ads?
Neither Giggli Ingredient Scanner nor Augmented Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Giggli Ingredient Scanner or Augmented Diary?
Giggli Ingredient Scanner ships an update every 2 weeks, and Augmented Diary every 3 weeks. Most recently, Giggli Ingredient Scanner was updated on October 12, 2026 and Augmented Diary on September 28, 2026.

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