Comparison

Is It Vegan? vs JainScan

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

Head to head

Is It Vegan?

The original vegan app!

Free

🍔 Food & Drink

★ 4.715 ratingsView app →

JainScan

Free

🍔 Food & Drink

★ 5.07 ratingsView app →

About

Is It Vegan?

This app helps vegans shop by scanning product barcodes and deciphering ingredient labels. It supports over 100 languages and features a vast database of categorized ingredients, making vegan shopping quick and easy.

Highlights

Barcode scanning
Ingredient label photo analysis
PowerScan technology for cart scanning
100+ language support
20,000+ categorized ingredients
Extensive product database search

Features

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- The original vegan app is back! With over 1 MILLION downloads worldwide, we've been helping vegans shop since 2012. - This new app version has these features to make your shopping easier than ever: - The app can now work on products in over 100 languages! - The app has PowerScan technology to scan your whole cart in seconds. - The app can decipher ANY food label's ingredients list by taking a photo. - The app has over 20,000 categorized ingredients. - The app has a search function to instantly reference our extensive product database. - New optimized and intuitive app layout. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://isitvegan.net/privacy.html

About

JainScan

Easily check food items for ingredients prohibited in Jainism. Simply photograph an ingredient list, and the app will identify potentially harmful items and explain why they are prohibited.

Highlights

Scan ingredient lists with your camera
Identify prohibited Jain ingredients
Explain reasons for ingredient prohibition
Detect hidden animal-based additives
Supports iPhone and iPad

Features

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- Use this app to simplify checking common food items for ingredients that Jains cannot eat - Simply take a picture of an ingredient list and wait for our app to identify which ingredients may be of harm - JainScan will provide an explanation for why each ingredient is prohibited in Jainism and will also identify any seemingly "hidden" ingredients such as animal-based artificial flavors that may go unnoticed

Screenshots

Is It Vegan?4 screens

JainScan1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JainScan at none against Is It Vegan?'s 5. JainScan also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, 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. Is It Vegan? sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. JainScan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

JainScan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 7 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level

Is It Vegan? versus JainScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Is It Vegan?	JainScan
Price	Free	Free
Rating	4.7 (15 ratings)	5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews	28.0% of reviews	—
Number of ratings	15 — better	7
Update frequency	Weekly	—
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	Yes	No — better
Monetization	Free with in-app purchases	Free — better
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS	15.1	13.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	29 MB	13 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Conner Burggraf	Himanshu Shah