Comparison

WhereMade vs Mio

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

Head to head
About

WhereMade

Features
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This app let you to take a picture of a product and find everything about it, including it's brand info, manufacturing locations and the health-related informations.

About

Mio

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A French barcode doesn't mean made in France. The first digits of a barcode only tell you where the brand registered it — not where the product was manufactured. Mio goes beyond the barcode. Scan any product — food, cosmetics, electronics, cleaning products, toys — and Mio finds the manufacturing country in seconds. Not by guessing from the barcode prefix, but by searching real public sources. HOW IT WORKS 1. Point your camera at any barcode 2. Mio searches across 69 million products and public web sources 3. Get the manufacturing country, confidence level, and sources — results stream in progressively as Mio researches READS PACKAGING TOO Mio can detect "Made in" text directly from product packaging using its built-in camera. When the origin is printed on the box, you get an instant answer — no search needed. TRANSPARENT BY DESIGN Every result comes with: • A confidence level (Certified, Verified, Probable, Estimated, or Unknown) • The sources used to determine the origin • The reasoning behind the result No black box. You see exactly what we found and how confident we are. WHAT MIO COVERS Food & beverages, cosmetics & hygiene, electronics, cleaning products, toys, textile, health, pet care — anything with a barcode. 69 MILLION PRODUCTS Mio combines the largest open product databases with an AI that searches the web in real time for products not yet in the database. The more people scan, the better Mio gets. YOUR SCAN HISTORY Every product you scan is saved. Search through your history to find past results instantly. SHARE WHAT YOU FIND Discovered something surprising? Mio generates a visual card with the product, flag, and origin — ready to share on WhatsApp, iMessage, or any app. COMMUNITY-POWERED • Suggest the manufacturing country when Mio doesn't know • Confirm origins you agree with • Report errors with photo evidence • Flag unreliable sources Every contribution makes Mio better for everyone. YOUR PRIVACY • No account required • No ads, ever • No data sold • Delete all your data anytime (GDPR compliant) Mio doesn't replace nutrition apps — it complements them. They tell you what's inside your product. Mio tells you where it was made.

Screenshots

WhereMade4 screens
Mio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: WhereMade at 3 against Mio's 1. WhereMade also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
WhereMade versus Mio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhereMadeMio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMindle IncThomas Poumarede

In-app purchases

None

WhereMade

No in-app purchases

None

Mio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WhereMade free?
WhereMade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mio free?
Mio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WhereMade or Mio have ads?
Neither WhereMade nor Mio shows ads.

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