Pharmio vs Supplement Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pharmio
This app provides science-backed insights into your food supplements. It helps you understand ingredients, identify potential conflicts, and track your intake to make informed decisions about your health routine.
- Scan and analyze food supplements
- Identify ingredient overlaps and safety conflicts
- Understand supplement interactions
- Get insights from scientific research
- Track daily supplement intake
- Monitor supplement spending
- Build better habits with reminders
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Your Science-Backed Supplement Intelligence Platform Understand your supplements, avoid unsafe or unnecessary combinations, and make more informed decisions with science-backed insights. Pharmio acts as your personal supplement concierge, helping you navigate complex supplement information using ingredient analysis, clinical research, and intelligent tracking. Why Pharmio The supplement market is crowded, confusing, and often driven by marketing instead of evidence. Pharmio helps you cut through the noise by organizing, analyzing, and explaining supplements in a clear and practical way so you can make better choices with confidence. What you can do with Pharmio - Scan and analyze food supplements you already use - Identify ingredient overlaps, safety conflicts, and dosage concerns - Understand how supplements interact within your personal supplement stack - Get insights based on scientific and clinical research - Track your daily supplement intake over time - Monitor and manage your supplement spending - Build better habits with reminders and intake tracking Who Pharmio is for - People who take multiple supplements and want clarity - Health-conscious users who value evidence over marketing claims - Anyone looking to optimize their supplement routine safely and efficiently - Pharmio does not provide medical advice and does not replace healthcare professionals. Legal - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy Policy: https://www.pharmio.ai/privacy-policy
Supplement Scanner
Analyze supplements for their clinical effectiveness and ingredient quality. Scan labels to get instant scores based on research, compare doses, and explore recommendations for various health goals. Build and track your supplement stacks.
- Clinical effectiveness scoring (0-100)
- Dose and form quality analysis
- Label scanning via camera or barcode
- Browse supplements by 20 health areas
- Nutrient explorer for best supplement per ingredient
- Supplement stack building and tracking
- Personalized supplement recommendations
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The #1 trusted all-in-one supplement companion app that has over +800 supplement brands from all over the world. Why BioStacks? - Quickly understand the quality of your supplement. - Get valuable insights from your supplement regimen via our proprietary science based algorithm. - Track your daily supplement intake and get reminders so you never miss a dose. - Discover and find better rated supplement products that actually match your goals. - Access to world-class AI chatbot that actually understands supplements and the latest research behind them. DISCLAIMER Every score is grounded in published research, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses. No marketing claims. No influencer endorsements. Just the science. BioStacks does not provide medical advice. Scores are based our proprietary algorithm and is for informational purposes only. Consult a healthcare professional if you plan to make changes to your supplement routine. Terms of Use: https://biostacks.co/terms Privacy Policy: https://biostacks.co/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Supplement Scanner at 4.5 against Pharmio's 3.0. Supplement Scanner also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 1). Pharmio's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Pharmio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and Supplement Scanner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Supplement Scanner holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Supplement Scanner has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pharmio ships an update every 11 days, Supplement Scanner weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pharmio | Supplement Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.5 (11 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PHARMIO, MB | Vladislav Proskurov |
Customer experience
Pharmio
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In-app purchases
Pharmio
- Monthly Full Access$12.991 Month
- Yearly Full Access$79.991 Year
Supplement Scanner
- BioStacks Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
- Pro Monthly$12.991 Month
- BioStacks Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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- Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
- Pro Yearly$46.991 Year
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