Comparison

ethicalShopping vs Conscious

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

Head to head
About

ethicalShopping

This app helps you make informed purchasing decisions by scanning product images to reveal company ethical scores and summarized insights. It provides context on controversies and public issues, empowering you to shop consciously based on your values.

Highlights
  • Computer vision scanning for brand detection
  • Personalized ethical scores
  • Summarized company insights and controversies
  • Latest news headlines for brands
  • Privacy-focused design
  • AI-powered image recognition
Features
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Ethical helps you make more informed purchasing decisions by revealing the broader impact behind the products you buy. Using advanced computer vision, Ethical can scan or analyze an image of a product to detect brands and logos automatically. The app then surfaces an ethical score and summarized insights about the company behind the product — including notable controversies, ethical concerns, and recent public issues gathered from reporting and news sources. Instead of searching through articles yourself, Ethical brings relevant context together in one clear, easy-to-understand view. Key Features • Advanced Computer Vision Scanning – Upload or take a photo of a product to automatically detect brands and logos using AI-powered image recognition • Personalized Ethical Scores – See company scores tailored to the values you care about most • Ethical Insights – View summaries of company controversies and public issues • Latest Headlines – Stay updated with recent news related to consumer brands • Clean & Simple Design – Built for fast, distraction-free use • Privacy-Focused – No unnecessary tracking or data selling Ethical does not tell you what to buy — it provides the information so you can decide what aligns with your values. Whether you care about sustainability, labor practices, corporate responsibility, or transparency, Ethical makes it easier to shop consciously in a fast-moving world. Terms of Use: https://www.ethicalshopping.app/terms

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

ethicalShopping4 screens
Conscious4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Conscious at 777 against ethicalShopping's 3. Conscious also leads on chart position (#15 vs unranked). ethicalShopping's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ethicalShopping sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and Conscious sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ethicalShopping holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Conscious has 777 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
ethicalShopping versus Conscious: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterethicalShoppingConscious
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.8 (777 ratings)
Positive reviews—48.1% of reviews
Number of ratings3777 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#15 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB65 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperRAZEEN SAMIRFarran Ventures LLC

Customer experience

ethicalShopping

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Conscious

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ethicalShopping

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Subscription$4.991 Month
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 ethicalShopping free?
ethicalShopping is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Conscious free?
Conscious is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ethicalShopping or Conscious?
ethicalShopping is rated higher. ethicalShopping averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Conscious averages 4.8 from 777 ratings.
Do ethicalShopping or Conscious have ads?
Neither ethicalShopping nor Conscious shows ads.

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