LabelWise vs Ingredient Lookup
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
LabelWise
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Have a specific diet or ingredients you prefer to avoid? Squinting to read grocery ingredients lists? It's simple: LabelWise is for anyone who already knows what ingredients they want to avoid! Choose your ingredient preferences and let LabelWise instantly scan your groceries to make your shopping easier. Shop Faster, Shop Smarter. LabelWise.
Ingredient Lookup
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IngredientCheck scans a food product barcode and classifies every ingredient individually against your dietary profile. Halal profile is functional today. Vegan, vegetarian, and kosher profiles are designed in for future versions. What you get: โข Every ingredient becomes a tappable, color-coded chip: green for allowed, orange for caution, red for forbidden, gray for no data. โข Tap any chip to see what the ingredient is, where it commonly comes from, the verdict reasoning, and the named sources backing the classification (Wikipedia, Open Food Facts, WorldOfIslam, scripture references). Every source has a tappable URL. โข Compound ingredients on a label, like "Leavening Agent (E500(ii), Yeast)" or "Parmesan (Milk, Salt, Enzymes)", appear with both the parent name and the parenthesized sub-ingredients โ so what you see in the app matches what's on the package. โข Halal-aware pattern detection catches subtleties OFF's generic vegan/vegetarian flags miss โ alcohol carriers in natural flavors, enzyme source in hydrolyzed proteins, modified starches, wine vinegars. โข Manufacturer-declared labels (HALAL, KOSHER, VEGAN, ORGANIC, GLUTEN-FREE) shown when the package declares them โ visually separated from our own ingredient analysis, so it's clear which claims come from us and which from the manufacturer. โข Recent scans on the home screen โ tap to re-open without re-scanning. โข Active dietary profile selector in Settings. Transparency: Every classification cites at least one named source. The "Where our data comes from" screen in Settings lists every source the app uses with direct links. We are transparent about what we know and what we don't โ including that the highest-authority halal certification bodies (JAKIM, IFANCA, LPPOM MUI, HFA, HMC, MUIS) are not yet integrated. Privacy: No account, no login, no analytics. Scan history is stored locally on your device. The only network requests are anonymous lookups to Open Food Facts and our open GitHub data repo. Disclaimer: Informational only. Not a fatwa. For definitive rulings, consult a qualified scholar or your local certification body. Data source: Open Food Facts (https://world.openfoodfacts.org/). Ingredient classification database: open-source on GitHub at sfc38/ingredient-checker-data, fetched at launch so corrections ship to users without an app update.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: LabelWise at every 2 days against Ingredient Lookup's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LabelWise ships an update every 2 days, Ingredient Lookup every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LabelWise | Ingredient Lookup |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days โ better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 โ better | 16.4 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raidy Stronck | SEVKET FATIH CATPINAR |
In-app purchases
LabelWise
No in-app purchases
Ingredient Lookup
No in-app purchases







