Flagged vs Neaptide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flagged
Scan food ingredient lists with your camera to identify ingredients that matter to you. Create profiles for family members with different dietary needs and receive plain-language explanations of flagged items.
- Camera-based ingredient scanning
- Personalized red-flag profiles
- Multi-profile family management
- Pre-built and custom ingredient filters
- AI-powered plain-language explanations
- Alias detection for hidden ingredients
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Reading food labels is exhausting. Manufacturers hide dozens of ingredients behind confusing chemical names, and memorizing which ones matter for your family shouldn't be your full-time job. Flagged is a food label scanner and ingredient checker. Point your camera at any printed ingredient list and Flagged reads the raw text right on your device, then highlights the exact ingredients you've chosen to avoid. Because Flagged reads the label itself instead of looking up a barcode, it works where barcode apps come up empty: deli and bakery items with store-printed labels, imported foods with an English ingredient list, and anything else with the ingredients printed on it. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR PHONE Flagged reads every label right on your device, with no internet needed to scan. No barcodes, no "health scores," no accounts. Your scans and profiles never leave your phone. YOUR RED FLAGS, YOUR WAY Whether you're gluten free, dairy free, avoiding dyes or seed oils, or managing a food allergy, you choose what Flagged looks for. Turn on the categories that matter to you: Artificial Dyes, the Big 9 Allergens, Gluten, Seed Oils, Hidden Sugars, MSG & Free Glutamates, Preservatives, Sweeteners & Polyols, and more. Each category holds the individual ingredients it covers, so you can fine-tune down to exactly what gets flagged. ADD YOUR OWN INGREDIENTS Avoiding something that isn't on the default lists? Add it to any profile and Flagged will catch it too. A PROFILE FOR EVERYONE Make a profile for each person in your house, each with their own red flags. Tap a profile before you scan, and Flagged checks the food label for that person. IN A HURRY AT THE STORE? Tap All and a single scan checks the label against everyone's red flags at once, showing whose red flag each one is. No more scanning the same product over and over, once for every person. PAY ONCE. YOURS FOR LIFE. Flagged gives you 3 free scans every month. When you want more, Unlimited Scans is a one-time purchase that removes the limit for good. No subscription, no renewals, nothing to cancel. Flagged helps you read labels faster; it is not medical advice and does not replace reading the packaging yourself. Terms of Use: https://flagged.billesappcoinc.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://flagged.billesappcoinc.com/privacy
Neaptide
This app offers guided breathing exercises and sensory re-entry techniques to help manage feelings of being overwhelmed. It intelligently suggests a session based on how you hold your device, with options to easily adjust or switch techniques.
- Adaptive session selection
- Settle and Surface modes
- Adjustable techniques
- Screen-off mode
- Lock Screen widget
- Apple Watch app
- Offline functionality
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Neaptide opens to one thing: a circle. Hold it for a few seconds and a session starts. That is the whole interface. Most calming apps open with a menu, a questionnaire, or a sign-up. That is a reasonable design right up until the moment you actually need one — because when you are overwhelmed, deciding is the first thing that stops working. Forty exercises in a list are useless exactly when it matters. So Neaptide decides, and lets you overrule it in one tap. TWO DIRECTIONS Not everyone who feels bad needs to slow down. Some people are running fast: racing thoughts, clenched jaw, cannot sit still. Others are running slow: flat, foggy, numb, stuck. Telling someone who is already shut down to breathe more slowly points them further down. Neaptide reads which way you are going from how you held the screen, then picks accordingly. Settle — for wired. Long exhales, the physiological sigh, orienting, cold contact. The screen cools and darkens. Surface — for numb. A sharper rhythm, movement, bilateral tapping, sensory re-entry. The screen warms and lifts. Two words stay on screen the whole time: slower and brighter. If the read is wrong, one tap fixes it mid-session without losing your place. And if a technique isn't right for you, "try another" swaps it for a different one in the same direction — same place, same clock. THE READ IS A GUESS, AND SAYS SO It is three rough signals — how still you held it, how far your thumb drifted, how quickly you first tapped. A sensible default, not a measurement. The app tells you that in plain words on the screen where it matters, and you can overrule it at any point. NOTHING TO KEEP UP WITH No streaks. No scores. No "day 4". No log, no history, no chart. Miss a month and nothing is waiting for you when you come back. NO ACCOUNT, NO INTERNET No sign-up, no email address, no cloud. Nothing you do in Neaptide leaves your phone, because there is nowhere for it to go — there is no server. It works in airplane mode, on the Underground, and on a phone with no signal. WHY EACH ONE IS HERE Every reset carries a plain-language note about what the technique is generally used for, shown after the session rather than during it. Neaptide describes; it does not diagnose. WHAT YOU GET Thirteen resets across both directions. Unlimited sessions. Haptic pacing you can follow with the screen face-down. A screen-off mode that goes dark and keeps pacing you. Your own session length. A Lock Screen widget. An Apple Watch app that keeps pacing you with your wrist down. One payment. No subscription, ever. Every future update included. Neaptide is not treatment, and not a substitute for care from a professional. If you are in crisis, contact your local emergency number.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Flagged at Free against Neaptide's $0.99. Neaptide's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Flagged is free to download; Neaptide costs $0.99 up front. Flagged sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Neaptide asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Flagged against 5.0 for Neaptide. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Flagged ships an update every 6 weeks, Neaptide fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Flagged | Neaptide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Roy Billesberger | Bertie Allen |
Customer experience
Flagged
Neaptide
In-app purchases
Flagged
- Flagged Pro Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Flagged Pro Annual14 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Unlimited Scans$24.99
Neaptide
No in-app purchases








